February 2009
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A Commodity Called Misery By Joe Bageant
Why is there enough pain and alienation to sustain America’s umpteen billion dollar mental health business and its 400-plus specialties, not to mention the inner self-help industry and Deepak Chopra’s royal court. Continue reading
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Spanish judiciary asserts its competence for enquiry into war crimes committed in Gaza in 2002
The facts are related to the events of July 22, 2002, when a one ton bomb aimed at a Hamas official was dropped by an Israeli army F-16 in the Al-Daraj district of Gaza City, killing 14 Palestinian civilians as well as the Hamas leader. Some 150 Palestinians were also wounded. Continue reading
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COHA: Nicaragua Under the Second Coming of the Sandinistas
Daniel Ortega has been a better president with far greater concern about his country’s living standards and its attitude toward its poor and deprived majority, than any Nicaraguan president since the defeat of the Sandinistas in 1990 Continue reading
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GazaFriends: Israel attacks Lebanese boat and beats passengers
On board was an elderly patriarch from Jerusalem as well as several Lebanese human rights watchers. According to eye witnesses, the passengers were beaten and much of the boat destroyed. Continue reading
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Media Lens: The BBC, Impartiality, And The Hidden Logic Of Massacre — Part 2
Despite the input of hundreds of journalists working for numerous large, well-resourced corporations, we were unable to find a mainstream account that made sense of what was happening in Gaza. Continue reading
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STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 1082
The mainstream media may have lost interest, but for ordinary people across the world, outraged by Israel’s savagery and the refusal of the world’s governments to condemn its war crimes, there is a determination that this time Gaza will not be forgotten. Continue reading
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Africans must rewrite own history by Phillip Emeagwali
The history books may deprive African children of the heroes with whom they can identify, but in striving for your own goals, you can become that hero for them — and your own hero, too. Continue reading
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The Wounds of Gaza Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah and Dr Swee Ang
Over the period of 27 December 2008 to the ceasefire of 18 Jan 2009, it was estimated that a million and a half tons of explosives were dropped on Gaza Strip. Continue reading
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Shooting at farmers, what gives Israel the right? Eva Bartlett
The Israeli soldiers’ shooting was not a new thing, but a resumption of the policy of harassment that Palestinians in the border areas have been enduring for years Continue reading
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UK military officer suspected of leaking secret Afghanistan data to rights group
Human Rights Watch has published very specific data related to civilian casualties in Afghanistan, which US and NATO forces feel undermines their efforts there. Continue reading
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FAIR Challenges CBC Ombud’s Report on media coverage of Israel/Palestine
FAIR is challenging the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for making false and biased claims after a campaign by groups that advocate for uncritical coverage of Israel. Continue reading
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URGENT: Act Now To Defend UNRWA In Gaza
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) urges you to act quickly to oppose House Congressional Resolution 29 (H. Con. Res 29) which questions support for the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) and alleges its support for terror organizations. Continue reading
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Media Lens: The BBC, Impartiality, And The Hidden Logic Of Massacre — Part 1
In 1999, the corporation allowed its own high profile newsreader, Jill Dando, to present a DEC appeal for Kosovo at the height of NATO’s 78-day bombing campaign against Serbia. This, also, was an ongoing and highly controversial conflict, one that involved fraudulent US-UK government and media claims of a Serbian “genocide” in Kosovo (claims which… Continue reading
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Security in Iraq: Relatively Speaking by Dahr Jamail
Today, we barely have one American soldier being killed every other day and only a score injured weekly. Casualties among Iraqi security forces are just ten times that number. Continue reading
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Future farming: The call for a 50-year perspective on agriculture – an interview with Wes Jackson
2 February, 2009 Written by Robert Jensen As everyone scrambles for a solution to the crises in the nation’s economy, Wes Jackson suggests we look to nature’s economy for some of the answers. With everyone focused on a stimulus package in the short term, he counsels that we pay more attention to the soil over Continue reading
The New Dark Age 