Barack Obama
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Does a leopard change its spots? By William Bowles
7 November 2008 Well, miracles of miracles Obama has made it through thus far. And given just how reviled the Cheney/Bush pirates are by more than half the population, the deep sense of relief is palpable and not just in the US: “Hello history (to use the word of the times). What a staggering and Continue reading
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Ali Abunimah: Obama picks pro-Israel hardliner for top post
Ira Forman, executive director of the National Jewish Democratic Council, told Fox News that picking Emanuel is ‘just another indication that despite the attempts to imply that Obama would somehow appoint the wrong person or listen to the wrong people when it comes to the US-Israel relationship … that was never true.’ Continue reading
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Prof. James Petras: Mass Media & Mass Politics – Conservative, Liberal & Marxist Perspectives
An understanding of the role and power of the MM in contemporary capitalist society requires us to organize the debate according to three major schools – conservative, liberal and Marxist – before proceeding to a critical analysis and finally presenting notes towards setting alternatives to elite-controlled communications networks. Continue reading
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Ishmael Reed: Morning in Obamerica: Change, Change, Change?
The parameters of rhetorical change are boundless, propelled into the nether-reaches of nonsensicality by hyper-speak and super-wishfullness that can never supplant the real world of entrenched class and race rule. Continue reading
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Jeff Cohen: Big Election Winner: Independent Media
While conservative and establishment pundits still dominate TV and radio, progressive dominance of the Internet has made it easier for media critics and bloggers to instantly rebut the kind of hoaxes and smears that so damaged Gore and Kerry. Continue reading
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FAIR Action Alert Fox News Nailbiter! Conservative channel pushed notion of a tightening election
One of the most glaring peculiarities about the Fox News Channel’s campaign coverage in the run-up to the November 4 election was the channel’s frequent insistence, in the waning days of the campaign, that the election was remarkably close, with Republican John McCain surging. Continue reading
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Obama and the Left’s Dilemma BY William Bowles
4 November 2008 My dear friend and comrade Patricia, ensconced in Jacksonville, FLA sent me these words yesterday (3 November): “Because the elite has used this [racism] for eons. Stand up! Damn It! It’s the empire that is the focus. OHH PULEESE! But then they’re very nervous when using niggers within the empire to maintain Continue reading
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William Blum: Anti-Empire Report, Number 63
Read this or George W. Bush will be president the rest of your life October 30, 2008 www.killinghope.org Don’t tell my mother I work at the White House. She thinks I play the piano in a whore house. The Republican presidential campaign has tried to make a big issue of Barack Obama at one time Continue reading
The New Dark Age 