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Commentary Edwards: ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE...

Commentary, August, 10 2001 David Edwards
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"All of existence", an ancient sage once wrote, "depends on the tip of a wish." By which he meant that the state of the world is determined by what ultimately motivates us: if enough people basically crave personal wealth and power, then the world...

Commentary Prashad: Hindutva and Zionism: Comprador States of Pentagon, Inc.

Commentary, August, 08 2001 Vijay Prashad
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George W. Bush has a cat named India. In New Delhi, about thirty activists of the Hindu Right's political formation, the BJP, stood before the US Embassy outraged with this news. "We are not cats," said one man, "we are lions."

Commentary Brecher: The Road from Genoa

Commentary, August, 03 2001 Jeremy Brecher
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In the year-and-a-half from the Battle of Seattle to the Battle of Genoa, the WTO, World Bank, IMF, and G-8 have provided spectacular "targets of opportunity" for the transnational movement challenging top-down globalization. The movement has refr...

Commentary Solomon: THE PENTAGON PAPERS: MEDIA PRAISE RINGING HOLLOW

Commentary, July, 16 2001 Norman Solomon
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When they challenged the power of the White House by claiming the right to publish the Pentagon Papers, the nation's two most influential newspapers took a laudable stand. During the three decades since then, praise for their journalistic courage ...

Commentary Reinhart: OUT NOW!

Commentary, July, 13 2001 Tanya Reinhart
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In contrast to the spirit of blood and revenge which is now dominating the Israeli public discourse, there has been for years a wide consensus in the Israeli society that peace with the Palestinians requires withdrawal from the occupied territorie...

Commentary Shah: Unveiling the Taleban Dress Codes Are Not the Issue, New Study Finds

Commentary, July, 10 2001 Sonia Shah
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While outrage over the Taleban's requirement that Afghan women wear a head-to-toe veil continues, a new comprehensive study shows that the majority of Afghan women consider the Taleban's dress codes a non-issue, and many choose to wear the burqa o...

Commentary Cromwell: DEMOLISHING GLOBAL MYTHS

Commentary, July, 06 2001 David Cromwell
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David Cromwell talks to John Pilger about his forthcoming television documentary, The New Rulers of the World, which examines the real meaning of the 'global economy', including the virtually unknown and bloody history of how globalisation took ro...

Commentary Herman: GODFATHERLY GLOBAL JUSTICE: MILOSEVIC, SHARON AND SUHARTO

Commentary, July, 05 2001 Edward Herman
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The politicization of the system of global justice has reached new heights over the past decade, with the U.S. Godfather asserting his firmer hegemonic position with an arrogance that is a throwback to Secretary of State Richard Olney's statement ...

Commentary Chomsky: Hegemony or Survival Part Two

Commentary, July, 04 2001 Noam Chomsky
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European observers find it "a paradox" that "a country willing to spend more than $100bn on an unproven project to blow up incoming nuclear warheads as they enter the atmosphere would opt not to pay less than a thousandth of that amount to help pr...

Commentary Chomsky: Hegemony or Survival Part One

Commentary, July, 03 2001 Noam Chomsky
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At the end of June,, the UN Conference on Disarmament concludes the second of its year 2001 sessions. Prospects for any constructive outcome of disarmament efforts are slim. Discussions have been blocked by US insistence on pursuing ballistic miss...

Commentary Raptis: Racism; The Greek Variety

Commentary, July, 02 2001 Nikos Raptis
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On October 21, 1999 my wife and I attended the presentation of the latest book of a friend, in downtown Athens. After the presentation, at around 12 midnight, the author invited five or six of us to dinner at a nearby tavern. My wife was not feeli...

Zmag Article Solomon: Media Beat

Zmag Article, July, 01 2001 Norman Solomon
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Media Beat

Zmag Article Blum: none

Zmag Article, July, 01 2001 Bill Blum
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Zmag Article Herman: Profiles In Cowardice

Zmag Article, July, 01 2001 Edward Herman
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Profiles In Cowardice

Zmag Article Bond: Zimbabwe Lurches Toward a Pauper's Burial

Zmag Article, July, 01 2001 Patrick Bond
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Zimbabwe Lurches Toward a Pauper's Burial

Zmag Article Gerson: In Dark Times

Zmag Article, July, 01 2001 Joseph Gerson
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In Dark Times

Zmag Article Berkowitz: Welfare Privatization

Zmag Article, July, 01 2001 Bill Berkowitz
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In 1996, welfare as we knew it was changed radically by the passage and signing of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. The new law gave states unprecedented leeway in determining how the new Temporary Assista...

Commentary Gonsalves: Dumb and Dumber?

Commentary, June, 30 2001 Sean Gonsalves
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IÕve been duped! But thanks to New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, thereÕs hope for me yet. ÒAmerica has lost the propaganda war with Saddam. Period,Ó he wrote back in February.

Commentary Choudry: We Must Mobilise Against A Miasma of Mini-MAIs

Commentary, June, 21 2001 Aziz Choudry
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YouÕve got to wonder at the nerve of New Zealand trade officials. During the furtive Multilateral Agreement on Investment negotiations and the subsequent international waves of opposition they were quietly hatching binding bilateral investment dea...

Commentary Herman: HITCHENS ON "BODY COUNT IN KOSOVO"

Commentary, June, 19 2001 Edward Herman
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An important public relations bonanza for the U.S. and other NATO powers' actions across the globe has been the accommodation of many leftists to the priorities and channeled benevolence of their leaders. These "New Humanitarians" have been furiou...

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