Don’t miss this interesting two-part al-Jazeera English report on the ties between the Pentagon and Hollywood, the defense interests of major media companies and the public impact of propaganda movies about war.

Part I

Will update this post with Part II when it becomes available.

Automatically posted links for November 19th:

• Una persecucion escandalosa - Spanish intellectuals speak out for Algerian dissident placed under arrest
• Am I to blame for his private war? | The Observer - A photographer and a soldier’s story from Iraq
• Mideast Conference Nears, With Few Plans - washingtonpost.com - No one has any idea of what’s going on with Annapolis