From Editor Robert Parry: As the presidential election campaign heats up and the war drums over Iran grow louder, we continue to fill a major hole in American journalism by reporting on difficult realities, both the serious political stakes in November and the geopolitical risks of a new war in the Middle East.
To finance our continuing work, we are setting a barebones target of $25,000 for our spring fund drive. So please help with a donation, whether big or small.
You can make a donation by credit card at the Consortiumnews.com Web site or by check to Consortium for Independent Journalism (CIJ); 2200 Wilson Blvd.; Suite 102-231; Arlington VA 22201. Or you can use PayPal (our account is named after our e-mail address “[email protected]”).
Since we are a 501-c-3 non-profit, your donation may be tax-deductible.
You also can choose whether you want your entire donation to go to support our work or if you’d like one of our thank-you gifts, which we are now offering to anyone who donates at least $50 or who signs up for a monthly donation.
Those gifts include an autographed copy of one of my last three books: Lost History, Secrecy & Privilege or Neck Deep.
Or a DVD of the 1991 PBS “Frontline” documentary “The Election Held Hostage,” which I co-wrote. It explores Republican skullduggery with Iran prior to the pivotal 1980 election.
We also have a few copies left of the late Gary Webb’s book, The Killing Game, and a few DVDs of war correspondent Don’s North’s documentary on the lives of former Salvadoran guerrillas, entitled “Yesterday’s Enemies.” (So, those gifts must be “while supplies last.”)
If you want one of the thank-you gifts, just follow-up your donation with an e-mail to [email protected]. Otherwise, we’ll put your entire donation toward keeping Consortiumnews.com going.
We also are trying to start a new project to help young journalists, many of whom are finding job prospects slim in an industry that is still contracting. We call this endeavor, the Project for Independent Journalism, and we’re hoping to raise an additional $50,000 to get it off the ground. (If you wish to dedicate your donation to this project, just tell us.)
As always, thanks for your support.
Robert Parry
Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. He founded Consortiumnews.com in 1995 as the Internet’s first investigative magazine. He saw it as a way to combine modern technology and old-fashioned journalism to counter the increasing triviality of the mainstream U.S. news media.
Maybe I’d contribute if you would balance your criticism of Israel with the Arab atrocities committed against themselves, and the West. Your domestic articles are very good,exposing the republicans, but this neo nazi fixation with Israel will never get me to contribute one cent. There are many people like myself, who are Liberal and support Israel.