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Deutsch: Lose An Election, Gain Some Ethics?
Graphic, January, 10 2001
Barry Deutsch
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Bello: 2000: The Year of Global Protest against Globalization
Commentary, January, 10 2001
Walden Bello
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The last year will probably go down as one of those defining Êmoments in the history of the world economy, like 1929. Of course, the Êstructures of global capitalism appear to be solid, with many in the global Êelite in Washington, Europe, and Asi...
Solomon: ASHCROFT: NOT JUST WHISTLING DIXIE
Commentary, January, 09 2001
Norman Solomon
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More than 13 decades after Robert E. Lee surrendered at ÊAppomattox, the U.S. Senate is getting ready to confirm as attorney general Êsomeone who has voiced fervent admiration for the Confederacy. It's an Êalmost unbelievable situation. Yet many n...
Russell: The Bush Nine
Commentary, January, 09 2001
Marta Russell
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As the word spreads about the many protests planned the week of the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, Y2000, ADAPTERs burned by W. in Texas will be amongst the uninvited guests travelling to DC.
Marable: Two on the Election
Commentary, January, 08 2001
Manning Marable
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We have just witnessed, in the United States, the massive and wholesale theft of the presidency. Yet the fraudulent political dynamics that propelled loser George W. Bush into the White House have happened before. A political philosopher once obse...
Glick: "This Land Is Your Land?"
Commentary, January, 07 2001
Ted Glick
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Several days ago I was asked to be part of a program next month commemorating the 60th anniversary of Woody Guthrie's song, "This Land Is Your Land." This got me thinking.
Landau: FIDEL AND THE REVOLUTION, FORTY YEARS LATER
Commentary, January, 06 2001
Saul Landau
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On January 2, 1959, Habaneros filled the streets to greet the small band of long-haired, guerrilla warriors. The hated dictator, Fulgencio Batista, had fled to Florida, with his entourage. But what would the new government do? Everyone knew the re...
Prashad: The Great Indian Mail Strike of 2000
Commentary, January, 05 2001
Vijay Prashad
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For two weeks in December 2000, almost all of the 600,000 postal workers in India struck work, on behalf of 300,000 part-time workers. From Cyberabad to Silicon Galli computers tried in vain to send packages to each other, as the Sensex sang a dir...
Reinhart: COUNT THE BLANK BALLOTS
Commentary, January, 04 2001
Tanya Reinhart
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Never was Israel further from democracy as it is in the coming elections. In the polls, 60% of the voters wanted another candidate to run against the two generals, but the political system, blatantly ignoring anything known about the will of the m...
Steel: Smile, And We Might Yet Defeat Global Capitalism
Commentary, January, 03 2001
Mark Steel
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"We need a revolution," said the lad, no more than 19, in the packed meeting organised by People and Planet at the University of Warwick. "And we, I mean us here, can begin to make that revolution Ð right after this meeting by..." He paused. What ...
