Most Underreported News of 2007
Dan Clore
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo
Just a few of the stories that should have received more and better
coverage in the media. I encourage readers to add other examples. (Drawn
from the archives of the Smygo list I run.)
*****
2007
US forces raid Iraq Freedom Congress -- again and again.
You might think the US government would like a secular, democratic,
libertarian, progressive, non-violent, anti-Ba'athist, anti-Islamist,
and anti-nationalist, group like the Iraq Freedom Congress. You might
think that, but you'd be wrong. US forces have repeatedly attacked the
IFC, and have assassinated the head of their Safety Forces, whose
patrols in Baghdad neighborhoods (population 5,000) have reduced
sectarian killings there to zero.
The mainstream media has entirely failed to cover the IFC, and most
alternative media has done just as badly.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/8381
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9327
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9476
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9497
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9506
More IFC News
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10295
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10482
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10545
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10626
Iraq's Civil Resistance
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10550
Bans on Feeding the Homeless
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10118
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10187
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10215
Christian Terrorists
But they never get referred to as terrorists in the mass media or
charged with terrorism-related offenses.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9484
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9509
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9569
Neo-Nazi Terrorists Murder Protestor at Eco-Camp
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9554
Every serious analysis supports Ron Paul's opinion on the causes of 9/11
The 9/11 Commission, CIA analysts, Middle East experts, etc., all agree
that harmful US government interventions in countries like Iraq,
Israel/Palestine, and Somalia created the motivation for Islamist
terrorists. Nonetheless, the mass media reduce coverage of the issue to
soundbites, so that those who make serious analyses do not have time to
explain them, and so (in Noam Chomsky's words), sound like they came
from Neptune. The media's wingnuts further pounce on Paul on others to
misrepresent them as saying that they believe 9/11 was justified, that
the civilian victims deserved it, etc.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9091
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9149
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9158
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9160
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9190
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9262
The growth of worker-owned-and-controlled businesses.
Supposedly There Is No Alternative (TINA) to corporate capitalism, but
some are determined to build the structure of the new society in the
shell of the old:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/8669
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/8901
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9094
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9181
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9255
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9388
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9530
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9688
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9801
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10027
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10130
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10222
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10240
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10328
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10460
Ethiopian invasion of Somalia results in quagmire
The US-backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia has resulted in a
Vietnam/Iraq-style quagmire. The Ethiopian occupiers have now been in
Somalia more than four times as long as planned (three months), with no
end in sight. They have also used WMDs against civilians.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/8894
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9381
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9461
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9576
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9660
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10293
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10359
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10564
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10607
Kansas Mutual Aid shunned from disaster relief.
Anarchist group Common Ground Collective did an excellent job providing
disaster relief after Katrina, far better than the government. The
government isn't going to let that happen again.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9199
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9289
Terrorist arson attack against Sedition Books
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/8850
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/8836
*Who* hates our freedoms?
Pro-war counter-protestors attack peaceful anti-war protestors.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/8863
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/8865
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9724
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10029
Inside the CIA's Notorious "Black Sites"
The CIA routinely tortures individuals allegedly suspected of terrorism
or links to terrorists in secret sites around the world.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10574
State infiltration of activist groups in New Zealand
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9201
Bombs over Cambodia
The US carpet bombing of Cambodia, already known to have targeted this
small country with one of the most enormous bombing campaigns in
history, turns out (based on records released by Bill Clinton) to have
been even more enormous. American planes dropped more than 2,756,941
tons of bombs on the country in the "secret" bombing, more than the US
dropped in all of WWII.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9133
Wal-Mart, corporate-welfare queen
Though often cited as an example of the free market in action, Wal-Mart
has actually received more than a billion dollars in state subsidies.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/8921
*****
Note:
Apart from the Smygo list, some of the best sources for underreported
news include the following:
http://antiwar.com/
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
http://news.infoshop.org/
http://www.alternet.org/
http://www.strike-the-root.com/
http://mediamatters.org/
--
Dan Clore
My collected fiction, _The Unspeakable and Others_:
http://tinyurl.com/3akhhr
Lord Weÿrdgliffe & Necronomicon Page:
http://tinyurl.com/292yz9
News & Views for Anarchists & Activists:
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medications. 99%, if not more, of this so-called unreported news
is pure crap. Anybody who believes it is in need of psychiatric
treatment. The reason this crap did not receive better treatment
in the media is that even the neo-leninist hate America media
didnt think anybody would buy this bunch of patent anti-American
bullshit prevaricating propaganda.
On Jan 2, 5:08 pm, Dan Clore <cl...@columbia-center.org> wrote:
> News & Views for Anarchists & Activists:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo
>
> Just a few of the stories that should have received more and better
> coverage in the media. I encourage readers to add other examples. (Drawn
> from the archives of the Smygo list I run.)
>
> *****
>
> 2007
>
> US forces raid Iraq Freedom Congress -- again and again.
>
> You might think the US government would like a secular, democratic,
> libertarian, progressive, non-violent, anti-Ba'athist, anti-Islamist,
> and anti-nationalist, group like the Iraq Freedom Congress. You might
> think that, but you'd be wrong. US forces have repeatedly attacked the
> IFC, and have assassinated the head of their Safety Forces, whose
> patrols in Baghdad neighborhoods (population 5,000) have reduced
> sectarian killings there to zero.
