MEDIA ROOTS – Several hundred psychologists, as well as numerous psychological associations around the country, are united in calling for the annulment of the American Psychological Association’s report on Psychological Ethics and National Security (PENS). The 2005 report is an APA endorsement of the highly suspect intelligence-gathering procedures used in US military detention sites such as Guantánamo Bay and Bagram, … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — With governments, citizens, and activists worldwide increasingly relying on the internet, the environment the internet fosters is a hotly contested issue. Last summer, the United Nations declared that disconnecting people from the internet was a human rights violation and against international law. Considering internet access as a human right and witnessing the vital contribution it has played … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Various official claims of military victory and success have been pronounced as the continuing occupation of Iraq by U.S. mercenaries festers and causes misery for Iraqis. Even after having allegedly withdrawn all U.S. troops from the country, the Pentagon wants another $3 billion of taxpayer money for its imperialistic adventures, despite the astronomical costs already incurred. MR … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Americans currently suffer from one of history’s most successful propaganda campaigns. We are often distracted, numbed and herded into behaviors, thought patterns and policies that don’t serve our own interests, much less the interests of an endangered democracy. Too often we are unconsciously manipulated by advertising ploys. As a result, Americans succumb to the mundane: to mindlessly … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — For those born with melanin or a mind critical of the establishment, throughout the education system and beyond, ethnic studies have offered crucial perspectives from which to contextualise ethnic tensions within the U.S. and its caucasian dominant monoculture. Yet, Arizona continues to build its legacy of intolerance against immigrants and people of colour. In 2010, Arizona Governor … Read More
