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Recovery in Haiti doesn’t mean selling the joint to the highest bidder
During my recent visit to Haiti, working on a book and documentary about disaster capitalism, it was very clear that the US government, many NGOs and multinationals all wanted a piece of the country. And it’s working out badly. There’s a new book about how outside forces, especially Washington, continually attempt to control Haiti by…
Don’t think Zionist propaganda isn’t still creating quasi-robots in the US
Although debate in America is undeniably becoming far more nuanced when it comes to Israel/Palestine, many young Jews continue advocating for the delusional “dream” of a Jewish, democratic state, seemingly ignoring the reality of the occupation on both Palestinians and the Zionist soul. Here’s JTA: Jewish student leaders may be strident in their Israel advocacy,…
When the corporate media is oh-so-keen to be bought
Here’s a disturbing report from Glenn Greenwald in the Guardian about CNN and its apparent willingness to broadcast sponsored news from less than savoury regimes. Is this what the crisis in journalism is leading to? Bought “news” on a supposedly independent channel?
That is what global “help” looks like in Afghanistan
America and China talk about assisting the war-torn country but the reality is so very different. The result? A supposed need to bring in private companies to fix the mess:
Beware the jidadi felafel
We have been warned (via The Daily Currant): Minnesota Congresswoman… Michelle Bachmann… courted controversy today by claiming that falafel and other “jihadi foods” should be banned from school lunches in the United States. In an interview with local television station… KSTPin Minneapolis, Bachmann explained that after visiting a local elementary school she was shocked to find that… falafel… – a…
“After Zionism” reviewed in Arab News
The following review by Neil Berry appears in the Arab News: The mainstream Western media is losing its luster as rising numbers turn to alternative sources of news and opinion. Especially this applies to those concerned with the Palestine-Israel conflict. Students of the conflict increasingly straddle parallel universes, the world of conventional media and an…
“After Zionism” reviewed in Al Akhbar English
The following review by Rebecca Whiting appears in Al Akhbar English: Book Review:… After Zionism… Edited by Antony Loewenstein and Ahmed Moor, 2012 Saqi Books Last September, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas bid for Palestine to receive full member-state status at the United Nations, based on the pre-1967 borders. After enraged reactions from Israel and the US,…
On Americans being keen to embrace torture and nuking “terrorists”
Welcome to the post 9/11 world in America. Stanford University’s Amy Zegart explains the details of a very disturbing public survey: A quarter of all Americans are willing to use nuclear weapons to kill terrorists. No joke. This was among many surprising findings in a new national poll that YouGov recently ran for me on…