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Engler: CAFTA
Jul 16, 2005
While the Bush Administration still aspires to ward off defeat, it is becoming increasingly clear that its failure to pass the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) represents the latest in a series of setbacks for its sputtering trade agenda. For
Edwards: Iraq And Zimbabwe
Apr 20, 2005
Okay, We'll Let Them Have A Government
Engler: John Paul II's Economic Ethics
Apr 07, 2005
A steady feature in Pope John Paul II's obituaries has been mention of his unwaveringly conservative stances on issues such as abortion, birth control, gay rights, and the ordination of women. While these positions were sources of consternation for many A
Edwards: Media Complicity
Mar 07, 2005
"Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we." (Jean Rostand)
Edwards: Iraqi Destiny
Feb 13, 2005
On September 3, 1967 the New York Times reported that US officials "were surprised and heartened" at the size of turnout in South Vietnam's presidential election "despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting." (Peter Grose, 'U.S. Encouraged
Edwards: 100,000 Iraqi Civilian
Dec 15, 2004
By way of a splendid coincidence, Media Lens received this delayed response from the BBC on November 3:
Edwards: 100,000 Iraqi Civilian
Nov 23, 2004
The Nicest Guys You Can Imagine
Edwards: Deceptive Appearance
Oct 01, 2004
The Hall Of Mirrors
Edwards: Animal Rights
Aug 21, 2004
The Tear-Stained Robot
Edwards: Let Freedom Reign
Jul 04, 2004
The stakes are high for anyone willing to pit their capacity for independent, rational thought against the media's version of the world. All too often, we find ourselves faced with the choice of deciding that either we, or a wide range of celebrity journa
Engler: Unhappy Birthday
May 21, 2004
In 1994, when the IMF and World Bank were celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of their creation, very few people in this country could tell you anything about the twin fixtures of corporate globalization. "Globalization" itself was only beginning its lif
Edwards: Bombing The Peace
Apr 05, 2004
People Pay The Price For Realpolitik
Edwards: On Iraq's Future
Jan 13, 2004
The hidden link between capitalism, social unrest, state violence, and corruption is becoming more and more exposed all over the world. Iraqis do not need to be explained this: George W. Bush is not only killing them on a daily basis, but also privatizing their economy in record time, while giving most contracts to his family's and friends' companies. Meanwhile, a puppet Iraqi authority, appointed by the USA, provides pseudo-legitimacy, and gets ready for the moment in which the Imperial master decides to leave the country in Iraqi hands.
Edwards: Prevailing Untruths
Dec 05, 2003
Prevailing Untruths
Edwards: Feigned Media
Oct 10, 2003
Access Denied
Ehrenreich: North Carolina Antichrist
Aug 09, 2003
When I was in Scandinavia last spring promoting "Nickel and Dimed," interviewers kept asking me to tell them about the "debate" my book had provoked in the United States. I had to confess that it had provoked no debate at all, at least none that I had hea
Edwards: Beating Up The Cheerleader
Jul 30, 2003
Government Attacks On The BBC Reflect Government Totalitarianism Not BBC Radicalism
Edwards: Who is Nést
May 20, 2003
After Carlos Menem pulled out from the ballotage, Néstor Kirchner formerly a governor of a Patagonian province will take office the 25th of May as Argentina's new president. Kirchner, who had obtained only 22% of the vote in the first round, is not necessarily bound to be a "weak president": according to all the polls, he would have obtained between 70 and 78% of the vote in the ballotage.
Edwards: Grit Your Teeth
May 18, 2003
In a recent Media Alert, 'Killings At Falluja - The BBC Tells One Side Of The Story' (April 29, 2003), we reported how the BBC's lunchtime news had devoted 3 minutes and 10 seconds to the killing of 16 and wounding of 75 Iraqi civilian protestors by US tr
Jul 30, 2005
Samples From An Ocean Of Suffering