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Prashad: No Farewell for This Admiral: Reflections on Diego Garcia
Commentary, January, 06 2000
Vijay Prashad
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No Farewell for This Admiral: Reflections on Diego Garcia
Mokhiber: You Can't Eat Enough of It
Commentary, January, 05 2000
Russell Mokhiber
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At the end of the millennium, W.R. Grace should be considered a candidate as one of the world's most rapacious corporate predators. Of course, if you have seen the movie A Civil Action or read the book by the same title, you are aware of the inju...
Russell: WTO Has Power to Override Civil Rights
Commentary, January, 04 2000
Marta Russell
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The short five year history of the World Trade Organization (WTO) shows that the WTO is most interested in building a new global economic order of free trade unfettered by environmental, and labor regulations which protect people over corporate in...
Marable: Civil Rights or Silver Rights
Commentary, January, 03 2000
Manning Marable
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More than a century ago, conservative black educator Booker T. Washington proposed a strategy for black advancement within capitalism. The founder of both Tuskegee Institute and the National Negro Business League, Washington cautioned African Amer...
Zinn: Notes for a Gathering
Commentary, January, 02 2000
Howard Zinn
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I have been asked to imagine this situation: "The progressive third party movement has captured the White House, 60% of Congress and 30 Governorships. What do we do now?"
Sargent: 37.7 Seconds, Part II
Zmag Article, January, 01 2000
Lydia Sargent
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Lydia Sargent As I said in Part I, the title 37.7 seconds refers to the average amount of time fathers spent each day communicating with their babies during the first three months of life, according to a 1971 study quoted in Has Feminism Chang...
Gordon: Barak's Economic Program
Zmag Article, January, 01 2000
Neve Gordon
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Neve Gordon In 1992, it was still unclear that Bill Clinton’s election would mark the advent of a new breed of leaders. Yet a few years later Tony Blair was elected in England and Lionel Jospin in France. When Germany’s Gerha...
Hahnel: China & the WTO
Zmag Article, January, 01 2000
Robin Hahnel
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Robin Hahnel After declining to sign a "better deal" last April, the Clinton administration signed off on conditions for permitting China to enter the World Trade Organization (WTO) in November. Even t...
Herman: Hitchens on Serbia and East Timor
Zmag Article, January, 01 2000
Edward Herman
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Edward S. Herman In each U.S. war there are liberals and leftists who lend it support, and even larger numbers who don’t oppose it because the issues and stakes involved seem unclear. Both support and silence are encouraged by the...
Barsamian: Challenging Corporate Power
Zmag Article, January, 01 2000
David Barsamian
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Barsamian Richard Grossman is co-director of the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy. He is co-author of Taking Care of Business: Citizenship and the Charter of Incorporation. He lectures widely on issues of corporate power, law, and d...
