Picks
of global affairs
Features collected by TFF • September 2,
2004
Paul Krugman, AlterNet A reckoning for the media machine
Howard Kurts, Washington Post On WMD – Prewar articles questioning threat often didn’t make front page
Greg Palast, the Observer Why Venezuela has voted again for their ‘negro and indio’ President
TruthOut The environment – The big picture
C. J. Chivers, International Herald Tribune Georgia’s leader walks a separatist tightrope
Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies The roller coaster of relevance: The Security Council, Europe and the US War in Iraq
Robert E. Hunter, Christian Science Monitor US troop withdrawal costly to alliances
The United Nations 57th Annual DPI/NGO Conference. Millennium Development Goals: Civil Society Takes Action – 8-10 September 2004 United Nations Headquarters, New York
Tarq Ramadan, International Herald Tribune What does America have to fear from me?
Global Issues US backs out of nuclear inspection treaty Codes of conduct on arms trade weaker Chaves won the referendum Embedded journalism a propaganda technique – and much more
Jonathan Steele, The Guardian US claims over Iran’s nuclear program sounds eerily familiar
Steve Weissman, TruthOut How soon will the US or Israel bomb Iran?
Julian Borger, The Guardian CIA agent: we could have stopped him…