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Commentary Naiman: World Bank Grants Would Reduce Poor Country Debt Without Cost to U.S.

Commentary, August, 17 2001 Robert Naiman
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President Bush proposed in Genoa that up to 50% of the World Bank's lending to the poorest countries be converted to grants focused on education, health care, access to clean water, and sanitation. This would be a step towards addressing the unbea...

Commentary Naiman: Reparations Should Include Universal Access to Health Care and Education

Commentary, August, 17 2001 Robert Naiman
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At the end of August in South Africa, the United Nations will convene the "World Conference Against Racism." News reports say that the U.S. and European governments have opposed efforts by African countries to address demands for "reparations" for...

Commentary Peters: An S30 Victory Six Weeks in Advance

Commentary, August, 16 2001 Cynthia Peters
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In a joint statement released on August 14, 2001, the IMF/World Bank reported that their annual meeting, originally scheduled to run for two weeks, would be reduced to two days. (The normal two-week meeting had previously been shortened to one wee...

Graphic Deutsch: The Horror, The Horror

Graphic, August, 15 2001 Barry Deutsch
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globalization, the Gap, Gap, free trade, fair trade, third world, wages, shirts

Commentary Solomon: A GREEN PARTY CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004?

Commentary, August, 15 2001 Norman Solomon
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Two years from now, the national committee of the Green Party will make a big decision: Should the party run a candidate for president in 2004?

Commentary Rebick: The New Politics Initiative: Towards a Living Democracy

Commentary, August, 14 2001 Judy Rebick
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What is participatory democracy? It is government that involves citizens at every level of decision-making. The form of participatory democracy we know best in Canada involves consulting citizens about policy. While experiences like the citizens c...

Graphic Drda: Non-Tactics of the Inactivist

Graphic, August, 13 2001 Darrin Drda
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activism, activist

Graphic Moore: Shoot First, Ask Questions Later...

Graphic, August, 13 2001 Kevin Moore
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Middle East, Israel, assassinations, Palestinians, international law

Commentary Pilger: Liberal elites have always disguised their innate conservatism

Commentary, August, 13 2001 John Pilger
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At the Hay-on-Wye literary festival in May, leading members of the media and cultural elite assembled in the fine gardens of a Regency house to await the arrival of the great man. They included broadsheet editors, deputy editors, literary editors,...

Graphic Mcmillan: Expire and Save

Graphic, August, 12 2001 Stephanie Mcmillan
Mcmillan's ZSpace page

cigarettes, Philip Morris, smoking, early death

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