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Sargent: 37.7 Seconds, Part V
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Lydia Sargent
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I began this series by saying that there was a time when “reading feminism” was a joyful, liberating journey. That was pre-1980. Then it became a depressing experience, a subject for satire or/and outrage as inanities, ...
Herman: Key Words In The New World Order
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Edward Herman
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As the 21st century begins, with the U.S. hegemon and transnational capitalism roaming the earth like the dinosaurs of the distant past, we should take stock of the key words that help rationalize their rampages. Many are heart-w...
Cohen: Beware The Violence Initiative Project
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Mitchel Cohen
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As late as the 1980s, a small but influential coterie of prize-winning scientists were trying to prove that black children were, on average, less intelligent than white children. Intelligence, they said, ran “in the genes” of rac...
Chomsky: In Retrospect
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Noam Chomsky
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The tumult having subsided, it should be possible to undertake a relatively dispassionate review and analysis of NATO’s war over Kosovo. One might have expected the theme to have dominated the year-end millennarianism, consi...
Carter: Grammy Awards Follow the Money
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Sandy Carter
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Every year when the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences celebrates its Grammy Awards, I gag at the notion that any of this music industry pomp honors the best music of the past year. Although all of the big time...
Bronski: The Subversive Ms. Highsmith and The Talented Mr. Ripley
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Michael Bronski
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Isn’t that the cute Matt Damon playing a beguiling, decidedly dangerous, homosexual in Anthony Minghella’s film The Talented Mr. Ripley? Damon acts to perfection the role of Tom Ripley, the accomplished young American h...
Bacon: The Poor Fight For UNAM
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
David Bacon
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In early February, when Mexico’s Federal government moved to end the strike at the National Autonomous University (UNAM), its action was motivated less by concern over the fate of the institution and its students, and much m...
Small: U.S. Navy To Bomb Coast Of Scotland
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Mike Small
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Over here, over here! The Yanks are coming...that is, a task force headed by the USS Dwight Eisenhower to bomb the hell out of a piece of Scotland in the spring. Over 8,000 military personnel will be involved, along with two...
Pettifer: Mi General
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Ann Pettifer
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Early this year, the British Home Secretary, Jack Straw, announced that he was “minded” to send General Augusto Pinochet back to Chile. Pinochet has been detained in Britain for 18 months awaiting extradition to Spain, ...
Staff: The Reason To Demonstrate
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Z Staff
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The mid-April Washington demonstratons against the IMF, World Bank, and WTO are imminent. Are you going? If not, will you be discussing the issues with co-workers, relatives, and schoolmates, even though far from Washington? ...
