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Znet Article Roy: India and the U.S.

Znet Article, May, 25 2006 Arundhati Roy
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AMY GOODMAN: Today, we spend the hour with acclaimed author and activist Arundhati Roy. Her first novel, The God of Small Things, was awarded the Booker Prize in 1997. It’s sold over six million copies, has been translated in over 20 langu...

Znet Article Podur: Race, Culture, and Leftists

Znet Article, May, 21 2006 Justin Podur
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My presentation is motivated by what I believe is a weakness across the political spectrum: handling the interaction of different cultures and identities in accordance with principles of equality, solidarity, and liberty. My optimistic belief is t...

Znet Article Galeano: Interviewing Galeano

Znet Article, May, 20 2006 Eduardo Galeano
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JUAN GONZALEZ: We spend the rest of the hour with one of Latin America's most acclaimed writers: Eduardo Galeano. His works from the trilogy Memory of Fire to the classic Open Veins of Latin America are a unique blend of history, fiction, journali...

Znet Article Olson: Commencement 2006

Znet Article, May, 15 2006 Gary Olson
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(Note: Each year, Moravian College's senior class selects a faculty member to give the Commencement address. The following remarks were offered on May 13, 2006). President Rokke, Pam Rokke, honored guests, faculty colleagues, friends, parents, ...

Znet Article Finkelstein: It's Not Either / Or

Znet Article, May, 03 2006 Norman Finkelstein
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In the current fractious debate over the role of the Israel Lobby in the formulation and execution of US policies in the Middle East, the "either-or" framework -- giving primacy to either the Israel Lobby or to U.S. strategic interests -- isn't, i...

Znet Article Roy: A Fury Building Up Across India

Znet Article, April, 29 2006 Arundhati Roy
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In this interview, Arundhati Roy updates her essay on the Narmada issue, The Greater Common Good, published in 1999 in Frontline. It was conducted by Shoma Chaudhuri over a period of several days in person and on email. Chaudhuri: The media has ...

Znet Article Chomsky: Afterword: Failed States

Znet Article, April, 26 2006 Noam Chomsky
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We began by considering four critical issues that should rank high on the agenda of those concerned with the prospects for a decent future. Two of them are literally matters of survival: nuclear war and environmental disaster. The first danger is ...

Znet Article Podur: Six Nations Does Not Stand Alone

Znet Article, April, 24 2006 Justin Podur
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On Thursday April 20, Hazel Hill, one of the Six Nations Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) leaders on the blockade at the Douglas Creek Estates near Caledonia, told me about her beating at the hands of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) hours before. Early t...

Znet Article Street: Iraq Is Not Vietnam

Znet Article, April, 22 2006 Paul Street
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     Making historical analogies is often like eating a thin bowl of soup with a fork: you might catch something nutritious if you're lucky but much of the substance gets lost.            The strong analogy that many commentators and authorities r...

Znet Article Lendman: The US Gulag Prison System

Znet Article, April, 21 2006 Stephen Lendman
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No, not the one you think, outrageous as it is. I'm referring to the US prison system that's with no exaggeration about as shockingly abusive as the gulag abroad. It qualifies for that label by its size alone - more than 2.1 million as of June, 20...

Znet Article Chatterji: Don't Damn Narmada

Znet Article, April, 16 2006 Angana Chatterji
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Dams are not the temples of India, they have become its burial grounds. In dissent to the brutal refusal of state and Central governments to honour the legally-bound commitment to resettlement and rehabilitation of adivasi and other disenfranchise...

Znet Article Lendman: The War On Immigrants

Znet Article, April, 11 2006 Stephen Lendman
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"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore." Once that was true, but no longer. Emma Lazarus’ beautiful and memorable words we’ve all heard many times and...

Znet Article Bennis: Thinking Strategically

Znet Article, April, 06 2006 Phyllis Bennis
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 As a movement we have been extraordinarily successful in achieving our initial goal: we have helped transform public opinion to the now almost 2/3 majority opposition to the war in Iraq. Our task now is to transform that consciousness into empowe...

Znet Article Gibler: Water Fight

Znet Article, April, 05 2006 John Gibler
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In Mexican water politics, poverty is good business. Eleven million people here live without access to potable water and another 25 million live in villages and cities with taps that run as little as a few hours a week. Most of those who do have i...

Znet Article Ali: WSF in Pakistan

Znet Article, April, 01 2006 Tariq Ali
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While we were opening the World Social Forum in Karachi last weekend with virtuoso performances of sufi music and speeches, the country's rulers were marking the centenary of the Muslim League [the party that created Pakistan and has ever since be...

Znet Article Feffer: Sovereignty Matters

Znet Article, March, 31 2006 John Feffer
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It is a relatively poor country, but the people who live there are proud of their long history and rich culture.  Aside from mining, there are few profitable enterprises, though recently casinos have begun to attract outsiders.  Nevertheless, the ...

Znet Article Arnove: The Logic of Withdrawal

Znet Article, March, 20 2006 Anthony Arnove
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We find ourselves in a remarkable situation today. Despite a massive propaganda campaign in support of the occupation of Iraq, a clear majority of people in the United States now believes the invasion was not worth the consequences and should neve...

Znet Article Herman: Uncle Chutzpah and His Willing Executioners on the Dire Iran Threat: With Twelve Principles of War Propaganda in Ongoing Service

Znet Article, March, 15 2006 Edward Herman
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Back at the time of a major Bush-1 "drug war" in 1989, Hodding Carter pointed out that with increasing attention to the newly declared "crisis" by the administration and media, the public's estimate of the importance of the drug problem rose spect...

Znet Article Chomsky: The Long View

Znet Article, March, 08 2006 Noam Chomsky
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Staunton: First of all, I wanted to clear something up. I understand that some remarks you made about Bertie Ahern and "shoe shining" may have been reported inaccurately.Chomsky: The Press Association story on December 26th said that on his way to...

Znet Article Chomsky: Latin American Integration

Znet Article, March, 07 2006 Noam Chomsky
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Bernie Dwyer: I am reminded of a great Irish song called "The West's Awake" written by Thomas Davis in remembrance of the Fenian Uprising of 1798. It is about the west of Ireland asleep under British rule for hundreds of years and how it awoke fro...

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