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Serena Shim Award For Uncompromised Integrity In Journalism
The Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism purports to honor journalists "who continue to tell challenging truths in difficult times". Funded by the Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees and private donations, the Serena Shim Award has come under question for its independence from the former Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria and pro-Kremlin propaganda by supporting bloggers on the left and right of the political media landscape. History The Award was established to honor Serena Shim, a journalist who died in a car crash in 2014. Shim had worked for PressTV and Iranian National news outlet. Funding The Award comes with a cash prize of around 5,000 US Dollars with the value of total prizes awarded estimated at over a quarter million dollars. While funding sources are not disclosed, investigations have revealed close ties to the Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees. Researchers from Bellingcat found that the Serena Shim Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association For Investment In Popular Action Committees
Paul Larudee (born April 25, 1946) is an Iranian-born American political activist involved in the pro-State of Palestine, Palestinian movement. Based in the San Francisco Bay area, he is involved with the International Solidarity Movement and was a founder of the Free Gaza Movement and the Free Palestine Movement. During the Syrian civil war, he Advocacy, advocated in favor of Bashar al-Assad. Early life and education Larudee was born in Iran to an Iranian Presbyterian minister and his American missionary spouse in 1946 and grew up in the American Midwest. He attended Georgetown University from 1970 to 1973 and received a Ph.D. in linguistics. He also graduated from the Niles Bryant School of Piano Technology in 1990. Career Larudee spent 14 years in Arab countries, supervising a Ford Foundation project in Lebanon, working as a Fulbright-Hays Program, Fulbright-Hays lecturer in Lebanon, and a United States government adviser to Saudi Arabia. Larudee has worked in the U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Agenda Report
''Black Agenda Report'' (''BAR'') is Black American news outlet and radio program launched in 2006. Content ''Black Agenda Report'' concerns topics such as "women's rights issues, history, business, sports, and entertainment" from a Black American perspective. It is an independent, alternative, Black-owned, publication which denounces both the Democratic and Republican parties, positioning itself as an outsider. History ''Black Agenda Report'' was founded as a radio and TV program in 2006 by Glen Ford, Bruce A. Dixon, Nellie Bailey, Margaret Kimberly, and Leutisha Stills. Ford had previously worked at the program ''Black Commentator'', but left in 2006 to form the ''Report'' with other previous staff members. During the presidency of Barack Obama, journalists of the outlet severely criticized the president and accused him of being backed by corporations. Along with ''Facing South'', the ''Report'' was the only media outlet to provide major coverage of the 2010 Georgia pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grayzone
''The Grayzone'' is a far-left fringe American news website and blog. It was founded and is edited by American journalist Max Blumenthal. The website was initially founded as ''The Grayzone Project'' and was affiliated with AlterNet until early 2018. Coverage of ''The Grayzone'' has focused on its misleading reporting, its criticism of American foreign policy, and its sympathetic coverage of the Russian, Chinese and former Syrian governments. ''The Grayzone'' has been accused of downplaying and defending the persecution of Uyghurs in China, of publishing conspiracy theories about Xinjiang, Syria and other regions, and of publishing pro-Russian propaganda and disinformation, especially during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. History ''The Grayzone'' was founded as a blog called ''The Grayzone Project'' in December 2015 by Max Blumenthal. The blog was hosted on AlterNet until early 2018, when ''The Grayzone'' became independent of the website. Managing editor Wyatt Reed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Ford (journalist)
Glen Ford (born Glen Rutherford; November 5, 1949 – July 28, 2021), was an American journalist, who, along with Bruce Dixon and Margaret Kimberley, co-founded '' Black Agenda Report''. He was a socialist, a Vietnam War-era military veteran and a member of the Black Panther Party. He served in the news media over many years in his professional life. He was the Capitol Hill, State Department and White House correspondent for the Mutual Black Network, an American radio network. He co-launched, produced, and hosted the first nationally syndicated Black news interview program on commercial television, America’s Black Forum, in 1977. Personal life Ford was born November 5, 1949, in Jersey City, New Jersey. His Irish American mother, Shirley (née Smith), was a civil rights activist from New Jersey; his father, Rudy “The Deuce” Rutherford, himself born in Richland, Georgia, was a Black Radio Hall of Fame inductee, the first Black man in the Deep South to host a non-gospel t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Medhurst
Richard Thomas Medhurst (born 20 August, 1992) is a Syrian-British journalist and YouTuber. Known for his work on the Middle East, Medhurst was "the first reporter arrested and under investigation under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000". Early life and education Richard Medhurst was born in Damascus, Syria, on 20 August 1992 to a Syrian mother and a British father. Both of his parents served as United Nations Peacekeepers, partaking in missions in Angola, Lebanon, Syria, India and Kashmir. In 1988, they—along with the entire Peacekeepers force—were awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize "for preventing armed clashes and creating conditions for negotiations". His father, Paul Medhurst, is a doctor of political science, published author and a retired professor who formerly taught at American Military University. He has stated that due to his parents' work, he was moved around often and that his entire secondary school education was completed in French. Career In 2006, Medhur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consortium News
