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Amayreh: They Came In The Night
Znet Article, January, 22 2002
Khaled Amayreh
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It is 1.30am on 10 January and the streets are quiet and cold at Rafah refugee camp, at the southernmost edge of the Gaza Strip. The roar of tanks is growing louder as they approach and residents are rising in their beds, sensing that something te...
Edwards: The Great Mobile Phone Cover-up
Commentary, January, 21 2002
David Edwards
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In 1953 the tobacco industry faced a problem - their own reviews of the available scientific data concluded that smoking could kill. A report for RJ Reynolds stated: "Studies of clinical data tend to confirm the relationship between heavy and prol...
Zunes: The Long and Hidden History of the U.S in Somalia
Znet Article, January, 21 2002
Stephen Zunes
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The East African nation of Somalia is being mentioned with increasing frequency as the next possible target in the U.S.-led war against international terrorism. With what passes for the central government controlling little more than a section of ...
Moore: Our Benevolent Sovereign
Graphic, January, 20 2002
Kevin Moore
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Recession, George W. Bush, corporate tax breaks, U.S. poverty, policy, social programs, ruling orthodoxy
Mcmillan: The Big Feed
Graphic, January, 20 2002
Stephanie Mcmillan
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Enron, bankruptcy, theft, pension plan, stock
Drda: Those Twisted Terrorists
Graphic, January, 20 2002
Darrin Drda
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Bush, pretzel, terrorism, Al-Qaeda
Podur: What Are The Rules?
Commentary, January, 20 2002
Justin Podur
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Years ago I interviewed someone who had traveled all over Central and Eastern Europe and Central and South Asia studying states and civil wars and how and why states failed. 'People ask me what's worse, an authoritarian state or no state,' he said...
Solomon: DETERMINED STRUGGLE BRINGS A RADIO NETWORK BACK TO LIFE
Znet Article, January, 20 2002
Norman Solomon
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The art of the deal is a media dream: Savvy achievers get to the top. Guile and artifice -- even outright deception -- may well be part of the game, but there's nothing like success. One way or another, money and centralized power end up calling t...
Cibils: Argentina: The demise of neoliberal economics?
Znet Article, January, 20 2002
Alan Cibils
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The explosive events of mid December 2001 that toppled two presidents and left 30 dead in Argentina represent the culmination and logical outcome of almost 26 years of neoliberal economic policies. The common demand among the looters, the looted, ...
Author: Let the Debates Begin!
Commentary, January, 19 2002
Guest Author
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Two days after September 11 my grandaughter Crystal, a college student, found her teacher's jingoism too much to swallow. "These attacks are the chickens come home to roost!" she said to the class. "Now we get the chance to know what it's like for...
