Free Gaza’s Lauren Booth has an open video letter to the people of Israel.
Category: Video
Anthony Lawson: BBC Bias on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
The Peace Procession
John Mearsheimer, Robert Malley, and Nabil Shaath on Al Jazeera’s Empire looking at the Israeli-Palestinian talks and the unattainability of the promised land.
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The Life of Frantz Fanon
A dramatisation of the life of French psychiatrist and revolutionary political writer Frantz Fanon, author of Black Skin, White Mask.
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TIME Announces New Version Of Magazine Aimed At Adults
Doing away with kid-friendly info bubbles and colorful photos, new ‘TIME Advanced’ will cater to adults with an interest in news.
Gideon Levy in conversation with Jon Snow
A report with some of Levy’s comments can be found at Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
Naomi Klein, Hernando de Soto and Joseph Stiglitz on Economic Power
Naomi Klein, Hernando de Soto and Joseph Stiglitz speaking on economic power at the Graduate Centre, CUNY, moderated by David Harvey. See speaker biographies over the fold. From the fora.tv series ‘Is capitalism dead‘? Run time is 62 minutes, with a ten minute preview.
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The ‘real agenda’ of the BBC’s Jane Corbin, who calls herself a ‘Journalist’
by Abbas Al Lawati
On August 19, the Israeli consulate in New York tweeted: #BBC “Panorama” presents arguably the most complete & thorough account of the #Flotilla.
The documentary has not received much endorsement elsewhere. Instead there have been loud protests of bias, especially among those aboard the Mavi Marmara, the largest vessel in the Gaza-bound aid flotilla that Israeli commandos raided on May 31, killing nine activists.
Recently aired, the Panorama documentary, entitled Death in the Med, was produced by the BBC’s veteran documentary maker Jane Corbin. It claims to investigate the “real agenda” of “those who call themselves peace activists”.
A close analysis of the documentary reveals a troubling lack of objectivity in trying to paint the activists, headed by the Turkish relief organisation IHH, as radical Islamists bent on waging violent jihad.
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Gideon Levy on Middle East peace
Riz Khan speaks to the great Gideon Levy of Ha’aretz about the ‘peace talks’ that are set to resume between Israelis and Palestinians in Washington.
Exit Afghanistan
This excellent documentary produced by the Dutch VPROInternational is a must see. It presents a picture of the Afghan conflict with the kind of nuance you are unlikely to find on British or American TV.
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