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Mokhiber: Laurence Summers, The World Bank, and Humanity
Commentary, June, 18 1999
Russell Mokhiber
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"Just between you and me, shouldn't the World Bank be encouraging more migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [least developed countries]?" So wrote Treasury Secretary-designee Lawrence Summers, then the chief economist at the World Bank, i...
Raptis: U.S. Occupation
Commentary, June, 16 1999
Nikos Raptis
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In the core of this "sophisticated and careful" planning one finds the need for a US occupation of the "Grand Area." The dictionary "definition" of occupation is: "The holding and control of an area by a foreign military force."
Dominick: Signs of Movement? The State of Anti-War Activism in the U.S.
Commentary, June, 11 1999
Brian Dominick
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It has been a tense several days for those of us paying close attention to the war, as we evaluate both the status of so-called "negotiations" in Europe and that of the anti-war movement here at home.
Wise: The Devil Made 'Em Do It: Social Crisis and the Misuse of Faith in America
Commentary, June, 01 1999
Tim Wise
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I mean, what does one do if Satan really is the author of all this unhappiness? IÕm pretty sure that at that point gun laws and conflict resolution training become sortaÕ useless.
Weisbrot: No Change at Treasury
Commentary, May, 17 1999
Mark Weisbrot
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Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin picked a good time to resign. As a senior White House official said, Rubin "made his fortune selling at the top of the market."
Hightower: Radio Nuggets
Commentary, May, 04 1999
Jim Hightower
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Bill Clinton did not inhale. We're clear on that, right? But, recently, he did swallow.
Mokhiber: Drugs, Patents, and U.S. Policy
Commentary, May, 03 1999
Russell Mokhiber
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Thanks to new drug therapies, many people with HIV/AIDS in the United States are now able to live relatively healthy lives. "Triple drug" therapies, or "drug cocktails" allow HIV-positive people to reduce their HIV blood load in some cases to unde...
Glick: A Progressive Voice in 2000?
Zmag Article, May, 01 1999
Ted Glick
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A Progressive Voice in 2000?
Chomsky: Crisis in the Balkans
Zmag Article, May, 01 1999
Noam Chomsky
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Crisis in the Balkans
Bacon: Miners' Strike Broken in Cananea
Zmag Article, May, 01 1999
David Bacon
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Miners' Strike Broken in Cananea
Bohmer: Fight the Power
Commentary, April, 30 1999
Peter Bohmer
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Last weekend, my son, Inti, who is 20 and I, who am quite a few years older than that, went to San Francisco to take part in a rally and demonstration in support of political prisoner and death row inmate, Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Cagan: A Movement Grows in NYC
Commentary, April, 25 1999
Leslie Cagan
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On Thursday, April 15th tens of thousands of New Yorkers will march in yet another expression of outrage at the conduct of the New York City Police Department.
Wise: Famous Last Words
Commentary, April, 24 1999
Tim Wise
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Every now and then a lesson comes easy. Other times we learn things by accident, if at all. And inevitably it seems, the lessons that matter most, often come from the least likely sources, and at the most inopportune moments.
Herman: All the Book Reviews Fit to Print
Zmag Article, April, 01 1999
Edward Herman
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All the Book Reviews Fit to Print
Mokhiber: With Friends Like These
Commentary, March, 30 1999
Russell Mokhiber
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With friends like these, Africa certainly doesn't need any enemies. Africa's "friends" in Congress have again introduced a "NAFTA-for-Africa" bill. In early February, Representatives Philip Crane, R-Illinois, and Charles Rangel, D-New York, rei...
Albert: Some Thoughts About the Bombings
Commentary, March, 26 1999
Michael Albert
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Does it ring any bells for anyone else that bombing country A may not have anything to do with country A per se, at least in recent times? Once it begins, bombing almost never yields a sought outcome regarding the place bombed (save, of course, wh...
Dominick: Reinventing Solidarity Activism
Commentary, March, 19 1999
Brian Dominick
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Since the January 1, 1994 Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico, EZLN* leaders have been quite forthcoming about what solidarity means to them, be it domestic or international. Their articulation of the revolution they envision is poetic in its cl...
Tokar: Biotechnology and the Commodification of Life
Commentary, March, 03 1999
Brian Tokar
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The U.S.government's aggressive advocacy for the biotechnology industry, and its potentially disastrous agenda of reshaping world agriculture, has finally made international headlines.
Weisbrot: Keep Hope Alive
Commentary, March, 02 1999
Mark Weisbrot
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Who says one person can't make a difference? Jesse Jackson, Jr. has shaken things up in Congress by taking on the establishment and offering a bold alternative to our shameful foreign economic policy in Africa.
Hahnel: Capitalist Globalism In Crisis
Zmag Article, March, 01 1999
Robin Hahnel
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Capitalist Globalism In Crisis


