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Commentary Dominick: That's Some Catch

Commentary, May, 26 1999 Brian Dominick
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As the NATO rampage continues in Yugoslavia, Western military and political leaders seem to be drifting slowly away from what can be fully explained by institutional analysis.

Commentary Zinn: Whose Atrocity Is Bigger

Commentary, May, 25 1999 Howard Zinn
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Milosovic has committed atrocities. Therefore it is okay for us to commit atrocities. He is terrorizing the Albanians in Kosovo. Therefore we can terrorize the population of cities and villages in Yugoslavia.

Commentary Brecher: Letter to Bernie Sanders

Commentary, May, 17 1999 Jeremy Brecher
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Dear Bernie -- This letter explains the matters of conscience that have led me to resign from your staff.

Commentary Weisbrot: No Change at Treasury

Commentary, May, 17 1999 Mark Weisbrot
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Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin picked a good time to resign. As a senior White House official said, Rubin "made his fortune selling at the top of the market."

Commentary Schechter: Covering Wars at Home and Abroad

Commentary, May, 11 1999 Danny Schechter
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Had the Marine Corps recruiter not gotten hung up on the fact that Columbine H.S. student Eric Harris lied about taking an anti-depressant, he may very well have been on his way by now to the front lines of Kosovo, the real war he reportedly prefe...

Commentary 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.

Commentary Weisbrot: Give Peace A Chance

Commentary, May, 05 1999 Mark Weisbrot
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How long can NATO continue bombing Yugoslavia? The Clinton administration's answer so far has been, "as long as it takes" for Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to capitulate to its demands.

Commentary Hightower: Radio Nuggets

Commentary, May, 04 1999 Jim Hightower
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Bill Clinton did not inhale. We're clear on that, right? But, recently, he did swallow.

Commentary 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...

Commentary Shah: Asian American?

Commentary, April, 26 1999 Sonia Shah
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I was recently asked to write about Asian American History Month, which, since 1979, has been observed during the month of May.

Commentary Herman: The U.S. Versus the Rules of War

Commentary, April, 25 1999 Edward Herman
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It is clear that the U.S./NATO military strategy in Yugoslavia is to use capital intensive warfare to ravage Serbian military forces and civil society until either the Serbs surrender or are so completely crushed that there is a "permissive enviro...

Commentary Wise: Famous Last Words

Commentary, April, 24 1999 Tim Wise
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Every now and then a lesson comes easy. Other times we learn things by accident, if at all. And inevitably it seems, the lessons that matter most, often come from the least likely sources, and at the most inopportune moments.

Commentary Solomon: For Whom The Media Bell Tolls

Commentary, April, 23 1999 Norman Solomon
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For several weeks now, the suffering of refugees from Kosovo has filled our TV screens. Empathy seems to motivate much of the public support for the ceaseless bombing of Yugoslavia.

Commentary Burchill: Kosovo and East Timor

Commentary, April, 20 1999 Scott Burchill
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The arrest of Care Australia's Steve Pratt and Peter Wallace by Serb authorities exposes more than the risks faced by aid workers in a war which masquerades as "humanitarian relief". It also reveals the perils faced by good people as a result of t...

Commentary Solomon: American Journalist Have No Reason to be Smug

Commentary, April, 13 1999 Norman Solomon
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Ever since the start of NATO 's bombing blitz more than two weeks ago, the regime in Belgrade has maintained total control of Serbia's press -- and American journalists have scornfully reported on the propaganda role of Yugoslavian news media. But...

Commentary Dominick: Behind Enemy Lines

Commentary, April, 11 1999 Brian Dominick
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In a disturbing case of hypocritical Western propaganda tripping over its own distortions, the Associated Press recently reported that Turkish troops and warplanes have crossed into Northeastern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels presumably taking ...

Commentary Weisbrot: The Debacle in Kosovo

Commentary, April, 08 1999 Mark Weisbrot
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The bombing of Yugoslavia is turning out to be a foreign policy debacle of disastrous proportions, yet most of the chattering class insists that we can turn things around if we only commit more troops. We have heard that before.

Commentary Schechter: The Talking Kosovo Blues

Commentary, April, 07 1999 Danny Schechter
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It was for me the big booking: an hour on MSNBC in the middle of a crisis. I had pitched the network proposing to talk about the media coverage of the Kosovo catastrophe. As a TV producer, I had been covering the Balkan wars for a public televisio...

Commentary Glass: Letter from London

Commentary, April, 02 1999 Charles Glass
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The war against Slobodan Milosevic was clearly lost when the London papers ran a front-page photograph of Defence Secretary George Robertson in Italy aboard a warplane.

Commentary Mokhiber: With Friends Like These

Commentary, March, 30 1999 Russell Mokhiber
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With friends like these, Africa certainly doesn't need any enemies. Africa's "friends" in Congress have again introduced a "NAFTA-for-Africa" bill. In early February, Representatives Philip Crane, R-Illinois, and Charles Rangel, D-New York, rei...

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