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Berkowitz: The Interfaith Council for Environmental Stewardship
Zmag Article, July, 01 2000
Bill Berkowitz
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A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to this year’s 30th anniversary of Earth Day. A group of Religious Right leaders, scientists, and academics, basking in the dual spotlights of Earth Day and Holy Week, launched the Interfaith Cou...
Rebick: Pitch battle is at doors of Ontario legislature
Commentary, June, 20 2000
Judy Rebick
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The Ontario Coalition against Poverty wanted to be heard. Ever since right-wing Ontario Premier Mike Harris was elected, the organization has tried everything to get the government to pay attention to the desperate straits facing poor and homeles...
Glick: History and Communications
Commentary, June, 13 2000
Ted Glick
Glick's ZSpace page
A few weeks ago I received a letter from someone who quoted Karl Marx as having once said, "History moves with the speed of communication." This quote struck me.
Herman: WHAT IS LIBERALISM?
Commentary, June, 12 2000
Edward Herman
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In a May 22 editorial in the liberal The American Prospect (TAP), which he edits along with Paul Starr, Robert Kuttner lauds radicals, for keeping moral demands to the fore and for pioneering on major issues that were central to democratic advance...
Schechter: Newman's Own PR War (On Nuclear War)
Commentary, June, 11 2000
Danny Schechter
Schechter's ZSpace page
When he took off his sunglasses, you knew it was screen star Paul Newman. Those blue eyes always give him away. One day last week, I found myself staring into them from behind a video camera, as Newman recorded a message beginning with a recollect...
Tokar: Gathering RAGE
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Brian Tokar
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One important feature of the actions in Seattle and Washington, DC was many activists’ focus on a serious new threat to our food and health: The rise of genetic engineering as the technology-of-choice in countless new areas of co...
Street: The Anti-Sweatshop Movement
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
For nearly three years now, American campuses have been experiencing a resurgence of student activism. This new college activism targets the $2.5 billion collegiate licensing industry, which includes companies like Nike, Champion...
Berkowitz: Revving Up the Christian Movement for Bush
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Bill Berkowitz
Berkowitz's ZSpace page
George W. Bush is out on the campaign trail hotfooting his way to the political center. Almost every day he’s either hawking a new education proposal or health care plan, reassuring Catholics that his Bob Jones University sp...
Bond: New Film Projects South African Anti-Globalisation Struggle Onto Washington
Commentary, May, 29 2000
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
Those in the Z community anxious to hear organic voices from the South debating global socio-economic injustice are probably aware that South African rhetoric is especially hot these days. For evidence, check out the documentary "Two Trevors Go To...
Peters: Robin Hood Was Right
Commentary, May, 28 2000
Cynthia Peters
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The Newtown Florist Club in Gainesville, Georgia was a group of African American churchwomen that brought flowers to the sick. After a while, they noticed that a lot of the sick had gotten that way because of environmental problems. The Newtown ch...
Naiman: Globalization: The Fat Lady Ain't Sung
Commentary, May, 27 2000
Robert Naiman
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Champagne corks are popping in Washington, as the corporate lobby celebrates its victory over democracy - bribing Congress into granting "Permanent Normal Trading Relations" to China. Corporations, not China, are the true beneficiaries - they have...
Russell: Why not Capitalism?
Commentary, May, 20 2000
Marta Russell
Russell's ZSpace page
Society still perceives disability as a medical matter. That is, society associates disability with physiological, anatomical, or mental ÒdefectsÓ and hold these conditions responsible for the disabled personÕs lack of full participation in the ec...
Ali: London Defeats Tony Blair: The Consequences of Citizen Ken
Commentary, May, 17 2000
Tariq Ali
Ali's ZSpace page
In these times of political adversity for the left, Ken Livingstone's spectacular triumph against the culture and politics of New Labour marks an important turning point in English politics. Blair refused to accept Livingstone as the Labour candid...
Wise: "Seeing the System: Alan Greenspan, Unemployment, and the Validation of Radical Analysis
Commentary, May, 10 2000
Tim Wise
Wise's ZSpace page
"What's the difference between a radical and a liberal?" It is a question I'm regularly asked at lectures, usually by college students struggling with their own sense of the world, trying desperately to figure out where they stand on the seemingly...
Weisbrot: Four Dead in Ohio: Thirty Years Later
Commentary, May, 05 2000
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
May 4 will mark thirty years since four students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University were murdered by Ohio National Guardsmen. It is no exaggeration to call it murder, since the students were unarmed and-- given how far they were f...
Herman: THE LEFT AND ELECTORAL PARTICIPATION
Commentary, May, 02 2000
Edward Herman
Herman's ZSpace page
The left always has a problem at election time, and embattled left pens are already trying to demonstrate that we should: (1) forego voting; (2) vote for Ralph Nader; or (3) vote for the lesser evil (Gore). The fact that there is always such vigor...
Carter: The Second Coming Of Patti Smith
Zmag Article, May, 01 2000
Sandy Carter
Carter's ZSpace page
The Second Coming Of Patti Smith
Staff: The April Actions
Zmag Article, May, 01 2000
Z Staff
Staff's ZSpace page
It is April 18th, too soon to arrive at conclusions about the anti-WTO/World Bank demonstrations in Washington, DC, but a good time for congratulations. First, issues of IMF and World Bank imposed poverty, powerlessness, and...
Shah: Social Alienation and the School of Fish Theory of Social Change
Commentary, April, 30 2000
Sonia Shah
Shah's ZSpace page
Did you miss me? YouÕve been busy, with world-shaking, front-page social change happenings. In my sleep-deprived fog even I noticed that things were getting exciting, and I missed you. My six-month leave from work to look after my 2 kids, aged 3 a...
Bond: Zimbabwe's Crisis Showcases Reasons for Bank/IMF Protest
Commentary, April, 28 2000
Patrick Bond
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In Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe appears to have taken leave of his senses, potentially plunging his country of 12 million into civil war. What does this have to do with the mid-April protests against the World Bank and International Monetary ...
