More essential reading from Cold Type
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Most of us do not spend much effort in actually changing the world. Then again, some of us spend a great deal of time and energy doing just that. Tony Sutton is a good example, with hard-won experiences under the apartheid regime of South Africa in the 70's. The recent issue of the on-line pdf-magazine Cold Type (free to download, print and read) celebrate Drum, Tony's anti-apartheid magazine.
There is much else to be impressed by, moved by and outraged by in Cold Type. Joe Bageant, in perhaps the most moving essay of the collection, writes about a one-man aid project: how he sponsors a new house for a family in Belize – and gets a better life in the bargain. An inspiring tale of someone taking the personal consequences of his political views, and making a difference. Respect.
SOUTH AFRICA – DAWN OF A REVOLUTION. Thirty years ago on June 16, 1976, a school-kids’ demonstration sparked a revolution that signalled the beginning of the end of apartheid in South Africa. We have a special 52-page booklet that accompanies a new exhibition of pages from Drum, the magazine that was in the forefront of the reporting of the revolution, with commentary by ColdType editor Tony Sutton, who was Drum’s executive editor during those turbulent times.
ARMED MADHOUSE. We’ve got TWO excerpts this month from Greg Palast’s new best seller, Armed Madhouse. In the first, he asks Who’s Afraid of Osama Wolf?, and finds that fear is everywhere in the United States, even his tiny home town of Southold, in New York State. The second excerpt will appear on June 10.
THE ROAD TO ABU GHRAIB. In the wake of Vietnam, the US military were demoralised and prey to some fairly crazy ideas. They thought they could train ‘super soldiers’ with psychic powers. In this excerpt from his latest book, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Jon Ronson describes how their aspirations were perverted in the prisons of Iraq.
DISCIPLINED MEDIA. In this excerpt from the book Guardians of Power, David Edwards & David Cromwell, of the UK media watchdog Medialens, show why journalists in the ‘liberal media’ must be held accountable for distorted reporting on Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, global warming and much more.
UNDER THE BLUE MANGO TREE. Last fall Joe Bageant vowed to find a decent Third World family and put up the money to do something that would better their lives and his own. This is the story of how he made his contribution to improve the lives of a family in Belize – and himself.
TORTURED FRAGMENTS OF HISTORY. The world was momentarily shocked by photographs from Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison showing hooded Iraqis stripped naked, posed in contorted positions while US soldiers stood by. In his latest essay, Stan Winer says a close look at recent history explains why this shouldn’t be a such a big surprise.
TARGET IRAN. The fourth US supreme international crime in seven years is already under way, with the support of the free press and ‘international community’ say Edward S. Herman and David Peterson, in their latest indictment of US foreign policy, this time over the future of Iran.
AXIOMS OF EVIL. We shouldn’t be surprised by the increasing violence of the United States in the world, says Canadian film maker John S. Hatch, who recalls how the country’s leaders have never worried about exterminating anyone who stood in their way ever since the first pilgrims stepped ashore from the Mayflower
Read Cold Type here!
Most of us do not spend much effort in actually changing the world. Then again, some of us spend a great deal of time and energy doing just that. Tony Sutton is a good example, with hard-won experiences under the apartheid regime of South Africa in the 70's. The recent issue of the on-line pdf-magazine Cold Type (free to download, print and read) celebrate Drum, Tony's anti-apartheid magazine.
There is much else to be impressed by, moved by and outraged by in Cold Type. Joe Bageant, in perhaps the most moving essay of the collection, writes about a one-man aid project: how he sponsors a new house for a family in Belize – and gets a better life in the bargain. An inspiring tale of someone taking the personal consequences of his political views, and making a difference. Respect.
SOUTH AFRICA – DAWN OF A REVOLUTION. Thirty years ago on June 16, 1976, a school-kids’ demonstration sparked a revolution that signalled the beginning of the end of apartheid in South Africa. We have a special 52-page booklet that accompanies a new exhibition of pages from Drum, the magazine that was in the forefront of the reporting of the revolution, with commentary by ColdType editor Tony Sutton, who was Drum’s executive editor during those turbulent times.
ARMED MADHOUSE. We’ve got TWO excerpts this month from Greg Palast’s new best seller, Armed Madhouse. In the first, he asks Who’s Afraid of Osama Wolf?, and finds that fear is everywhere in the United States, even his tiny home town of Southold, in New York State. The second excerpt will appear on June 10.
THE ROAD TO ABU GHRAIB. In the wake of Vietnam, the US military were demoralised and prey to some fairly crazy ideas. They thought they could train ‘super soldiers’ with psychic powers. In this excerpt from his latest book, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Jon Ronson describes how their aspirations were perverted in the prisons of Iraq.
DISCIPLINED MEDIA. In this excerpt from the book Guardians of Power, David Edwards & David Cromwell, of the UK media watchdog Medialens, show why journalists in the ‘liberal media’ must be held accountable for distorted reporting on Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, global warming and much more.
UNDER THE BLUE MANGO TREE. Last fall Joe Bageant vowed to find a decent Third World family and put up the money to do something that would better their lives and his own. This is the story of how he made his contribution to improve the lives of a family in Belize – and himself.
TORTURED FRAGMENTS OF HISTORY. The world was momentarily shocked by photographs from Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison showing hooded Iraqis stripped naked, posed in contorted positions while US soldiers stood by. In his latest essay, Stan Winer says a close look at recent history explains why this shouldn’t be a such a big surprise.
TARGET IRAN. The fourth US supreme international crime in seven years is already under way, with the support of the free press and ‘international community’ say Edward S. Herman and David Peterson, in their latest indictment of US foreign policy, this time over the future of Iran.
AXIOMS OF EVIL. We shouldn’t be surprised by the increasing violence of the United States in the world, says Canadian film maker John S. Hatch, who recalls how the country’s leaders have never worried about exterminating anyone who stood in their way ever since the first pilgrims stepped ashore from the Mayflower
Read Cold Type here!
posted by Pelle at Wednesday, May 31, 2006
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