Monthly Archives: May 2007

The Ongoing Lessons

Venezuelan Government Accuses CNN and Globovisión of Inciting Violence By Chris Carlson, Venezuelanalysis.com, 29 May 2007 At a press conference in the Attorney General’s office Lara showed a video of CNN coverage in which an image of Hugo Chavez appears … Continue reading

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“The end of the world is something to do with my father”

Areen Bahour writing from al-Bireh/Ramallah, occupied Palestine, Live from Palestine, 31 May 2007 Areen Bahour is a seventh-grade student at Friends School in al-Bireh, Ramallah. The following is an essay she wrote as a class assignment: Areen Bahour Thinking about … Continue reading

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Don’t Cry for Venezuela’s RCTV

By Charlie Hardy, The Narcosphere, 27 May 2007 As I write this, I am looking at a Venezuelan newspaper, El Diario, from February 10, 1992. The editorial that would have occupied half of page 2 is missing. Page 4 is … Continue reading

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Twilight Zone / Cry, the beloved country

By Gideon Levy, Ha’aretz Friday Magazine, 25 May 2007 PRETORIA, South Africa – It was like being in the movies. Only there would you see an inert photo suddenly come to life. We were standing at the memorial museum in … Continue reading

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Aid for Nahr al-Bared

Announcement, Nahr al-Bared Relief Campaign, 25 May 2007 A displaced family from Nahr al-Bared taking shelter at an UNRWA school in Badawi camp. (Image courtesy of Marcy Newman) They called it a second nakba (catastrophe). “The first one in 1948 … Continue reading

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