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Herman: The Politics of the Srebrenica Massacre*
Znet Article, July, 07 2005
Edward Herman
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"Srebrenica" has become the symbol of evil, and specifically Serb evil. It is commonly described as "a horror without parallel in the history of Europe since the Second World War" in which there was a cold-blooded execution "of at least 8,000 Musl...
Chomsky: What We Know
Znet Article, July, 05 2005
Noam Chomsky
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Thirty-five years ago I agreed, in a weak moment, to give a talk with the title “Language and Freedom.†When the time came to think about it, I realized that I might have something to say about language and about freedom, but the w...
Zapatero: GAY MARRIAGE SPEECH
Znet Article, July, 01 2005
Jose luis rodriguez Zapatero
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GAY MARRIAGE SPEECH
Sadri: Exact opposite of paranoia
Znet Article, June, 30 2005
Ahmad Sadri
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As the velvet revolution of 1989 unrolled in Prague, Czech activists recalled the dark skies of the Spring of 1968. They had jubilantly arrived at 89 by turning 68 on its head. Today, Tehran feels like it has been on a runaway time machine going i...
Wearing: Iraq's future: the present course and the alternatives
Znet Article, June, 14 2005
Dave Wearing
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"There are some who feel like that if they attack us that we may decide to leave prematurely. They don't understand what they're talking about, if that's the case. My answer is, bring them on. We've got the force necessary to deal with the secu...
Bix: Emperor, Shinto, Democracy:
Znet Article, June, 14 2005
Herbert Bix
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Japanese archaeologists and historians have long rejected the government's claim that Japan has had 124 emperors from the mythical Jimmu, descendant of the Sun Goddess, to the controversial Showa Emperor Hirohito, whose pre-World War II reign brou...
Mian: Lingering Shadows
Znet Article, June, 11 2005
Zia Mian
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Recent weeks have seen many events commemorating the 60th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in the second world war. There has been little or no discussion of some of the most important and enduring legacies of that war that have cast a lo...
Klein: Torture's Part of the Territory
Znet Article, June, 08 2005
Naomi Klein
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Brace yourself for a flood of gruesome new torture snapshots. Last week, a federal judge ordered the Defense Department to release dozens of additional photographs and videotapes depicting prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib. The photographs will elicit...
Grodzinsky: In the Shadow of the Holocaust
Znet Article, June, 07 2005
Yosef Grodzinsky
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Spannos: Maybe you could begin by summarizing the reasoning underlying the belief that Zionism and its product -- the state of Israel -- is the ultimate manifestation of Jewish identity? Where does this reasoning come from? Grodzinsky: Zionist d...
Ward: It's Not Just Eskimos in Bikinis
Znet Article, June, 06 2005
Chip Ward
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When we hear the term "global warming," we usually imagine collapsing Antarctic ice shelves, melting Alaskan glaciers, or perhaps starving polar bears wandering bewildered across an ice-free, alien landscape. Warnings about climate change tend to ...
Engler: Haiti and Media
Znet Article, June, 05 2005
Yves Engler
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Extra, extra, read all about it ... but only in ZNet. Here are just a few of the recent non- or under-reported stories involving Canada and Haiti. Did you read in your local paper that in mid-May, 250 people braved a rainy Sunday morning in downt...
Boxall: South Africa and Palestine
Znet Article, May, 30 2005
Lawrence Boxall
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Lawrence Boxall is an anti-war activist and socialist; a member of Jews for a Just Peace, Stopwar.ca and the International Socialists, as well as being a veteran of the anti-Apartheid struggle in South Africa. Before moving to Vancouver in time to...
Whitney: The EU Constitution; savaging national sovereignty
Znet Article, May, 30 2005
Mike Whitney
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The EU constitution is a Trojan horse slapped together by corporate and banking elites with the clear purpose of undermining national sovereignty and accelerating globalization. Thank God the French had the common sense to read the document and vo...
Vltchek: Aceh: Take Action Now
Znet Article, May, 30 2005
Andre Vltchek
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ACEH: There is no “Ground Zero†in Banda Aceh – no single point which can be defined as the epicenter of disaster. A tremendous wave leveled entire neighborhoods to the ground. Closer to the coast, what remains of the city ...
Wagner: Knocking over Dominos in Latin America
Znet Article, May, 29 2005
Sarah Wagner
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On Monday, May 16th tens of thousands of Bolivian Indigenous descended from the shantytowns surrounding La Paz, the capital, demanding that the government of Carlos Mesa increase royalties on foreign transnational corporations from 18% to 50%. By ...
Engelhardt: Star Wars XXII
Znet Article, May, 26 2005
Tom Engelhardt
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Star Wars XXII
Shalom: The Anti-War Movement and Iraq
Znet Article, May, 24 2005
Stephen1 Shalom
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Kogure: Turning back the clock on gender equality
Znet Article, May, 22 2005
Satoko Kogure
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As the government emphasizes patriotism as part of the national school curriculum and discussion continues apace over revising Article 9, some ...
Chomsky: State and Corp.
Znet Article, May, 18 2005
Noam Chomsky
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Q: We want to talk about the two dominant power structures of the modern era: the national state and the transnational corporations. The first question is, could you please talk about the rise of this concept of the national state: Why was it crea...
Galati: Multi-Culturalism or Multi-Segregation?
Znet Article, May, 16 2005
Rocco Galati
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The word "multiculturalism" evokes, in Toronto, images of a sausage-fest on College Street's "Little Italy," or a Souvlaki-fest on the Danforth's "Greek Town," Kebob-fests on Gerrard Street's South Asian Quarter, or any of the other food-fests, da...
