LINKS OF THE WEEK FOR 22 NOV 2008
a) This is Change?: In a must-read for any progressive supporter of the newest, coolest US President, Jeremy Scahill details the hawkish, neo-conservative foreign policy histories of Obama’s inner circle. The LA Times also weighs in on Obama’s Cabinet nods from an anti-war perspective and Robert Parry sees in them political over-thinking and disregard for truth. Ralph Nader says "I told ya so."
b) Democracy Now! interviews Prof. Cornel West on what to expect from the Obama Administration in the funkiest interview of the year. Make sure you watch the video.
c) There’s lots to chew on in The Coming Catastrophe: The American War in Afghanistan and Pakistan: "By virtually every measure, the war in Afghanistan is getting much worse for both the western coalition and for the Afghan civilian population…If the current logic of expansion of the war engulfs Pakistan, withdrawal and defeat will take place eventually, but later, and after an infinitely more catastrophic and dangerous war."
d) In Media News: Clear links between TV-watching and happiness?. … Bob McChesney interviewed on what to expect from Obama regarding U.S. media reform. … Is organized cyber-journalism officially replacing the newspaper?
e) Also, a new American intelligence report sees a potentially more fragmented and conflicted world over the next 15 years, with wars over basic resources like food and water and the risk of nuclear weapons-use on the rise.
f) Under the new US-Iraqi deal approved by the Iraqi Cabinet and awaiting a vote in Parliament as soon as next week, the US military must make itself scarce by December 31, 2011.
Born in New York City in 1972, the author is a clinical psychologist.To pay the bills, he helps people understand themselves and their environment, and encourages them to imagine all possible changes, individually and socially.His university courses include Media, Culture, and Society; Psychodynamic Psychology; International Business Ethics; and Geopolitics.The general focus here is on issues related to social justice, health, media (e.g., media psychology, media democracy, media-as-environments), and U.S. and international politics. Debate is welcomed and encouraged.
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