The New Dark Age

'Socialism or Barbarism'

March 11, 2004

  • They Shoot Journalists, Don’t They? By Norman Solomon

    To encourage restraint in war coverage, governments don’t need to shoot journalists — though sometimes that’s helpful. Thirteen journalists were killed while covering the war and occupation in Iraq last year, says a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The deaths were a subset of 36 on-the-job fatalities related to journalistic work across… Continue reading

  • ‘News’ Central By William Bowles

    Might is right as they say, except when it’s wrong that is, but of course who is to gainsay the powerful? With the media and the education system as the main vehicles for maintaining the status quo, piercing the veil of propaganda is more than just the production of counter-propaganda, it requires a mind-shift in… Continue reading