We’re starting a new monthly feature this year where each month we’ll recap what we think were the best articles published on MediaMouse.org in the previous month. Here’s the January 2009 list, divided by topic:
Israel’s War on Gaza
- Supporting State Terrorism: The US Media on Israel & Palestine
- Michigan Professors’ Group Issues Statement Against Israel’s Attack on Gaza
- Carl Levin Co-Sponsors Resolution Supporting Israeli Attack on Gaza
- Press Coverage of Israel’s Gaza Invasion Reflects Pro-Israel Bias of US Media
Afghanistan
- Report: Almost 4,000 Civilians Killed in Afghanistan Last Year; 680 by US
- Afghanistan War Protestors were Right: The War has Failed
- Distorting or Ignoring the US War in Afghanistan
- New Effort Launched to Oppose Afghanistan War
The Iraq War
- Anti-War Groups Re-Tool for Obama Era; Pressure the New Administration
- Obama Makes First Moves Towards Partial Iraq Withdrawal
- Resisting the Iraq War: A Short History of Anti-War Organizing in Grand Rapids
Animal Rights
- Montcalm County Renews Animal Contract
- Speakers Deliver Compelling Talk on Race and Gender and their Relationship to Animal Advocacy
Media
Organizing
- NLRB Lets Starbucks Settle Rather than Face Trial
- Starbucks Settles Charges, Union Refuses to Sign
- Long After the RNC, 8 Activists Facing Terrorism Charges
Racism
The Environment
Book Reviews
- Disappearing Palestine: Israel’s Experiments in Human Despair
- Born Under a Bad Sky: Notes from the Dark Side of the Earth
- Anarchism For Beginners
- Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis
- Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design
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Excellent overview. Thanks!