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Onesto: Nepal: Revolution At The Roof Of The World
Zmag Article, July, 01 2001
Li Onesto
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Nepal: Revolution At The Roof Of The World
Bybee: Times Unmasks Protesters
Zmag Article, July, 01 2001
Roger Bybee
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Times Unmasks Protesters
Berkowitz: Welfare Privatization
Zmag Article, July, 01 2001
Bill Berkowitz
Berkowitz's ZSpace page
In 1996, welfare as we knew it was changed radically by the passage and signing of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. The new law gave states unprecedented leeway in determining how the new Temporary Assista...
Landau: TRANSPORTATION CRISIS?
Commentary, June, 27 2001
Saul Landau
Landau's ZSpace page
We live in the best of all possible worlds. Indeed, we export our way of life zealously to those who havenÕt yet tasted its rewards, especially to residents of China, India and Brazil, the big markets as we now know them. When systemic problems ar...
Klein: Genetic Tampering
Commentary, June, 25 2001
Naomi Klein
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Genetic Tampering by Naomi Klein Europeans would be forgiven for thinking that the war against genetic tampering in the food supply has been all but won. There are labels in the supermarkets aisles, there is mounting political support for organi...
Podur: Mexico's 'Modern Right'
Commentary, June, 11 2001
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
In March, while they were on the March of Indigenous Dignity, on their way to Mexico City to press for the passage of the law on indigenous rights and culture, the Zapatistas berated the 'hardliners' in the government who called them terrorists an...
Author: U.S. High School Textbooks: Perpetuating the Idea of Overpopulation
Commentary, June, 06 2001
Guest Author
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Ingrained into the U.S. popular imagination is the idea that the world is overpopulated. Americans talk not so much about "population" as "overpopulation," in the belief that the planet is burdened with too many people. Often, Americans think of t...
Herman: GIVING THE PEOPLE BACK THEIR OWN MONEY
Commentary, June, 04 2001
Edward Herman
Herman's ZSpace page
One of today's most favored rightwing justifications of a massive tax reduction is the idea that taxes are a form of government theft, which take from individuals the fruits of their labor or rightful ownership, and without reasonable cause. As Pr...
Tokar: Biotechnology
Zmag Article, June, 01 2001
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
News of the hazards of genetically engineered foods has finally broken into the U.S. mainstream media, as the evidence for the unique dangers of genetically engineered foods continues to grow. Understanding the implications of commodification of f...
Wald: Lennonism in Cuba at Last
Zmag Article, June, 01 2001
Karen lee Wald
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Lennonism in Cuba at Last
Reinart: Life Against Gold
Zmag Article, June, 01 2001
Ustun Reinart
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Life Against Gold
Schwartz: Resistance in Peru
Zmag Article, June, 01 2001
Eric Schwartz
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Resistance in Peru
Weisbrot: Don't Cry for the IMF, Argentina
Commentary, May, 29 2001
Mark Weisbrot
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How many times can the most powerful financial institution in the world -- the International Monetary Fund -- make the same mistake? The answer seems to be: as many times as it wants to. As Argentina teeters on the brink of defaulting on its $150 ...
Podur: A few more moves ahead
Commentary, May, 25 2001
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
There is too much at stake for social change to be a game. But if it were a game, the side that had the ability to think many moves ahead, anticipate its opponents moves, know what its goal was and move toward it relentlessly, would have huge adva...
Bond: Ghana's hydro-class struggles
Commentary, May, 23 2001
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
ACCRA -- Notwithstanding the horrific soccer stadium disaster in which at least 165 people were killed in a police-incited stampede on May 9, the past week offered signs of genuine hope in Ghana.
Gonsalves: Results we are after
Commentary, May, 16 2001
Sean Gonsalves
Gonsalves's ZSpace page
When that U.S. spy plane was snooping around the coast of China, crashed into a Chinese military plane, killing its pilot, the "liberal" media swung into action and gave us constant coverage of the international incident.
Albert: New Targets
Commentary, May, 04 2001
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
We anti-globalists oppose imperial trade arrangements. We reject that the rich get richer. We repudiate that the poor get poorer. We laugh at pundits claiming that globalization positively entwines world centers via new modes of communication and ...
Trigona: Zapatista Caravan
Zmag Article, May, 01 2001
Marie Trigona
Trigona's ZSpace page
The Zapatista rebels made a historic journey to Mexico City this March in order to rally support and to make demands for indigenous rights in Mexico. An estimated 200,000 people came to Mexico City's center square Sunday, March 11 to hear the dema...
