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Gindin: Is the Big Ship America Sinking?
Znet Article, February, 14 2007
Sam Gindin
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There's something happeningWhat it is ain't exactly clearBuffalo Springfield, 1966 Are we in the midst of a momentous turn in world politics? Donald Rumsfeld has been shuffled out of the Pentagon. Daniel Ortega, Washington's nemesis from the S...
Fuentes: Bolivia
Znet Article, February, 13 2007
Federico Fuentes
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La Paz.- Between December last year what has passed of February, the government of Evo Morales has traversed through the most difficult period of its term, characterised by an intensification of demands and mobilisation that have obliged it to go ...
Paz: In South America, China and the U.S. Battle it Out
Znet Article, February, 10 2007
Gonzalo sebastián Paz
Paz's ZSpace page
Recently, Nikolas Kozloff, author of Hugo Chavez: Oil, Politics, and the Challenge to the U.S. (St. Martin’s Press, 2006), sat down with Gonzalo Sebastián Paz, a lecturer in international affairs at George Washington University in Washing...
Barker: Conform or Reform?
Znet Article, February, 07 2007
Michael Barker
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Abstract: The mass media is an important outlet for social movements, where the quality and nature of media coverage strongly influences how they are perceived in the public eye. This paper examines the complex interface existing between the mass ...
Hallinan: Dispatches From The Edge
Znet Article, February, 03 2007
Conn Hallinan
Hallinan's ZSpace page
Unrest in Bolivia’s eastern provinces is spreading, as local lan...
Fuentes: Bolivia's Morales: 'This little Indian won't be leaving office'
Znet Article, January, 30 2007
Federico Fuentes
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On January 22, 2002, then Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) senator Evo Morales was expelled from parliament, accused of being a "narco-terrorist". Exactly five years later, as the nation's first indigenous president, Morales gave his fi...
Dangl: The Dark Side of Bolivia's Half Moon
Znet Article, January, 25 2007
Ben Dangl
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The Dark Side of Bolivia's Half Moon
Ngugi: Israel and the Palestinian
Znet Article, January, 21 2007
Mukoma wa Ngugi
Ngugi's ZSpace page
[Note: Mukoma Wa Ngugi's ZNet article, "Africa and the Middle East", was published in Kenya's Daily Nation, where Israel's ambassador to Kenya replied. We republish Mukoma's response to the ambassador here.] In response to my commentary “...
Leigue: Democracy is the people
Znet Article, January, 21 2007
Antonio peredo Leigue
Leigue's ZSpace page
The tense days that took place last week constitute an invaluable experience: the exercising of power belongs to the people; the authorities should not forget that they are the chief executives. The deaths are overwhelming, the more than one hundr...
Gavrielatos: Australia Battles Privatization
Znet Article, January, 21 2007
Angelo Gavrielatos
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[Following is an interview with Angelo Gavrielatos, deputy president of the Australian Education Union. Gavrielatos was recently in the United States to meet with union leaders. Barbara Miner of Rethinking Schools interviewed him on conservative e...
Lemoine: Ecuador's unknown president
Znet Article, January, 20 2007
Maurice Lemoine
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Ecuador's unknown president
Zibechi: Social Movements in 2007: Securing autonomy, retaking the initiative
Znet Article, January, 20 2007
Raúl Zibechi
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South American social movements face an unprecedented panorama: the majority of governments on the continent define themselves as progressive or on the left. This is a reality which these same movements contributed to shaping and which can eithe...
Solo: Negroponte, Alba, Ortega inauguration
Znet Article, January, 16 2007
Toni Solo
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Negroponte, Alba, Ortega inauguration
Mondragon: Democracy and Plan Colombia
Znet Article, January, 14 2007
Hector Mondragon
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President George W. Bush has asked the American people to "be patient" so that Iraq can become like Colombia—so that the Iraqis can defeat terrorism and establish a stable democracy like the one Washington has nurtured in Colombia. I would...
Tarlau: Protests in Cochabamba
Znet Article, January, 11 2007
Rebecca Tarlau
Tarlau's ZSpace page
The main plaza of the Bolivian city of Cochabamba looked like a war zone on January 8th, as protestors demanding the resignation of Cochabamba’s governor, Manfred Reyes Villa, tried to take over the government offices and were faced with v...
Fernandes: Savvy Marketing or Debating the Issues
Znet Article, January, 11 2007
Sujatha Fernandes
Fernandes's ZSpace page
As several more leftist leaders were elected or re-elected during recent elections in Latin America, what kinds of changes have there been in their campaigns? On December 3, radical leftist president Hugo Chávez was reelected in Venezuela with 62...
Kenfield: The Struggle for the Expropriation of Syngenta:
Znet Article, January, 07 2007
Isabella Kenfield
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The Struggle for the Expropriation of Syngenta:
Chomsky: South America: Toward an Alternative Future
Znet Article, January, 07 2007
Noam Chomsky
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South America: Toward an Alternative Future
Lendman: The Spirit of Tom Paine
Znet Article, January, 05 2007
Stephen Lendman
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We only know about Tom Paine because Thomas Edison discovered him in the 1920s. Edison b...
Solnit: The 2006 You Didn't Hear About
Znet Article, January, 02 2007
Rebecca Solnit
Solnit's ZSpace page
The 2006 You Didn't Hear About
