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Dowd: THE NEW ERA OF THE 1920s AND THE NEW ECONOMY OF TODAY: BIRDS OF A FEATHER?
Commentary, January, 31 2001
Douglas Dowd
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By Doug DowdThe New Era began poorly, as did our New Economy (dating its take-off as the 1990s). In 1919 there was a short recession, then a sharp inflation and unsteady good times and a very sharp recession, 1921-22; then began the so-called "pro...
Mokhiber: Business Power and Mobility
Commentary, January, 30 2001
Russell Mokhiber
Mokhiber's ZSpace page
The election season makes it patently clear how Big Business is able to transform its financial resources into political power via campaign contributions.
Solomon: LETTER FROM PORTO ALEGRE TO ZNET
Commentary, January, 29 2001
Norman Solomon
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The World Social Forum here in southern Brazil is being reported around the planet as an oppositional counterpoint to the annual bash in Davos, where corporate leaders have been gathering for three decades at their World Economic Forum retreat. In...
Pond-mcpherson: An Election Post-mortem
Graphic, January, 28 2001
Scott Pond-mcpherson
Pond-mcpherson's ZSpace page
bush, election, activism,
Guellec: Patients blamed for medical errors
Commentary, January, 28 2001
Dorothy Guellec
Guellec's ZSpace page
The American Medical Association believes it may have discovered a root cause for the many medical errors - patients themselves. Isn't that cute. Rather than focus on the incredible complexity of the system and processes at work and everything nee...
Anderson: Ashcroft
Graphic, January, 27 2001
Kirk Anderson
Anderson's ZSpace page
ashcroft, attorney general
Anderson: Slave auction 2001
Graphic, January, 27 2001
Kirk Anderson
Anderson's ZSpace page
prostitution, sex, internet, slave, prostitute
Peters: Trivializing Teens
Commentary, January, 27 2001
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
The good news is: It takes a constant bombardment of advertising, articles, and advice to convince teens that they ARE their skin-exfoliators, hair de-frizzers, and lip moisturizers.
Bond: Welcome to Jo'burg
Commentary, January, 26 2001
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
If you had a choice, which host city would you choose for Rio+10, a.k.a. the 2002 `World Summit on Sustainable Development,' where 60,000 delegates will jawjaw about social and environmental problems, maybe in the process constructing more bits of...
Scipes: ROUND TWO: PEOPLE'S POWER IN THE PHILIPPINES REMOVES ANOTHER PRESIDENT
Commentary, January, 25 2001
Kim Scipes
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The government of Joseph "Erap" Estrada in the Philippines has just collapsed, with the president forced out by mass mobilization, and with Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo replacing him as President on January 21. What might this mean for t...