Robert Earle Parry (June 24, 1949 – January 27, 2018) was an American investigative journalist. He was known for his role in covering the Iran–Contra affair for the Associated Press (AP) and ''Newsweek'', including breaking the Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare (CIA manual provided to the Nicaraguan contras) and the CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking in the U.S. scandal in 1985. He was awarded the George Polk Award for National Reporting in 1984 and the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence by Harvard's Nieman Foundation in 2015. Parry was the editor of ' (''consortiumnews.com'') from 1995 until his death in 2018. Life and career Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Parry received a B.A. in English from Colby College in Waterville, Maine in 1971 and began his career in journalism in Framingham, Massachusetts working for his father's newspaper ''The Middlesex Daily News''. He joined the Associated Press in 1974, moving to its Washington, D.C. bure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajit Singh (politician, Born 1939)
Ajit Singh (12 February 1939 – 6 May 2021) was an Indian politician, farmer leader, and founder of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), a regional political party rooted in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, dedicated to advocating farmers’ rights and rural interests. Singh entered the Rajya Sabha in 1986 and later represented Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency, Baghpat in the Lok Sabha across seven terms between 1989 and 2014, navigating multiple party affiliations including the Janata Dal, Lok Dal (Ajit), and eventually Rashtriya Lok Dal, which he established in 1996. He held several Union cabinet positions - Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India), Minister of Industry (1989–1990), Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Minister of Food (1995–1996), Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Minister of Agriculture (2001–2003), and Ministry of Civil Aviation (India), Minister of Civil Aviation (2011–2014)- reflecting his influence in both economic and rura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Kovalik
Daniel Kovalik (born 1968) is an American human rights, labor rights lawyer and political activist. He previously taught International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Education and work Kovalik graduated from Columbia Law School in 1993. He then served as in-house counsel for the United Steelworkers, AFL-CIO (USW) until 2019. While with the USW, he worked on Alien Tort Claims Act cases against The Coca-Cola Company, Drummond and Occidental Petroleum – cases arising out of egregious human rights abuses in Colombia. Kovalik received the David W. Mills Mentoring Fellowship from Stanford University School of Law. He was the recipient of the Project Censored Award for his article exposing the unprecedented killing of trade unionists in Colombia. He has written extensively on the issue of international human rights and US foreign policy for the ''CounterPunch'' and ''The Huffington Post'' and has lectured throughout the world on these subjects. He is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson Hinkle
Jackson Hinkle (born September 15, 1999) is an American political commentator and influencer who hosts the web television show ''Legitimate Targets with Jackson Hinkle'' on X (formerly Twitter). He is known for his support for Russia in the Russo-Ukrainian War, and for his opposition to Israel in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Born in San Clemente, California, Hinkle has dubbed himself an "American Conservative Marxist–Leninist", while journalists have described him as conservative, right-wing, and far-right. Promoting a syncretic mix of conservative and communist ideas, he is a self-described proponent of "MAGA Communism", calling on those who support the working class to ally with the MAGA movement against an alleged globalist threat. Initially an environmentalist during his high school years, Hinkle has turned to promoting pro-fossil fuels stances in recent years. Journalists and fact checkers have said that Hinkle has spread disinformation and conspiracy theorie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Lipp
Alina Lipp is a German social media influencer and self-described independent journalist. She is known for spreading pro-Russian disinformation about the Russian invasion of Ukraine online, including on YouTube and Telegram. Career Lipp began her career as an activist with the German Green party. Lipp claims to have left the party in 2016, after her first stay in Crimea. The Greens claim Lipp was a member of the party from 2015 until her withdrawal in 2020. Lipp created her YouTube channel, (English: Happy in Crimea) in 2019. She created her Telegram, (English: News from Russia) in 2021, sharing content in both Russian and German. In addition to her own accounts, Lipp has appeared on a variety of right-wing alternative media outlets. On her social media accounts, she has positioned herself as a war correspondent, delivering news of the war with a pro-Russian spin, including pro-Putin propaganda. Screenings of Lipp's documentaries, "" (English: "In Search of the Truth") and " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Ritter
William Scott Ritter Jr. (born July 15, 1961) is an American former United States Marine Corps intelligence officer, former United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) weapons inspector, author, and commentator. Ritter was a junior military analyst during Operation Desert Storm. He served as a member of UNSCOM overseeing the disarmament of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq from 1991 to 1998, from which he resigned in protest. Later he became a critic of the Iraq War and United States foreign policy in the Middle East. In recent years, he has been a regular contributor to Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik. He has visited Russia in support of Russia since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In June 2024, Ritter claimed that US authorities seized his passport and prevented him from visiting Russia. In 2011, Ritter was convicted of several criminal offenses after engaging in sexually explicit online activity with a police officer who was posing as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antiwar
An anti-war movement is a social movement in opposition to one or more nations' decision to start or carry on an armed conflict. The term ''anti-war'' can also refer to pacifism, which is the opposition to all use of military force during conflicts, or to anti-war books, paintings, and other works of art. Some activists distinguish between anti-war movements and peace movements. Anti-war activists work through protest and other grassroots means to attempt to pressure a government (or governments) to put an end to a particular war or conflict or to prevent one from arising. History American Revolutionary War Substantial opposition to British war intervention in America led the British House of Commons on 27 February 1783 to vote against further war in America, paving the way for the Second Rockingham ministry and the Peace of Paris. Antebellum United States Substantial antiwar sentiment developed in the United States roughly between the end of the War of 1812 and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
