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  1. The Anglican Church of Canada
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  2. Bertrand Russell's Last Message
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1970
    No people anywhere in the world would accept being expelled en masse from their own country; how can anyone require the people of Palestine to accept a punishment which nobody else would tolerate?
  3. Building blocks for peace in the Middle East
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2006
    The minimal demands of both sides are compatible and legitimate; the maximum demands lead to endless war.
  4. Carter's Inconvenient Truths
    An Honest Man Refutes Propaganda

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2007
    The reason that Israel has been able to appropriate Palestine unto itself with American aid and support is that Israel controls the explanation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At least 90% of Americans, if they know anything at all of the issue, know only the Israeli propaganda line. Israel has been able to control the explanation, because the powerful Israel Lobby brands every critic of Israeli policy as an anti-semite who favors a second holocaust of the Jews.
  5. Chomsky.Info
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    The Noam Chomsky Web site.
  6. The Common Good
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1998
    Interviews with Noam Chomsky on the U.S. and the world.
  7. Cult, Ghetto, and State
    The Persistence of Jewish Question

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1983
  8. Encyclopaedia of Islam
    New Editon

    Resource Type: Book
  9. Epilogue to Underground to Palestine
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1978
    The epilogue to I.F. Stone's first-hand account of the movement of European Jews to Palestine in 1946.
  10. The Fateful Triangle
    Israel, the United States and the Palestinians

    Resource Type: Book
    Chomsky examines how Israel has systematically tried to eradicate the Palestinians as a political, national and cultural entity by stealing their land, invasion and occupation and how this has been made possible by U.S. aid.
  11. Food, Shelter and the American Dream
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1974
    Discusses the state of the American economy, the consequences for politics and culture that might arise from the new situation, and possible solutions.
  12. For Lust of Knowing
    The Orientalists and their enemies

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2006
    A rebuttal of Edward Said which examines who the Orientalists were, how historically they advanced their disciplines, and what their achievements have been. Irwin calls Said's book "a work of malignant charlatanry."
  13. Global Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for First Time Israel, Italy and Hong Kong Lose Free Status
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Journalists faced an increasingly grim working environment in 2008, with global press freedom declining for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring for the first time in every region, according to Freedom House's annual media study.
  14. Hegemony or Survival
    America's Quest for Global Dominance

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2004
  15. A History of the Jews - Ancient and Modern
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1987
    Starting from a political interpretation of the period when judges, kings and prophets held sway over Israel and Judah, Ilan Halevi traces the evolution of the Jewish identity through its numerous stages, from the Roman occupation and the decline of Temple authority, through to the Zionist settlement of Palestine in the twentieth century.
  16. If Israel Has the Right to Use Force in Self Defense, So Do Its Neighbours
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2006
    There is no reason why Israel should be able to enter Arab sovereign soil to occupy, destroy, kidnap and eliminate its perceived foes - repeatedly, with impunity and without restraint - while the Arab side cannot do the same.
  17. The I.F. Stone's Weekly Reader
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1973
  18. IFJ Puts Ethical Journalism on Middle East Media Agenda
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has launched a programme of work to strengthen ethical and independent journalism in the Middle East with the opening of a regional office in Bahrain.
  19. Islamic Peril
    Media And Global Violence

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2000
  20. Israel/Palestine: Resources for peace, justice, and human rights
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Published: 2009
    A selection of resources for those looking for a solution to the Middle East crisis based on peace, justice, and human rights.
  21. Launch of Middle East Gender Study Marks International Women#s Day
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Women journalists representing 15 journalists# unions of the International Federation of Journalists from across the Arab World and Middle East gathered in Al Manama-Bahrain to mark International Women#s Day.
  22. Letter to Palestinian and Lebanese filmmakers from Israeli filmmakers
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2006
    We unequivocally oppose the brutality and cruelty of Israeli policy.
  23. Letters from Lexington
    Reflections on Propaganda

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1993
  24. Middle East & North Africa: Region performs poorly, Israel nose-dives
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    For the first time Israel is not at the head of the Middle Eastern countries in the press freedom index. By falling 47 places to 93rd position, it is now behind Kuwait (60th), United Arab Emirates (86th) and Lebanon (61st).
  25. Middle East and North Africa: Blogging flourishes; governments block and monitor content
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Thousands of writers, journalists, activists, lawyers and others are expressing their dissent and reporting on social issues by blogging throughout the Middle East and North Africa, says a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
  26. Palestinian Refugees: The Right Of Return
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2003
    The thorniest of issues, elucidated, discussed, and contextualized, by an impressive array of scholars and activists, including Noam Chomsky, Edward Said, Norman Finkelstein, Jaber Sueiman, Nahla Ghandour, Susan Akram, Salman Abu-Sitta, and Jan Abu Shakrah. The chapters cover the historical roots of the Palestinian refugee question; the obligations of host countries under international law (the case of Lebanon); Israeli perceptions of the refugee question; the role of the United States and the European Union and the Refugee Question; the PLO; meeting the needs of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon; Palestinian refugees and Jewish immigrants from Arab countries; and a program for an Independent Rights Campaign.
  27. Peace in the Middle East?
    Reflections on Justice and Nationhood

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1974
    An analysis of the Arab-Israeli conflict arguing for socialist bi-nationalism as the way out of the morass.
  28. Powers and Prospects
    Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1996
  29. The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1993
  30. Radical Priorities
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1981
    A broad range of subjects is covered with a view to alerting people about the problems humanity is facing, and possible solutions we can undertake. What is particularly significant about this collection is that C.P. Otero lucidly presents an analysis and overview of Chomsky#s social and political philosophy. For the first time the roots of Chomsky#s politics are examined and the relationship to his theory of linguistics demonstrated.
  31. Said, Edward, Critical Notes on
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2005
    Edward Said was admired by the anti-imperialist left for his courageous defence of Palestinian rights. However, Irfan Habib argues that unfortunately Said's scholarly work, notably his major work 'Orientalism,' was confused and sloppy to be point of being unethical.
  32. Seriously Free Speech Committee
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  33. Simon Fraser University
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  34. Sources welcomes Michael Riordon
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Sources welcomes a new member: Michael Riordon. Canadian writer and documentary-maker Michael Riordon writes/directs/produces books and articles, audio, video and film documentaries, plays for radio and stage.
  35. Stop That Shit
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2006
    Whoever longs for a solution must know: there is no solution without settling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
  36. United Nations Security Council Resolution 242
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1967
  37. University of Winnipeg
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  38. War in the Gulf
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1991
    The U.S. and its allies are launching themselves into an unnecessary but potentially calamitous war.
  39. War in the Gulf
    An Environmental Perspective

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1991
  40. When journalists forget that murder is murder
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2001
    When Israelis are involved, our moral compass, our ability to report the truth, dries up.
  41. Zatoun
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization

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