One of the weak points of the argument against corporate media is the framing of media as being too homogenized—too few corporations running too much media. This was recently repeated by Ralph Nader in his latest essay (Counterpunch mirror): The debate between progressives and corporatists over the state of the mass media goes like this-the [...]
Joshua Frank on Rep. John Murtha’s call for troop “redeploy[ment] at the earliest predictable date” is worth reading in multiple respects: Murtha’s language has plenty of wiggle room but is misinterpreted by many (even those who favored not invading & occupying Iraq in the first place, and who want to get out of Iraq now). [...]
If you’re feeling giddy because the Democrats won a few seats during the mid-term elections, read this and ready yourself for the next major election. You don’t often come across a concrete and succinct summary of why the national Democrats do not deserve your vote. Reza Fiyouzat doesn’t let you forget what happened these past [...]
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