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Jon Stewart Takes Fox News to Warp Speed on Boston Bombing Trial
Jon Stewart Comedy Central Click to watch a video of the show: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ESTHER ZUCKERMAN APR 25, 2013 The Atlantic Wire On The Daily Show last night, Jon Stewart explained how, in the wake of the Boston bombing and at the beginning of the controversial prosecution of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Fox News went all willy […]
Glenn Greenwald: Would Boston Marathon Suspects Be Called “Terrorists” If They Weren’t Muslim?
democracynow Published on Apr 22, 2013 Watch the full interview with Glenn Greenwald on Democracy Now! at http://owl.li/kjcWU. Constitutional lawyer and Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald compares the widespread labeling of Boston Marathon bombing suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev as “terrorists,” to the reaction to other recent acts of mass violence such as the shootings in Newtown and […]
Glenn Greenwald> The Boston bombing produces familiar and revealing reactions
As usual, the limits of selective empathy, the rush to blame Muslims, and the exploitation of fear all instantly emerge Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 16 April 2013 09.52 EDT Runners continue to run towards the finish line of the Boston marathon as an explosion erupts near the finish line of the race Photograph: Stringer/REUTERS There’s not much […]
Chris Hedges> Elites Will Make Gazans of Us All
Elites Will Make Gazans of Us All Illustration by Mr. Fish By Chris Hedges Posted on Nov 19, 2012 truthdig.com Gaza is a window on our coming dystopia. The growing divide between the world’s elite and its miserable masses of humanity is maintained through spiraling violence. Many impoverished regions of the world, which have fallen off the economic cliff, […]
Bill Quigley> 15 Things Neither Romney Nor Obama Is Brave Enough to Stand For
15 Things Neither Romney Nor Obama Is Brave Enough to Stand For Despite big differences, there are issues that neither candidate is brave enough to tackle. By Bill Quigley October 26, 2012 AlterNet A photo shows one of two war crime courtrooms at Camp Justice at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on October 17. Thousands […]
Glenn Greenwald> The sham “terrorism expert” industry
The sham “terrorism expert” industry A highly ideological, jingoistic clique masquerades as objective scholars, all to justify US militarism. BY GLENN GREENWALD August 15, 2012 Salon.com (Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson) Shortly prior to the start of the London Olympics, there was an outburst of hysteria over the failure to provide sufficient security against Terrorism, but as Harvard […]
Eric Margolis> Syria and the Invisible Hand of Foreign Intervention
Syria and the Invisible Hand of Foreign Intervention Eric S. Margolis August 10, 2012 National Interest via antiwar.com The Polish Zionist ideologue Vladimir Jabotinsky, the father of Israel’s right wing, observed nearly a century ago that much of the Arab world was a fragile mosaic. A few sharp blows, he wrote, would cause it […]
Glenn Greenwald> Journalism v. propaganda
Journalism v. propaganda The US and Israel blame Iran for the suicide attack in Bulgaria, but offer no evidence for the accusation BY GLENN GREENWALD FRIDAY, JUL 20, 2012 salon.com A damaged bus following Wednesday’s deadly suicide attack on a bus full of Israeli vacationers at the Burgas airport parking lot, Burgas, Bulgaria.(Credit: AP Photo/Bulgarian […]
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