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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 ...
Everest: The U.S. Drive To War On Iraq
Zmag Article, July, 01 2002
Larry Everest
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The drumbeat for war on Iraq, coming from the highest levels of the U.S. establishment, began within days of September 11. The Bush administrations plans are still taking shape, but there is ...
Cromwell: Shaping The Public Good
Commentary, June, 18 2002
David Cromwell
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A popular view today - that is to say, the prevailing view held by those in positions of power and influence - is 'that contemporary Western society and more especially, the "American way of life" corresponds to the deepest needs of human nature a...
Usborne: Can The CIA Take On Saddam Hussein?
Znet Article, June, 18 2002
David Usborne
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Saddam Hussein now knows what he is up against: President George Bush has given the green light to the Central Intelligence Agency to do all it can to drive him from power even killing him, although this would have to be in "self-defence"....
Podur: Instead of Nation States
Commentary, June, 14 2002
Justin Podur
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"It's disturbing to see how neatly nationalism dovetails into fascism. While we must not allow the fascists to define what the nation is, or who it belongs to, it's worth keeping in mind that nationalism, in all its many avatars-socialist, capital...
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...
Arnove: Iraq: Smart Sanctions And The Us War
Znet Article, May, 26 2002
Anthony Arnove
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The Bush administration is declaring another victory in its "propaganda war" with Iraq, following the unanimous vote of the United Nations Security Council to endorse its plan to impose "smart sanctions" on Iraq. On May 14, the Security Council a...
Albert: What Did Bush Know, When?
Commentary, May, 24 2002
Michael Albert
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The above question screams from mainstream newspapers. It froths from liberals' lips. What troubles me more, however, is that some leftists also find it important.
Arnove: Iraq: Smart Sanctions and the US Propaganda War
Commentary, May, 23 2002
Anthony Arnove
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The Bush administration is declaring another victory in its "propaganda war" with Iraq, following the unanimous vote of the United Nations Security Council to endorse its plan to impose "smart sanctions" on Iraq.
Graham-brown: Sanctions Renewed On Iraq
Znet Article, May, 20 2002
Sarah Graham-brown
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Concluding almost a year of diplomatic wrangling, the UN Security Council has agreed to revise UN sanctions on Iraq when the eleventh phase of the oil for food program ends on May 29. Under the oil for food program, Iraq is allowed to sell its oil...
Cromwell: Regulating The University Mind
Commentary, May, 14 2002
David Cromwell
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I blame my dad. As a mature student of geography and Russian at Glasgow University, he used to take me and my wee brother Kenneth to the campus in the west end of the city, just off Byres Road in Hillhead. Gilbert Scott's Gothic creation, fulfilli...
Monbiot: Diplomatic Impunity
Commentary, April, 26 2002
George Monbiot
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Tony Blair might believe he belongs to an international coalition, but George Bush has other ideas. Bush's international war against terrorism has not stopped him from waging a parallel war against co-operation.
Prashad: Sharonism and the "Special Relationship."
Commentary, April, 25 2002
Vijay Prashad
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An email message comes to me from Karachi, Pakistan. The message reads, in part, as follows: "Chomsky says that US support of Israel is not because of the 'Jewish Lobby' and he gives reasons for that; for one it would be too simplistic to think th...
Monbiot: A War Against the Peacemaker
Commentary, April, 20 2002
George Monbiot
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On Sunday, the US government will launch an international coup. It has been planned for a month. It will be executed quietly, and most of us won't know what is happening until it's too late. It is seeking to overthrow 60 years of multilateralism, ...
Wallerstein: Iraq War: The Coming Disaster
Znet Article, April, 20 2002
Immanuel Wallerstein
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New Haven -- George W. Bush is a geopolitical incompetent. He has allowed a clique of hawks to induce him to take a position on invading Iraq from which he cannot extract himself, one which will have nothing but negative consequences for the Unite...
Raptis: Thomas Friedman's Brave
Commentary, April, 19 2002
Nikos Raptis
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"THOMAS FRIEDMAN is one of America's leading interpreters of world affairs... Mr. Friedman has also won two Pulitzer Prizes for his reporting for The New York Times..." (Biographical note under Friedman's name on page iii of his book "The Lexus an...
Schechter: What's A Journalist To Do When The Political Gets Personal?
Commentary, April, 17 2002
Danny Schechter
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When you write about the world, or report on what's happening "over there," the issues can seem far away enough to permit disengagement. The distance encourages detachment and objectification.
Edwards: The Bbc, The Sunday Telegraph, And Cancer In Iraq
Znet Article, April, 13 2002
David Edwards
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Regular Media Lens readers will know that we have generally focused on the performance of the 'liberal' media. The reason for this is that we assume that it is obvious that the 'right wing' media - the Times and the Telegraph, for example - is not...
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...
Shalom: The Crisis in Palestine
Commentary, April, 05 2002
Stephen1 Shalom
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The basic problem in the Israel-Palestine conflict today remains what it's been for decades: the denial of self-determination to the Palestinian people. Palestinians have been living under a brutal and humiliating occupation since 1967 and no solu...


