SITTING in my home in New Delhi, watching an American TV news channel promote itself ("We report. You decide."), I imagine Noam Chomsky's amused, chipped-tooth smile.Everybody knows that authoritarian regimes, regardless of their ideology, use the mass media for propaganda. But what about democratically elected regimes in the "free world"?Today, thanks to Noam Chomsky and … [Read more...] about -The Lonliness of Noam Chomsky (Arundhati Roy)
-Iraqi Liberation, Bush Style Jensen and Mahajan)
Published on Monday, September 1, 2003 by the Long Island, NY Newsday Iraqi Liberation, Bush Style by Robert Jensen and Rahul Mahajan Now that American-British lies and distortions about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction and al-Qaida links have been thoroughly exposed, Bush administration officials have had to create new rationalizations for the Iraq war. … [Read more...] about -Iraqi Liberation, Bush Style Jensen and Mahajan)
-A Change of Heart About Animals (Jeremy Rifkin)
Though much of big science has centered on breakthroughs in biotechnology, nanotechnology and more esoteric questions like the age of our universe, a quieter story has been unfolding behind the scenes in laboratories around the world — one whose effect on human perception and our understanding of life is likely to be profound.What these researchers are finding is that many … [Read more...] about -A Change of Heart About Animals (Jeremy Rifkin)
-Japan Treats refugees like Criminals
The plight of Kurdish refugees in Japan shows this country may well have the world's stingiest policies on asylum seekers.Of the hundreds of thousands of Kurds who have fanned out across the world over the last decade to escape repression and war, mainly from Turkey and Iraq, just 300 have managed to make it past Japanese immigration officials since 1998, and not one has been … [Read more...] about -Japan Treats refugees like Criminals
-Japanese photo journalist’s exhibition opens people’s eyes to Iraq war
In countries which have joined the U.S. forces in the invasion of Iraq, many people had second thoughts about the Iraq war after they visited an exhibition of pictures taken by Japanese photo journalist Morizumi Takashi.More...Photos/report...-?X?Z‘ì‚̃Cƒ‰ƒNƒŒƒ|?[ƒg... … [Read more...] about -Japanese photo journalist’s exhibition opens people’s eyes to Iraq war