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Jim Naureckas, Health Care Costs, and Arizona Protests
June 3, 2010Oil gushers and Israeli commandoes dominated the headlines this week, but the news too often seemed to come from the same sources, over and over again. Cable news hosts and guests alike repeated the Israeli government's statements on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza--or what they termed a lack of one--and BP managed to continue to control access to its oil, coating beaches in the Gulf of Mexico.The F Word: Flotilla Video as a Weapon
June 3, 2010A picture's worth a thousand words, but what those words are depends a whole lot in American media, at least, on pre-existing official attitudes. Take the picture of Neda Agha-Soltan -- last year, she became the face of Iranian resistance after a Youtube clip circulated showing the young protestor’s tragic death. Yet the video from the activists on the Freedom Flotilla has been described as a weapon, worthy of attack.Iran: Revolution or Civil Rights Movement?
February 11, 2010Not long ago on GRITtv, Hamid Dabashi told us that the Iranian protests are turning into a civil rights movement with long-term potential for change. As opposition leaders call for more protests and the Ahmadinejad regime executes those who speak out against it, Obama ramps up calls for sanctions over nuclear enhancement.Iran's Movement, David Corn and Sex Ed in Utah
February 10, 2010Not long ago on GRITtv, Hamid Dabashi told us that the Iranian protests are turning into a civil rights movement with long-term potential for change. As opposition leaders call for more protests and the Ahmadinejad regime executes those who speak out against it, Obama ramps up calls for sanctions over nuclear enhancement.
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