Stories by Belén Fernández

Belén Fernández, contributing editor at Jacobin magazine, is the author of The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work, published by Verso in 2011. She is an editor at PULSE Media and her articles have appeared at the London Review of Books blog and Al Jazeera.

How America Breeds Mental Illness from Birth Until Death

Posted on: Apr 10, 2013, Source: Al Jazeera

The over-diagnosis and over-prescription that dominates the mental health care scene in the US contributes to a system that is better at producing disorders than fixing them.

How Mainstream Media Are Stoking Violence Against Muslims

Posted on: Apr 1, 2013, Source: Al Jazeera English

'Mainstream' Media characterisations of Muslims function to justify oppression at home and imperial devastation abroad.

Is Facebook Causing a Deterioration of Society as We Know It?

Posted on: Mar 29, 2013, Source: Al Jazeera English

Is Facebook a boon or cause for concern for the mental health industry?

Don't Believe Media Lies About Hugo Chavez: Venezuelan Leader Was Beloved At Home For Reducing Extreme Poverty

Posted on: Mar 6, 2013, Source: Al Jazeera English

Although villainized as "polarizing" by the media, Hugo Chavez, who died March 5, enjoyed broad support at home among the poor.

Foreign Policy Mag's 'Top 100 Global Thinkers': A Rogue's Gallery of Imperialists, Billionaires and Cheerleaders of Capitalist Domination

Posted on: Dec 30, 2012, Source: Al Jazeera English

If Dick Cheney is a top global thinker, we're in deep trouble.

Thomas Friedman Against the Arab World: How the New York Times Columnist Objectifies Muslim Women and Shills For War

Posted on: Sep 25, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The New York Times Op-Ed writer who pushed for the Iraq War should quit trying to "civilize" the Arab and Muslim world.

10 of Thomas Friedman's Dumbest "Big Ideas"

Posted on: Apr 23, 2012, Source: AlterNet

You know the world is flat -- and hot and crowded -- but that's just the tip of Friedman's iceberg of hackery.

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