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Commentary Bond: South Africa's municipal elections: Finally, basic services for the masses?

Commentary, December, 06 2000 Patrick Bond
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Tuesday, December 5, is a national election in South Africa, as nearly 9,000 councilors in 284 municipalities seek the support of ten million voters. The African National Congress (ANC), which since 1994 has won three national, provincial and loca...

Commentary Schechter: The Media And HIV/AIDS: What Should We Do?

Commentary, December, 02 2000 Danny Schechter
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Sorry. So sorry if you were given "unnecessary offense." So sayeth the BBC as part of an apology for a stunt concocted for a TV show that plays practical jokes on the public. "Aunty," as the Beeb is known, hired a child actor to pose as an Afric...

Zmag Article Cohen: Toxic Waste As Strategy, Part 2

Zmag Article, December, 01 2000 Mitchel Cohen
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The trade in toxic waste is more than a lucrative industry; it is also a central strategy of the New World Order, an intentional way of enclosing lands and resources—the very air we breathe—previously held in common and setting up trade in “pollut...

Zmag Article Barsamian: Intifada 2000: The Palestinian Uprising

Zmag Article, December, 01 2000 David Barsamian
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Intifada 2000: The Palestinian Uprising

Zmag Article Bouzid: The Algerian Tragedy Continues

Zmag Article, December, 01 2000 Ahmed Bouzid
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The Algerian Tragedy Continues

Commentary Herman: LIBERAL APOLOGETICS FOR IMPERIALISM

Commentary, November, 21 2000 Edward Herman
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Edward S. HermanThe American Prospect (TAP) magazine, edited by Robert Kuttner and Paul Starr, with Robert Reich as "National Editor," is a liberal magazine par excellence, and has frequent articles on domestic policy issues that represent the bes...

Commentary Author: Viral Roulette: Malaria, Blood, and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

Commentary, November, 19 2000 Guest Author
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In a speech in Abuja, Nigeria on August 27th President Clinton came very close to identifying a taboo subject - the medical transmission of HIV. Mr. Clinton noted that both AIDS and malaria are increasing in Nigeria, but his staff failed to advise...

Commentary Brutus: US election debacle

Commentary, November, 16 2000 Dennis Brutus
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The world still anxiously awaits the outcome of elections in the United States. But really, will it matter to the way we conduct our business, in a world economy that still imposes misery and inequality in the course of corporate-dominated trade, ...

Commentary Prashad: Betrayed Redemption in Chile

Commentary, November, 15 2000 Vijay Prashad
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On Friday, 10 November, the Santiago (Chile) Court of Appeals refused to grant parole to retired army General Torres Silva. A few hours later, Judge Sergio Munoz indicted a general on active duty, Hernan Ramirez for the same crime. Both these lead...

Commentary Weisbrot: Still Hasn't Found What He's Looking For

Commentary, November, 06 2000 Mark Weisbrot
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Star power had boosted the movement to cancel the debt of the world's poorest countries, even if there is still little to show for its efforts. At the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Prague last month, the most interesting s...

Zmag Article Cohen: Toxic Wastes and the New World Order, Part 1

Zmag Article, November, 01 2000 Mitchel Cohen
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Twelve years ago, the soon-to-be infamous barge, the Khian Sea, left the territorial waters of the United States and began circling the oceans in search of a country willing to accept its cargo: 14,000 tons of toxic incinerator ash. Fir...

Zmag Article Richter: Revolutionary Afghan Women

Zmag Article, November, 01 2000 Kathleen Richter
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Most Americans are by now aware of the abysmal human rights abuses perpetuated in Afghanistan by the ultra fundamentalist Taliban regime—public amputation is the punishment for robbery, adulterers are stoned to death, and women and girl...

Commentary Chomsky: Al-Aqsa Intifida

Commentary, October, 26 2000 Noam Chomsky
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After three weeks of virtual war in the Israeli occupied territories, Prime Minister Ehud Barak announced a new plan to determine the final status of the region. During these weeks, over 100 Palestinians were killed, including 30 children, often b...

Commentary Cromwell: Silent Democracy

Commentary, October, 24 2000 David Cromwell
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"It's sociologically interesting, though scary", said the actor Anthony Sher in a recent interview, "that you can be inside an evil system and be somehow unaware of it." South African by birth, Sher was talking about the former system of apartheid...

Commentary Cromwell: Silent Democracy

Commentary, October, 24 2000 David Cromwell
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"It's sociologically interesting, though scary", said the actor Anthony Sher in a recent interview, "that you can be inside an evil system and be somehow unaware of it." South African by birth, Sher was talking about the former system of apartheid...

Commentary Scipes: Building Labor Solidarity

Commentary, October, 21 2000 Kim Scipes
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To many people in the United States, the AFL-CIO is a progressive organization, joining unions across the country to fight for higher wages, better working conditions and progressive social programs for workers and people in our communities. Howe...

Commentary Bond: The African grassroots and the global movement

Commentary, October, 19 2000 Patrick Bond
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In a ZNet commentary last month, Noam Chomsky observed South-South-North alliances "taking shape at the grassroots level--an impressive development, rich in opportunity and promise, and surely causing no little concern in high places." I want to f...

Commentary Schechter: RED STAR OVER THE UN: The Media Downplays Human Rights in China

Commentary, October, 15 2000 Danny Schechter
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As the United Nations opens its Millennial Summit in New York September 6 with an expected 150 heads of state in attendance, the world organization is trying to refocus its mission and revive its credibility. (Never mind the cost of staging the wo...

Commentary Mchombo: ROUNDING UP HOKERS IN MALAWI

Commentary, October, 11 2000 Sam Mchombo
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Sam Mchombo It is a matter of fact that AIDS has taken its toll on human life, with various African countries amongst the worst hit. It has also placed incredible economic burdens on most of those countries which, given the soaring costs of avail...

Commentary Author: Time to Take a Critical Look at Depo-Provera

Commentary, October, 09 2000 Guest Author
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My first experience with Depo-Provera was as a young welfare mother. I had just finished my first post-partum check-up after having had my second child. The doctor pronounced me in great health and then pulled out a syringe and a vial. I am just g...

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