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til661



Joined: 11 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:04 pm    Post subject: Favourite Journalists/Academics Reply with quote

I thought it might be interesting and/or informative to find out people's favourites

I'll start i guess

Robert Fisk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fisk
Matt Taibbi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Taibbi
Gary Younge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Younge
Noam Chomsky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_chomsky
Howard Zinn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Zinn
John Pilger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pilger
George Monbiot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Monbiot

I'm sure there are others, those are off the top of my head.
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luke



Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Location: by the sea

PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

these are the ones that spring to mind

imagine a school with these as your teachers!

noam chomsky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_chomsky
john pilger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pilger
robert fisk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fisk
david edwards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Edwards_%28journalist%29
mark curtis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Curtis_%28British_author%29
jason burke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Burke
amy goodman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Goodman
norman finkelstein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Finkelstein
richard dawkins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins
greg palast http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Palast
naomi klein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Klein
howard zinn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Zinn
seymour hersh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Hersh
gore vidal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_vidal
adam curtis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curtis
jack herer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Herer
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nekokate



Joined: 13 Dec 2006
Location: West Yorkshire, UK

PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

George Galloway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Galloway

HAHA!!! I couldn't resist!
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Mandy



Joined: 07 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

From my side : order is random

john pilger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pilger
robert fisk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fisk
norman finkelstein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Finkelstein
seymour hersh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Hersh
George Galloway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Galloway
Alex Jones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Jones_%28radio%29
michael rivero http://whatreallyhappened.com/ {note Wikipedia deleted his entry}
Ry on http://anti-neocons.com
Abd al-Bari Atwan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_al-Bari_Atwan / http://www.spiderednews.com/AbdelBariAtwan.htm
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edouard_g



Joined: 29 Dec 2006

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gore Vidal # 1 in my book but seldom heard from these days. Some other ppl of possible interest:

Tariq Ali: Author and activist.

Scott ritter: author, former Marine and UNSCOM Senior inspector. (doing the rounds with Hersh promoting his book "Target Iran" of late)


Not Academic or Journo but good listen.

Ray McGovern. Retired CIA analyst and CIA Division chief as well as daily briefer to several administrations.

eD.
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Mandy



Joined: 07 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Edouard. After the recent James Whale show on 911, I am going to add :

Annie Machon - Partner and former MI5 colleague of government whistleblower "David Shayler"

David Shayler himself

Tim Sparke - Executive Producer of Loose Change 2.

Ian Henshall - Co-author of book : "9/11 Revealed"


p.s. One more : MSNBC's Keith Olbermann
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Salim201



Joined: 12 Jan 2007

PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd like to through Edward Said into the mix, if you haven't heard of him (which I doubt) please read up briefly, I've just been reading his book on Orientalism and the Palestine Question, its brilliant, a whole new perspective on literary theory and Imperialism centred on the epitomisation of the Palestine conflict
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Mandy



Joined: 07 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Salim201 wrote:
I'd like to through Edward Said into the mix, if you haven't heard of him (which I doubt) please read up briefly, I've just been reading his book on Orientalism and the Palestine Question, its brilliant, a whole new perspective on literary theory and Imperialism centred on the epitomisation of the Palestine conflict


I would have liked to add him too .. but sadly he passed away from cancer a year or two ago.

I was lucky to see him in a lecture a few years ago.
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Salim201



Joined: 12 Jan 2007

PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh, i did know that he had passed away but I didn't know that he was ill or anything, I've only started reading on him recently. I don't know if the list has to be only people who are alive...?
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Mandy



Joined: 07 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Salim201 wrote:
Oh, i did know that he had passed away but I didn't know that he was ill or anything, I've only started reading on him recently. I don't know if the list has to be only people who are alive...?


You are right .. I was slightly distracted by comment "imagine a school with these as your teachers! " .. I suppose a teacher could be in "spirit" .. if we read their writings.
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Brown Sauce



Joined: 07 Jan 2007

PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think we could throw David Morrison into the mix ..

http://www.david-morrison.org.uk/
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mickyv



Joined: 12 Dec 2006

PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I remember a caller once saying to GG that he is to politics as Bill Hicks was to comedy, and I agree. Bill Hicks used his humour to get over very profound & hard hitting view points that GG would approve of, but probably not the language used to convey them. Recalling his comments on the 1st Gulf War, and the first George Bush, it is truly a great loss that his is not around today.
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