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Muammar the Mutable: Contradicting Views regarding the Life of Muammar Gaddafi – Part III

  Muammar the Mutable: Contradicting Views regarding the life of Muammar Gaddafi Part III by Brad Kronen True to its former leader’s duality, the new flag of Libya is its old flag before Gaddafi took over in 1969. Let’s hope this does not signify: same day, same totalitarian style rulership, different flag. (travelagencyguide.com)     […]

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Muammar the Mutable: Contradicting Views regarding the Life of Muammar Gaddafi – Part II

Muammar the Mutable: Contradicting Views regarding the life of Muammar Gaddafi Part II by Brad Kronen The New Yorker at least intimated that Muammar Gaddafi was portrayed to the American public by the Western media with a one-sided, scare tactic approach. “The Arab world, from the marbled palaces of its leaders to the street, has […]

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Muammar the Mutable: Contradicting Views regarding the Life of Muammar Gaddafi – Part I

Muammar the Mutable: Contradicting Views regarding the life of Muammar Gaddafi Part I by Brad Kronen The American media crystallized the vilified persona of Muammar Gaddafi during the Reagan years, as in this cover of Newsweek from July of 1981. (businessinsider.com) The revered performance artist and culture maven, Gemini Laurie Anderson, has a public service […]

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