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Zirin: Tiger's Fall from Grace
Znet Article, December, 14 2009
Dave Zirin
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Tiger Woods's self-imposed exile from golf is the most stunning--and stunningly rapid--fall from grace in the history of sports. Not since Shoeless Joe Jackson was banned from baseball after being dubiously blamed for helping throw the 1919 World ...
Zirin: The People Speak: When Television Makes History
Znet Article, December, 09 2009
Dave Zirin
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On December 13th, a date I’ve basically had tattooed on my arm like the guy from Memento, The People Speak finally makes its debut on the History Channel. This is more than just must-see-TV. It is nothing less than the life's work of “peopleâ€...
Goodman: Canada's Olympic Crackdown
Znet Article, December, 03 2009
Amy Goodman
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Going to Canada? You may be detained at the border and interrogated. I was, last week. I was heading from Seattle to give a talk at the Vancouver Public Library. My detention provoked outrage across Canada, making national news. It has serious imp...
Zirin: Amy Goodman and Canada's Olympic Paranoia
Znet Article, November, 28 2009
Dave Zirin
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When it comes to independent, agitational journalism, the standard is Amy Goodman and her radio/television institution, Democracy Now! Goodman and her staff often find themselves accosted by officials, foreign and domestic. This happened again on ...
Zirin: The NFL’s Concussion Conundrum
Znet Article, November, 24 2009
Dave Zirin
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On Sunday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made a startling concession to medical ethics, one resisted by all of his predecessors. Goodell said that when a player sustains a concussion, teams will now be required to seek advice from "independent" n...
Schechter: Will Christmas Shopping Save Us? As “Black Friday†Nears, New Questions About An Economic Recovery That Isn’t
Znet Article, November, 24 2009
Danny Schechter
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Funny how, back in 1929, we had black Thursday and then Black Friday as the market crashed, plunging the country into a depression. Now we have every retailer in every mall in America on their knees praying for a prosperous black Friday this week.
Landau: A Serious Man -What A Laugh!
Commentary, November, 14 2009
Saul Landau
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Over decades of movie addiction, I know after depositing my fee for entrance, somewhere between the candy counter and the seat, I lose my critical sensibilities by putting on a pair of invisible (virtual) glasses, instruments of optical delusion t...
Goodman: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Znet Article, November, 12 2009
Amy Goodman
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Thanksgiving is around the corner, and families will be gathering to share a meal and, perhaps, enjoy another annual telecast of “The Wizard of Oz.†The 70-year-old film classic bears close watching this year, perhaps more than in any other, f...
Billet: Between Sounds Faded and Sounds Made
Znet Article, November, 11 2009
Alexander Billet
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It's been a year since the world watched at Barack Obama was elected president of the United States. I remember sitting in a Chicago bar and hearing the crowd erupt into cathartic applause when the news was announced. Not only were eight years of ...
Sargent: Holiday Images
Zmag Article, November, 01 2009
Lydia Sargent
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Dressing a subspecies for their proper role
Billet: A Heartbeat and a Guitar
Zmag Article, November, 01 2009
Alexander Billet
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A new book by Antonino D'Ambrosio on Johnny Cash
Zirin: Rush Limbaugh: Why the NFL Just Said No
Znet Article, October, 17 2009
Dave Zirin
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Over the last eight years, even though it often made me break out into hives, I've listened to a lot of Rush Limbaugh. I've heard him express the full gamut of his emotional range: from hateful to very hateful. But over all this time, I've never k...
Billet: Blue Scholars: Beating Back Boundaries
Znet Article, October, 17 2009
Alexander Billet
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“When you hear a song that is written in a way you never heard before, or you see a painting that is done in such a way that makes you go ‘wow, I never thought this shape and this color could go together,’ that opens a space in your mind and...
Zirin: Why NFL Owners Must Flush Rush
Znet Article, October, 10 2009
Dave Zirin
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National Football League owners could be on the verge of a catastrophic error in judgment. In a league that is 70 percent African-American, an unapologetic racist is in talks to buy a team. Yes, Rush Limbaugh, along with St. Louis Blues owner Dave...
Street: Michael Moore and Barack Obama: A Love Story
Znet Article, October, 08 2009
Paul Street
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If you liked Michael Moore's latest movie, “Capitalism: a Love Story†(I did) and are long past being fed up with Barack Obama's deep allegiance and service to his corporate paymasters (I am), then this essay might be for you. I start with som...
Zirin: Can the NFL Tackle Homophobia?
Znet Article, October, 05 2009
Dave Zirin
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In the recent past, LGBT issues were only part of the NFL landscape when players held press conferences to assure fans that despite the rumors, they are not gay (without even adding the requisite "not that there's anything wrong with that ").
Schechter: Russian Tv And Me, Michael Moore, And Using Capitalism To Challenge Capitalism: Oh, The Ironies!
Commentary, October, 05 2009
Danny Schechter
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When the CBS suits shuttered WBCN in Boston, the radio station I used to work for, one more institution that at time was known for offering critical and independent news was snuffed out.
Bronski: Michael Jackson's Queer Family
Zmag Article, October, 01 2009
Michael Bronski
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Hypocrisy in acceptance for non-traditional families
Zirin: Obama’s Olympic Error
Znet Article, October, 01 2009
Dave Zirin
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President Barack Obama is now en route to Copenhagen in an effort to sell Chicago as the site of the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the process, he may be selling Chicago down the river. Obama is joined arm-in-arm with his wife Michelle on one side and ...
Gibler: The Hidden Side of Mexico's Drug War
Zmag Article, October, 01 2009
John Gibler
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An interview with Comandante Ramiro, ERPI guerrilla
