by Michael Bronski "Oh my God. This was not an easy film to make. First off, I have to thank Cleve Jones and Anne Kronenberg and all the real-life people who shared their stories with me.... When I was 13 years old, my beautiful mother and my father moved me from a conservative Mormon home in San Antonio, Texas to California, and I heard the story of Harvey Milk. And it gave me … [Read more...] about The Oscar Winning Politics of Hope (Harvey Milk)
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-Civil Disobedience
by David Edwards"The killed will be covered with earth and lime, and once more all the crowd of deluded men will be led on and on till those who have devised the project weary of it, or till those who thought to find it profitable receive their spoil. And so once more men will be made savage, fierce and brutal, and love will wane in the world... And so once more the men who … [Read more...] about -Civil Disobedience
-How The News Will Be Censored In This War
A new CNN system of 'script approval' suggests the Pentagon will have nothing to worry aboutby Robert FiskAlready, the American press is expressing its approval of the coverage of American forces which the US military intends to allow its reporters in the next Gulf war. The boys from CNN, CBS, ABC and The New York Times will be "embedded" among the US marines and … [Read more...] about -How The News Will Be Censored In This War
– N.Y. Times Lies on Lack of Turkish Opposition to the War
The following letter to the NY Times reflects the massive opposition to the war within Turkey.Forwarded to portside by Carol Stevens Yurur in Istanbul. -- portsideMod]Mass opposition in Turkey to war on neighboring IraqSubject: NY Times Mis-Information on TurkeyDate: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 20:22:42 +0200 From: Ayse Gul Altinay Subject: Your coverage of Turkey To: … [Read more...] about – N.Y. Times Lies on Lack of Turkish Opposition to the War
– Denis J. Halliday/Normon Solomon on Bush War Plans: Obscene
GUEST MEDIA ALERT: STATEMENTS BY DENIS HALLIDAY AND NORMAN SOLOMONJanuary 26, 2003Halliday is Former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and Former head of U.N. oil-for-food programThe obscene haste of Bush to go to war, beside his friend Tony Blair, is very hard to understand. In the absence of any immediate threat to the Middle East, or to the … [Read more...] about – Denis J. Halliday/Normon Solomon on Bush War Plans: Obscene