By Christopher Scheer, AlterNet June 27, 2003"The Iraqi dictator must not be permitted to threaten America and the world with horrible poisons and diseases and gases and atomic weapons." - George Bush, Oct. 7, 2002, in a speech in Cincinnati.There is a small somber box that appears in the New York Times every day since the start of the war. Titled simply "Killed in Iraq," … [Read more...] about -10 Appalling Lies We Were Told About Iraq
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-Dr Vandana Shiva: Food Freedom Vs. Food Slavery
ZNet Commentary ( Biotech Wars) June 15, 2003Go to zmag.org in order to become a ZNet sustainerMonsanto through the U.S. government, is trying desperately to reverse its failing fortunes by creating markets for its genetically engineered crops (GMOs) through coercion and corruption.The E.U. has not yet cleared GM crops for commercial planting or GM food for imports. … [Read more...] about -Dr Vandana Shiva: Food Freedom Vs. Food Slavery
-Student Requests: Israel/Palestine, Independent Media
Recently students have been asking about the following:(1) Why are the Jews occupying Arab land. (2) Why not trust the official media?Good questions. The problem with #1 is that it assumes that all Jews support the government of Israel and that there are no mutual efforts opposing the occupation, and promoting social and economic justice. The fact that this is not familar … [Read more...] about -Student Requests: Israel/Palestine, Independent Media
– ZNet Commentary Britain: Not Quite A Parallel Media Universe
By Norman SolomonThis is a ZNet Sustainer Commentary. Please go to the following address to become a Znet Sustainer and get commentaries every day, plus forum access:https://zmag.orgLONDON -- The people of Britain and the United States are living in parallel, yet substantively different, media universes. Bonds of language and overlaps of mass culture are obvious. … [Read more...] about – ZNet Commentary Britain: Not Quite A Parallel Media Universe
-English as a Foreign Language and the Occupation
by Bill TemplarBill Templar is at the Lao-American College, Vientiane/Lao PDR and Dubnow Institute for Jewish History, University of Leipzig.The following article is from ZMagazine. Please go to https://zmag.orh to subscribe to the magazine, the website sustainer program, or both.The new handheld electronic device known as a Phrasealator, first tried by U.S. troops … [Read more...] about -English as a Foreign Language and the Occupation