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Prashad: The Tragedy of Flight IC-814
Commentary, December, 28 1999
Vijay Prashad
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No one can guess the horror of Ms. Rachna Katyal as she sits aboard the Indian Airlines plane (IC-814) in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Recently married, Ms. Katyal was on her way home to Delhi from a honeymoon in Kathmandu when her plane was hijacked fo...
Administrator: The OSCE Report: THINGS TOLD AND THINGS SEEN
Commentary, December, 27 1999
Site Administrator
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The recent Report of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Kosovo is subtitled: "As Seen, as Told". The part of the report covering the mayhem that went on during the NATO bombing, between March 24 and June 10, is "as t...
Solomon: A PRo-Democracy Movement
Commentary, December, 26 1999
Norman Solomon
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It's a pro-democracy movement. And it's global. The vibrant social forces that converged on Seattle -- and proceeded to deflate the WTO summit -- are complex, diverse and sometimes contradictory. Yet the threads of their demands form a distinct w...
Albert: Building Solidarity
Commentary, December, 24 1999
Michael Albert
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Social struggle will never be perfectly choreographed but we can at least have broad norms regarding movement process that benefit all involved constituencies.
Peters: It Is Not As Easy As ABC
Commentary, December, 23 1999
Cynthia Peters
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A recently released study finds that children from poor families are better off if they spend more time in day care starting at an earlier age. The Abecedarian Project (named for the first four letters of the alphabet), conducted at the University...
Zinn: Seattle
Commentary, December, 22 1999
Howard Zinn
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In the year 1919, when the city of Seattle was brought to a halt by a general strike - beginning with 35,000 shipyard workers demanding a wage increase - the mayor reflected on its significance:
Guellec: Patient Rights vs. Distributive Justice
Commentary, December, 21 1999
Dorothy Guellec
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The right of the patient to direct his or her medical care and health outcome, known as patient autonomy, and the right of society to control and allocate "limited resources", known as distributive justice will certainly collide. In an ideal world...
Marable: A Dialogue Between Generations
Commentary, December, 20 1999
Manning Marable
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Several weeks ago I attended and spoke at a conference on race which was organized at Stanford University. After delivering my lecture, I walked down the steps from the stage. Clustered around the steps were several male and female graduate studen...
Albert: Different Strokes for Different Folks!?
Commentary, December, 18 1999
Michael Albert
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How do we evaluate movement tactics and particularly property-damaging or truly aggressive or violent tactics?
Herman: THEY BROUGHT IT ON THEMSELVES
Commentary, December, 18 1999
Edward Herman
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One of the tricks of imperialism is to pretend that a targeted enemy has been offered a negotiating option, quickly claim that that option has been rejected, and then ruthlessly attack or continue sanctions that may be taking a heavy human toll.
