With Turban or Hammer and Sickle, Cartoonists Tried to Make You Fear Mamdani
Right-wing cartoonists waged a relentless campaign to tar Mamdani as a dangerous political extremist and religious radical.
I Covered the Intifada. It’s Wrong to Say It Means Violence Against Jews.
I can say unequivocally: Intifada was used by Palestinian activists to describe a civil resistance movement rooted in dignity and national self-determination.
Publisher’s Firing Shows Double Standard in Israel/Palestine Cartooning
Political cartoonists routinely compare Palestinians and the Palestinian cause to Nazis and Nazism.
Three Holiday Car Attacks—With Two Different Frames
Right-wing political violence remains a threat that requires attention. Coverage of recent vehicle attacks illustrates that corporate media’s instinct is to look away.
Media Coverage of Amsterdam Soccer Riot Erases Zionist Hatred and Violence
Rather than acknowledging that there was ethnic animosity on both sides, some articles about the melee elevated the violence to the level of a “pogrom.”
ACTION ALERT: Friedman’s Vermin Analogies Echo Ugly Pro-Genocide Propaganda
Thomas Friedman compared the targets of US bombs to vermin, the sort of metaphor historically used to justify genocide.
‘There’s This Notion That the “War on Terror” Was Just Something That Happened Abroad’
“When you use nebulous phrases like “War on Terror”…it opens the door for basically the US government to do whatever it wants.”
Maha Hilal on Innocent Until Proven Muslim
September 11, 2001, is the exemplar of a past that isn’t dead, or even past, and for no one more particularly than Muslims.
John Miller ‘Chose to Lie About Something That’s Well-Documented’
“News networks should be helping us sort fact from fiction, not further destroying the line.”
Sumayyah Waheed on CNN’s Copaganda Hire, Chris Becker on Inflation Coverage
For corporate media, being a paid flack for the police in no way disqualifies you to offer analysis of law enforcement.
‘This Is About Making a Very Large Number of Indians Second-Class Citizens’
“What level of state violence is going to be seen as tolerable? Because these protests are not going anywhere.”
Russia Accusations a Distraction From Gabbard’s Actual Troubling Ties
Election Focus 2020: Lost in the noise about Russia is the reality that Gabbard’s most troubling attribute is her documented connection to the far-right Hindu nationalist movement.
‘The Remedies That Were Proposed Weren’t About Ending the List’
“There are the theoretical rights that Muslim Americans in particular are entitled to. And then there’s what happens when their rights are made to compete with the state.”
Maha Hilal on Anti-Muslim Watchlist, Dana Brown on Public Option for Pharmaceuticals
The whole idea of the “terrorist watchlist,” created in a context of anti-Islamic bias and ignorance, is untenable, and the whole frame of Muslims vs. national security needs to be upended.
‘Renouncing Violence’ Is a Demand Made Almost Exclusively of Muslims
Why should only these groups—Muslim 95 percent of the time—“renounce violence,” but the US and its allies never have to?
NPR’s Source on Mosque Murders Can’t Recall People Ever Being Murdered in a Mosque Before
NPR’s Morning Edition turned for commentary on the Christchurch massacre to a source who couldn’t remember people ever being murdered in a mosque before.
‘Those Who Are Targeted Know What the State’s Agenda Has Been’
“When there is that much discretion, it means that you can use your discretion on people you don’t like, right? And it means that those who you deem as “not following the rules” typically tend to be people of color.”
Maha Hilal on Islamophobia, Brett Hartl on Endangered Species
Like all discrimination, Islamophobia is political and personal, individual and institutional, subtle and not at all subtle.
‘These Plainly Discriminatory Policies Are Really a Wholesale Attack on Immigrants’
“When our elected and appointed officials, and those who aspire to be elected and appointed officials, poison the nation’s political debate…that indeed spurs violence against our communities.”
Suman Raghunathan on Muslim Ban Return, Bruce Stanley on Don Blankenship
The Supreme Court has OKed full implementation of Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban—despite the fact that its constitutionality is still being challenged in lower courts.
