This searching examination explores how the internet is threatening the rule of particularly repressive governmentsincluding China, Cuba, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Addressing internet censorship, citizen journalism, and the growing popularity of blogging as a means for change, this in-depth analysis provides unique insight into these cultures as well as the latest media technologies.

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Leading a forensic discussion of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, this survey examines the prospects of the Middle East peace process amidst the new geo-political context. Acknowledging how the election of Barack Obama brought hope to millions around the world and generated renewed diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, this reference also highlights how the IsraelPalestine conflict remains mired in brutality and occupation. Taking into account the election of a far-right Israeli government, the indiscriminate war on Gaza, and the illegal expansion of West Bank colonies, this examination...

How Capitalism makes a fortune from disaster, poverty and catastrophe
Disaster has become big business. Best-selling journalist Antony Loewenstein travels across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea, the United States, Britain, Greece, and Australia to witness the reality of disaster capitalism. He discovers how companies cash in on organized misery in a hidden world of privatized detention centers, militarized private security, aid profiteering, and destructive mining.
What emerges through Loewenstein s reporting is a dark history of multinational corporations that,...