Chomsky, on the mainstream media treatment of the Lebanon attacks, from the Znet Forums (in answer to a question on media coverage).There are scattered and good reports about the suffering of the Lebanese. But overwhelmingly, it's presented from the Israeli point of view. And there is only oblique indication of the fact that it is a US-Israeli attack, not an Israeli-attack. … [Read more...] about Noam Chomsky on Media Treatment of Israeli attacks on Lebanon
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(1) ARE “ISRAEL: AND “JEWS” SYNONYMOUS? and (2) AIPAC Congratulates Itself on Lebanon Slaughter
By Danny SchechterMediachannel.org News Dissector Danny Schechter is "Blogger in Chief"of Mediachannel.org. His latest film is "In Debt We Trust." (Indebtwetrust.com) Comments to Dissector@mediachannel.orgI remember reading a story once about some of the Jewish fighters during the years of the Nazi genocide who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto through the sewer system … [Read more...] about (1) ARE “ISRAEL: AND “JEWS” SYNONYMOUS? and (2) AIPAC Congratulates Itself on Lebanon Slaughter
From Mania to Depression
Uri Avnery is an Israeli writer and peace activist with Gush Shalom.Thirty three days of war. The longest of our wars since 1949.On the Israeli side: 154 dead--117 of them soldiers. 3970 rockets launched against us, 37 civilians dead, more than 422 civilians wounded.On the Lebanese side: about a thousand dead civilians, thousands wounded. An unknown number of Hizbullah … [Read more...] about From Mania to Depression
The War on Civil Liberties Continues
The USA PATRIOT Act was passed on October 26, 2001, with only one U.S. Senator voting against it. The House passed the Act by a 357 to 66 margin. Most Senators and Congresspeople had not read it. Most Americans had never heard of it. Since then it has become one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in U.S. history and the centerpiece of U.S. secret investigation and … [Read more...] about The War on Civil Liberties Continues
Top Lies About Iraq from the Bush Administration
(1) Iraq was a “grave and gathering threat”After years of pre-invasion propaganda about the threat from Iraq as “imminent,” “immediate,” “urgent,” “serious,” “real,” and “dangerous,” the Administration fell into line with the studied message of “grave and gathering.” It was not. Crippled by 10 years of sanctions, Iraq had one of the weakest militaries and economies in the … [Read more...] about Top Lies About Iraq from the Bush Administration