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Monbiot: Both Saviour and Victim
Znet Article, February, 12 2002
George Monbiot
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The more powerful a nation becomes, the more it asserts its victimhood. In contemporary British eyes, the greatest atrocities of the 18th and 19th centuries were those perpetrated on compatriots in the Black Hole of Calcutta or during the Indian m...
Traynor: Afghans Still Dying
Znet Article, February, 12 2002
Ian Traynor
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Fardin's world caved in on a bright Sunday morning last October when an American bomb came through the roof of the room where he was sleeping. He was spared physically. But the six-year-old has not uttered a word nor taken a step since. At a quar...
Roy: Shall We Leave It To The Experts
Znet Article, February, 12 2002
Arundhati Roy
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India lives in several centuries at the same time. Somehow we manage to progress and regress simultaneously. As a nation we age by pushing outward from the middle--adding a few centuries on either end of the extraordinary CV. We greaten like the m...
Monbiot: America's Imperial War
Znet Article, February, 12 2002
George Monbiot
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Never was victory so bitter. Those liberals who supported the war in Afghanistan, and so confidently declared that their values had triumphed in November, must now be feeling a little exposed. Precisely who has lost, and what the extent of their l...
Prashad: Camp X Ray And The Problem Of Torture
Znet Article, February, 12 2002
Vijay Prashad
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On 4 February 2002, the New York Times ran an article on the humanity with which the "detainees" are being treated at Camp X-Ray at the US base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. One detainee had a long-standing injury to his eyes from a cricket ball, and ...
Galeano: Awards
Znet Article, February, 12 2002
Eduardo Galeano
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1. In spite of the terrorists who, with some regularity, are born in its sacred sands, Saudi Arabia is the main bastion of the Western world in the Middle East. It is a democratic monarchy: it sells every day--at low prices--one and a half millio...
Walkom: Bush Counts On War Without End
Znet Article, February, 12 2002
Thomas Walkom
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The war against terrorism is a brilliant construct. It may not have been started by George W. Bush, but it certainly works to his advantage. It has provided oomph to the sagging U.S. economy and a new raison d'etre for the alliance of politicos, d...
Bleakney: BONO, BLOODY BONO
Znet Article, February, 12 2002
Dave Bleakney
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Every generation has an Elvis. Being an Elvis is not only about shaking your hips or making teenagers scream. When things are going bad in the public relations department, a famous entertainer can add pop, sizzle and glamour to the message. Perfor...
Announcement: LOOSE ACCUSATIONS OF
Znet Article, February, 12 2002
Green party Announcement
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Members of the Green Party have joined other Americans protesting the manipulation of fears about terrorism in order to violate basic liberties and constitutional rights of due process and fair treatment under the law. "From th...
Pagnozzi: Israeli Reservists Show Uncommon Bravery
Znet Article, February, 12 2002
Amy Pagnozzi
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It's as if the first crocus of spring has somehow risen up in the hard, unyielding desert of the occupied territories - arid but for the spilt blood of generations of "enemies" and "martyrs." Hope for peace is renewed in Israel - all because of t...
