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Chomsky: Market Democracy in a Neoliberal Order: Doctrines and Reality
Zmag Article, November, 01 1997
Noam Chomsky
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Market Democracy in a Neoliberal Order: Doctrines and Reality
Smith: Unions From 61 Countries Meet
Zmag Article, November, 01 1997
Jim Smith
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Just as the pivotal UPS strike was getting underway, union activists from 61 countries were assembling in Havana, Cuba, intent on breathing new life into the international labor movement. The International Workers Conference Against Neoli...
Hassan: Justice Too Long Delayed
Zmag Article, November, 01 1997
Kamal Hassan
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On Tuesday June 10, 1997, surrounded by members of his family, former comrades in the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, a crush of "suddenly interested" media personnel, and hundreds of cheering, hugging, and crying supporters,...
Cahill: Rough Going
Zmag Article, November, 01 1997
Sean Cahill
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For the first time since 1921, when Michael Collins reluctantly accepted the partition of Ireland by the British, the Irish Republican political party Sinn Fein (Irish for "ourselves alone") held official talks with the British ...
Howe: none
Zmag Article, September, 01 1997
Genevieve Howe
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The American Association of World Health released an extensive study in March 1997 of the impact of the U.S. government’s embargo on public health and nutrition in Cuba. Through hundreds of examples, the study provides an ...
Harris: Where's There's Smoke... Someone's Getting Burned
Zmag Article, September, 01 1997
Bob Harris
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Harris OK, so the big tobacco companies and their lobbyists have cobbled together a backroom deal to save their hides. And now the various state Attorneys General can return to their respective capitals and gran...
Administrator: CrossCurrents: Imagine A Country
Zmag Article, July, 01 1997
Site Administrator
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Holly Sklar Imagine a country where one out of four children is born into poverty, and wealth is being redistributed upward. Since the 1970s, the top 1 percent of families have doubled their share of the nation...
Herman: Word Tricks & Propaganda
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Edward Herman
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Edward S. Herman The mainstream media carry out their propaganda service on behalf of the corporate and political establishment in many ways: by choice of topics addressed (government rather than corporate abuses,...
Johnson: Human Rights Watch World Report 1997: Events Of 1996
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Tom Johnson
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In January 1997, the international human rights organization, Human Rights Watch, released its seventh annual report on the worldwide condition of human rights. The report, overall, finds human rights’ cond...
James: Haiti: The Roof Is Leaking
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Clara James
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Clara James On April 6, Haiti held elections to fill one-third of the Senate seats and positions on over 500 communal and town councils. The only problem was, most Haitians did not go to the polls. Only about 5 pe...
Wright: Mobuto Was Chaos
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
George Wright
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George Wright As this article is being written in early May, the 32-year regime of Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko is coming to an end. A guerrilla offensive carried out by the Alliance of Democratic Forces for...
Kovel: Cuba & South Africa
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Joel Kovel
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Joel Kovel  The linkage between Castro’s Cuba and Mandela’s South Africa runs deep. Cuban slave society was less efficient in demolishing ties to Africa than its North American counterpart, allowing Cuba to retain ...
Chomsky: The Passion for Free Markets
Zmag Article, May, 01 1997
Noam Chomsky
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For more than half a century, the United Nations has been the main forum for the United States to try to create a world in its image, maneuvering with its allies ...
Johnson: Nuclear Politics All MOXed Out
Zmag Article, May, 01 1997
Tom Johnson
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On January 14, 1997, representatives from 171 medical, environmental, and activist organizations in the United States and 18 other countries—including every major ...
Luna: U.C. Berkeley Students Protest Vote to End Affirmative Action
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Jennie marie Luna
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U.C. Berkeley Students Protest Vote to End Affirmative Action
Martinez: It's a Terrorist War on Immigrants
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Elizabeth Martinez
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In the spring of 1997, a Latino immigrant who had worked legally in the United States for 40 years committed suicide after receiving a letter saying that under the new welfare law his Supplemental Security Income (SSI) migh...
Herman: Gary Webb and the Media's Rush to the Barricades
Zmag Article, February, 01 1997
Edward Herman
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Gary Webb and the Media's Rush to the Barricades
Edwards: Global warming and the political economy of threats
Zmag Article, February, 01 1997
David Edwards
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To a casual observer, the reality, or otherwise, of a threat to humankind would appear to be determined by inexact but essentially rational calculations based on evidence, hard facts, and best guesses all wrapped up in a framework of concern for t...
Ehrenreich: Peacekeeping
Zmag Article, January, 01 1997
Barbara Ehrenreich
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Peacekeeping
Knight: Who Benefits, Who Suffers?
Zmag Article, January, 01 1997
Danielle Knight
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Who Benefits, Who Suffers?
