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Chomsky: Master Mind
Znet Article, November, 15 2005
Noam Chomsky
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Three weeks ago, Prof. Noam Chomsky was voted the most important public intellectual in the world today. About 20,000 people took part in the poll, which was conducted jointly by a British monthly called Prospect and the Washington-based Foreign P...
Kagarlitsky: Riots in France
Znet Article, November, 11 2005
Boris Kagarlitsky
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For two weeks now, France has been rocked by street violence and arson. And for two weeks, Russian commentators have held forth about the "Muslim factor" and "ethnic conflicts." It's easier to spout cliches than to figure out what's really hap...
Ireland: WHY IS FRANCE BURNING?
Znet Article, November, 06 2005
Doug Ireland
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Saturday night was the 10th day of the spreading youth riots that...
Albert: Venezuela's Path
Znet Article, November, 06 2005
Michael Albert
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Going to Venezuela? There are beautiful waterfalls and mountains. There is rich surf, sand, and sun. But nowadays the biggest attraction is revolution. This October I spent a week in Caracas. That's not much information to work with but for what ...
Zunes: Bush Again Resorts to Fear-Mongering to Justify Iraq Policy
Znet Article, November, 04 2005
Stephen Zunes
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President George W. Bush's October 6 address at the National Endowment for Democracy illustrated his administration's increasingly desperate effort to justify the increasingly unpopular U.S. war in Iraq. The speech focused upon the Bush administra...
Shrivastava: Civilization and compassion at the dawn of the twenty-first century
Znet Article, November, 04 2005
Aseem Shrivastava
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Civilization is on a mission from God to free the world from the evil of tyranny and bring democracy and human rights to all peoples of the planet. Presumably, there is human concern and compassion behind such a quest, more grand than any conceive...
Chery: A Situation of Terror
Znet Article, November, 04 2005
Paul Chery
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In late September 2005, the General Secretary of the Confédération des travailleurs haitiens (CTH - one of Haiti’s biggest unions), Paul “Loulou†Chéry, visited Ottawa and Montréal. Chéry was on a speaking tour organi...
Joshi: Water, Water Everywhere
Znet Article, November, 04 2005
Sushma Joshi
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As a child growing up in Kathmandu, I became familiar with the splutter of a pipe trying to pull water and coming up with empty air. Kathmandu is a paradox - it is a Valley surrounded by the Himalayas, the mountain range which fulfills the water n...
Baptiste: We Won't Be Peaceful and Let Them Kill Us Any Longer
Znet Article, November, 04 2005
Rosean Baptiste
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We Won't Be Peaceful and Let Them Kill Us Any Longer
Whitmont: The Case of David Hicks
Znet Article, November, 03 2005
Debbie Whitmont
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The Case of David Hicks
Finkelstein: Beyond Chutzpah
Znet Article, November, 02 2005
Norman Finkelstein
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Audacity. Cheekiness. Daring. Gutsiness. Any one of these words can define the Yiddish word, “chutzpah†with both positive and negative nuances. But as DePaul Professor Norm Finkelstein demonstrates in his new book, “Beyond...
Quinney: The World's Best Kept Secret
Znet Article, October, 27 2005
James Quinney
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In 1943, as Britain was facing the threat of Nazi invasion, Winston Churchill wrote: "The power of the executive to cast a man in prison without formulating any charge known to the law and particularly to deny him the judgement of his peers is in ...
Martin: Venezuelan trade unionists discuss workers' management and factory occupations
Znet Article, October, 26 2005
Jorge Martin
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Workers' representatives and trade union activists from around the country met in Caracas on October 21-22, in the National Gathering of Workers towards the Recovery of Companies. The main aim of this meeting, called by Venezuela's National Worker...
Solo: Varieties of imperial aggression
Znet Article, October, 26 2005
Toni Solo
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When the UN received the recent Mehlis report on the murder of former Lebanese President Rafik Hariri, one suggested tribunal for a possible prosecution was the International Criminal Court. Rejecting such a proposal, Secretary of State Condoleezz...
Weissman: Outing CIA Agents
Znet Article, October, 24 2005
Steve Weissman
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[Introduction by Tom Engelhardt: As many now know,...
Ireland: Urgent! NEW REPUBLICAN GAG RULE ON NON-PROFITS
Znet Article, October, 24 2005
Doug Ireland
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The group OMB Watch has issued an urgent appeal about a new Republican gag rule restricting the ability of non-profit organizations to do voter r...
Lendman: The Sorrows of Haiti
Znet Article, October, 20 2005
Stephen Lendman
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On February 28, 2004, in the middle of the night, the U.S. again invaded Haiti. It abducted and forcibly removed democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide by its staged coup d'etat and flew him against his will to the Central African...
Pilger: The Silence of Writers
Znet Article, October, 16 2005
John Pilger
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In 1988, the English literary critic and novelist, D.J. Taylor wrote a seminal piece entitled 'When the Pen Sleeps'. He expanded this into a book 'A Vain Conceit', in which he wondered why the English novel so often denigrated into 'drawing room t...
Pate: Haiti, Imperialism, and the Treachery of Liberals
Znet Article, October, 15 2005
Shirley Pate
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What liberals choose to overlook is dangerous. “Unfinished Country,†a film about Haiti by Jane Regan, aired on PBS on September 6. I’m not sure if I have seen a documentary so devoid of context. For the life of me, I d...
Turse: The Fallen Legion
Znet Article, October, 14 2005
Nick Turse
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The Fallen Legion
