Tag Archives: media
#Mauritania Citizen Journalists Robbed
There’s a reason we call it “the struggle”, “la lutte”. Nothing can be taken for granted in a repressive situation, even things that should be simple are made difficult. Logic and convenience slide uselessly off the hunched shoulders of the oppressed. For the majority of activists in Mauritania, our everyday reality is all too often […]
Does Fashion Police Emo Death Squad mean Iraq is the new Iran?
The hot news this weekend is that Obama has begun to tone down the animosity towards Iran. Most of the entertainment comes from watching the remarkable agility of media outlets in reversing their previous positions in order to follow suit. While pondering this acrobatic phenomena, I found this story in a UK tabloid about “emo” youths in […]
Banned Valentines
My son asked me if I was planning anything special for Valentine’s Day … ! Not for the reasons you or I might expect: I was definitely relieved after he explained, had been searching background information on Iran, and saw that they outlawed this day as one of many decadent Western traditions to be avoided […]
Yes, Time Magazine Thinks Americans Are Stupid
A screen shot of the U.S. and international covers for the Feb. 20, 2012 issue of Time Magazine. You may notice something striking about this week’s American edition of Time magazine. While readers in Asia, Europe, and the South Pacific—really, the rest of the Time-reading world—confront a serious profile about Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and his role in the […]
News and Comments 7 Feb 2012
Syria crisis: Gulf Arab states expel Syrian ambassadors Gulf Arab states say they are expelling Syrian ambassadors in their countries and recalling their envoys from Syria. The Gulf Cooperation Council said Syria had rejected Arab attempts to solve the crisis and end 11 months of bloodshed. The US closed its embassy in Syria on Monday, […]
