Five Years After WTO Protests: Seattle Weekly Trashes Anti-Globalization Movement (tags)
The media spin cycle leading up to major anti-globalization protests has become so predictable that activists have been forced to come up with better media strategies to keep up with the lies and disinformation. The mainstream media starts the cycle several months in advance with articles and coverage about the upcoming summit and accompanying protests.
BTL:Victims' Families Say 9/11 Commission Report Avoids Certain Truths~ (tags)
~But Makes Some Valuable Recommendations~Interview with David Potorti, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
Candidate for state office David Blomstrom is advocating the death penalty for President George W. Bush.
Each year, America sets aside one day to honor and cherish its veterans. Pity about the other 364.
Democratic Party History: a Revealing Rap Sheet (tags)
A history of the Democratic Party's role in co-opting and diverting independent political movements, while advancing the agenda of the global capitalist police state. This and similar pieces can be found at
The impeachable offense (tags)
Finally, and far too late, the networks, the big dailies, and the national news magazines are discovering that the Bush Administration's case for invading Iraq was a combination of willfully gross exaggerations and flat-out lies.
Shi'a Will To Power - Downfall of Bush, And The Neocons? (tags)
ronically, the Bushites will eventually regret getting rid of Saddam Hussein. In short order, Iraq will turn from a Ba'athist dictatorship into a Muslim theocracy.
How the Reformists attempt to liquidate the anti-war movement (tags)
Recent New York Times article outlines a well-organized, massive and concerted effort by the reformist wing of the antiwar movement to derail the antiwar movement and turn activists into election fodder for the Democratic Party.
Some Dare Call it Treason (tags)
One of the ongoing threads through the screeches of the Warmongers is the attempt to categorize anyone who disagrees with them as "Treasonous" or "Anti-American". Of course their opposition to Free Speech and Open Debate is absolutely Anti-American. However, the mindset of the totalitarian jingoist will not stop there. Sadly.
Bomb Seattle! - Letter to Bush from a Seattle Resident (tags)
Funny! yet revealing...
Setting the Record Straight- RCP on the Anti War Movement (tags)
In response to a article written on Salon.com
BTL:U.S. Peace Movement is the One Force that Can Deter War with Iraq (tags)
Interview with Geov Parrish, a journalist with the Seattle Weekly conducted by Between The Lines' Scott Harris.
Shattered Illusions - Analyzing the War on Terrorism (tags)
Shattered Illusions is unashamedly a voice of dissent which brings together in one comprehensive volume, essays from intellectuals, human right activists, lawyers, journalists, and academics whose insights and perspectives provide both an intellectual and humane criticism of the Bush administration's current war policy. It not only challenges the framing of the war as a struggle between good and evil, but also critically assesses President George W. Bush's explanation for anti-U.S. sentiments.
The Coming Apocalypse by Geov Parrish -- Please Read This (tags)
This is from a few days ago, but remains one of the most poignant essays I've read since the bombing campaign began. I hope many people read this, and take it to heart.
A comment on the media hype and inaccuracies coming from the media.