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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.
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.
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.
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."
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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 ...
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.
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...
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.
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...
