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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 ...

Zmag Article 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 administration’s plans are still taking shape, but there is ...

Commentary 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...

Znet Article 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"....

Commentary 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...

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...

Znet Article 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...

Commentary 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.

Commentary 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.

Znet Article 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...

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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.

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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, ...

Znet Article 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...

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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.

Znet Article 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...

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 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...

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