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Chomsky: Four from the Forums
Commentary, January, 19 2000
Noam Chomsky
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On graduate unions, it's true enough that (ideally) "graduate teaching is pedagogical training," but that's incomplete. Any teaching, if done at all seriously, is also a way of learning -- about lots of things, including the subject you are teachi...
Shalom: Humanitarian Intervention
Commentary, January, 18 2000
Stephen1 Shalom
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The issue of humanitarian intervention arises again, propelled by the crises in Kosovo and East Timor and by the memories of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Some analysts have used these cases to support new principles of international relations. But to...
Peters: Porn Stars, Promise-Keepers, and "Pound Dawgs" A Comment on: Stiffed, by Susan Faludi
Commentary, January, 14 2000
Cynthia Peters
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Male porn stars get paid based on their ability to sustain an erection. Promise Keepers are told to look to God as a Father they can trust, and to stock up on Promise Keeper mugs, t-shirts, and other memorabilia. "Pound Dawgs" - extreme fans of th...
Chomsky: Millennial Visions and Selective Vision Part Two
Commentary, January, 13 2000
Noam Chomsky
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In fairness, it should be mentioned that the chorus of self-adulation that closed the millennium was disrupted by some discordant notes. Questions were raised about the consistency of our adherence to the guiding principles: the "new doctrine" tha...
Chomsky: Millennial Visions and Selective Vision Part One
Commentary, January, 10 2000
Noam Chomsky
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The new year opened with familiar refrains, amplified by the numerology: a chorus of self-adulation, somber ruminations about the incomprehensible evil of our enemies, and the usual recourse to selective amnesia to smooth the way. A few illustrati...
Hightower: Four Vignettes
Commentary, January, 09 2000
Jim Hightower
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In a courtroom, an attorney asked the witness, "Sir, What's your IQ?" The fellow responded, "Well, I can see pretty well, I think."
Herman: Paul Krugman in the NYT
Commentary, January, 07 2000
Edward Herman
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With a column on trade and globalization in the New York Times of January 2 ("Once And Again"), MIT economist Paul Krugman announces his new status as a Times columnist under the heading "Reckonings."
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
Gonsalves: The liberal media and the feds
Commentary, December, 30 1999
Sean Gonsalves
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In my last column, I quoted espionage expert Phillip Knightly. "An intelligence service thrives on threat," he wrote in "The Second Oldest Profession." The same could be said about the rest of the defense industry.
Reinhart: With Barak No Withdrawal, No Peace
Commentary, December, 29 1999
Tanya Reinhart
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In Israel, there is a feeling of a great historical moment. Finally, after much pressure and diplomacy - the story goes - Asad agreed to turn to the road of peace. In the expected peace agreement, Syria will get back all of the Golan Heights, and ...
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...
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:
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.
Peters: Neither Heroes Nor Fools
Commentary, December, 17 1999
Cynthia Peters
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"They forced us all out of the house and one of them held a gun to my head. `I am going to kill you. You are a child of FALINTIL.' `No,' I told the soldier, `I am a child.'"
Landau: Two from Saul Landau…China/Cuba
Commentary, December, 14 1999
Saul Landau
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Some weeks back, President Clinton accomplished a goal that President William McKinley had sought a century ago. Yes, Chinese officials now welcome U S economic penetration.
Georgakas: East Timor, Phillips Petroleum, & Norman, Oklahoma
Commentary, December, 11 1999
Dan Georgakas
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During the height of the massacres in East Timor, Phillips Petroleum paid the Indonesian government $2.9 million in royalties for oil that had been taken out of East Timor. That scandal was not uncovered by any "investigative" reporter in mass med...
Dominick: Anarchy, NonViolence, and the Seattle Demonstrations
Commentary, December, 06 1999
Brian Dominick
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One of the most contentious points likely to arise out of the past week's actions is older than the concept of world trade itself: the question of tactics in demonstration and direct action - in particular, violent vs. nonviolent.
Prashad: IMF: Advance Guard of the WTO
Commentary, December, 04 1999
Vijay Prashad
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In 1997, Bangkok's Rafabhat Institute Suan Dusit took a poll of 1,648 Thai children under the age of 15. The survey asked the children to identify the IMF, the International Monetary Fund. A quarter knew what the IMF was. About 30% believed that t...
Hartmann: Women's Health Advocates Win a Victory in the Fight Against Chemical Sterilization
Commentary, December, 02 1999
Betsy Hartmann
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On November 13, the Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood of America (PPFA) turned down a motion from its own Medical Committee which have put the organization in the position of supporting unethical human experimentation. The drug in question ...
Herman: Questioning Henwood on Globalization
Commentary, December, 01 1999
Edward Herman
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For some reason Doug Henwood feels called upon to play down globalization. Others on the left, some associated with MONTHLY REVIEW, have done the same, warning that any acceptance of the globalization thesis will discourage leftists and breed "def...
