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The unraveling of the reputations of firms that were once the toast of Wall Street continues and the end is not in…
What happened in Jenin? What is happening in Jenin? The second question is more important than the first, but the two are…
Michael Albert was a guest on an upper NY State talk radio show with host Jeremy Anderson. Jeremy accused Z of anti-semitism…
Three and a half years ago, some key information about U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq briefly surfaced on the front pages of…
There surely is anti-Semitism in many circles in Egypt, sometimes rampant, and it’s also true that “Arab leaders say one thing on…
For almost a year now, many of us have been organizing against the “war on terrorism.” We see it as nothing of…
On 17 June, I wrote about Martin Amis’s recent Guardian essay, “The voice of the lonely crowd”, in which he described…
With huge financial scandals causing turmoil in the United States, this year has seen some vigorous reporting about high-level misdeeds and corporate…
American media outlets roused themselves from outright denial in early June, spurred by belated warnings from top U.S. officials that a nuclear…
The political reality of Venezuela hits me as soon as I arrive, like a blast of Caribbean air at midday. A friendly…
On 4 July, the front page of the Daily Mirror was as powerful as any I have known, a tabloid at its…
It is 10 months since 11 September, and still the great charade plays on. Having appropriated our shocked response to that momentous…
“Freedom of the press” is a phrase that sounds well. But in the world of George W Bush and Enron, freedom is…
At the time of this writing, the municipalities of Toribio and Jambalo in Northern Cauca are being bombarded by both FARC and…
Shooting at shadows, and the occasional tribesman, blowing up mounds of dirt and displaying “captured” arms for the media, all have been…
1. How far do you belive will the US sacrifice its basic civil liberties for a greater sense of security? It is…
September 11 will surely go down in the annals of terrorism as a defining moment. Throughout the world, the atrocities were condemned…
September 11 will surely go down in the annals of terrorism as a defining moment. Throughout the world, the atrocities were condemned…
Tell me about Gaza. During my first few hours here in Gaza, just after I crossed the Erez checkpoint, I passed an…
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1. Describe what’s happening in Jenin.This is a society that’s slowly being choked to death. It is marked by fear, random violence,…
Martin Amis represents a problem: that some of the most acclaimed and privileged writers in the English language fail to engage with…
Ethnic cleansing attended the birth of Israel but, more than 50 years later, the country is still in denial about its bloody…
During the last few days of June, at the same time the Treatment Action Campaign and Congress of South African Trade Unions…
American journalism has devoted massive attention to reporting on business in recent years. Overall news outlets are enthralled with efforts in our…
On Tuesday, June 18, shortly after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed 19 people on a bus outside Jerusalem, Ariel Sharon announced his…
South African president Thabo Mbeki made the cover page of the international edition of Time magazine in early June, with the misleading…
Behind the turbulent news from Israel, a struggle for historical truth has passed almost unnoticed outside academic circles; yet its wider significance…
McMurtry concludes his piece saying that I was sectarian in arguing that it isn’t useful for leftists to pursue the question “what…
American media outlets roused themselves from outright denial in early June, spurred by belated warnings from top U.S. officials that a nuclear…
(1) What Is a conspiracy and a conspiracy theory? The most common definition of a conspiracy is two or more people secretly…
“A dignified President, doctor Alvaro Uribe Velez, has been elected conclusively and consciously in the first round, by and for a Fatherland…
With nuclear powers India and Pakistan on the edge of war, the role of the Blair government in fuelling the conflict has…
By What did Antoine Walker say? When did he say it? How did it help bring about the impossible? And why should…
A proposed view of history Much of Latin America won independence from Spain in the 19th century. All countries that were…
I hope you won’t mind if I set the stage with a few truisms. It is hardly exciting news that we live…
NOAM CHOMSKYBERKELEY, MECA, 3.21.02 NOAM CHOMSKY: Unfortunately, I can’t see anybody out there but I assume there are people there. I’m going…
To: George, Dick and John Re: Counteracting the Media Evildoers Damage control efforts are on track after those rough days in mid-May.…
The above question screams from mainstream newspapers. It froths from liberals’ lips. What troubles me more, however, is that some leftists also…
When is hopelessness a reasonable response to a terrible situation? Surely, the East Timorese people during the last quarter of the last…
Note: this post is a response from Noam Chomsky in the ZNet Forum’s, a benefit to all ZNet Sustainers…. if this interests…
Politicians are often eager to outdo their foes with media images of greater patriotism or piety. But in mid-May 2002, Republican and…
A basic principle of democracy is that every person’s vote should have equal weight. So we might expect some public discourse about…
A year ago, the Hebrew University sociologist Baruch Kimmerling observed that “what we feared has come true Ć¢€Ā¦ War appears an unavoidable…
As globalization from above has grown more destructive, the constructive achievements of globalization from below in the two years since the Battle…
More and more details about the attempted coup against President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela are beginning to emerge, although much of it…
Clare Short promotes herself expertly in the media. She is the “rebel” in the Blair cabinet, the outspoken rough diamond opposed to…
The struggle of Colombians is a struggle against fear and a struggle against invisibility. These are two of the worst weapons used…
Last month, I wrote about Venezuela, pointing out that little had been reported in this country about the achievements of Hugo Chavez…
A triumphant story about National Public Radio appeared in late March on the front page of Current, the main newspaper of the…
