Tag Archives: USA

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 20, 2012

Selective Outrage Media Lens, London, 18 January 2012 News that a fourth scientist in two years, Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, had been assassinated in Iran by an unknown agency generated minimal outrage in the press. Patrick Cockburn notedin the Independent: ‘While … Continue reading →

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What really links the ‘urinating marines’ video with Abu Ghraib

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 17, 2012

In the digital age, people document and share everything – even insults to the fallen Jonathan Jones guardian.co.uk, Thursday 12 January 2012 18.17 GMT A still from a YouTube video allegedly showing US marines urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban … Continue reading →

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Americans face Guantánamo detention after Obama climbdown

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 15, 2011

Defence funding bill allows American citizens to be arrested as terrorists on home soil and held indefinitely without trial Chris McGreal in Washington guardian.co.uk, Thursday 15 December 2011 04.34 GMT Article history Americans can be arrested on home soil and taken … Continue reading →

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Dare to Share? (Thanksgiving Thoughts)

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 25, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Arjun Janah I wander off, from working life, to see and hear what’s new, And here is what I find — which now is openly in view. I see the people in two camps (though some … Continue reading →

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Khaled Hasan wins 2011 Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 23, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Announcing the 2011 Ochberg Fellows Ten journalists from around the world have been awarded the 2011 Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship. The 2011 Dart Center Ochberg Fellows will come from around the world to attend a week-long seminar to … Continue reading →

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Pop Tech 2011 interview

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 22, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Shahidul Alam on photography for change Shahidul Alam walked on stage on Thursday wearing a marigold-colored salwar kameez, a camera over his left shoulder, and a beltpack slung around his hips. There was no mistaking his calling. … Continue reading →

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Pop Tech

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 22, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews The inaugural talk at the Pop Tech Conference in Maine on 20th October 2011

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CONCLUDING PART: The Federal Reserve Bank. America’s privately-owned central bank

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 15, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed It is not only the American corporate media which keeps the lid on the Federal Reserve System — since, contrary to what most  Americans believe, it is `not federal’, has `no reserve’, is `not … Continue reading →

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