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November 28, 2006
English.AlJazeera.net
The recently launched (but mostly not available in Canada) Al Jazeera English is quite good, and has a pretty interesting approach.
July 22, 2006
Video from Lebanon
Live from a Beirut Hotel:
From http://lebanonlive.blogspot.com, Lucie, in the Bekaa Valley.:
From ABC:
June 15, 2005
Poll asks Americans "Who is a journalist?"
University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center did a survey asking the question "Who is a journalist?". Rush Limbaugh and Bob Woodward scored the same.
April 13, 2005
Author William Blum on Co-op Radio Wednesday Night
Tune in to Vancouver Co-op Radio's "Discussion" with host Yolanda Tsangarakis. She will be joined by William Blum, author of "Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since WWII," "Rogue State: a Guide to the World's Only Superpower," and his latest, "Freeing the World to Death."
The War on Terror, American Exceptionalism, the state of the American empire, and future prospects for crushing imperialism will be discussed. No holds barred. Call-ins will be welcomed...
7:00-8:00pm, Pacific Standard Time, 102.7 Co-op Radio, Streaming Live at www.coopradio.org
March 24, 2005
Ralph Shoenman video
Ralph Shoenman, former Executive Director of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, is seen here in this video speaking about 9/11.
Always articulate, often controversial, this is a rare interview with the man who brings "Taking Aim" to air every week.
December 23, 2004
From the West Coast, the Latest Seven Oaks
The latest edition of Seven Oaks Magazine is up, featuring this interview with antiwar veteran Jim Talib.
September 02, 2004
NYC: Civil Disobedience Turns to Rebellion in Face of Police Repression
NYC Protests and Repression:
See: The New Standard
TML Daily is on the scene as well.
Always a solid live report on Flashpoints
February 25, 2004
Murray Dobbin's Call for "Word Warriors"
WANTED: COMMITTED WORD WARRIORS
From the van-annouce listserve
I am starting a national list of people who are willing to commit to writing at least one letter-to-the editor every two weeks. I will commit to sending out at least one suggested topic plus analysis and writing points every week to make it as easy as possible. If you are at least interested, read on. If not, sorry to bother you. - Murray Dobbin.
Murray can be contacted through this link:
January 30, 2004
Has Jack Layton heard about this?
Moveon.org held a contest for anti-Bush campaign ads.
The results are amazing.
August 04, 2003
The Understander
(Review of Ursa Major: A Polyphonic Masque for Speakers & Dancers, by Robert Bringhurst [afterword by Peter Sanger]. Kentville, N. S.: Gaspereau Press, 2003.)
I tend to think of printed play-scripts as utilitarian things: as tools for scholars, for actors and directors, not as things one might pick up for pleasure. But Robert Bringhurst's Ursa Major, published by Gaspereau Press, is something different.