A short clip from "American Radical" with Dr Norman Finklestein. A must see film!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Amy Goodman - Bridging the Media Gaps
The political establishment determines the boundaries of conventional discourse. So typically mainstream media debates revolve around: How many troops are required for Afghanistan? Or should drone attacks on Pakistan be expanded? The embedded premises are never articulated and thus are never open to scrutiny, understanding, and challenge. The media mostly function as a kind of Hallelujah chorus praising the system of power and privilege but ever quick to highlight the sexual peccadilloes of individual politicians, celebrity sightings and divorces, steroids and sports, extreme weather and sensational crime usually missing children. The trees are closely examined and the forest is totally missed. An enormous abyss exists between media-drawn depictions and actual fact. An independent media free from corporate control can break through the spin and be the span that provides genuine information that links citizens to reality rather than fantasy.
Amy Goodman is the award-winning host of "Democracy Now" the daily syndicated radio and TV program. Howard Zinn says, "Amy Goodman has carried the great muckraking tradition of Upton Sinclair, George Seldes, and I.F. Stone into the electronic age, creating a powerful counter to the mainstream media." She's the author of "The Exception to the Rulers" and "Breaking the Sound Barrier."
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Amy Goodman - Bridging the Media Gaps
The political establishment determines the boundaries of conventional discourse. So typically mainstream media debates revolve around: How many troops are required for Afghanistan? Or should drone attacks on Pakistan be expanded? The embedded premises are never articulated and thus are never open to scrutiny, understanding, and challenge. The media mostly function as a kind of Hallelujah chorus praising the system of power and privilege but ever quick to highlight the sexual peccadilloes of individual politicians, celebrity sightings and divorces, steroids and sports, extreme weather and sensational crime usually missing children. The trees are closely examined and the forest is totally missed. An enormous abyss exists between media-drawn depictions and actual fact. An independent media free from corporate control can break through the spin and be the span that provides genuine information that links citizens to reality rather than fantasy.
Amy Goodman is the award-winning host of "Democracy Now" the daily syndicated radio and TV program. Howard Zinn says, "Amy Goodman has carried the great muckraking tradition of Upton Sinclair, George Seldes, and I.F. Stone into the electronic age, creating a powerful counter to the mainstream media." She's the author of "The Exception to the Rulers" and "Breaking the Sound Barrier.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Richard Becker - The Struggle for a Free Palestine
Author Richard Becker's new book, *Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire*, provides a sharp analysis of the struggle for Palestine from the division of the Middle East by Western powers and the Zionist settler movement, to the founding of Israel and its role as a watchdog for U.S. interests, to present-day conflicts and the prospects for a just resolution. It promises to interest both long-term Palestinian rights activists and those who are new to understanding the issue.
Q & A Richard Becker - The Struggle for a Free Palestine
Question and Answer with Author Richard Becker. Becker's new book, *Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire*, provides a sharp analysis of the struggle for Palestine from the division of the Middle East by Western powers and the Zionist settler movement, to the founding of Israel and its role as a watchdog for U.S. interests, to present-day conflicts and the prospects for a just resolution. It promises to interest both long-term Palestinian rights activists and those who are new to understanding the issue.
Monday, February 1, 2010
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- I am Dedicated to Graphic Design for Creating and Growing Desperately Needed Social, Political and Cultural Change in Every Dimension of Society. "In the 1980s capitalism triumphed over communism. In the 1990s it triumphed over democracy and the market economy. For those of us who grew up believing that capitalism is the foundation of democracy and market freedom, it has been a rude awakening to realize that under capitalism, democracy is for sale to the highest bidder and the market economy is centrally planned by global megacorporations larger than most states." -David C. Korten, The Post-Corporate World, 1999