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George Sisk and the ADL are shocked! "Many state-owned/supported Arab/Muslim newspapers and publications in the Middle East and the Gulf countries seem to have a one-track mind when reporting on Israel: Do everything possible to demonize Israel by perpetuating centuries-old anti-Semitic canards and conspiracy theories of Jewish power, control and world domination." But what about the Israel Lobby's cartoon depiction of Arabs? Let's put *that* on the table too....

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Monday, November 3, 2008 :The legendary radio broadcaster, writer, oral historian, raconteur and chronicler of our times, Studs Terkel, died Friday at the age of ninety-six in his home town of Chicago. Over the years, Terkel has been a regular guest on Democracy Now! In 2005, he appeared on the show shortly after undergoing open heart surgery. “My curiosity is what saw me through," Terkel said. "What would the world be like, or will there be a world? And so, that’s my epitaph. I have it all s...

Seven years after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan to oust the Taliban, the country faces an increasingly uncertain future. Award-winning investigative journalists Pratap Chatterjee and Nobu Sakamoto, reported from Afghanistan immediately following the invasion, and now return to the country as part of a CorpWatch/KPFA Radio collaboration to take stock....

A year ago on 24 October 2007 a young independent journalist and editor, Alisher Saipov, was killed in his home town of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan as he was walking down a street with an acquaintance. He was shot reportedly at point blank range by two unidentified assailants. The killing was reported to be linked to his professional activities, in particular his critical reporting on the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. His death had a further chilling effect on the rights to freedom of ...

Monday, October 20, 2008 : SAN FRANCISCO - Television networks should stop silencing political speech on the Internet, according to a letter the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern California and a coalition of public interest groups sent to four major television networks today....

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Friday, October 17, 2008 :Every three years, the U.S. Copyright Office undertakes a rule-making to consider whether the DMCA's ban on circumventing technological protection measures (e.g., DRM and other "access control" restrictions) is interfering with noninfringing uses of copyrighted materials. The Copyright Office has announced that those interested in requesting a DMCA exemption for the period 2009-2012 must submit their proposals to the Copyright Office by December 2, 2008 (there will b...

Thursday, October 16, 2008 :In an editorial October 15 entitled Downward Spiral, the New York Times calls for the next administration to carry out a swift and serious buildup of troops in Afghanistan....

* This Editorial from El Libertario (#54, September-October 2008, Venezuela) examines – from the current Venezuelan perspective – how authoritarian power builds its own security upon the destruction of collective security....