Posted on April 30, 2008 by Mike Booth
Journalist Pepe Escobar is one of those remarkable Brazilians like the film director Fernando Meirelles or the photographer Sebastiao Salgado, rich in both human and professional qualities. In fact, all three of them are related to Sao Paulo. The first two were born in that city and Salgado studied economics at the university there.
Escobar was [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by Mike Booth
This video is The Real News Network’s Pepe Escobar commenting on the Israeli bombing of Syria on September 6 of last year, an event which went uninvestigated by the mainstream Western media.
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Posted on April 25, 2008 by Mike Booth
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Posted on April 23, 2008 by Mike Booth
In case you were wondering, here’s how to produce a thoroughly disoriented citizen:
Tell him he’s superior to people from other countries.
Put a gun in his hand.
Flag-wave him to death.
Repeat more, louder lies.
Distract him with hard-core consumption.
Make money his measure of all things.
Make false promises.
Bribe him.
Frighten him.
Isolate him.
Banalize him.
Send his children to war.
Re-engineer the electoral process [...]
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Posted on April 21, 2008 by Mike Booth
Right.
This from today’s Guardian.
These guys are so predictable. I’m constantly reminded of the old saw: “Military intelligence is to intelligence as military music is to music.”
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Posted on April 21, 2008 by Mike Booth
I’m Aghast But Not Surprised
In a bombshell article published yesterday in the NY Times, entitled “Behind Military Analysts, the Pentagon’s Hidden Hand,” investigative journalist David Barstow reveals a continuing Pentagon psychological operations (PSYOP) maneuver to disinform the American public through the manipulation of retired senior military [...]
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Posted on April 17, 2008 by Mike Booth
Just ran across this fascinating article by Christopher King on the Al Jazeera website. I was impressed not so much by the premise, which is familiar, as by the numbers, which are bruising. If you have ever asked yourself: “When will this American madness end?” you’ll be smitten by this article.
But before [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by Mike Booth
This is television for people who hate television.
Why hasn’t someone done this before?
It would have to come from Canada, wouldn’t it.
Look at any of their stories and see the difference.
Is this left-wing journalism? Founder Paul Jay says no, it’s just journalism. He also says, “Most people are aware that politicians are not speaking to them [...]
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Posted on April 13, 2008 by Mike Booth
On April 4 I published on this blog a brief article reviewing a couple of events of the Hay Festival Alhambra program in Granada. In it I mentioned the participation of Muslim intellectual and spokesman, Tariq Ramadan, who gave what seemed to me a cogent and reasonable talk on the subject of European [...]
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Posted on April 10, 2008 by Mike Booth
Plum Jobs Go to Coalition Collaborators
It has been heart warming to see the generosity with which the United States government, universities and businesses are treating Tony Blair, ex-prime minister of the U.K., and José María Aznar, ex-president of Spain. Both of these distinguished elder statesmen were named to prestigious professorships at American universities, and [...]
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Are Our Blogs Being Monitored and Manipulated?
On April 4 I published on this blog a brief article reviewing a couple of events of the Hay Festival Alhambra program in Granada. In it I mentioned the participation of Muslim intellectual and spokesman, Tariq Ramadan, who gave what seemed to me a cogent and reasonable talk on the subject of European [...]
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