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Znet Article Kagarlitsky: A French Lesson

Znet Article, April, 30 2002 Boris Kagarlitsky
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No-one was particularly excited about the presidential elections in France. The differences between the leading candidates were so minuscule that the victory of one or the other could have significance only for the candidate himself and for people...

Znet Article Monbiot: Black Shirts in Green Trousers

Znet Article, April, 30 2002 George Monbiot
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The polling stations had scarcely closed before Le Pen's success was being blamed on the greens and the new left. The leader of France's Front National, commentators on both sides of the Channel agree, had done so well because the radicals first e...

Znet Article Poulshock: Anti War Demos

Znet Article, April, 30 2002 Michael Poulshock
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It would be understandable if one had the impression that American Jews were united in their support for Israel, particularly given the events of the past month. However, the escalation of the conflict in the last few weeks is jarring many America...

Znet Article Wise: Anti-Semitism, Real and Imagined

Znet Article, April, 29 2002 Tim Wise
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Watching former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak to Congress a few weeks ago, I must admit, I was almost sucked in. No, not by his distorted version of reality in the Occupied Territories, nor by his opportunistic and transparently ...

Znet Article Roy: Democracy

Znet Article, April, 28 2002 Arundhati Roy
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Last night a friend from Baroda called. Weeping. It took her fifteen minutes to tell me what the matter was. It wasn't very complicated. Only that Sayeeda, a friend of hers, had been caught by a mob. Only that her stomach had been ripped open and ...

Znet Article Rugene: Kenyan MPs Rebel Against WB and IMF

Znet Article, April, 28 2002 Njeri Rugene
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An attempt to broker better understanding between Parliament and donors fell flat on its face after MPs rebelled and accused lenders of imposing policies which hurt ordinary people. Members of Parliament were meeting officials of the International...

Znet Article Hoyt: Concerns Over Possible AFL-CIO Involvement in Venezuela Coup Led to February Picket

Znet Article, April, 27 2002 Katherine Hoyt
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Could the bad old days be returning to the AFL-CIO’s operations in other countries? Fear that in Venezuela the AFL-CIO was supporting both a right-wing union federation and a U.S.-backed coup led some solidarity activists to mount a picket...

Znet Article Bunzl: Le Pen is Chief Beneficiary of Corporate Globalization

Znet Article, April, 27 2002 John Bunzl
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The rise of the far-right across Europe and elsewhere, of which Le Pen is but the latest and most high-profile example, has met with a predictable barrage of outrage and political hand-wringing amongst Europe’s mainstream politicians. Tony...

Znet Article Fisk: They are coming

Znet Article, April, 27 2002 Robert Fisk
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They are coming. That's what most Gazans tell you. The Israelis are coming. But the sand barricades are pathetic. Even a mile from the Erez "safe crossing'' point constructed during the early days of the mad dream of Oslo, the best that Yasser Ara...

Znet Article Bishara: A Strange Case Of Casting

Znet Article, April, 27 2002 Azmi Bishara
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At the very moment the Arab masses were being transformed into a collective movement, taking to the streets in order to exercise just one aspect of their rights as citizens, demanding that their leaders should act as leaders and take resolute deci...

Znet Article Galeano: The Machine

Znet Article, April, 27 2002 Eduardo Galeano
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 [Translated by Francisco González] Sigmund Freud had learned it from Jean-Martin Charcot: ideas can be implanted by hypnosis in the human mind. More than a century has gone by since then, and the technology of manipulation has made great...

Znet Article Mondragon: What are these 'other threats' to Colombia's Security?

Znet Article, April, 27 2002 Hector Mondragon
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On April 18, 2002, the US Congress announced a new bill intended to raise the amounts and the involvement of military aid to the government of Colombia. The text of the bill, released with the visit of Colombian President Andres Pastrana to Washin...

Znet Article Avnery: The Real Aim

Znet Article, April, 27 2002 Uri Avnery
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The real aim of “Operation Defensive Shield” was not to “destroy the infrastructure of terrorism”. This was merely a good slogan for uniting the people of Israel, who are angry and afraid after the suicide bombings....

Znet Article Kimmerling: Israeli democracy's decline

Znet Article, April, 26 2002 Baruch Kimmerling
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Jerusalem - More than 350 combat officers and soldiers from the Israeli reserve forces recently declared that they are no longer willing to serve in the occupied territories; they will not be partners to the war crimes and atrocities that the Isr...

Znet Article Faruqui: Worse Than No Deal At All

Znet Article, April, 26 2002 Ahmad Faruqui
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 Speaking in Los Angeles last month, Al Gore argued that the cycle of violence between the Israelis and Palestinians began when Yasir Arafat rejected an "extremely generous" peace settlement that Bill Clinton and former Israeli Prime Minister...

Znet Article Faruqui: Worse Than No Deal

Znet Article, April, 26 2002 Ahmad Faruqui
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Speaking in Los Angeles last month, Al Gore argued that the cycle of violence between the Israelis and Palestinians began when Yasir Arafat rejected an "extremely generous" peace settlement that Bill Clinton and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud ...

Znet Article Rebick: French Election Has Lessons For Us All

Znet Article, April, 26 2002 Judy Rebick
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The results of the French Presidential election are the latest, and perhaps most significant sign, that the shifts in global politics following September 11 are much greater than anyone on the left predicted. The failure of the French left to move...

Znet Article Mokhiber: No Kidding:

Znet Article, April, 26 2002 Russell Mokhiber
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A key anti-bribery law has taken a major hit. A startling decision handed down last week by a federal judge in Houston undermines the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and will make it difficult for weak and demoralized prosecutors to bring to justice...

Znet Article Rabbani: Did Israel Perpetrate a 'Massacre' in the Jenin Refugee Camp?

Znet Article, April, 25 2002 Mouin Rabbani
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Even before the Israeli military completed its conquest of the Jenin refugee camp on 11 April, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had established a public relations committee specifically devoted to defend...

Znet Article Huggler: What really happened in Jenin?

Znet Article, April, 25 2002 Justin Huggler
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The thought was as unshakable as the stench wafting from the ruins. Was this really about counterterrorism? Was it revenge? Or was it an episode – the nastiest so far – in a long war by Ariel Sharon, the staunch opponent of the Osl...

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