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Znet Article Solo: Poverty, consumerism and anti-imperialism

Znet Article, January, 29 2006 Toni Solo
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Several responses are standard to criticism of ideologically bankrupt and morally schizophrenic initiatives like the UK's Make Poverty History campaign. One is to rail at the impudence of calling into question the campaign organizers sincerity and...

Znet Article Rebick: Socialism in the 21st Century

Znet Article, January, 29 2006 Judy Rebick
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Socialism in the 21st Century

Znet Article Weisbrot: Latin America Shifts Left

Znet Article, January, 21 2006 Mark Weisbrot
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 Evo Morales' election in Bolivia, with an unprecedented (for that country) 54 percent of the vote, is seen and analyzed here mostly in political terms. He is a former head of the coca growers union and opposes the U.S.- sponsored attempts to erad...

Znet Article Tang: Bachelet's Win in Chile

Znet Article, January, 18 2006 Eric Tang
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SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan 15 Chile has officially elected its first female president, Michelle Bachelet. Bachelet, a Minister of Defense under the current government and member of the Socialist Party, today defeated her opponent, the right-centrist bil...

Znet Article Chomsky: Chomsky: 'There Is No War On Terror'

Znet Article, January, 16 2006 Noam Chomsky
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Geov Parrish: Is George Bush in political trouble? And if so, why? Noam Chomsky: George Bush would be in severe political trouble if there were an opposition political party in the country. Just about every day, they're shooting themselves in the...

Znet Article Dieterich: Evo Morales, Communitarian Socialism, and the Regional Power Block

Znet Article, January, 09 2006 Heinz Dieterich
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 1.  Evo Morales and Socialism "Evo, what do you and the MAS understand by 'socialism,'" I asked him, when I was invited by the Executive Committee of the Bolivian Labor Central (COB). "To live in community and equality," he answered.  "Fundamen...

Znet Article Lamrani: The politicisation of the Sakharov Prize

Znet Article, January, 05 2006 Salim Lamrani
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Translated by Barbara & David Forbes On 26th October 2005, the European Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize jointly to the Nigerian lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim, the Women in White of Cuba, and the Paris-based organisation Reporters Without Frontiers. ...

Znet Article Lendman: Venezuela's Bolivarian Movement

Znet Article, January, 04 2006 Stephen Lendman
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Venezuela today, under its democratically elected President, Hugo Chavez Frias, is imbued with the spirit of Bolivarianism and his Bolivarian Revolution. It's based on the vision of Simon Bolivar, the Caracas born 17th and 18th century general who...

Znet Article Solo: Bolivia and ALBA

Znet Article, December, 30 2005 Toni Solo
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The decisive numbers of Evo Morales' election victory in South America's poorest country give him the legitimacy he needs to redistribute Bolivia's wealth in favour of the impoverished and excluded majority. But he faces enormous pressure from for...

Znet Article Hunt: Evo Morales Elected Bolivian President in Landslide Victory

Znet Article, December, 20 2005 John Hunt
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According to exit polls, socialist Evo Morales received 51 percent of the votes in Bolivia’s December 18th presidential election, enough to secure his victory. Right-wing candidate Jorge Quiroga admitted defeat with 32 percent of the votes...

Znet Article Fuentes: Bolivia

Znet Article, December, 16 2005 Federico Fuentes
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  At 4000 metres above sea level and sprawling above the capital La Paz, the inhabitants of the fastest growing city in Latin America — El Alto — have consistently shown their readiness to fight for their rights, kicking out two p...

Znet Article Zibechi: Regional Integration After the Collapse of FTAA

Znet Article, November, 24 2005 Raúl Zibechi
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  Although every Latin American government pays lip service to integration, taking the concrete steps needed to attain it is much more difficult than simply issuing declarations. In the wake of the collapse of the Free Trade Agreement of the Amer...

Znet Article Hallinan: Destabilization won't be easy

Znet Article, November, 22 2005 Conn Hallinan
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It would be easy to make fun of President Bush's recent fiasco at the 4th Summit of the Americas in Mar del Plata, Argentina. His grand plan for a free trade zone reaching from the Artic Circle to Terra del Fuego was soundly rejected by nations fe...

Znet Article Pilger: The Rise Of America's New Enemy

Znet Article, November, 10 2005 John Pilger
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I was dropped at Paradiso, the last middle-class area before barrio La Vega, which spills into a ravine as if by the force of gravity. Storms were forecast, and people were anxious, remembering the mudslides that took 20,000 lives. "Why are you he...

Znet Article Klein: The Threat of Hope in Latin America

Znet Article, November, 04 2005 Naomi Klein
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When Manuel Rozental got home one night last month, friends told him two strange men had been asking questions about him. In this close-knit indigenous community in southwestern Colombia ringed by soldiers, right-wing paramilitaries and left-wing ...

Znet Article Rios: Electoral Uncertainties in Bolivia

Znet Article, October, 27 2005 Boris Rios
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According to Bolivian electoral law, interim president Eduardo Rodriguez must hold national elections within a timeframe of no more than 180 days from the start of his presidency last June. The realization of these elections, however, remains up i...

Znet Article Solo: Varieties of imperial aggression

Znet Article, October, 26 2005 Toni Solo
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When the UN received the recent Mehlis report on the murder of former Lebanese President Rafik Hariri, one suggested tribunal for a possible prosecution was the International Criminal Court. Rejecting such a proposal, Secretary of State Condoleezz...

Znet Article Pate: Haiti, Imperialism, and the Treachery of Liberals

Znet Article, October, 15 2005 Shirley Pate
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What liberals choose to overlook is dangerous. “Unfinished Country,” a film about Haiti by Jane Regan, aired on PBS on September 6.   I’m not sure if I have seen a documentary so devoid of context.  For the life of me, I d...

Znet Article Mishra: Whither Globalization?

Znet Article, September, 10 2005 Girish Mishra
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on the morrow of Independence Day, was interviewed by Rajat Gupta of The McKinsey Quarterly. Towards the end of the interview what Manmohan Singh, in response to the question: “What message would you like to ...

Znet Article Agee: Use of a Private U.S. Corporate Structure to Disguise a Government Program

Znet Article, September, 10 2005 Philip Agee
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  Part 2 of 3 C. Venezuela: Some Examples of the Current U.S. Intervention Against the Bolivarian Revolution In Venezuela the administration of George W. Bush is intervening in the political process with a combination of activities very similar...

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