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Author: Remembering St. Patrick's Battalion on March 17
Commentary, March, 19 2002
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My mother's side of the family is Irish and, a million years ago, I attended St. Patrick's grammar school here in New York City. So, for me, St. Patrick's Day usually involved a corned beef and cabbage meal and a day off from school. (Today, I'm a...
Klein: IMF Go To Hell
Znet Article, March, 19 2002
Naomi Klein
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On Tuesday in Buenos Aires, only a few blocks from where Argentine President Eduardo Duhalde was negotiating with the International Monetary Fund, a group of residents were going through a negotiation of a different kind. They were trying to save ...
Monbiot: America's Bioterror
Znet Article, March, 19 2002
George Monbiot
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Dear President Bush, In commemorating the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington last week, you called for disputes to be "settled within the bounds of reason." You insisted that "every nation in our coalition must take seriously the g...
Fisk: Arab states united in rejecting attack on Saddam
Znet Article, March, 19 2002
Robert Fisk
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Rarely can an American vice-president have met such a rebuff from America's Arab allies. Not a single Arab king, prince or president has been prepared to endorse a US attack on Iraq. Even in Kuwait – where Dick Cheney arrives today before ...
Gluckman: The Scapegoating Of America's Youth
Znet Article, March, 19 2002
Ryn Gluckman
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In December 1995 John DiIulio, former head of Bush’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, published a series of apocalyptic reports predicting a new breed of violent juvenile delinquents, the “teenage superpredators.â&#...
Weisbrot: World Bank Opposes Changing Loans to Grants for Poor Countries
Znet Article, March, 19 2002
Mark Weisbrot
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J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" has captivated millions on the big screen because it is an archetypal tale of power and human nature. The corrupting influence of power, its overwhelming temptation even to those whose intentions are good, the ...
Mcmillan: Dig It
Graphic, March, 18 2002
Stephanie Mcmillan
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environment, poison, pesticide, GMOs, genetically modified, produce, vegetables, fruit, garden
Moore: Straight Priorities
Graphic, March, 18 2002
Kevin Moore
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gay adoption, Lofton, Croteau, Andrea Yates, Florida gay adoption ban, Florida
Mondragon: The Colombian Elections: Some old, some new, and some uncertainties
Commentary, March, 18 2002
Hector Mondragon
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The abstention of more than half the citizenry; the vote for traditional parties of the extreme right; the continuing proportion in the legislature of 70% traditional bipartisan electoral barons, and the surprising growth of an alternative vote fo...
Herman: Axis Of Evil--in Washington, D.c.
Commentary, March, 18 2002
Edward Herman
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Coup d'etat president George W. Bush has designated three poor and unconnected states as an "axis of evil," reflecting this great moralist's sensitivity to good and evil. He has been subjected to a certain amount of criticism for this strong langu...
