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Znet Article Hirst: Beware The Martyr

Znet Article, March, 30 2002 David Hirst
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Ever since he was confined to his Ramallah headquarters, Yasser Arafat - the world's most exalted political prisoner - has been making it clear that he is prepared to die for his cause. Several weeks ago, he reportedly ordered his guards to resist...

Znet Article Fisk: The lies leaders tell when they want to go to war

Znet Article, March, 30 2002 Robert Fisk
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How much longer can Ariel Sharon pretend that he's fighting in the "war against terror"? How much longer are we supposed to believe this nonsense? How much longer can the Americans remain so gutlessly silent in the face of a vicious conflict which...

Znet Article Amayreh: Rage Doesn't Obey Orders

Znet Article, March, 29 2002 Khaled Amayreh
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With most observers expecting US envoy Anthony Zinni's attempts to forge an Israeli-Palestinian cease- fire to fail, Israeli military officials have confirmed a Washington Post report that the army has contingency plans to reoccupy Palestinian tow...

Znet Article Goldenberg: Israel Plans Unprecedented Military Response To Massacre

Znet Article, March, 28 2002 Suzanne Goldenberg
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For days, Israel has been telegraphing its intentions to launch a sweeping new military offensive against the Palestinians, and to reoccupy cities and refugee camps in the West Bank and Gaza. Last night's bloody attack on a Passover seder in Netan...

Znet Article Fisk: Arab Summit Lies In Ruins

Znet Article, March, 27 2002 Robert Fisk
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Israel's Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, threw Yasser Arafat into the valley of humiliation last night, banning his visit to the Beirut Arab summit in the face of feeble American protests. "Unfortunately, the conditions are not yet ripe for Chairman...

Znet Article Street: Empire Abroad, Prisons At Home: Dark Connections

Znet Article, March, 27 2002 Paul Street
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It is commonplace for left writers and activists to note stark contradictions between the declared objectives of United States foreign policy and the harsh imperial realities of that policy. It is difficult, we note, with good reason, for thinking...

Znet Article Cuevas: How Barcelona Defeated Violence

Znet Article, March, 25 2002 Jesús ramírez Cuevas
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[translated by irlandesa] Today Barcelona is the new reference point for the global movement. Following the mobilization of more than 500,000 persons, it will be difficult to discredit protests against economic policies in the world as something w...

Commentary Solomon: Six Months Later, The Basic Tool Is Language

Commentary, March, 24 2002 Norman Solomon
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Cameras have recorded countless defining moments. And many months after Sept. 11, some nightmarish televised glimpses of that day's horrors still resonate deeply. Visual images are powerful. Yet there's no substitute for words that sum up what mig...

Znet Article Ahmad: Putting Kashmir on the Agenda

Znet Article, March, 24 2002 Junaid Ahmad
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On February 11th, the BBC reported that an Indian soldier opened fire in the Poonch district of Indian-Administered Kashmir, killing three of his own colleagues.  Such incidents have not been uncommon in Kashmir, where the daily mental stress...

Znet Article Pilger: Should We Go To War Against These Children?

Znet Article, March, 23 2002 John Pilger
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  A compliant press is preparing the ground for an all-out attack on Iraq. It never mentions the victims: the young, the old and the vulnerable : John Pilger : New Statesman, 21 Mar 2002 The promised attack on Iraq will test free journalism ...

Znet Article Bishara: Talking To Tanks

Znet Article, March, 22 2002 Azmi Bishara
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The Israeli army continues to pursue the objectives delineated by the Israeli prime minister and his chief-of- staff. These include not only the restoration of Sharon's damaged prestige but also breaking the back of the nationalist movement embodi...

Znet Article Bellinghausen: First Stage of Expulsions will begin in Eight Communities

Znet Article, March, 20 2002 Hermann Bellinghausen
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[translated by irlandesa] San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas. March 17. The expulsion of communities that are located in the vicinity of Montes Azules, in what is called the protected part of the SelvaLacandona, could be beginning quite soon. Th...

Znet Article Jensen: Seeking Pain And Reducing Pleasure

Znet Article, March, 20 2002 Robert Jensen
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In most situations, people tend to seek pleasure and avoid pain, which generally makes sense. I want to suggest that at this moment in history, U.S. citizens need to invert that. If we want to become human beings in the fullest sense of the term, ...

Znet Article Fisk: Arab states united in rejecting attack on Saddam

Znet Article, March, 19 2002 Robert Fisk
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Rarely can an American vice-president have met such a rebuff from America's Arab allies. Not a single Arab king, prince or president has been prepared to endorse a US attack on Iraq. Even in Kuwait – where Dick Cheney arrives today before ...

Znet Article Gerson: Bush's War: Where is it going & What Should We Do About It?

Znet Article, March, 18 2002 Joseph Gerson
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I want to thank the conference's organizers for all that you have done and all of you who will be working hard throughout the day and in the coming weeks and months. You could not be doing more important work than thinking about and charting the b...

Znet Article Averny: Apology and Debate

Znet Article, March, 18 2002 Uri Averny
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URI AVNERY: An Apology Sorry to say, I have to apologize. And to myself, of all people. This is how it was. A short time after the destruction of the Twin Towers, on September 11, 2001, I wrote: A basic change in the American attitude towards the ...

Znet Article Munson: Killing For The Flag

Znet Article, March, 17 2002 Tom wheeler, jason mcquinn, chuck Munson
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The U.S. is the only nation-state to have been condemned by the World Court for international terrorism. The U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling on governments to observe international law. After deliberately targeting the civilia...

Znet Article Fisk: Arab States United In Rejecting Attack On Iraq

Znet Article, March, 17 2002 Robert Fisk
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Rarely can an American vice-president have met such a rebuff from America's Arab allies. Not a single Arab king, prince or president has been prepared to endorse a US attack on Iraq. Even in Kuwait – where Dick Cheney arrives today before ...

Znet Article Bellinghausen: Imminent Expulsion of Autonomous Communities

Znet Article, March, 16 2002 Hermann Bellinghausen
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translated by irlandesa The expulsion-relocation operation of communities located in the coveted extremes of the Montes Azules Biosphere reserve is almost underway. Taking advantage of the dry period, federal public forces, and even the Army, coul...

Znet Article Said: What Price Oslo?

Znet Article, March, 16 2002 Edward Said
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The television images on Al-Jazeera have been burningly clear. There is a kind of Palestinian heroism in evidence there that makes this the story of our time. An entire army, navy, and air force supplied munificently and unconditionally by the Uni...

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