http://antonyloewenstein.com Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:07:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A new generation of activists in Burma are starting to challenge the brutal junta: "Now we want to get weapons," said a monk known to other dissidents by the nom de guerre "Zero" for his ability to organize and vanish without a trace. "The Buddhist way is lovingkindness. But we lost. ... http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/20/despotism-fought/ Why do people love to hate The New York Times?ShareThis http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/20/bashing-the-gray-lady/ Warning to families throughout the Middle East: beware stray bullets fired in celebration.ShareThis http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/20/a-different-kind-of-wedding/ Which mainstream media outlet could really do better than this? Hailed by media critics as the fluffiest, most toothless, and softest-hitting coverage of the presidential candidate to date, a story in this week's Time magazine is being called the definitive Barack Obama puff piece. "No news publication has dared to barely scratch ... http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/20/journalistic-drivel-inc/ Naomi Klein, author of Shock Doctrine, appears on Fox News to discuss the role of energy security (and aptly deals with two typically clueless Murdoch hacks) ShareThis http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/19/the-oil-is-running-out-part-8621/ New Yorker journalist and author Jane Mayer, Democracy Now!, July 18: Well, as we all know, September 11th was a sea change. Everybody says everything changed after that. And it did, but I think one of the most important changes that the country hasn’t really thought about is America became a ... http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/19/welcome-to-the-new-america/ Send Karl Rove to jail: ShareThis http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/19/fingering-the-grub/ David Bandurski, Far Eastern Economic Review, July: They have been called the “Fifty Cent Party,” the “red vests” and the “red vanguard.” But China’s growing armies of Web commentators—instigated, trained and financed by party organizations—have just one mission: to safeguard the interests of the Communist Party by infiltrating and policing a ... http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/18/communist-party-enforcement/ So much for an uncensored internet in Raul Castro's Cuba.ShareThis http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/18/cant-say-that-yet/ A leading American Zionist lobby recently shamed itself by celebrating a criminal and a thug: The American Jewish Committee honored Colombian President Alvaro Uribe last night with its Light unto the Nations Award. “President Uribe is a staunch ally of the United States, a good friend of Israel and the Jewish people, ... http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/18/war-criminals-dine-together-in-style/