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Kolhatkar: Selective Outrage
Znet Article, April, 05 2006
Sonali Kolhatkar
Kolhatkar's ZSpace page
Daily media reports over the case of Afghan Christian convert Abdul Rahman have revealed a sudden concern over Afghanistan's repressive human rights environment. But routine human rights reports of the ongoing oppression of Afghan women, suppressi...
Solomon: When War Crimes Are Impossible
Znet Article, April, 04 2006
Norman Solomon
Solomon's ZSpace page
Is President Bush guilty of war crimes? To even ask the question is to go far beyond the boundaries of mainstream U.S. media. A few weeks ago, when a class of seniors at Parsippany High School in New Jersey prepared for a mock trial to assess...
Ali: Islam and the Left
Znet Article, April, 02 2006
Tariq Ali
Ali's ZSpace page
The following interview with Tariq Ali was conducted by Alex De Jong and Paul Mepschen of the SAP (Dutch section of the Fourth International) at the Ernest Mandel symposium held in Brussels in November 2005. It was published in the March-April 200...
Cromwell: The Curiosities of Utopian Thinking
Znet Article, March, 28 2006
David Cromwell
Cromwell's ZSpace page
Sean O'Grady wrote recently in the ad-filled motoring supplement of The Independent: "in answer to the many letters we get criticising some of our coverage, we don't make cars. We just write about them. [...] We try to concentrate on telling our r...
Edwards: The Media And The Death Of Slobodan Milosevic
Znet Article, March, 20 2006
David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page
"If we don't know history, then we are ready meat for carnivorous politicians and the intellectuals and journalists who supply the carving knives. But if we know some history, if we know how many times presidents have lied to us, we will not be fo...
Albert: Parecon and Journalism
Znet Article, March, 20 2006
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
The following is excerpted from the new book from Zed Press, Realizing Hope. See: http://www.zmag.org/realizinghope.html The idea of journalism is not overly complex. Societies involve huge ranges of activity and possibility. Each day events oc...
Fisk: The Farcical End Of The American Dream
Znet Article, March, 19 2006
Robert Fisk
Fisk's ZSpace page
It is a bright winter morning and I am sipping my first coffee of the day in Los Angeles. My eye moves like a radar beam over the front page of the Los Angeles Times for the word that dominates the minds of all Middle East correspondents: Iraq. In...
Herman: Uncle Chutzpah and His Willing Executioners on the Dire Iran Threat: With Twelve Principles of War Propaganda in Ongoing Service
Znet Article, March, 15 2006
Edward Herman
Herman's ZSpace page
Back at the time of a major Bush-1 "drug war" in 1989, Hodding Carter pointed out that with increasing attention to the newly declared "crisis" by the administration and media, the public's estimate of the importance of the drug problem rose spect...
Edwards: Iraq Body Count Refuses to Respond
Znet Article, March, 14 2006
David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page
On January 25 and 26, Media Lens published a two-part Media Alert: 'Paved With Good Intentions - Iraq Body Count, Parts 1 and 2'. We reported how we had searched the Iraq Body Count (IBC) database for incidents involving the mass killing of Iraqi ...
Chomsky: The Long View
Znet Article, March, 08 2006
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
Staunton: First of all, I wanted to clear something up. I understand that some remarks you made about Bertie Ahern and "shoe shining" may have been reported inaccurately.Chomsky: The Press Association story on December 26th said that on his way to...
Chomsky: Korea and International Affairs
Znet Article, February, 22 2006
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
SUN WOO LEE: How is your health? NOAM CHOMSKY: I am fine, as you can see. SUN WOO LEE: Is there any recent issue of interest related to Korea which you have been following? NOAM CHOMSKY: Korea is playing a very significant role in world affa...
Gibler: Who's Not Listening
Znet Article, February, 13 2006
John Gibler
Gibler's ZSpace page
The Los Angeles Times article “Masked Marxist, With Marimbas†(January 23, 2006) describes the Zapatistas’ Other Campaign like a bizarre provincial circus. By excluding information, using delegitimizing descriptive terms, a...
Pappe: Occupation Hazard
Znet Article, February, 13 2006
Ilan Pappe
Pappe's ZSpace page
Why is the history of modern Palestine such a matter of debate? Why is it still regarded as a complex, indeed obscure, chapter in contemporary history that cannot be easily deciphered? Any abecedarian student of its past who comes to it with clean...
Gibler: Who's Not Listening
Znet Article, February, 13 2006
John Gibler
Gibler's ZSpace page
The Los Angeles Times article “Masked Marxist, With Marimbas†(January 23, 2006) describes the Zapatistas’ Other Campaign like a bizarre provincial circus. By excluding information, using delegitimizing descriptive terms, a...
Podur: Kofi Annan's Haiti
Znet Article, February, 10 2006
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
In the vast corrugated-iron shanty town of Cité Soleil, home to quarter of a million people, all the schools are shut down and the one hospital closed. White armoured UN personnel carriers patrol the perimeter, half a dozen blue-helmeted heads po...
Barghouti: Secular Arabs Detest Hypocrisy Too
Znet Article, February, 06 2006
Omar Barghouti
Barghouti's ZSpace page
As a rule, I hate to generalize, but I’ll make an exception this time. It seems westerners simply do not get it. Editorials all over Europe have bellowed in unison to defend the right of publishing anti-Islamic cartoons as an embodiment of...
Fatah: What Would the Prophet Have Done?
Znet Article, February, 05 2006
Tarek Fatah
Fatah's ZSpace page
/Keep to forgiveness (O Mohammed), and enjoin kindness, and turn away from the ignorant. /- The Koran, Chapter 7, Verse 199 During his lifetime, Prophet Mohammed endured insults and ridicule on a daily basis. His opponents mocked his message and ...
Solomon: Domestic Lying
Znet Article, January, 29 2006
Norman Solomon
Solomon's ZSpace page
With great fanfare, Oprah Winfrey asked James Frey a question that mainstream journalists refuse to ask George W. Bush: "Why would you lie?" Many pundits and news outlets chortled at the unmasking of Frey as a liar. The reverberations spanned fro...
Edwards: Paved With Good Intentions - 1
Znet Article, January, 27 2006
David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page
On the rare occasions when the issue of civilian casualties is discussed in the mainstream media three words are invariably mentioned: Iraq Body Count (IBC). IBC describes itself as a project which maintains "the world's only independent and com...
Edwards: Paved With Good Intentions 2
Znet Article, January, 27 2006
David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page
Testing Iraq Body Count Earlier this month Media Lens searched the IBC database looking for incidents involving the mass killing of Iraqi civilians by 'coalition' forces between January-June 2005. We began by searching for incidents citing a mini...
