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Denmark follows UK Iraq pullout Denmark has announced that it will pull all of its troops out of Iraq in August, as Britain unveiled a plan to scale down its forces in the country....
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 6:40am PST
Blair 'to announce Iraq pull-out' The UK prime minister is to announce a new timetable for withdrawing British troops from Iraq, including the pull-out of 1,500 within a matter of weeks, British media has reported....
Posted: Tue, Feb 20, 2007 10:07pm PST
Free Josh Wolf: Jeff Perlstein (video/quicktime 17.7MB) Jeff Perlstein is executive director of Media Alliance. Two-minute QT movie. 18MB....
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2007 7:25pm PST
Sickening treatment for thousands of wounded US soldiers returning from Iraq "Support the troops" trips off the tongues of Republicans like buttah. The likes of Mr. Bush, Dick Cheney and Mitch McConnell love using the troops as a weapon against Democrats whenever they can. But the reality behind their rhetoric is stark. Remember Rep. Musgrave's military photo op flap? We covered it from the beginning, starting with Josh Marshall, but then the story got traction. Of course, who can forget Curt I support the troops Weldon going after Joe Sestak? In fact, if you're a vet...
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2007 1:56pm PST
Free Josh Wolf: Richard Knee (video/quicktime 11.6MB) Richard Knee is chair of the Journalism Division of the National Writers Union, Bay Area Chapter. One-minute QT movie. 11MB....
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2007 8:28pm PST
Reid: Iraq war 'worst foreign policy mistake' in U.S. history WASHINGTON (CNN) -- After months of heated rhetoric slamming President Bush's Iraq policy, the Senate's top Democrat moved into new terrain by declaring the Iraq war a worse blunder than Vietnam....
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2007 2:06pm PST
Free Josh Wolf: Michael Cabanatuan (video/quicktime 12.4MB) Michael Cabanatuan is president of Local 39521,The Newspaper Guild (No.Calif. Media Workers Guild/Typographical Union) - CWA. One-minute QT movie. 12MB....
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2007 6:46am PST
Wolf as Underdog: Indy Media Journalist Needs Protection Jailed journalist Josh Wolf has remained in prison so long because he lacks the backing of a large media organization that could agitate to protect his rights — so Congress should step in. In a recent court filing, U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan says it’s only in Wolf’s “imagination that he is a journalist.” The Society of Professional Journalists must be equally imaginative. Their Northern California chapter named Josh Wolf Journalist of the Year for 2006, and in March will give him the James Madi...
Posted: Thu, Feb 15, 2007 9:54am PST
Wolf as Underdog: Indy Media Journalist Needs Protection Jailed journalist Josh Wolf has remained in prison so long because he lacks the backing of a large media organization that could agitate to protect his rights — so Congress should step in. In a recent court filing, U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan says it’s only in Wolf’s “imagination that he is a journalist.” The Society of Professional Journalists must be equally imaginative. Their Northern California chapter named Josh Wolf Journalist of the Year for 2006, and in March will give him the James Madi...
Posted: Thu, Feb 15, 2007 9:53am PST
“Diamond Life”: Documentary Examines How Diamonds Funded the Civil War in Sierra Leone We turn now to the issue of conflict diamonds -- also known as blood diamonds. The documentary “Diamond Life” looks at how diamonds funded the civil war in Sierra Leone....
Posted: Wed, Feb 14, 2007 6:15pm PST
Judge abruptly sends Wolf case to U.S. Magistrate BREAKING NEWS - In yet another strange twist in the case against San Francisco independent journalist, Josh Wolf, U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who has rejected several defense requests to free Wolf, one as recently as last month, issued a brief order Tuesday saying he was referring the case to U.S. Magistrate Joseph Spero "in the interest of reaching a resolution satisfactory to both sides.''...
Posted: Wed, Feb 14, 2007 4:59pm PST
Magistrate will mediate case of jailed blogger A federal judge assigned a magistrate as a mediator Tuesday to try to
resolve the case of Josh Wolf, the blogger who has been in prison nearly
six months for refusing to turn over a videotape of an anarchist protest
to a federal grand jury....
Posted: Wed, Feb 14, 2007 3:10pm PST
Free Josh Wolf: Ross Mirkarimi (video/quicktime 61.9MB) San Francisco Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi and Chris Daly were the sponsors of a resolution last August supporting Josh and urging the U. S. government to respect California's shield law. Four-minute QT movie. 62MB....
Posted: Tue, Feb 13, 2007 10:35pm PST
Josh, Sarah & David Greene receive James Madison honors from SPJ JOSH WOLF, SARAH OLSON AND “BALCO TWO” HIGHLIGHT WINNERS OF 22ND
ANNUAL JAMES MADISON AWARDS...
Posted: Tue, Feb 13, 2007 10:21pm PST
News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin Frontline producer Raney Aronson discusses the new documentary series examining the relationship between the Bush administration and the press. The series called “News Wars” will begin airing on PBS tomorrow night. Part one of the series examines the political and legal forces challenging the mainstream news media. The second part looks at the legal jeopardy faced by a number of reporters across the country and interviews reporters facing jail time for refusing to reveal their sources. One of...
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 7:49am PST
Imprisoned Journalist Josh Wolf Speaks Out From Jail After Over 170 Days Behind Bars Josh Wolf, 24, has spent almost six months in jail. More time than any journalist in US history for protecting his sources. He was jailed on August 1st of last year when he refused to turn over video that he had shot of an anti-G8 demonstration in San Francisco to a federal grand jury....
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 7:48am PST
The Last Oil Shock (2000) (video/x-pn-realvideo 14.9MB) Britain faces the prospect of closed filling stations and empty supermarket shelves as the fuel protesters once again threaten blockades. Last time the problem went away within a week or two. The hope is that this time too, the crisis will quickly evaporate. But there are scientists who believe that the recent problems are just a foretaste of what is to come - all the time and very soon. They predict that from 2005, the world will face a permanent and deepening shortage of petrol and diesel. ...
Posted: Sun, Feb 11, 2007 4:26pm PST
'Barely visible encroachments' threaten free press in U.S. One of the founders and executive editor of Salon.com , Gary Kamiya , writes today from an interesting perspective on civil liberty in the U.S., titled Resisting Arrest. "Americans assume that their civil rights are sacrosanct … They're wrong. Civil rights are only as strong as the nation's commitment to defending them. And the grim truth is that during wartime, that commitment often fails…” Kamiya quickly asserts....
Posted: Sun, Feb 11, 2007 1:25pm PST
Free Josh Wolf: David Greene (video/quicktime 33.2MB) David Greene is executive director of First Amendment Project. Two-minute QT movie. 33MB....
Posted: Sun, Feb 11, 2007 1:02am PST