by Adam Johnson/Fairness and Accuracy in ReportingJournalism how-not-to: New York Times (6/7/18) puts the attack inthe headline, reveals it’s a smear in paragraph 20.A reporter at the most influential paper in English-language media appears to not know the difference between a government “tightly editing” and selectively editing video.New York Times reporter … [Read more...] about NYT Carries IDF Attack on Murdered Medic–Reveals It’s a Smear in 20th Paragraph
War and Empire/戦争＆支配権力
Former State Department Official Asks Military Members to Speak Out
USMC Iraq veteran, former Afghanistan Foreign Service Officer, former State Department official, advisory board member of Veterans For Peace and an antiwar activist Matthew Hoh (@MatthewPHoh)is asking military members to speak out before its too late. Matt has spent years speaking about PTSD, Moral Injury, and life after combat to help others who might be seeking some answers. … [Read more...] about Former State Department Official Asks Military Members to Speak Out
미군 파티장에서 벌어진 반미시위
Compiled and translated by Sung-Hee Choi, activist against the U.S. naval base on Jeju. Fwd: [Oct. 14][Busan] "US troops Go back home!" Cry in the party venue for the US navy (from No Naval Base on Jeju)The Busan Haeundae grand hotel is where movie directors and actors/actress used to stay together whenever there is the Busan international film festival … [Read more...] about 미군 파티장에서 벌어진 반미시위
My Lai, Sexual Assault and the Black Blouse Girl: Forty-Five Years Later, One of America’s Most Iconic Photos Hides Truth in Plain Sight
by Valerie Wieskamp - It has become almost a requirement in American culture that people talk about “supporting our veterans”. But this is what our soldiers do-they invade, they rape, they silence.Not every soldier, of course. But militarism embraces violence, and no- our soldiers have not died defending our freedoms. They have died defending our right to go anywhere, … [Read more...] about My Lai, Sexual Assault and the Black Blouse Girl: Forty-Five Years Later, One of America’s Most Iconic Photos Hides Truth in Plain Sight
Okinawa still trapped in the grip of U.S. militarism
By Tim Shorrock. Published in Japanese by the Ryuku Shimpo, July 18, 2017– As the people of Okinawa expand their struggle to remove the US Marines from their beautiful island, the Trump administration’s military buildup in Asia in response to North Korea’s missile tests is making that task even harder.In April, at the height of the latest crisis with the North, US … [Read more...] about Okinawa still trapped in the grip of U.S. militarism