21 March 2012 — Democracy Now!
We speak with Thomas Drake, who was targeted after challenging waste, mismanagement and possible constitutional violations at the National Security Agency, but the case against him later collapsed. Drake was one of several sources for a Baltimore Sun article about a $1.2 billion NSA experimental program called “Trailblazer” to sift through electronic communications for national security threats. Continue reading
21 March 2012 — Mosaic Records
The great (and much under-rated) singer Abbey Lincoln tells it like it is and sets the record straight on history’s portrayal of Billie Holiday. Continue reading
21 March, 2012 — Media Lens
Journalists are supposed to tell the truth without fear or favour. In reality, as even the editor of the Independent acknowledges, MPs and reporters are ‘a giant club’.
21 March, 2012 — The Real News Network
Ali Hashem: In Libya we came to realize we were serving a political agenda putting our journalism aside Continue reading
21 March, 2012 — The Real News Network
Ali Hashem: In Libya we came to realize we were serving a political agenda putting our journalism aside Continue reading
20 March 2012 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Israeli Court Upholds Appeal To End Discrimination In “Feast Meals”
IMEMC – For the first time in Israel’s history, the Israeli District Court upheld an appeal filed on behalf a Palestinian political prisoner from the northern West Bank city of Jenin demanding an end to discrimination in the distribution of special meals that were only granted to Jewish prisoners during Jewish and Israeli holidays.
21 March, 2012 — RT
The West will launch a package war against Iran, Syria and Hezbollah as soon as they decide what to do with the Iranian nuclear program, Abdel Bari Atwan, editor-in-chief of a London-based Arabic newspaper told RT in an interview. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 