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Lenzer: Drug Advertising
Zmag Article, June, 01 2002
Jeanne Lenzer
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When drug company executives in gray suits shout, “Power to the People!” in defense of their new ad strategy, something’s fishy. But if the smell is bad, it hasn’t stopped direct-...
Weis: Rhetoric and Reality About Free Trade
Zmag Article, June, 01 2002
Tony Weis
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It is illuminating to observe the U.S. propaganda machine in action here in Jamaica to see just how shallow is the facade this critique is up against. On successive weeks during the past month, U.S. ...
Russell: A Plea About Terrorism
Zmag Article, June, 01 2002
Grahame Russell
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Mamacita, I am inside the barracks. Look for a lawyer. Look for money and please get me out of here. I am desperate.” Arquimedes Ascarza Mendoza, a Peruvian university student at the time, wrote...
Soll: Corporate Taxes
Zmag Article, June, 01 2002
David Soll
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In the past year President Bush proposed, and Congress approved, a $1.6 trillion tax cut that reduced rates for most taxpayers and made some significant structural changes, including eliminating ...
Styles: Mujeres Creando
Zmag Article, June, 01 2002
Sophie Styles
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Sophie Styles Julieta Ojeda is an active member of the anarcha-feminist collective Mujeres Creando based in La Paz, Bolivia. Their activities include publishing, direct action, a...
Macdougall: Taking A Baseball Bat To The Poor
Zmag Article, June, 01 2002
William Macdougall
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The line starts early on Monday mornings, winding and snaking its way from the barred heavy wooden doors, past the municipal cleansing department depot and the local park, before turning into the non...
Phillips: Bulgaria Traffic in Women
Zmag Article, June, 01 2002
Susan Phillips
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Susan Phillips Nobody knows exactly how many women in Eastern Europe have been trafficked against their will into prostitution, but the estimates for Bulgaria range in the thousa...
Laursen: 401(k): Too Good A Deal For Employers
Zmag Article, June, 01 2002
Eric Laursen
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Eric Laursen While official Washington awaited the latest unraveling threads of the Enron scandal in February, wondering whether a “smoking gun” would turn up to implic...
Gershon: Fighting For Their Families Back Home
Zmag Article, June, 01 2002
Livia Gershon
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On April 20, 2002, many thousands of people marched in Washington, DC and in California to protest global distributions of power and wealth, once again demonstrating the strength of the movement agai...
Dewar: Clarence Thomas and the Republican Far Right
Zmag Article, June, 01 2002
Christian Dewar
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Undoubtedly many people don’t think Howard Stern is funny, but he does have his moments. In one of his books, Stern has a picture of himself superimposed at a Nuremberg rally where he is seen ch...
