By Ilan Pappe Source: The Electronic Intifada Ilan Pappe's ZSpace Page Join ZSpace (2 January 2009) -- My visit back home to the Galilee coincided with the genocidal Israeli attack on Gaza. The state, through its media and with the help of its academia, broadcasted one unanimous voice -- even louder than the one heard during the criminal attack against Lebanon … [Read more...] about Israel’s righteous fury and its victims in Gaza
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Israeli Govt Terrorism Treated as Self Defense by Biased Media
The corporate media can be counted on to minimize discussion of the terrorising of a population when that population is Palestinian. As well, any evidence of solidarity by left wing Israelis is totally obliterated, leading one to assume that if the NY Times says Israel is acting in self defense, it must be true. Here then are news reports from other sources, mainly activist … [Read more...] about Israeli Govt Terrorism Treated as Self Defense by Biased Media
US Conscientious objector Tony Anderson sentenced to 14 months
CLICK VIDEO TO SEE TONY'S COMMENTS On Monday, 17 November 2008, US Iraq war resisters Tony Anderson has been sentenced to 14 months of confinement and given a dishonourable discharge from the military for "desertion with intent to avoid hazardous duty" and "disobeying a lawful order". The young soldier refused to deploy to Iraq in July of this year on the grounds … [Read more...] about US Conscientious objector Tony Anderson sentenced to 14 months
Beware The Obama Hype. What ‘Change’ In America Really Means
Nov 12, 2008 By John Pilger John Pilger's ZSpace Page / ZSpace My first visit to Texas was in 1968, on the fifth anniversary of the assassination of president John F Kennedy in Dallas. I drove south, following the line of telegraph poles to the small town of Midlothian, where I met Penn Jones Jr, editor of the Midlothian Mirror. Except for his drawl and fine … [Read more...] about Beware The Obama Hype. What ‘Change’ In America Really Means
Kenzaburo Oe: Misreading, Espionage and “Beautiful Martyrdom”: On Hearing the Okinawa ‘Mass Suicides’ Suit Court Verdict
Immediately following the ruling by the Osaka District Court on the Okinawa Mass Suicides Suit (March 28, 2008), I was being interviewed by a correspondent from a foreign newspaper, while the plaintiffs were already engaged in the appeals process. Almost by way of greeting, I was asked by the correspondent, “What has this trial meant to your life?” I replied by saying, … [Read more...] about Kenzaburo Oe: Misreading, Espionage and “Beautiful Martyrdom”: On Hearing the Okinawa ‘Mass Suicides’ Suit Court Verdict