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Znet Article Jamail: Operation Enduring Occupation

Znet Article, March, 21 2010 Dahr Jamail
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According to all variations of the SOFA the US uses to provide a legal mandate for it's nearly 1,000 bases across the planet, technically, no US base in any foreign country is "permanent." Thus, the US bases in Japan, South Korea and Germany that ...

Commentary Schechter: On The Seventh Anniversary of the War On Iraq: Spotty Coverage, A Few Protests, and A Desire to "Move On" To Make It All Disappear

Commentary, March, 21 2010 Danny Schechter
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American media loves anniversaries of major events. They become ideal "news pegs" to do follow-up stories. You would think that they would have pulled out the stops for the seventh anniversary of the US war on Iraq, a war that was described by the...

Znet Article Chatterjee: Afghanistan Spy Contract Goes Sour for Pentagon

Znet Article, March, 21 2010 Pratap Chatterjee
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A top Pentagon official ran a covert network of contractors that supplied the U.S. government surveillance information for drone strikes and assassinations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to a complaint filed by the Central Intelligence Age...

Znet Article Street: When Media Goes to War: A Review

Znet Article, March, 21 2010 Paul Street
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The “propaganda model” that the leading left U.S. intellectuals and academicians Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman developed over two decades ago to analyze the content of foreign policy news and commentary in the United States’ “mainstream” [1](d...

Znet Article McBride: California: Barricades and Beyond

Znet Article, March, 21 2010 Jared McBride
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In the event you missed the news from two weeks ago, a barricade was erected in California, or rather one should say that California itself has begun to turn into a barricade. On March 4th, a staggering number of university students, K-12 students...

Znet Article Harnecker: Excessive Centralization Creates Inefficiency and Prevents Authentic Popular Protagonism

Znet Article, March, 21 2010 Marta Harnecker
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Popular protagonism becomes a mere slogan if people do not have the opportunity to make their opinions known and take decisions in areas where they participate: (geographic spaces, workplaces, educational establishments, interest groups). If the ...

Znet Article Gindin: Cadillac Fairview

Znet Article, March, 21 2010 Sam Gindin
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On March 5, 2010, after a conflict that stretched over almost 9 months, the maintenance and skilled trades workers of CEP (Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada) Local 2003 (affectionately known as the CF61) working in office tower...

Znet Article Kane: “Not a Radical Idea”: The Health Care Summit and Beyond

Znet Article, March, 20 2010 John Kane
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Barack Obama has not proven to be the “Manchurian candidate” that many Americans—sometimes quietly, sometimes not—once believed him to be. But that doesn’t mean that they’ve become more open to discussing his presidency and policies rationally.

Znet Article Baroud: Activism is Change, Not academic Squabbles and Bickering

Znet Article, March, 20 2010 Ramzy Baroud
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An activist is a person who feels strongly about a cause and who is also willing to dedicate time and energy towards advancing and realizing this cause.

Znet Article Ortiz: Avatar Downfall a Blow for Indigenous Communities

Znet Article, March, 20 2010 Gonzalo Ortiz
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Science fiction blockbuster Avatar was the big loser in the Oscar awards ceremony - not only a blow for director James Cameron but also seen as a symbolic reverse in the struggle to recover Amazon rainforest areas in Ecuador from the effects of oi...