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Reinhart: BARAK'S VERSION OF SHARON
Commentary, January, 23 2001
Tanya Reinhart
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One of the lessons of the massive protest which followed Sharon's war in Lebanon appeared to be that it is no longer possible to drag the Israeli people into wars of choice. But Barak has managed where Sharon failed - He convinced at least the cen...
Jensen: Inauguration 2001: A Citizens' Oath of Office
Commentary, January, 22 2001
Robert Jensen
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On Inauguration Day 2001, standing on the steps of the State Capitol just a Êfew blocks from the governor's mansion that George W. Bush recently had Êvacated, about 1,000 Austin residents raised their hands as I administered Êa Citizens' Oath of O...
Albert: Thinking About DU
Commentary, January, 16 2001
Michael Albert
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The past week has seen a steadily escalating rush of commentary about Depleted Uranium used in the Gulf War and the Balkans bombing. Particularly in England but in much of Europe and the U.S. as well, left journalists are condemning DUÕs use. E-ma...
Said: Trying again and again
Commentary, January, 11 2001
Edward Said
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The last-ditch American effort to make Yasser Arafat terminate his own people's sovereign existence bears the heavy imprint not only of the US-Israeli lobby but of Bill Clinton's political style. To say of Clinton's bridging proposals, as they hav...
Landau: FIDEL AND THE REVOLUTION, FORTY YEARS LATER
Commentary, January, 06 2001
Saul Landau
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On January 2, 1959, Habaneros filled the streets to greet the small band of long-haired, guerrilla warriors. The hated dictator, Fulgencio Batista, had fled to Florida, with his entourage. But what would the new government do? Everyone knew the re...
Reinhart: COUNT THE BLANK BALLOTS
Commentary, January, 04 2001
Tanya Reinhart
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Never was Israel further from democracy as it is in the coming elections. In the polls, 60% of the voters wanted another candidate to run against the two generals, but the political system, blatantly ignoring anything known about the will of the m...
Herman: Errors, Lies, & "Corrections"
Zmag Article, January, 01 2001
Edward Herman
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Errors, Lies, & "Corrections"
Barsamian: Listening In
Zmag Article, January, 01 2001
David Barsamian
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Listening In
Chomsky: Elections 2000
Zmag Article, January, 01 2001
Noam Chomsky
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Elections 2000
Cromwell: An Unholy Trinity: Truth, Market Forces and the Media
Commentary, December, 25 2000
David Cromwell
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Are you a regular newspaper reader? If so, you'll have noticed that many journalists and columnists include an email address at the bottom of their articles. They surely crave your feedback! So here's a fun experiment. Fire off an email to the com...
Wise: White Christmas?
Commentary, December, 21 2000
Tim Wise
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Well it's that time of year again. Time for all good Americans to focus on what really matters. Not family, community, or world peace, but that national sacrament of late-stage capitalism known as Holiday shopping. Whether you do it online, or dra...
Zinn: TENNIS ON THE TITANIC
Commentary, December, 16 2000
Howard Zinn
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As the prize of the presidency lurched wildly back and forth in the last days of the year, with the entire nation hypnotized by the spectacle, I had a vision. I saw the Titanic churning through the waters of the North Atlantic toward an iceberg lo...
Cohen: Toxic Waste As Strategy, Part 2
Zmag Article, December, 01 2000
Mitchel Cohen
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The trade in toxic waste is more than a lucrative industry; it is also a central strategy of the New World Order, an intentional way of enclosing lands and resources—the very air we breathe—previously held in common and setting up trade in “pollut...
Barsamian: Intifada 2000: The Palestinian Uprising
Zmag Article, December, 01 2000
David Barsamian
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Intifada 2000: The Palestinian Uprising
Salaita: ...Invisible, With Liberty and Justice for All
Zmag Article, December, 01 2000
Steven nasr Salaita
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...Invisible, With Liberty and Justice for All
Arbuthnot: Depleted Uranium in the Balkans
Zmag Article, December, 01 2000
Felicity Arbuthnot
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Depleted Uranium in the Balkans
Glass: Ramallah, West Bank
Commentary, November, 24 2000
Charles Glass
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Most afternoons, the boys head from their schools down to the edge of town where Israeli tanks and soldiers are standing by to watch unarmed children wage war. A wide road heads from the center of Ramallah downhill towards a hotel, the City Inn, w...
Herman: LIBERAL APOLOGETICS FOR IMPERIALISM
Commentary, November, 21 2000
Edward Herman
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Edward S. HermanThe American Prospect (TAP) magazine, edited by Robert Kuttner and Paul Starr, with Robert Reich as "National Editor," is a liberal magazine par excellence, and has frequent articles on domestic policy issues that represent the bes...
Prashad: Betrayed Redemption in Chile
Commentary, November, 15 2000
Vijay Prashad
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On Friday, 10 November, the Santiago (Chile) Court of Appeals refused to grant parole to retired army General Torres Silva. A few hours later, Judge Sergio Munoz indicted a general on active duty, Hernan Ramirez for the same crime. Both these lead...
Herman: NADER, OR DISENFRAN-
Commentary, November, 11 2000
Edward Herman
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It is well understood that this electoral system is sick for reason of the great importance of money. The two dominant parties are even recognized in the mainstream media to have two conventions: the nominal and heavily featured one where the publ...
