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Greece: Crisis and Unrest By Panagiotis Sotiris
The only way to describe recent developments in Greece is to refer to a peaceful popular insurrection that has led to an open political crisis. The mass gatherings at city squares at the centres of all major Greek cities continue to gather momentum. Since the 25th of May, Athens and most Greek cities have experienced… Continue reading
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Joe Bageant: Joe picks and sings Hemingway's Whisky
Here is an outtake from The Kingdom of Survival, a documentary now in production that includes interviews with Joe Bageant, Noam Chomsky, a radical book publisher, a cabin builder, a musician, and a radio host. This segment was shot one year ago when Joe was visiting his home in Winchester, Virginia. Continue reading
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Joe Bageant: Joe picks and sings Hemingway’s Whisky
Here is an outtake from The Kingdom of Survival, a documentary now in production that includes interviews with Joe Bageant, Noam Chomsky, a radical book publisher, a cabin builder, a musician, and a radio host. This segment was shot one year ago when Joe was visiting his home in Winchester, Virginia. Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: BREAK THE SILENT SPRING – A MEDIA LENS APPEAL FOR YOUR SUPPORT
We witnessed in the lead up to the invasion of Iraq how the sheer weight of media propaganda could make an invented, non-existent threat seem real. The same media have now made the choice between three corporate drones offering the same form of “friendly fascism” appear meaningful. The front page of the BBC’s news website… Continue reading
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Media Lens Alert: The Westminster Conspiracy
Last month, Greg Dyke, who was the BBC’s director general from 2000-2004, described the BBC as part of a “conspiracy” preventing the “radical changes” needed to UK democracy. “The evidence that our democracy is failing is overwhelming and yet those with the biggest interest in sustaining the current system – the Westminster village, the media… Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books, Events in London during July 2009
Housmans Radical Books, Events in London during JULY 2009 Continue reading
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HOUSMAN’S THE RADICAL BOOKSELLERS NEWSLETTER FOR JANUARY 2009
Housman’s Radical Books, London, diary of events for January, 2009 Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘Living Our Values’: Guardian News & Media And The Climate – Part 2
Earlier this month, the Observer smeared climate activists by highlighting police warnings of a “growing threat of eco-terrorism”. The alleged threat is presented by a group called Earth First!, which the paper claimed “has supporters who believe that reducing the Earth’s population by four-fifths will help to protect the planet”. Continue reading
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Tom Burghardt: Pointing the US Surveillance Apparatus at the American People
As we have seen throughout these eight long, dark years of the Bush administration, the geopolitical machinations of the U.S. ruling class have created nothing but disaster and suffering. From Afghanistan to Iraq and from Hurricane Katrina to the ongoing nightmare that is “Hurricane America” in the form of the recent $700 billion Wall Street… Continue reading
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Media Lens wins the Gandhi Foundation Peace Award And An Appeal For Support
The Gandhi Foundation Peace Award And An Appeal For Support MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media November 13, 2007 We are happy to report that we will be accepting the Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award on December 2. See here: http://www.gandhifoundation.org/peaceaward.html Continue reading
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Media Lens: Giving The Climate Camp A Good Telling Off!
MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media August 23, 2007 Guardian Environment Editor Lambasts the Heathrow Climate Camp’s ‘Media Mismanagement’ Last week’s peaceful protests at the Heathrow Camp for Climate Action (http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/) were a heartening sign of sanity in response to the huge climate threat facing us. Activists drew attention to… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 