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Ali: London Defeats Tony Blair: The Consequences of Citizen Ken
Commentary, May, 17 2000
Tariq Ali
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In these times of political adversity for the left, Ken Livingstone's spectacular triumph against the culture and politics of New Labour marks an important turning point in English politics. Blair refused to accept Livingstone as the Labour candid...
Schechter: Rescuing The Children: Elián, AIDS, South Africa and Media
Commentary, May, 16 2000
Danny Schechter
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I can just hear some Hollywood exec wondering if it has "series potential" while watching the dramatic showdown in the latest episode of the Elián González tug-of-war. On April 22 federal agents in a long overdue and overdrawn response "rescued"...
Schechter: Rescuing The Children: Eli‡n, AIDS, South Africa and Media
Commentary, May, 16 2000
Danny Schechter
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I can just hear some Hollywood exec wondering if it has "series potential" while watching the dramatic showdown in the latest episode of the Eli‡n Gonz‡lez tug-of-war. On April 22 federal agents in a long overdue and overdrawn response "rescued" t...
Mokhiber: Sixteen Years for a Snickers Bar
Commentary, May, 15 2000
Russell Mokhiber
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Last month, a Texas jury recommended that Kenneth Payne, 29, spend 16 years in jail.Payne's crime? Stealing a Snickers bar from a Tyler, Texas grocery store on December 17, 1999. When Smith county Assistant District Attorney Jodi Brown was asked ...
Wagner: Corporate Media on Vietnam War
Graphic, May, 14 2000
Pete Wagner
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vietnam war coverage
Wagner: Vietnam War Hero
Graphic, May, 14 2000
Pete Wagner
Wagner's ZSpace page
vietnam war, conscientious objector, militarism, history
Hightower: WHAT'S FOR DINNER?
Commentary, May, 14 2000
Jim Hightower
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Have you heard of the "Butterfly Effect?" Both a scientific concept and an ecological reality, its essence is that the flapping of a million butterfly wings in central Mexico can have consequences in New York City, Rome, or Hong Kong. The notion i...
Anderson: China PNTR
Graphic, May, 13 2000
Kirk Anderson
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china, trade, free trade, pntr, mfn, normal trade relations, most favored nation, foreign trade
Prashad: 'Just Say No to PepsiCo': So Say 101 Indian workers
Commentary, May, 13 2000
Vijay Prashad
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One hundred million people and sixty million cattle in India are in the midst of a crippling drought. The states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh have been hit with poor monsoon rain. According to the Union Minister...
Chomsky: Assaulting Solidarity -- Privatizing Education
Commentary, May, 12 2000
Noam Chomsky
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There has been a general assault in the last 25 years on solidarity, democracy, social welfare, anything that interferes with private power, and there are many targets. One of the targets is undoubtedly the educational system. In fact, a couple of...
