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Znet Article Street: Big Brother Bush, "Suicidal Saddam", And The Homegrown Threat To Liberal Democracy

Znet Article, January, 22 2003 Paul Street
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Beyond Democratic Constraint? It is hard to avoid the chilling conclusion that the corporate plutocrats and arch-imperialists in and around the Bush administration do not think they are required to speak or act with even moderate respect for the...

Commentary Edwards: Professional Servility And How To Overcome It - 2

Commentary, January, 19 2003 David Edwards
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The great significance of what Schmidt has to say should be clear - professionals, including media professionals, are +not+ liars. They are people who have been selected and trained to subordinate their capacity for critical thought to a professio...

Commentary Jensen: The US Military Won't Be Defending Our Freedom

Commentary, January, 18 2003 Robert Jensen
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"Dear member of the U.S. military: Thank you for defending our freedom,"

Znet Article Zunes: A US Invasion Of Iraq Can Be Stopped

Znet Article, January, 17 2003 Stephen Zunes
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Despite increased preparation for war, there is a growing perception that a U.S. invasion of Iraq can be stopped. There is little question that were it not for the anti-war movement, the United States would have gone to war against Iraq already. ...

Commentary Schechter: The Power of 'Evil'

Commentary, January, 16 2003 Danny Schechter
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NEW YORK, Jan 09, 2003 -- First, there was Austin Powers.

Commentary Street: Background Check: Operation Tarmac And The Many Faces Of Terror

Commentary, January, 15 2003 Paul Street
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Terror's Many Faces

Commentary Gonsalves: ‘Peace is made with enemies’

Commentary, January, 14 2003 Sean Gonsalves
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How do you explain the president’s threat to invade Iraq, in keeping with the “preventive” war prescription laid out in the September 2002 National Security Strategy Directive, while he talks about diplomacy in dealing with...

Znet Article Johnson: Iraq Wars

Znet Article, January, 14 2003 Chalmers Johnson
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The following essay by Chalmers Johnson, author of Blowback, is adapted from his upcoming book about American militarism, The Sorrows of Empire: How the Americans Lost Their Country (forthcoming in late 2003 from Metropolitan Books). It first appe...

Commentary Raptis: Rhodes: Memories

Commentary, January, 08 2003 Nikos Raptis
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Andre Vltchek's January 03, 2003 Commentary ("Amnesia In Rhodes") was a pleasant surprise. One is surprised to learn that a fellow-human ( Andre) left Japan and flew to Rhodes in December (!) "to discuss politics, philosophy and democracy with the...

Znet Article Edwards: Millions Of Suffering Iraqis: A 'Blip' In The Global Economy?

Znet Article, January, 08 2003 David Edwards
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A notable feature of the liberal press is the columnist who speaks loftily of 'geopolitics', prosecuting war on 'successful military terms', and of 'global threats' from 'rogue states', while also espousing humane values including an apparent conc...

Commentary Hartmann: Militarism and Reproductive Freedom

Commentary, January, 04 2003 Betsy Hartmann
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Lately, it seems whenever we need a reminder about why it is the U.S. should budget more national funds for the military, or take aggressive action in another small poverty-stricken country, the battle cry of equal rights for women is sounded by t...

Commentary Edwards: Professional Servility And How To Overcome It

Commentary, December, 30 2002 David Edwards
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We live in strange times. Day to day, journalists are seriously debating whether a single omission in a dossier on arms, or a single failure to open a door within two hours, justifies launching a massive war against a broken Third World country wi...

Znet Article Tomchick: Operation Provoke Iraq

Znet Article, December, 29 2002 Maria Tomchick
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In recent weeks, the Bush administration has stepped up efforts to destabilize the Iraqi government, while aggressively deploying troops and ships in a manner that could provoke an attack from Iraq -- and provide an excuse to start a war. Over th...

Commentary Landau: The Source Of Terror

Commentary, December, 27 2002 Saul Landau
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We live in terrifying times. But into what context can we Americans place the terrorism weÕve recently experienced? Until 9/11 Americans could pretend that we were different, that God or something had truly blessed us. Yes, Al Qaeda tormentors tri...

Znet Article Rai: Iraq's Weapons Declaration

Znet Article, December, 23 2002 Milan Rai
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Iraq's Weapons Declaration

Znet Article Edwards: ITN Declares War On Iraq

Znet Article, December, 21 2002 David Edwards
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Any lingering notions that we have an independent and free media system must surely be evaporating under the vast weight of evidence emerging as the US and Britain manipulate and deceive their way to a war for control of Iraq's oil. Consider tonig...

Znet Article Contributors: U.S. Corps In Iraq

Znet Article, December, 19 2002 Various Contributors
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First, when the massive pile of documents from Iraq appeared, in photos, in the paper, and the U.S. immediately pulled out all stops to get first access, to shut down wide dissemination, etc. -- the smart money said that buried in the morass there...

Znet Article Rai: War Plan Iraq

Znet Article, December, 18 2002 Milan Rai
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1) Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book is about? What is it trying to communicate? War Plan Iraq tries to explain and document how the US has been hostile to both UN weapons inspectors and to real regime change in Iraq. It also sets out...

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 ...

Znet Article Arnove: A Decade Of US War On Iraq

Znet Article, December, 15 2002 Anthony Arnove
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"IT IS not a war they are starting, it’s a slaughter. It will be a catastrophe." That’s how Vincent Hubin, director of Premiere Urgence, the largest foreign aid agency operating in Iraq, described the Bush gang’s drive for ...

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