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WHY JOURNALISTS HAVE SUCH A PERVERTED VIEW OF HISTORY AND POLITICS LISTEN/DOWNLOAD In the world of journalism, Robert Fisk is a rock star not just for the “songs” he’s written but for the people he’s shared the stage with, including Saddam Hussein, Ayatollah Khomeini, and Osama Bin Laden, whom he interviewed three times. Based in Beirut since 1976, Fisk currently writes for London’s Independent, and over four decades he’s covered the Iranian Revolution, the Lebanese civil war, the USSR’s occupation of Afghanistan, and virtually every war or conflict in West and Central Asia. Having authored five books including his classic Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War , and having received more British and international awards than any other English-language journalist, Fisk frequently defines his role not to “write the first draft of history,” but, by quoting Israeli journalist Amira Hass, “to monitor the centres of power.” A few years ago Robert Fisk was touring Canada on behalf of Can...

In January 2003, I spoke at a rally in Edmonton, Alberta, against government and corporate propaganda terms being used to justify the then-impending illegal invasion of and war against (i.e., aggression) the people of Iraq.

6 pm Mountain Time CJSR FM-88.5 Edmonton cjsr.com worldwide The United States has been called the last remaining sup erpower, the hyperpower, the unipower, and even the global unibomber. As the uncontested supreme military power on the planet, the United States engages in policies that lead to widespread instability and long-term disaster for millions, in the pursuit of massive short-term corporate profits and temporary strategic advantage. Such a reality is obvious in US Middle Eastern policy. Despite years of dip lomatic overture from the government of Iran under its then-reformist president Mohammed Hatami, including a stated desire to rout Al-Qaeda, the White House refused to come to the table. That undermining of Hatami helped usher in the current hardline president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, providing a further pretext for an attack on Iran . Such an attack is no more likely to bring peace, stability, democracy or prosperity to the people of the region than has the illegal US invas...