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Dowd: Down with the Bah Humbug of Taxes, Surpluses, Spending, and Deficits, up with What We Need and Can Do
Commentary, May, 15 2001
Douglas Dowd
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The flagrantly unjust and harmful policies for taxes, governmental spending and real and imagined surpluses in place or on their way had their beginnings in the last years of CarterÕs presidency Ñ prodded and facilitated by what Richard Du Boff te...
Shah: Lost in Translation On the Liabilities of Being an American Abroad
Commentary, May, 14 2001
Sonia Shah
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You get so used to walking around feeling like a big smart smartypants, understanding (and disapproving of) most things around you (come on, you know what I mean) and then something simple happens that shows you, in a flash, how fragile and circum...
Choudry: Market Missionaries Flock To The Pacific
Commentary, May, 12 2001
Aziz Choudry
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ÒYour nonsense spreads to Pacific beliefs like the plague bubonic/ speaking tongues parallel to concrete jungle mumbo.Ó Ê (Reverse Resistance, by King Kapisi) Samoan hiphop artist King Kapisi slams colonialism and missionary beliefs on his Savag...
Peters: Mother’s Day, 2001
Commentary, May, 12 2001
Cynthia Peters
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The problem with Mother’s Day rituals is that they reinforce what I call the telescope effect on Moms and their kids. Most days of the year, disproportionate blame is leveled at Moms for their kids’ shortcomings. On Mother’...
Peters: MotherÕs Day, 2001
Commentary, May, 12 2001
Cynthia Peters
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The problem with MotherÕs Day rituals is that they reinforce what I call the telescope effect on Moms and their kids. Most days of the year, disproportionate blame is leveled at Moms for their kidsÕ shortcomings. On MotherÕs Day, they are privatel...
Herman: PUBLIC VERSUS POWER INTELLECTUALS, Part 1
Commentary, May, 11 2001
Edward Herman
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The conventional use of the term "public intellectual" has been a source of growing confusion and bombast of late. At a forum on "The Future of Public Intellectuals" held some months ago in New York City, Russell Jacoby of The Last Intellectuals f...
Herman: PUBLIC VERSUS POWER INTELLECTUALS, Part 1
Commentary, May, 11 2001
Edward Herman
Herman's ZSpace page
The conventional use of the term "public intellectual" has been a source of growing confusion and bombast of late. At a forum on "The Future of Public Intellectuals" held some months ago in New York City, Russell Jacoby of The Last Intellectuals f...
Rebick: Of Catapults and Teddy Bears
Commentary, May, 10 2001
Judy Rebick
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The teddy bear hurling catapult at the demonstrations in Quebec City may turn out to be the most effective piece of street theatre in protest history. Designed to mock the wall separating leaders at the Summit of the Americas from the people prote...
Albert: Anarchism?!
Commentary, May, 10 2001
Michael Albert
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Like most social movements anarchism is diverse. Most broadly an anarchist seeks out and identifies structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination throughout life, and tries to challenge them as conditions and the pursuit of justice permit. An...
Deutsch: Ya can't get more consistent than that!
Graphic, May, 09 2001
Barry Deutsch
Deutsch's ZSpace page
first amendment, abortion, pro-life, Wind Done Gone
