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Shiva: Tsunami Teachings: Reflections for the New Year
Jan 23, 2005
Gaia could not have picked a more appropriate time and place to send us a message of her hidden powers, and the message that we are Indians and Indonesians, Sri Lankans and Swedes, Thai's and Maldivians only secondarily - we are first and foremost citizen
Schechter: Media Crisis 2004: Summing Up and Moving Forward
Jan 08, 2005
NEW YORK, December 17, 2004 -- It is that time of the year again, the time for closing out the news year, a time of summing up, and looking ahead. A year ago, at this time, I wrote:
Street: The Manly Scent of the Hummer
Dec 31, 2004
I know a young lady in Chicago who has a curious reaction whenever she sees a HUMMER while driving in the city: she raises her middle finger and screams "go to Hell you rich gas-guzzling imperialist pig" at the top of her lungs. She's about 5 foot 3 and h
Solomon: The Limits of “Man Bites Dog†Stories
Dec 29, 2004
The usual notion of big news is the unusual. Journalists are taught to look for “man bites dog†stories -- the events that raise eyebrows and make us think, “Wow!â€
Solomon: The Limits of ÒMan Bites DogÓ Stories
Dec 29, 2004
The usual notion of big news is the unusual. Journalists are taught to look for Òman bites dogÓ stories -- the events that raise eyebrows and make us think, ÒWow!Ó
Schechter: The Fight for Docu-Democracy
Dec 23, 2004
NEW YORK -- 2004 has been called the Year of Documentaries.
Sharma: World Bank’s Latest Passion
Dec 20, 2004
In tune with the world’s latest fad, the World Bank prominently displays a slogan in its Washington DC office: ‘The purpose of the World Bank is to fight poverty with passion.’ World Bank is no exception. In fact, such has been the global effort to eliminate poverty and resulting hunger that over the past 25 years, despite every international treaty and agreement swearing in the name of poor and downtrodden, the number of absolute poor continues to grow unabated.
Shiva: Water Tariff Increase: Rushing Towards Water Privatisation
Dec 18, 2004
The Delhi Governments announcement of a seven to tenfold increase in water tariffs overnight is meant to facilitate privatization in violation of every democratic norm and human rights principle.
Solomon: News Media in the 60th Year of the Nuclear Age
Dec 11, 2004
Top officials in Washington are now promoting jitters about Iran's nuclear activities, while media outlets amplify the message. A confrontation with Tehran is on the second-term Bush agenda. So, we're encouraged to obliquely think about the unthinkable.
Street: Dear Europe
Dec 10, 2004
I'm growing a little weary of post-election European commentary about the dangerous "stupidity" of the American masses. The reason for the commentary is of course the, well, unwise election (the first one actually) of the dangerous Bush, an action that wa
Shiva: Terra Madre: A Celebration Of Living Economies
Nov 26, 2004
In a world dominated by fear and fragmentation, dispensability and despair a magical gathering of food communities Ð Terra Madre Ð took place in Turin, Italy, from 20-22 October 2004. Slow Food, the movement that has put the culture of growing and eating
Solomon: Transforming Four More Years
Nov 11, 2004
Right-wing trumpets are making a horrific racket across a ravaged political landscape. For now, hope is barely audible. Progressives seem like fledglings without feathers, weakly tapping from inside thick shells. Four more years sound like hell.
Shiva: An Attack On People’s Movements
Nov 05, 2004
Ten years of WTO and five years since the victory of civil society and the Third World in Seattle is a good time to pause and reflect on the debate on globalisation.
Shiva: An Attack On PeopleÕs Movements
Nov 05, 2004
Ten years of WTO and five years since the victory of civil society and the Third World in Seattle is a good time to pause and reflect on the debate on globalisation.
Secours: Minimum Wage Yields Minimum Coverage: Connecting The Election Dots
Oct 31, 2004
Like most people, the upcoming elections weigh heavy on my mind these days. Unfortunately, watching the debates is less than inspiring, if not disheartening. As always, political rhetoric rules and meaty discussions about how policies affect real people
Schechter: When Wolves Attack: A Pre-Mortem on Election Coverage
Oct 29, 2004
NEW YORK, October 25, 2004 -- In it's final days, Campaign 2004 has become even nastier. At the core of this devolution of our politics process sits the campaign media -- a mob of reporters too overworked to stray from the campaigns' master script of atta
Solomon: The Presidential Pageant: “There He Is, Mr. America...â€
Oct 28, 2004
Less than two weeks before Election Day 2004, the ABC television network cancelled Miss America. Fifty years after it premiered on national TV, the famous “beauty pageant†has fallen on hard times. Last month, the annual show drew just 9.8 million viewers, the smallest audience ever.
Solomon: The Presidential Pageant: ÒThere He Is, Mr. America...Ó
Oct 28, 2004
Less than two weeks before Election Day 2004, the ABC television network cancelled Miss America. Fifty years after it premiered on national TV, the famous Òbeauty pageantÓ has fallen on hard times. Last month, the annual show drew just 9.8 million viewers
Street: Campaign and Debate Reflections
Oct 17, 2004
Like many on the left, I am of a split mind on the now concluded debates and the campaign melodrama, which is a bigger quadrennial extravaganza than usual this time for some good reasons.
Jan 25, 2005
At a pair of British daily newspapers -- the Independent and the Guardian -- plus the Observer on Sunday, journalists are far more willing than their U.S. counterparts to repeatedly take on powerful interests. Tough questions get pursued at length and in