>
> The mainstream media has entirely failed to cover the IFC, and most
> alternative media has done just as badly.
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/8381http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9327http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9476http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9497http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9506
>
> More IFC News
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10295http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10482http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10545http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10626
>
> Iraq's Civil Resistance
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10550
>
> Bans on Feeding the Homeless
>
>
> Christian Terrorists
>
> But they never get referred to as terrorists in the mass media or
> charged with terrorism-related offenses.
>
>
> Neo-Nazi Terrorists Murder Protestor at Eco-Camp
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9554
>
> Every serious analysis supports Ron Paul's opinion on the causes of 9/11
>
> The 9/11 Commission, CIA analysts, Middle East experts, etc., all agree
> that harmful US government interventions in countries like Iraq,
> Israel/Palestine, and Somalia created the motivation for Islamist
> terrorists. Nonetheless, the mass media reduce coverage of the issue to
> soundbites, so that those who make serious analyses do not have time to
> explain them, and so (in Noam Chomsky's words), sound like they came
> from Neptune. The media's wingnuts further pounce on Paul on others to
> misrepresent them as saying that they believe 9/11 was justified, that
> the civilian victims deserved it, etc.
>
>
> The growth of worker-owned-and-controlled businesses.
>
> Supposedly There Is No Alternative (TINA) to corporate capitalism, but
> some are determined to build the structure of the new society in the
> shell of the old:
>
>
> Ethiopian invasion of Somalia results in quagmire
>
> The US-backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia has resulted in a
> Vietnam/Iraq-style quagmire. The Ethiopian occupiers have now been in
> Somalia more than four times as long as planned (three months), with no
> end in sight. They have also used WMDs against civilians.
>
>
> Kansas Mutual Aid shunned from disaster relief.
>
> Anarchist group Common Ground Collective did an excellent job providing
> disaster relief after Katrina, far better than the government. The
> government isn't going to let that happen again.
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9199http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9289
>
> Terrorist arson attack against Sedition Books
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/8850http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/8836
>
> *Who* hates our freedoms?
>
> Pro-war counter-protestors attack peaceful anti-war protestors.
>
>
> Inside the CIA's Notorious "Black Sites"
>
> The CIA routinely tortures individuals allegedly suspected of terrorism
> or links to terrorists in secret sites around the world.
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/10574
>
> State infiltration of activist groups in New Zealand
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9201
>
> Bombs over Cambodia
>
> The US carpet bombing of Cambodia, already known to have targeted this
> small country with one of the most enormous bombing campaigns in
> history, turns out (based on records released by Bill Clinton) to have
> been even more enormous. American planes dropped more than 2,756,941
> tons of bombs on the country in the "secret" bombing, more than the US
> dropped in all of WWII.
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/9133
>
> Wal-Mart, corporate-welfare queen
>
> Though often cited as an example of the free market in action, Wal-Mart
> has actually received more than a billion dollars in state subsidies.
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/8921
>
> *****
>
> Note:
>
> Apart from the Smygo list, some of the best sources for underreported
> news include the following:
>
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should have received more and better coverage in the media because
they concern the most pressing problems facing humanity, the top
stories that affect the largest number of people in the most serious
way. It's at http://www.WhatNewsShouldBe.com Below is a short
excerpt to show you the REAL news you're missing from the mass
media and all the information is sourced so you can see I'm not
making up any stories or statistics. Here goes:
TODAY HUGE PORTIONS OF HUMANITY STILL LIVE & DIE
IN THE DARK AGES both literally (without electricity and the light it
provides)
and figuratively, and it doesn't have to be this way. In these front
page news
stories, all in one place, you'll read about the state of humanity
today and
you'll also have direct links to the sources of all statistics so you
can check
them out for yourself. These front page stories will give you details
about the following:
* Today, and every day 30,000 children died of preventable causes.
That's a holocaust of 11 million deaths each year. Why wasn't this on
the front page of your newspaper today?
* 1 out of 4 forced to live WITHOUT electricity! Living without
electricity is not just an inconvenience, it's also a major cause of
unnecessary child deaths. Read this article for details.
* What a shitty way to die! 41 percent of humanity, yes you read that
right, 41 percent, still shit in the streets because they don't have
proper sanitation. This lack of sanitation leads to the 2nd biggest
killer of children -diarrhea. Really.
*17 percent of humanity without access to clean water, that's more
than 1.1 BILLION people, and this has nothing to do with water
scarcity. There is plenty to go around.
*In 2007, 854 million people do not get enough food each day to
sustain a normal life even though there's plenty of food for
everyone! Hunger and malnutrition are actually "the underlying cause
of MORE THAN HALF OF ALL CHILD DEATHS". Hunger is also INCREASING in
the world instead of decreasing. Read this story for details and weep
(and then get angry and consider what should be done).
If you care about your fellow human beings, don't continue to keep
your heads in the sand about what
the REAL news should be - that which affects the largest number of
people in the most serious way,
the MOST IMPORTANT STORIES ANYWHERE. You can read this type of REAL
news at my site: http://www.WhatNewsShouldBe.com
Thanks for your consideration