The correlation between this and Daniel Quinn’s alternative theory of the story of Cain and Abel is quite stark.
Monthly Archive for June, 2008
Speaking of Survival International, they’ve posted a video on their website of gunmen hired by farmers to attack a Makuxi Indian village in Brazil, part of a brutal attempt at an Indian land grab.
If you read The Observer over the weekend you might have had the misfortune to come across this grubby tabloid-like excuse for journalism by Peter Beaumont, foreign affairs editor for the Observer.
Beaumont—clearly having a slow news day—focused his attention on the uncontacted tribe photos I commented on the other day, crudely attempting to drum up controversy where there is none.
Survival International has the skinny:
The British newspaper The Observer claimed on 22 June that it has now ‘emerged’ that the uncontacted tribe whose photos received worldwide publicity were neither ‘lost’, nor ‘undiscovered’ nor ‘unknown’.
Other newspapers that have picked up the article have gone further and said that the story was a ‘hoax’.
The story is not a hoax, and none of those involved in working to protect these Indians’ rights have ever claimed they were ‘undiscovered’.
He actually managed to misquote The Observer’s own sister paper, The Guardian. Follow the link in the first paragraph —’undiscovered tribe’—and you won’t find any mention of the word ‘undiscovered.’
Misquoting is bad enough, but misquoting your own colleagues? Sheesh. Another reason not to read The Observer.
New blog from my very good friend Ken O’Keefe. First post is about a Nuclear Free resolution he managed to get passed in the Reinstated Hawaiian Government legislature.
The other day I posted an example of how the American media breeds ignorance.
Today No Right Turn points to an example of New Zealanders being subjected to much the same thing.
It’s the unrepresentative nature of single-winner electoral systems, like Britain’s first past the post, that leads one into sometimes supporting people you wouldn’t otherwise support.
And it’s with this in mind that I find myself supporting conservative MP David Davis, who has embarked on a campaign against the “relentless erosion of civil liberties in Britain”.
Check out Gaby Hinsliff’s take on events to date.
I can at least take solace in the fact that I don’t also find myself supporting Murdoch’s authoritarian tabloid, The Sun, which merrily supports New Labour in its project to turn Britain in a police state. The Sun is even said to be looking to mount a candidate against Davis. Hinsliff writes:
The Sun is also said to have considered approaching Rachel North, a survivor of the 7/7 bombings, who has campaigned for justice for the victims, but North said she admired Davis’s stand: ‘I am a big fan of civil liberties and freedom and democracy, all things that terrorists are not keen on, and I’m pleased that a senior politician has campaigned about this.’
I’m still trying to work out how I can donate online to Davis’ campaign.
External links
- A magnificent gesture that we must support | 15 June 2008
Update, 27 June 2008: Davis’ campaign website is up and running. You can donate to his campaign here.
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