From triumph to torture

Israel's treatment of an award-winning young Palestinian journalist is part of a terrible pattern John Pilger The Guardian, Wednesday July 2, 2008 Two weeks ago, I presented a young Palestinian, Mohammed Omer, with the 2008 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism. Awarded in memory of the great US war correspondent, the prize goes to journalists who expose establishment propaganda, or "...

The Obama Craze: Count Me Out by Matt Gonzalez‚ Feb. 27‚ 2008 Part of me shares the enthusiasm for Barack Obama. After all, how could someone calling themself a progressive not sense the importance of what it means to have an African-American so close to the presidency? But as his campaign has unfolded, and I heard that we are not red states or blue states for the 6th or 7th time, I realized I ...