Good Morning Mr Pilger

January 20, 2009 – 8:22 am, by Jonathan Green

When Aretha Franklin sings “Think”, her wonderful 1960s anthem to freedom, at Obama’s inauguration on 21 January, I trust someone with the brave heart of Muntadar al-Zaidi, the shoe-thrower, will shout: “Gaza!”

Bless you John Pilger. Relegated to Green Left online, but you still got it. Just the thing to engorge the righteous dander early in the morn. Read it here.

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  1. paddy
    Posted January 20, 2009 at 9:46 am | Permalink

    Thanks for that Jonathan. It’s a great piece that deserves a wider audience.

  2. Bernard Keane
    Posted January 20, 2009 at 7:01 pm | Permalink

    Is the Arab Street “ready to explode” about the inauguration? Oh hang on that’s Robert Fisk.

    I like “Muntadar al-Zaidi, the shoe-thrower”. How Pilger must have agonised over whether to insult his loyal readers by specifying who he was, or cater to the gulled and ignorant masses by giving them a little hand.

    Still, we needed a replacement for Islamic Rage Boy, who has disappeared from sight. The shoeman is it.

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