USA
POOR, POOR SARAH BY: WILLIAM RIVERS PITT
Twenty people were gunned down at a supermarket in Arizona on Saturday. Six were killed, including a nine-year-old girl. Fourteen others were wounded, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords,…
Topic
Category: January 2011
15 articles
Global issues
THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS IS A WATERSHED MOMENT IN AMERICAN POLITICS
Since the assassination of Democratic presidential candidate Senator in 1968. Congresswoman Giffords remains in critical condition in a Tuscon hospital. Giffords was one of 9 people shot.…
USA
TALK RADIO, THE MEDIA AND THE RISE OF RIGHT WING POLITICAL EXTREMISM
One of the most distinctive features of American democracy is its constitutional right to free speech. The idea of a free and open press has been…
Global issues
LIBERALISM, WAR AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
“I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution…
USA
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ARIZONA? PART 1
No American state has received as much negative publicity over the past 20 year as Arizona has. The last time a state received as much derision was Mississippi back during…
Global issues
GAZA: SYMBOL OF RESISTANCE A NEW BOOK THAT BREAKS THROUGH THE MEDIA BLOCKADE
This book documents Israel’s war crimes in Gaza, and explains how Gazans withstood siege and war and refused to give up the right to determine their own…
Haiti
A VIDEO HISTORY OF THE FIRST BLACK REPUBLIC & THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS IN HAITI
A look back of the state of affairs in Haiti from the first black republic to today. Collection of video explaining the current state of affairs in Haiti.…
USA
ONE YEAR AFTER HAITI EARTHQUAKE, CORPORATIONS PROFIT WHILE PEOPLE SUFFER
One year after an earthquake devastated Haiti, much of the promised relief and reconstruction aid has not reached those most in need. In fact, the nation’s tragedy…
Censorship
CHINA: CENSORSHIP PRESSURE FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR
It is well known that online content providers in China have to follow censorship instructions from various government authorities. However, with the rise of private public…
Iran
AS EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT BLOCKS WEBSITES, ARRESTS ACTIVISTS INTERNET SECURITY SAVVY IS CRITICAL
Internet Security Savvy is Critical as Egyptian Government Blocks Websites, Arrests Activists in Response to Continued Protest. As we’ve seen in Iran and Tunisia, social networking tools have…
News
THE WRATH OF FOOLS: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE FAR RIGHT
To: Palin-lovers, Fox “News,” the “mainstream” media, and the Far Right, et al. From: William Rivers Pitt Date: Monday 10 January 2011 Re: …
Iran
IRAN’S CYBER POLICE, GEOGRAPHY, AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DENIAL OF SERVICE
National Public Radio reports that Iran is planning on dispatching “cyber police” across the country with General Ahmadi Moghaddam stating that “There is no time to wait”…