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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...
Herman: "The Price Is Worth It"
Commentary, September, 25 2001
Edward Herman
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Try to imagine how the mainstream U.S. media and intellectuals would respond to the disclosure that at an early planning meeting of the terrorists responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the question had come up about w...
Fisk: How can the US bomb
Commentary, September, 23 2001
Robert Fisk
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We are witnessing this weekend one of the most epic events since the Second World War, certainly since Vietnam. I am not talking about the ruins of the World Trade Centre in New York and the grotesque physical scenes which we watched on 11 Septemb...
Albert: Peace Movement Prospects
Commentary, September, 21 2001
Michael Albert
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September 11 went well beyond tragic. Worse is possible. Much better is also possible. And to achieve better is why activists need to not only mourn, but also to educate and organize. But many people I encounter doubt peace movement prospects. I f...
Chomsky: Composite Interview 2
Commentary, September, 20 2001
Noam Chomsky
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1. How do you see the media coverage of this event? Is there a parallel to the Gulf War in "manufacturing consent?"
Albert: Five Reasons Not to Go to War
Commentary, September, 19 2001
Michael Albert
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In the wake of the horrific attacks of September 11, many people find their feelings of sadness and shock mixed with anger and calls for war. But war would be horribly wrong for at least five reasons.
Albert: Perceiving the Situation
Commentary, September, 18 2001
Michael Albert
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Beyond Bush and his ilk predictably trying to use calamity to propel their reactionary agendas on every front they can, from repressive legislation about eavesdropping, to military expansion, and even to tax policy -- it is certainly also true and...
Hoodbhoy: BLACK TUESDAY: THE VIEW FROM ISLAMABAD
Commentary, September, 17 2001
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Samuel Huntington's evil desire for a clash between civilizations may well come true after Tuesday's terror attacks. The crack that divided Muslims everywhere from the rest of the world is no longer a crack. It is a gulf, that if not bridged, will...
Weissman: Respond to Violence: Teach Peace, Not War
Commentary, September, 15 2001
Robert Weissman
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Open the Washington Post to it's editorial pages, and war talk dominates.
Pilger: Inevitable ring to the unimaginable
Commentary, September, 14 2001
John Pilger
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If the attacks on America have their source in the Islamic world, who can really be surprised?
Herman: FOLKS OUT THERE HAVE A
Commentary, September, 14 2001
Edward Herman
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One of the most durable features of the U.S. culture is the inability or refusal to recognize U.S. crimes. The media have long been calling for the Japanese and Germans to admit guilt, apologize, and pay reparations.
Sommers: Blowback
Commentary, September, 12 2001
Jeffrey Sommers
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In CIA parlance missions that are ÒsuccessfulÓ create backlashes. The CIA aptly calls this ÒBlowback.Ó
Prashad: The Ruse of Israel: Durban Failures.
Commentary, September, 10 2001
Vijay Prashad
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At the intersection of Durban's Grey and Queen streets sits the largest mosque in the southern hemisphere, the Jama Masjid or Friday Mosque (completed in 1927). A cool, spring breeze filters into the courtyard where I'm spending some moments with ...
Herman: THE OFFENSE BUDGET
Commentary, September, 09 2001
Edward Herman
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Just about the time George Orwell published his novel 1984, shortly after the end of World War II, the U.S. "War Department" was renamed the "Defense Department." This name change also coincided with the fact that the United States was then the so...
Wise: Reflections on Zionism From a Dissident Jew
Commentary, September, 05 2001
Tim Wise
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So itÕs official. The U.S. has withdrawn from theÊWorld Conference on Racism, being held inÊDurban, South Africa. And thoughÊthe cynical and historically observant might suspect that this decision was merely in keeping withÊour longstanding unwill...
Pilger: Liberal elites have always disguised their innate conservatism
Commentary, September, 04 2001
John Pilger
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At the Hay-on-Wye literary festival in May, leading members of the media and cultural elite assembled in the fine gardens of a Regency house to await the arrival of the great man. They included broadsheet editors, deputy editors, literary editors,...
Glick: White Progressives, Black Reparations
Commentary, September, 02 2001
Ted Glick
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How many white progressives "get it" when it comes to the issue of reparations for people of African descent? More to the point, how many are able to genuinely and rationally consider it?
Herman: Propaganda System Number One
Zmag Article, September, 01 2001
Edward Herman
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Propaganda System Number One
Monbiot: Hell's Grannies
Commentary, August, 20 2001
George Monbiot
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Ariel Sharon's decision not to blast the Palestinians out of existence after last week's suicide bombings is, at first sight, mystifying. While jets blew up the Palestinians' police station in Ramallah and Israeli soldiers occupied their East Je...
Pilger: Liberal elites have always disguised their innate conservatism
Commentary, August, 13 2001
John Pilger
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At the Hay-on-Wye literary festival in May, leading members of the media and cultural elite assembled in the fine gardens of a Regency house to await the arrival of the great man. They included broadsheet editors, deputy editors, literary editors,...
