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Wise: The Threat of a Good Example

Commentary, June, 20 1999 Tim Wise
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Occasionally when I'm speaking to college students, attempting to inspire at least a few to commit themselves to social justice as a way of life and perhaps career, I'm asked the question for which there is no easy answer; the one that goes: "What...

Landau: Remember Angola

Commentary, June, 17 1999 Saul Landau
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As Kosovo atrocities dominate the headlines, I wait for some former national security maven to confess to US government crimes committed during the Cold War. We know the CIA assassinated people, fomented coups and destabilized countries we claimed...

Solomon: Three On Kosovo

Commentary, May, 28 1999 Norman Solomon
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A few days ago, the president of the United States openly violated the War Powers Act -- and the national media yawned.

Lusane: Jackson and the Contradictions of War

Commentary, May, 13 1999 Clarence Lusane
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Into the storm's eye of the Balkin war stepped Rev. Jesse Jackson, and, once again, he emerges with prisoners of war.

Chomsky: Moral Principles and International Law

Commentary, May, 09 1999 Noam Chomsky
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I'm afraid the first question is not a "genuine question," though there is a huge literature, for thousands of years, attempting to say at least something about these topics, without much success.

Mokhiber: Drugs, Patents, and U.S. Policy

Commentary, May, 03 1999 Russell Mokhiber
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Thanks to new drug therapies, many people with HIV/AIDS in the United States are now able to live relatively healthy lives. "Triple drug" therapies, or "drug cocktails" allow HIV-positive people to reduce their HIV blood load in some cases to unde...

Herman: The Godfather's New World Order

Zmag Article, May, 01 1999 Edward Herman
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The Godfather's New World Order

Albert: The Kosovo/NATO Conflict

Zmag Article, May, 01 1999 Michael Albert
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The Kosovo/NATO Conflict

Chomsky: Crisis in the Balkans

Zmag Article, May, 01 1999 Noam Chomsky
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Crisis in the Balkans

Shalom: Terrorists and Madmen

Commentary, March, 27 1999 Stephen1 Shalom
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The official U.S. explanation for the missile strikes on the Sudanese pharmaceutical plant last summer was so transparently bogus that even the NEW YORK TIMES -- after its initial approving editorial -- was forced a few days later to run a skeptic...

Cagan: Two, Three, Many Protests...But All On the Same Night?

Commentary, March, 17 1999 Leslie Cagan
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George W. and his new friends in the leadership of the New York State Republican Party gathered at a fund raising dinner in mid-town Manhattan October 5th. They were all there: George W. Bush, George Pataki, Rudolf Giuliani, Al D'Amato and the res...

Wise: Kill First, Ask Questions Later

Commentary, March, 15 1999 Tim Wise
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It's been nearly four decades since the last execution in Tennessee. During that time, my state has resisted boarding the killing train engineered by folks in places like Florida and Texas, where execution has been refined to a near science, appli...

Shalom: You've Come A Long Way, Brother

Commentary, March, 06 1999 Stephen1 Shalom
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The year 1926 was in the thick of the Jim Crow era. In the American South, racial segregation was the law of the land. Schools, jobs, public accommodations, movie theaters, water fountains and most everything else were segregated.