22-07-09 11:00:00, Murdoch: a cultural Chernobyl 23 July 2009 I met Eddie Spearritt in the Philharmonic pub, overlooking Liverpool. It was a few years after 96 Liverpool football fans had been crushed to death at Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, on 15…
Maand: juli 2009
Mourn on the fourth of July
08-07-09 11:00:00, Mourn on the fourth of July 9 July 2009 The monsoon had woven thick skeins of mist over the central highlands of Vietnam. I was a young war correspondent, bivouacked in the village of Tuylon with a unit…
Power, illusion and America’s last taboo
03-07-09 11:00:00, Power, illusion and America's last taboo 4 July 2009 Two years ago, at Socialism 2007 in Chicago, I spoke about an “invisible government,” a term used by Edward Bernays, one of the founders of modern propaganda. It was…