Chomsky
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Two Centuries Of ‘The Imperialist, Warmongering, Hate-Filled Guardian’
In contrast to Media Lens modestly marking a mere two decades in July, the Guardian has been deluging itself with praise on reaching two centuries this year. Not that we would expect otherwise. Continue reading
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Still Manufacturing Consent: An Interview With Noam Chomsky
Alan MacLeod interviewed Noam Chomsky via Skype on March 13, 2018, for MacLeod’s new book Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent. They discussed the origins of the classic work of media criticism (co-authored with Edward Herman) Manufacturing Consent, the role of that book’s “propaganda model” today, Google and Facebook, Donald Trump and Russia, fake news and Syria. This is a… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Noam Chomsky And The BBC: A Brief Comparison
A recent interview with 88-year-old Noam Chomsky once again demonstrates just how insightful he is in providing rational analysis of Western power and the suffering it generates. By contrast, anyone relying on BBC News receives a power-friendly view of the world, systematically distorted in a way that allows the state and private interests to pursue… Continue reading
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Chomsky, BDS And The Jewish Left Paradigm By Gilad Atzmon
In his latest article in The Nation, Noam Chomsky selectively cherry picks the facts that fit his preferred narrative, while ignoring and disguising relevant details that contradict his thesis. One would expect an academic of Chomsky’s stature to perform at a much higher standard of intellectual integrity. Continue reading
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The Censorship That Dare Not Speak Its Name By James F. Tracy
The panel on which I participated was organized by Project Censored Director Mickey Huff to address the contrast between the radical journalistic activity practiced by Project Censored and the decade-old US media reform movement that has sought to initiate broader policy changes at the federal level. In previous years PC has been excluded from media… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 8 September 2013: These False Flags Were Used To Start A War
8 September 2013 — Information Clearing House Assad: Syria’s Allies Will Retaliate in Response to US Strike By Reuters President Bashar Assad warned that if there was a military strike by the United States on his country, there would be retaliation by those aligned with Syria. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36161.htm Continue reading
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ICH 17 August 2013: Chomsky: American Power is Dangerous
17 August 2013 — Information Clearing House Bonapartism” Egypt’s Revolution After the Smoke Clears By Shamus Cooke Why would one enemy of the revolution be attacking another? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35888.htm Continue reading
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Noam Chomsky is in Denial About 9/11 By Mark H Gaffney
During a recent interview on Democracy Now, Noam Chomsky stated that he believes Osama bin Laden was probably behind the attacks of September 11, 2001.i The statement was curious because in earlier interviews Chomsky described the evidence against bin Laden as thin to nonexistent,ii which was accurate and, no doubt, explains why the US Department… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Snowden, Surveillance And The Secret State By David Cromwell and David Edwards
Washington and its allies, sold to the public by the media as ‘the international community’, are well aware of the stakes. The general population must be subdued and kept in its place. Obama and his officials in the government, and the US intelligence community, need to assert strenuously that Snowden’s exposure of the massive US… Continue reading
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America Is Running the World’s Largest Terrorist Operation
The U.S. is not only killing people whose identity it doesn’t even know, but it is also killing children. And it is using the justifiably-vilified Al Qaeda tactic of killing people attending funerals of those killed – and targeting people attempting to rescue people who have been injured by – our previous strikes. Continue reading
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ICH 21 June 2013: Chomsky: Obama Is ‘Running Biggest Terrorist Operation”
21 June 2013 — Information Clearing House Exclusive: U.S. Secretly Providing Training For Syrian Rebels By David S. Cloud and Raja Abdulrahim Since late last year, CIA and U.S. military operatives have been teaching Syrian rebels how to use anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns at bases in Jordan and Turkey, according to U.S. and rebel sources. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35379.htm Continue reading
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‘Made in Gaza’: Breaking the siege By Eric Walberg
The latest plan to try to break the illegal siege of Gaza, according to organizer Michael Coleman at Sunday’s press conference in the port of Gaza, is to refurbish their very second-hand fishing boat, fill it with Gazan products (date products, embroidery, craft items and more) and sail to another Mediterranean port, like any normal… Continue reading
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Blood on the Streets of London: Who will Protect us from the Real Extremists? By Colin Todhunter
Two men armed with knives and gun(s) apparently hack to death an off-duty soldier outside an army barracks in Woolwich, London. As the soldier lies dead or dying in the road, one of the alleged attackers approaches a man filming the scene on his mobile phone and makes a political speech about the British state’s… Continue reading
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ICH 23 May 2013: Chomsky ‘Obama Must be Taken Before ICC for the War on Terror’
23 May 2013 — Information Clearing House What is the U.S. REALLY doing in Syria? By Stephen M. Walt Washington can use Qatar and Saudi Arabia as its middlemen, roles they are all too happy to play for their own reasons. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35048.htm Continue reading
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Imperialism, The Cold War, and the Contradictions of Decolonization By Anthony Mustacich
The Second World War had devastated the colonial empires of Western Europe, leaving the United States as the capitalist world’s undisputed superpower. At the same time, the war demolished the colonial system that had defined the imperialist era up until that point, giving rise to a new stage of imperialism called neo-colonialism. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 10 May 2013
10 May 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterNon-violent protester shot in head by Israeli troops; 4 others woundedIMEMC – 21-year old Ibrahim Awad was shot in the head at close range by a plastic-coated steel bullet fired by Israeli forces at a protest in Beit Ummar, in the southern part of the West Bank. Continue reading
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ICH 29 April 2013: Chomsky: Obama’s Attack on Civil Liberties
29 April 2013 — Information Clearing House Obama and U.S. Military Divided Over Syria By Shamus Cooke In the real world it appears that the U.S.-backed Syrian rebels are the ones responsible for having used chemical weapons against the Syrian government. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34771.htm Continue reading
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ICH 24 April 2013: Does Boston Bombing = Drone Strike?
24 April 2013 — Information Clearing House Iran: How the West Missed a Chance to Make Peace With Iran By Peter Oborne Peter Oborne shows how the West turned down a precious opportunity to resolve the Iranian nuclear crisis eight years ago, and argues that it is western rather than Iranian intransigence that prevents a deal being Continue reading
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ICH 6 April 2013: Moscow Slams UN ‘Maneuvering’ on Syria Chemical Attack Probe
6 April 2013 — Information Clearing House Behind the North Korean Crisis By Dennis J. Bernstein All we see is media reporting that singularly ascribes blame to North Korea, which is portrayed as a kind of unquestionable evil, so what the U.S. is doing in response to the supposed provocation seems eminently justified. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34531.htm Continue reading
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