Disability Rights Activists Are Even Invisible Getting Arrested on Capitol HillPosted by Janine Jackson on 05/06/11 at 4:13 pmElite media?s selective disdain for public activism is well known. Still, you?d think some things would garner a word or two. Like 300 disability rights activists, a couple hundred in wheelchairs, occupying the rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building … [Read more...] about Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting Blog: Disability Activists and more
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Chair Shii Kazuo's speech at JCP's 87th anniversay Marx is Alive and Well interview with Fuwa Tetsuzo Public Assembly Commemorating JCP 86th Anniversary July 22, 2008 Those Who Stand for Social Justice and Reason Will Prevail in the Future Speech by SHII Kasuo, JCP Executive Committee Chair How Should Japan Fulfill Its International Responsibility … [Read more...] about Japanese News in English from Japan Press Service
The Afghan War, Past and Present (FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY IN REPORTING)
Media Advisory 10/8/10 This week, as the Afghan War entered its 10th year, there were the usual retrospectives in the media, as well as calls to rethink the war. What's striking, though, is how little thinking media did about the war in the first place. --Some pundits were calling for indiscriminate attacks before the Afghanistan War even started, as FAIR noted … [Read more...] about The Afghan War, Past and Present (FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY IN REPORTING)
Iceland Safe Haven for Press Freedom: Wikileaks Insider
REYKJAVIK — Iceland is becoming an offshore safe haven for information, an insider with whistleblower website WikiLeaks said Friday.Iceland is becoming an offshore safe haven for information, an insider with whistleblower website WikiLeaks said Friday.Iceland's parliament, the Altingi, voted Tuesday to task government with finding ways to increase information freedom and to … [Read more...] about Iceland Safe Haven for Press Freedom: Wikileaks Insider