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Cummings: Iran, Iraq, Whatever...
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Richard Cummings
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One day, quite a few years ago, I was having lunch with my Iranian friend, Rudy Alam, who was attending the University of Pennsylvania, and who was the daughter of the then Prime Minster of Iran. It was a student hangout, and a waitress recognized...
Z: Noble Carter?
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Mickey Z
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The October 11, 2002 Washington Post article reported that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter had beat out peace-loving nominees like George W. Bush and Tony Blair to win the Nobel Peace Prize “for his decades of untiring effort to find pe...
Mahajan: What War Means to the Iraqi People
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Romi Mahajan
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I woke up early to the news today and wish sleep carried me a little longer. In much poetry, dawn represents the breaking of the methaphorical night of loneliness, a respite from pain. But for the Iraqi people, this is not that...
Kamel: Urban Legends
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Rachael Kamel
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Rachael Kamel is a founding member of the Jewish Mobilization for a Just Peace, a grassroots organization in Philadelphia. Last year, not long after the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center, I overheard two well-dressed businessm...
Francese: Thousands Rise Up Against New Era of Corporate Colonialism
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Justin Francese
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indigenous peoples and it continues today with industrial megaprojects like the Plan Puebla Panama." In Panama, indigenous activists are marching from Costa Rica to Panama City, a distance of over 200 miles, to protest the ecological destruction ...
Francese: Thousands Rise Up Against New Era of Corporate Colonialism
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Justin Francese
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This Saturday, October 12th, dozens of demonstrations will be held all over the US, Mexico and Central America to protest the 510th anniversary of Columbus day. Thousands of indigenous activists and supporters from Canada to Panama, will block bor...
Avnery: Israel: The Jewish Demographic State?
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Uri Avnery
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It sounds like a bad joke, but it really happened: A rabbi went from Israel to Peru, converted a group of Native Americans to Judaism, brought them to this country and put them in a settlement, on land taken away from its Palestinian owners. Ther...
Anderson: Imperial presidency, subservient congress
Graphic, October, 10 2002
Kirk Anderson
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imperial, empire, imperial president, bush, crown, king george, king, monarchy
Anderson: Why now?
Graphic, October, 10 2002
Kirk Anderson
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why now, iraq, saddam, nuclear, al-qaida, regime change
Rebick: Victory in Brazil
Commentary, October, 10 2002
Judy Rebick
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Lula stopped just short of a first round victory in Brazil's presidential election but is almost certain to win the second round vote on October 27. With 99 percent of polls reporting Lula has 46.4 percent of the vote. All but a tiny corner of t...
