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Commentary Burchill: Corrected: Mad, Bad, Dangerous To Know

Commentary, October, 26 2001 Scott Burchill
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WASHINGTON'S decision to renew friendships with the Northern Alliance for its war against al-Qa'ida and the Taliban provides clues as to what George W. Bush, Tony Blair and John Howard mean by "our values".

Commentary Solomon: War Needs Good Public Relations

Commentary, October, 26 2001 Norman Solomon
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For some people, war is terror, disaster and death. For others, it's a PR problem.

Commentary Peters: Where are the Afghan Women?

Commentary, October, 23 2001 Cynthia Peters
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In my previous commentary, I used Cynthia Enloe's question, "Where are the women?" to explore how gender politics are being used to ignite patriotism on the domestic front. What happens when we apply the same question to the country the U.S. is cu...

Commentary Albert: What’s So Complex About It?

Commentary, October, 19 2001 Michael Albert
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In the past few weeks I have minutely explored, often with Stephen Shalom, multifold concerns about September 11 and the “war on terrorism.” With him I have tried to calmly and soberly respond to all kinds of concerns people feel. ...

Commentary Pilger: A war in the American tradition

Commentary, October, 16 2001 John Pilger
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The Anglo-American attack on Afghanistan crosses new boundaries. It means that America's economic wars are now backed by the perpetual threat of military attack on any country, without legal pretence.

Commentary Solomon: Killing Them Softly: Starvation And Dollar Bills For Afghan Kids

Commentary, October, 13 2001 Norman Solomon
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The Pentagon's air drops of food parcels and President Bush's plea for American children to aid Afghan kids with dollar bills will go down in history as two of the most cynical maneuvers of media manipulation in the early 21st century.

Znet Article Black: An Impartial Tribunal?

Znet Article, October, 10 2001 Chris Black
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Private justice replacing public justice The indictment of Slobodan Milosevic for alleged war crimes raises important questions about the impartiality and, ultimately, the purpose of the International Criminal Tribunal. For centuries, the independ...

Commentary Rebick: Assault On Liberty

Commentary, October, 07 2001 Judy Rebick
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We are not even at war yet and the most important freedom in a democracy, freedom of speech, is already under assault.

Commentary Solomon: Media Spin Revolves Around The Word "terrorist"

Commentary, October, 06 2001 Norman Solomon
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During the first two days of this month, CNN's website displayed an odd little announcement. "There have been false reports that CNN has not used the word 'terrorist' to refer to those who attacked the World Trade Center and Pentagon," the noti...

Commentary Prashad: Forward Into the Past: US War Aims

Commentary, October, 05 2001 Vijay Prashad
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The US State Department-Pentagon has a bad record on war aims. During the lead-up to the Gulf War, the Bush administration, Part 1, argued that the US was needed to liberate Kuwait.

Commentary Herman: ANTITERRORISM AS A COVER FOR TERRORISM

Commentary, October, 05 2001 Edward Herman
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During the Cold War the United States supported a string of terror states, from the immediate post-World War backing given Thailand dictator Phibun Songkhram, "the first pro-Axis dictator to regain power after the war," to its support of Suharto, ...

Commentary Monbiot: Genocide or Peace

Commentary, October, 02 2001 George Monbiot
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Peace has been declared before the war has begun. Those who advocated the obliteration of Kabul and Baghdad have retreated in the face of insuperable complexity. Many of those who argued against aggression have relaxed as the threat of carpet bomb...

Zmag Article Shalom: September 11 And Its Aftermath

Zmag Article, October, 01 2001 Stephen Shalom
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September 11 And Its Aftermath

Zmag Article Petras: Neomercantilist Empire in Latin America, Part 2

Zmag Article, October, 01 2001 James Petras
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Neomercantilist Empire in Latin America, Part 2

Zmag Article Clayton: none

Zmag Article, October, 01 2001 W. michael byrd and linda a. Clayton
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Zmag Article Berkowitz: The National Endowment for Democracy

Zmag Article, October, 01 2001 Bill Berkowitz
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The National Endowment for Democracy

Commentary Burchill: The US, Indonesia, and Terror

Commentary, October, 01 2001 Scott Burchill
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In a bid to build its coalition for a war against terrorism, the United States has demonstrated that it is keen to have on side the world's biggest Islamic nation, Indonesia. Support from Indonesia, an ally of the United States from the late 1960s...

Commentary Albert: Albert Interviews Chomsky

Commentary, September, 29 2001 Michael Albert
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I sent six questions to Noam Chomsky. His answers, by email, are below.

Commentary Albert: What's Going On?

Commentary, September, 28 2001 Michael Albert
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The U.S. response to September 11 seeks to benefit elites in the U.S., and, to a lesser degree, around the world. There are various goals.

Commentary Brecher: Now, More Than Ever: A Global Movement for Global Justice

Commentary, September, 27 2001 Jeremy Brecher
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In the months before September 11, the Bush Administration undermined one effort after another to address world problems on an international basis. It skipped out on the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, scuttled efforts to control biological weap...

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