Who's The Boss?
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
Katie Couric's interview on CBS News on July 7 leaves little doubt that she considers Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister as the boss and that President Obama is irrelevant. Couric, descendant of Jewish immigrants from Germany, anchor and chief managing editor of CBS news, makes it clear that it is more important for Netanyahu to "trust" Obama and his decisions than for the the American people to trust the judgment of their elected Commander-In-Chief. What are the implications of CBS's message?
Couric, eager to learn if Netanyahu was somehow "disappointed with Obama", asked if Netanyahu would advocate on Obama's behalf and make the American president popular among the Israelis. Clearly, Couric believes that Obama's popularity among Israelis takes precedent over the continuing violation of international laws, the assault on a NATO member by Israel, and the demeaning attitude towards President Obama's selected officials including his Vice President -- Joe Biden. Couric, the managing editor of an American news channel appears to place the opinion of Israelis above the Americans.
PermalinkTalking with Joshua Frank on the U.S., Israel and Middle East
Kourosh Ziabari
Joshua Frank is an American progressive journalist and noted anti-war columnist. His articles and commentaries have appeared on CounterPunch, Z Magazine, AntiWar.com, Truthout and Alternet. He is author of "Left Out! How Liberals Helped Reelect George W. Bush" and co-editor with Jeffrey St. Clair of Red State Rebels: Tales of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland.
Joshua took part in an interview with me to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East region, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the prospect of Israel-U.S. relations, the recent controversy over the Freedom Flotilla attack and the media propaganda against Iran. Here is the complete text of our interview.
Let Them Eat the "Higher Pie"
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy, Doug Drenkow, Communications Specialist
The U.S. right wing consistently mistakes bigger slices of a smaller pies for growth! In fact, wealth is the product of labor. Therefore, real growth creates larger pies, larger slices. Real growth is, by definition, egalitarian or not at all! America's ruling elite amounts to just one percent of the total population and they own more than the rest of us combined. When I am charitable, I suspect that their perspective is myopic in the extreme. More realistically, I suspect that they just don't care.
Since 1900 the U.S. has 'experimented' with 'robber baron economics', 'supply-side economics', 'trickle down theory' and assorted 'stimuli' that also put the fat cats and so-called 'investor' class at the top of the pecking order with often tragic results --the Panic of the late 1800s, Hoover's Great Depression, Ike's 'Recession', Reagan's 'Tent City' Depression of over 2 years! Anyone not seeing the pattern is just not paying attention.
India's "Hearts of Darkness"
by Stephen Lendman
An earlier article about the National Labor Committee's (NLC) work explained what's repeated below, relevant to this article.
NLC puts "a human face on the global economy," saying in its mission statement that:
"Transnational corporations (TNCs) now roam the world to find the cheapest and most vulnerable workers." They're mostly young women in poor countries like China, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Haiti, and many others working up to 14 or more hours a day for sub-poverty wages under horrific conditions.
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