ColdType: June issue

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Lots of good stuff this month . . .

1. George Galloway: Speaking Truth To Power
British MP George Galloway, who stood up against Norm Coleman and a US Senate Committee into the abuse of the Oil for Food program, has faced many attacks from government and media because of his  firm opposition to US and British aggression against Iraq. In this 13-page essay, Michael Keefer looks at the history of Galloway’s fight for justice in Iraq – and we reprint Galloway’s speech to the Senate.

2. The Media, The People & Democracy
“An unconscious people, an indoctrinated people, a people fed only partisan information and opinion that confirm their own bias, a people made morbidly obese in mind and spirit by the junk food of propaganda, is less inclined to put up a fight, ask questions and be skeptical.” Read the full text of Bill Moyers’ speech to last month’s National Conference on Media Reform.

3. Laura Who?
After Laura Bush roasted her husband, Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld in front of a crowd of reporters and celebs at a dim and dreary annual Washington event, the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, she was hailed for her sense of humor, timing and ribald jokes. All good fun, but what is the real story behind this fakery and media manipulation? asks Tom Engelgardt

4. Orwell’s Beautiful Fit To America
“Although 1984 was a Cold War document that dramatized the threat of the Soviet enemy, and has always been used mainly to serve Cold War political ends, it also contained the germs of a powerful critique of U.S. and Western practice .  . . Doublespeak and thought control are far more important in the West than Orwell indicated, often in subtle forms, but sometimes as crudely as 1984,” says Edward S. Herman

5. Three new essays by Joe Bageant
Joe Bageant has fun with liberal responses to his tales of life in America’s underbelly. Then he philosophises about national sanity, Adolf Eichmann, Professor Ward Churchill, and collective guilt. Finally, he takes a swing at those who believe that waging war is the best way to bring freedom and democracy to the people of Iraq.

5. From The ColdType Archives
Four book excerpts from our files: Polly Toynbee’s Hard Work; David Miller’s Tell me Lies; Hugh Lewin’s Bandiet Out Of Jail; and Greg Palast’s The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.

6. A New Book From Norman Solomon
In his new book, War Made Easy: How Presidents And Pundits Are Spinning Us To Death, to be published this month, nationally syndicated columnist, media critic, and author Norman Solomon cuts through the web of spin  to probe and scrutinize the key “perception management” techniques that have played huge roles in the promotion of American wars in recent decades. Read an excerpt from the book.

Plus: the latest columns from George Monbiot, Danny Schechter, Michael I. Niman, Norman Solomon and Uri Avnery.

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