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Commentary Weissman: Of Caviar and Capitalism

Commentary, December, 22 2002 Robert Weissman
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Are capitalism and caviar incompatible? Is the system that prides itself on the creation and veneration of wealth unable to to maintain a sustainable market for one of the great trappings of wealth?

Commentary Schechter: Crisis Capsule

Commentary, December, 15 2002 Danny Schechter
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NEW YORK, Dec 12, 2002 -- When the story broke, there was the gasp of "Gotcha!" in the world's news rooms. Finally, after all these weeks of those faceless inspectors racing around the boonies of Iraq to visit sites they've seen before, we have a ...

Commentary Herman: Answering the Cruise Miissile Left on Iraq

Commentary, December, 08 2002 Edward Herman
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It is pretty depressing to see how frequently liberals and some leftists have been unable to maintain a principled opposition to the U.S. policies toward Iraq, which, following more than a decade of "sanctions of mass destruction" are now rushing ...

Commentary Prashad: Accounts of the Fifth Afghan War

Commentary, November, 01 2002 Vijay Prashad
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On the 3rd of October, 2001, I wrote a ZNET commentary called "Forward into the Past: US War Aims." This was four days before the bombardment began. Already the war aims of the administration seemed to escalate as each day went by. First we heard ...

Commentary Burchill: Public Amnesia And Hypocrisy Needed To Justify War On Iraq

Commentary, October, 12 2002 Scott Burchill
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Trying to convince a sceptical population why Australia could soon be at war with Iraq is proving a major test of opinion management for the Howard Government.

Znet Article Cummings: Iran, Iraq, Whatever...

Znet Article, October, 11 2002 Richard Cummings
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One day, quite a few years ago, I was having lunch with my Iranian friend, Rudy Alam, who was attending the University of Pennsylvania, and who was the daughter of the then Prime Minster of Iran. It was a student hangout, and a waitress recognized...

Commentary Burchill: If Weapons Were Found

Commentary, September, 15 2002 Scott Burchill
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The English historian A.J.P. Taylor once argued that the principal difference between the methodologies of the lawyer and the historian was that "the lawyer aims to make a case; the historian wishes to understand a situation." According to Taylor,...

Commentary Choudry: Counting For Nothing: Reflections On The First Anniversary Of 9/11

Commentary, September, 13 2002 Aziz Choudry
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"The media seems to be implying as if this was the first ever macabre happening in this world and no other atrocity has been seen before. From the projection of pain and grief by media one can assume that intensity of feeling pain is measured on o...

Commentary Chomsky: Albert Interviews Chomsky on Iraq

Commentary, September, 07 2002 Noam Chomsky
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Various questions are circulating among people worried about war. On Sept 1, 2002, Michael Albert put a dozen of these to Noam Chomsky, via email. Here are the first three questions and his responses...the whole interview will appear in the Octobe...

Znet Article Everest: Fueling the Iran-Iraq Slaughter

Znet Article, September, 05 2002 Larry Everest
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If you think you've heard it all in terms of U.S. imperialist hypocrisy, lies, manipulation, and mass slaughter-wait. There's more. Today the U.S. government is beating the drums for a preemptive war on Iraq. President Bush casually-dressed on hi...

Commentary Scahill: The Saddam In Rumsfeld’s Closet

Commentary, August, 06 2002 Jeremy Scahill
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“Man and the turtle are very much alike. Neither makes any progress without sticking his neck out.” —Donald Rumsfeld

Commentary Bagdikian: God vs. The Big Name Droppers, Inc.

Commentary, July, 26 2002 Ben Bagdikian
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There is a famous Washington tableaux in the National Capitol. No, not George Washington crossing the Delaware. It is a repeated public ritual resulting in slight variations of the great classic of our time: seven corporate executives in 1994 stan...

Commentary Reinhart: Separation

Commentary, July, 03 2002 Tanya Reinhart
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The Gaza strip is a perfect realization of the Israeli vision of "separation". Surrounded with electric fences and army posts, completely sealed off the outside world, Gaza has become a huge prison. About one third of its land was confiscated for ...

Commentary Edwards: The Unspoken Rule Of Media Reporting: Guatemala, Bbc, And Propaganda

Commentary, June, 17 2002 David Edwards
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Focusing heavily on the machinations of public relations guru Edward

Commentary Prashad: The Troika of Imperialism, Petro-Sheikhs and Dissident Jihadis: On Tariq Ali.

Commentary, June, 01 2002 Vijay Prashad
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Michael Berube, an English professor at Penn State University, has become quite a fixture in the Chronicle of Higher Education. In a recent article ("Ali vs. Hitchens: Battle on the Left," 3 May), Berube tells us that he studies conflicts within t...

Commentary Du boff: Stopping Terrorism Vs. Promoting The Right

Commentary, April, 11 2002 Richard Du boff
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By high noon September 11, 2001 it should have been obvious what this generation of Republicans--and more than a few Democrats--would do with the attacks on New York and Washington: seize upon them as manna from heaven to promote a hard right-wing...

Commentary Herman: Mad Dogs, Scared Rabbits--laughing While Resisting

Commentary, April, 01 2002 Edward Herman
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For good reason it is hard for many people to see anything amusing at the current political scene, with a "war on terrorism" already devastating one small country, first class war criminal Ariel Sharon unleashed to assault another civilian populat...

Zmag Article Marjaee: The Axis of Evil cabal and the case of Iran

Zmag Article, March, 01 2002 Fareed Marjaee
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The Axis of Evil cabal and the case of Iran

Commentary Landau: Otto Reich’s Appointment

Commentary, February, 23 2002 Saul Landau
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George W. Bush has appointed 56 year old Otto Reich, a Cuban born right-wing Republican, to direct Inter American affairs at the State Department. For Washington insiders this illustrates two axioms of current political behavior.

Commentary Prashad: The Parochial Coverage of Enron

Commentary, February, 17 2002 Vijay Prashad
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Again, the US media has shown that it is just not up to the task of stal king the corruption of the global economy. Enron collapses and now the media tells us that it is all about Raptors and the connivance of Arthur Andersen (or isn't it now A...

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