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Commentary 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...

Commentary 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."

Commentary 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.

Commentary 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.

Commentary 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."

Commentary 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.

Commentary 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...

Zmag Article Glick: A Progressive Voice in 2000?

Zmag Article, May, 01 1999 Ted Glick
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A Progressive Voice in 2000?

Zmag Article Chomsky: Crisis in the Balkans

Zmag Article, May, 01 1999 Noam Chomsky
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Crisis in the Balkans

Zmag Article Bacon: Miners' Strike Broken in Cananea

Zmag Article, May, 01 1999 David Bacon
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Miners' Strike Broken in Cananea

Commentary 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.

Commentary 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.

Commentary 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.

Zmag Article 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

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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.

Commentary 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.

Zmag Article Hahnel: Capitalist Globalism In Crisis

Zmag Article, March, 01 1999 Robin Hahnel
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Capitalist Globalism In Crisis

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