On Press Freedom

Alternative Reader No. 9

UNESCO last week led the celebration of World Press Freedom with a two-day forum in Manila. Reports said that although the international forum took up continuing concerns related to press freedom issues, many delegates also protested the rise of new cases of violations and other restrictions following U.S. President George Bush’s declaration of “war on terrorism.” In this Reader is a Reuters report on the global media situation and another report from Reporters Sans Frontieres on the recent killing of Beng Hernandez, a young Filipino journalist.

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• Press Freedom Took a Hit in `War on Terrorism,' Watchdog Says By Reporters without Borders

• Justice for Benjaline `Beng' Hernandez By Reporters without Borders

From our Previous Alternative Readers (Numbers 1-8)

• Another Bush Coup? America's Dirty Hands in Venezuela By William Rivers Pitt

• How the Associated Press (AP) Gutted Its Venezuelan Coup D’Etat Scoop By Jared Israel

• Venezuela Coup Linked to Bush Team by Ed Vulliamy

• Israel's Aggression: Made in the USA by Chris Kromm

• Israel and the US: A Unique Relationship by James F Petras

• Israel's State Terrorism by Lev Grinberg

• Not in our name by John Pilger

• The Big Lie: Palestine, Palestinians and International Law by Francis Boyle

• Statement of Artists for Palestine 

• Imperialist Globalization and Terrorism by Prof. Jose Maria Sison

• The Philippines: `Second Front' in the U.S.'s Global War by Prof. Gary Leupp

• Balikatan 02-1: An Exercise in Power Politics by Capt. Dan Vizmanos, PN (Ret.)

• Rejoinder to Pro-Balikatan Arguments by Capt. Dan Vizmanos, PN (Ret.)

• Special Operations Military Training Abroad and Its Dangers by John Rudy and Ivan Eland

• Overextended Military: Is This the Bush Administration or Clinton Administration II? by Ivan Eland

• New U.S. Military Bases: Side Effects or Causes of War? by Zoltan Grossman 

• A Brief History of US Interventions: 1945 to the Present by William Blum

• History of U.S. Violence Across the Globe: Washington's War Crimes by Anthony Arnove and Alan Maass

• Sovereignty, too  by Sunstar

• A Different Perspective by Robert Macklin

• Final Terms of Reference for the Balikatan 02-1

• Full Text of the Proposed Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA)

• US Military Intervention Prejudices GRP-NDFP Peace Negotiations by Jose Maria Sison

• What US Military Advisers Do by Roland G. Simbulan

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