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Bacon: Teaching Peace in a Time of War
Znet Article, May, 31 2002
David Bacon
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (5/28/02) -- On Sunday, Colombian voters elected President the former mayor of Medellin, Alvaro Uribe. The candidate of the right, Uribe has long-standing ties to the paramilitaries, who are accused of the worst of the human righ...
Edwards: East Timor And The British Press
Znet Article, May, 31 2002
David Edwards
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The emergence of an independent East Timor on May 20 this year provided a good example of how the British 'free press' cover up Western crimes. Many reports, though not all, mentioned that around 200,000 East Timorese - a quarter of the population...
Pilger: How Britain's Armaments Fuel War And Poverty
Znet Article, May, 30 2002
John Pilger
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With nuclear powers India and Pakistan on the edge of war, the role of the Blair government in fuelling the conflict has been critical. In the year 2000, the Government approved nearly 700 export licences for weapons and military equipment to both...
Podur: Prepare for 4 years of the Uribe Model
Znet Article, May, 30 2002
Justin Podur
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"A dignified President, doctor Alvaro Uribe Velez, has been elected conclusively and consciously in the first round, by and for a Fatherland that wants to make itself peaceful and to grow in solidarity." -- Salvatore Mancuso, Commander of the Auto...
Lucas: The Dishounarable Policeman Of The Left
Znet Article, May, 29 2002
Scott Lucas
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It was a sudden, devastating attack. The perpetrator struck mercilessly, leaving no time for a considered response. When he had finished, the "left" was in ruins. "I have no hesitation in describing this mentality, carefully and without heat," the...
Blum: The Bloody Road To Empire
Znet Article, May, 29 2002
William Blum
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David Ross: In “Killing Hope†you have fifty-four chapters on different interventions by the U.S. government into sovereign countries around the world. William Blum: Well, many of the chapters deal with multiple interventions. Th...
Peters: Antoine Walker and the Trajectory of Change
Znet Article, May, 29 2002
Cynthia Peters
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By What did Antoine Walker say? When did he say it? How did it help bring about the impossible? And why should leftists care? For those of you who are following the NBA playoffs, saw the Celtics/Nets game on Saturday night, and/or read the papers ...
Chomsky: A World Without War
Znet Article, May, 29 2002
Noam Chomsky
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I hope you won't mind if I set the stage with a few truisms. It is hardly exciting news that we live in a world of conflict and confrontation. There are lots of dimensions and complexities, but in recent years, lines have been drawn fairly sharpl...
Podur: Movements of Resistance in the Americas
Znet Article, May, 29 2002
Justin Podur
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A proposed view of history Much of Latin America won independence from Spain in the 19th century. All countries that were independent faced the same problem: the former imperial powers continued to control decisive military, financial...
Irlandesa: Deconstructing Conservation International, Part I
Znet Article, May, 27 2002
Irlandesa
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Conservation International. We know it as that shadowy "NGO" that has been rather overtly lurking in the Selva Lacandona - and other places - for the last number of years. We know that it has been "mapping" the countryside, setting up ...
Mendez: Communique from Released Zapatista Prisoners
Znet Article, May, 27 2002
Rafael lopez, gustavo estrada, alejandro Mendez
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We, the political prisoners of The Voice of Cerro Hueco who were released from jail on May 23, 2002, Rafael López Santiz, Gustavo Estrada Gómez and Alejandro Méndez DÃaz, wish to declare to the nation that our release was not due to "political...
Hoodbhoy: Lighting the Nuclear Fire
Znet Article, May, 27 2002
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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A nuclear war is said to have no winners, but Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee seems to think otherwise. His exhortations to Indian troops in Kashmir to prepare for sacrifices and "decisive victory" have set off widespread alarm. It seem...
Chomsky: Chomsky Talk
Znet Article, May, 27 2002
Noam Chomsky
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NOAM CHOMSKYBERKELEY, MECA, 3.21.02 NOAM CHOMSKY: Unfortunately, I can't see anybody out there but I assume there are people there. I'm going to be talking--I'll be talking primarily about West Asia, which overlaps pretty closely with ...
Administrator: Judi Bari and the FBI
Znet Article, May, 27 2002
Site Administrator
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Judi loved to howl, so we howled for her, we howled for fun, and we howled for justice. 24 May 2002 marked exactly twelve years since a bomb ripped through Judi Bari and the car that she and Darryl Cherney were in. The motion-activated pipe bomb w...
Starhawk: The G8 June Meeting In Kananaskis: A Strategic Moment
Znet Article, May, 27 2002
Starhawk
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The G8, the heads of the eight most industrialized countries in the world, are preparing to meet in late June in the isolated wilderness area of Kananaskis, near Calgary, in Alberta, one of the most prosperous and conservative provinces of Canada....
Arnove: Iraq: Smart Sanctions And The Us War
Znet Article, May, 26 2002
Anthony Arnove
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The Bush administration is declaring another victory in its "propaganda war" with Iraq, following the unanimous vote of the United Nations Security Council to endorse its plan to impose "smart sanctions" on Iraq. On May 14, the Security Council a...
Siverstein: Anarchism And Youth Liberation
Znet Article, May, 26 2002
Marc Siverstein
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Children in today’s society are uniquely oppressed, but for the most part their oppression goes un-noticed even by people who consider themselves progressives or radicals. The fact that the relations between children and adults are based o...
Fisk: A Firestorm Is Coming
Znet Article, May, 25 2002
Robert Fisk
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So now Osama bin Laden is Hitler. And Saddam Hussein is Hitler. And George Bush is fighting the Nazis. Not since Menachem Begin fantasised to President Reagan that he felt he was attacking Hitler in Berlin – his Israeli army was actually b...
Fassed: Torture Distorts Hope For Palestinians
Znet Article, May, 25 2002
Arjan el Fassed
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Torture Distorts Hope For Palestinians
Hutchinson: Who's Jerking Who Off On Terror Alerts?
Znet Article, May, 24 2002
Earl ofari Hutchinson
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld bluntly told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Pentagon budget that the terrorists are "jerking us" around with their terror threats. Rumsfeld then upped the terror ante by gravely warning that ...
