Counterpunch Weekend Edition: August 7-9, 2009 By MIGUEL TINKER SALAS I would submit that events in Honduras are not isolated, but rather part of a conservative counterattack taking shape in Latin America. For some time, the right has been rebuilding in Latin America; hosting conferences, sharing experiences, refining their message, working with the media, and [...]
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Honduras is Only Part of the Story: The Conservative Counter-Attack in Latin America
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Stories of Hope and Change
Stories of Hope and Change You Didn’t Hear About in 2007 and 2008. Project Censored 2009 highlights a new form of journalism: one that looks for the places where real change for the better is already underway. Here are their 10 featured stories… Communities take on corporate power Small town citizens are claiming the right [...]
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Ten Ways to Democratize the Global Economy
Global Exchange Fact Sheet: 10 Ways to Democratize the Global Economy Citizens can and should play an active role in shaping the future of our global economy. Here are some of the ways in which we can work together to reform global trade rules, demand that corporations are accountable to people’s needs, build strong [...]
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Dying for Land
 By John Hall Our 15-foot, outrigger boat — overloaded with 14 people — heaved in heavy seas off the coast of Batangas, Luzon, Philippines, and water poured over the gunwales. I had been kneeling for an hour, bailing water with the sole piece of “emergency equipment” on board: a plastic bottle. As the waves washed [...]
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Latin America: The Attack on Democracy
By John Pilger (April 25, 2008) Beyond the sound and fury of its conquest of Iraq and campaign against Iran, the world’s dominant power is waging a largely unreported war on another continent – Latin America. Using proxies, Washington aims to restore and reinforce the political control of a privileged group calling itself middle-class, to [...]
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Alternative Media Can Balance Establishment’s Experts
ZNet Commentary (November 26, 2006) By Gary Olson The late political philosopher Isaiah Berlin coined the term ”secular priesthood” to describe Russian commissars who were apologists for Stalin’s crimes. Later, MIT Professor Noam Chomsky adapted the term to characterize their counterpart in contemporary societies, namely the higher level media, commentators and academic types who learn [...]