May 23, 2018
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Media Lens: ‘Skirmishes’ – Israel’s Syria Blitz
A key ‘mainstream’ media theme in covering the Israeli army’s repeated massacres of unarmed, non-violent Palestinian civilians protesting Israel’s military occupation in Gaza – killing journalists, a paramedic, the elderly and children – has been the description of these crimes as ‘clashes’. This has been a clear attempt to obfuscate the fact that while two… Continue reading
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Grenfell Tower News Links 21-22 May 2018
23 May 2018 — williambowles.info Reveal, remember and resist: the three Rs remixed https://www.opendemocracy.net/transformation/leon-prescod/reveal-remember-and-resist-three-rs-remixed Grenfell Tower inquiry: Video of fire shown without warning http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44208668 Continue reading
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‘There’s an Asymmetry Not Only in Power, but in Compassion By Janine Jackson
The May 18, 2018, episode of CounterSpin was a special on Gaza that featured three classic interviews—with James Zogby from July 5, 2006; with Yousef Muneyyer from November 23, 2012; and with Phyllis Bennis from April 6, 2018. This is a lightly edited transcript. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 