By Sam Husseini | October 28, 2016 “Democracy Now” sadly continues its descent, which I’ve alluded to occasionally on twitter. To fully tell this story would require a very long and detailed piece, but the latest chapter of this is worth noting in more than a tweet as it happens. On this morning’s headlines, Amy […]
More than 80 people were arrested in North Dakota on Saturday.
People REALLY don't want this pipeline being built.
October 16, 2016
From: Nomi Prins, Author, investigative Journalist, Concerned American Citizen
To: North Dakota State Attorney Ladd R. Erickson, McLean County, lrerickson@nd.gov
Subject: Riot Charge Against Prize-Winning Independent Journalist, Amy Goodman
Dear North Dakota State Attorney Ladd R. Erickson:
By Richard Hugus | Aletho News | October 3, 2016 When it comes to Syria, the supposedly “alternative” media outlet, “Democracy Now!” promotes a line no different from the US State Department. In its September 29, 2016 broadcast, “Democracy Now!” co-host Narmine Shaikh describes a “devastating bombing campaign by the Syrian government and Russia in […]
Mainstream media would have most of us believe that the current struggle at Standing Rock, North Dakota is all about clean water – that its only focus is stopping the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) from running through Indigenous reservation land. And, yes, it is about these things. But while such a narrative may create “hot headlines,” it fails to capture the full truth and essence of what‘s really going on there.
By Dave Alpert | Intrepid Report | May 23, 2016 There was a time when I, like tens of thousands of my progressive partners, held Noam Chomsky and Amy Goodman in awe. After all, Amy informed us and Noam spoke for us, coherently explaining the issues. However, as I became more aware and more informed, […]
The Kevin Barrett-Chomsky Dispute in Historical Perspective – Seventh part of the series titled “9/11 and the Zionist Question” – Read the sixth part here. By Prof. Tony Hall | American Herald Tribune | July 30, 2016 Understanding of the nature of the lies and crimes of 9/11 has moved quite far in the decade […]
A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.
— Franz Kafka, Letter to Max Brod, July 5, 1922
By David McDonald | CounterPunch | July 8, 2016 Is no one else tired of alternate history politics? You know, how you caused the Iraq War because you voted for Nader in 2000? I would rather jump into a pool of sludge than read more on that one. The entire enterprise is suspect because it […]
