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Yearly Archives: 2008
FILM : Hollywood’s Response to War
How Vietnam Gave us Dude, Where’s My CarBy Michael Bronski One of the most amazing cultural responses to the war against Iraq has been the plethora of documentary and feature films produced by independent companies and even Hollywood studios. From … Continue reading
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Tagged Film, Filmmakers, Hollywood, Independent Film, Iraq War, Popular Culture, Vietnam
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South African Human Rights Activists Shocked By Palestinian Refugee Camp
Palestinian mourners carry the body of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militant Hani Al-Kabi who was killed in an Israeli army raid in the Balata refugee camp, during his funeral in the West Bank town of Nablus, Friday, April 18, 2008. Photo … Continue reading
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Tagged Apartheid, Human Rights, Israel, Middle East, Nelson Mandela, Palestine, Refugees, South Africa, West Bank
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Karl Rove : FOX in the Hen House?
Here is a succinct statement of what’s wrong with The System, as we used to call it. Karl Rove is an election analyst for Fox News. “Fox News host Chris Wallace also came to Rove’s defense, asking rhetorically, ‘Why it … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Administration, Corporate Media, Fox News, Journalism, Karl Rove, Media, Media Bias, Right Wing Media, White House
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Could Alabama Gov. Siegelman Bring Down the House of Cards?
Former Alabama govenor Don Siegelman accompanied by his wife Lorie reports to the Federal building in downtown Tuscaloosa in 2004.Gov. Siegelman at Netroots Nation: Bush’s Undoing?By Sam Seder / July 14, 2008 As more and more corruption and law breaking … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Administration, Campaign Tactics, Corruption, Dirty Tricks, Karl Rove, Netroots Nation
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Clear-Cut Logging: Not Such a Good Thing
The aerial photo of the bare slope and slide areas in the Stillman Creek drainage raised concerns at Weyerhaeuser, enough so that corporate officials did their own flyover, scouting landslides there and elsewhere in the Northwest. Photo: Steve Ringman, Seattle … Continue reading
The Court Decision Disappointed Even the Victors
Decisions Shut Door on Bush Clean-Air StepsBy Felicity Barringer / July 12, 2008 Any major steps by the Bush administration to control air pollution or reduce emissions of heat-trapping gases came to a dead end on Friday, the combined result … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Government
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Bill Moyers: "Communitainment" and Other Media Wonders
Is the Fourth Estate a Fifth Column? Corporate media colludes with democracy’s demiseBy Bill Moyers / July 14, 2008 I heard this story a long time ago, growing up in Choctaw County in Oklahoma before my family moved to Texas. … Continue reading
Warning to Obama: Avoid the ‘Great Game’
Afghan fighters.Stop one war by starting two more?By Tom Hayden / July 14, 2008 Barack Obama restated his Iraq phased withdrawal play in response to public questioning today but committed himself to expanding the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Any … Continue reading
Cultural Clash in Rural Texas
Adriel Arocha’s parents consider his waist-length hair “sacred” and contend it reflects Native American religious beliefs. Photo by Eric Kayne / Houston Chronicle.Long hair doesn’t cut it, school says… Native American beliefs up against rural district’s dress codeBy Eric Hanson … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Native Americans, Personal Freedom, Religious Freedom, Texas
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Drawn and Quartered
Daryl Cagle / MSNBC.com.The Rag Blog / Posted July 15, 2008
Outsourcing the Iraq War
Mercenary recruiters turn to Latin AmericaBy Eric Stoner In October, Erik Prince, the 39-year-old CEO of Blackwater Worldwide, a leading private security company operating in Iraq, went into damage-control mode. Blackwater employees in Baghdad’s Nisour Square had killed 17 Iraqi … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackwater, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, Latin America, Mercenaries
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ART : The Writing’s On the Wall
Charlie Halsey, co-founder of Alphabeta, stands in the graffiti store’s art space. Photo by Margot Adler / NPR.Brooklyn Store Celebrates The Art Of Graffitiby Margot Adler / July 14, 2008 Graffiti has always had a double edge. Often reviled as … Continue reading
