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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? ...
Petras: Rebellion in Ecuador
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
James Petras
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On January 21 a popular rebellion, led by a coalition of Indians, peasants, and urban workers, supported by junior military officials occupied the Parliament, Judiciary, and surrounded the presidential palace. A three-person junt...
Loewenstein: Fighting the Lebanese War
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Jennifer Loewenstein
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On February 8, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a series of air strikes against Lebanon as revenge against recent Hizbullah attacks in South Lebanon. Three power switching stations, the most vital electricity facilities in th...
Leon: Pentagon's $50 Billion Smart Rock Fails IQ Test
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Sandy Leon
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On January 18, the Pentagon’s second test of its national missile defense system (NMD), known as the Smart Rock, failed to hit its mark. The Senate and House of Representatives both passed measures in March of last ...
Gateley: Reinventing Government At The NRC
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Susan peterson Gateley
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As deregulation sweeps across the market place for electric power, public utilities are quickly changing the way they do business. No area of change will have more effect on public health, safety, and the environment than that pe...
Wood: none
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Ellen meiksins Wood
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Monthly Review Press, 138 pp. Review by Jim Cabral Distinguished scholar and Monthly Review co-editor Ellen Meiksins Wood has written an important book, The Origin of Capitalism, that does much to improve ...
Berkowitz: Powerful Right-Wing Alliance Challenges Climate Justice
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Bill Berkowitz
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What happens when a little-known, but important right-wing think tank combines forces with a long-time anti-environmental organization? You get a powerful and far-reaching anti-environmental publication that at launch-time already has ...
Kneen: none
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Brewster Kneen
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New Society Publishers, 240 pp. Review by Barbara Beebe If one were to depend solely on the mainstream media for information regarding genetically modified organisms (GMOs), one would come away with the im...
Arnove: “Sanctions on Iraq: The ‘Propaganda Campaign’â€
Commentary, April, 01 2000
Anthony Arnove
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Hans von Sponeck resigns March 31 as the director of the United Nations humanitarian program in Iraq. Normally, the comings and goings of UN officials isn’t a subject for headlines or a source of encouragement for activists, but von Sponec...
Author: ÒSanctions on Iraq: The ÔPropaganda CampaignÕÓ
Commentary, April, 01 2000
Guest Author
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Hans von Sponeck resigns March 31 as the director of the United Nations humanitarian program in Iraq. Normally, the comings and goings of UN officials isnÕt a subject for headlines or a source of encouragement for activists, but von Sponeck is now...
