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Hayden: Why Barack Should De-Escalate on Pakistan
Znet Article, January, 08 2008
Tom Hayden
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As predicted, Barack Obama's advocacy of unilateral military intervention in Pakistan if there is "actionable intelligence" against al-Qaeda is giving legitimacy to the Bush administration's gathering plan for an escalation.
Mian: Pakistan's Khaki President
Znet Article, January, 05 2008
Zia Mian
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In November 2007, eight years after he first seized power, and six years after declaring himself president, General Pervez Musharraf staged his second coup against the rule of law in Pakistan. He declared martial law, suspended the Constitution an...
Ali: My Heart Bleeds For Pakistan
Znet Article, December, 31 2007
Tariq Ali
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Six hours before she was executed, Mary, Queen of Scots wrote to her brother-in-law, Henry III of France: "...As for my son, I commend him to you in so far as he deserves, for I cannot answer for him." The year was 1587.
Ali: Pakistan in Turmoil after Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination
Znet Article, December, 29 2007
Tariq Ali
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Hundreds and thousands of Pakistanis attend the funeral of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Pakistan’s political future remains unclear and riots erupted as news of Bhutto’s assassination spread across the country. Pakistani Preside...
Mishra: Pakistan Under Military Capital
Znet Article, December, 14 2007
Girish Mishra
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We have quite often come across terms such as ‘mercantile capital’, ‘industrial capital’ and ‘finance capital’, but we have seldom heard of ‘military capital’. Our knowledge and understanding of it has been very limited. There are two main reasons...
Ali: Pakistan at Sixty
Znet Article, November, 28 2007
Tariq Ali
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October 4, 2007 -- Pakistan is best avoided in August, when the rains come and transform the plains into a huge steam bath. When I lived there we fled to the mountains, but this year I stayed put. The real killer is the humidity. Relief arrives in...
Albert: Introduction to Globalization
Audio, October, 25 2007
Michael Albert
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Michael Albert on "Globalization". ASU, Brisbane. 2002
Munir: Pakistan Needs Scrutiny Not Charity
Znet Article, October, 09 2007
Kamal Munir
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Pakistan Needs Scrutiny Not Charity
Mian: Pakistan Under Siege
Znet Article, August, 24 2007
Zia Mian
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Pakistan is 60 years old. For over 40 years of its life, it has been ruled directly or indirectly by its army. Each cycle of military rule has left the country in desperate crisis. The rule of General Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in 1999...
Akhtar: Popular movement in Pakistan?
Znet Article, June, 01 2007
Aasim sajjad Akhtar
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Since March 9 when Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf fired the Chief Justice, a popular movement has been in the making. Ostensibly the Chief Justice was surplus to the general's requirements because he had made one objectionable ...
Mian: Pakistan in the region
Znet Article, May, 18 2007
Zia Mian
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Pakistan in the region
Edwards: MEDIA ALERT: A MENACE TO US ALL - MAX HASTINGS AND IRAN
Znet Article, April, 05 2007
David Edwards
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When the big fish of British journalism enter the much bigger pond of the American prestige press, they understand that success requires a willingness to massage elite American prejudices. This kow-towing to claptrap is received all the more warml...
Glick: Uniting the Movements: Atlanta, Ga. in Late June
Commentary, April, 01 2007
Ted Glick
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How will we bring about significant change in the USA? There are a number of things that need to happen, but one bottom-line, essential requirement is the coming together of a critical mass of organizers and activists into a grassroots-based, poli...
Prashad: The Best Security is a New Foreign Policy
Commentary, January, 03 2007
Vijay Prashad
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The Grand Old Party's puppeteers sigh with relief. Their marionettes can be put back in the trunks, and repaired for a renewed assault on the political stage. They took the U. S. to war in Iraq, and fell into a trap. The word "quagmire" could not...
Landau: Bush’s Foley –The Democrats’ big chance
Commentary, October, 28 2006
Saul Landau
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Less than one month before the November congressional elections, the Great Scriptwriter in the Sky directed Republicans to stage a disruptive sex scandal – for the benefit of the Democrats.
Hoodbhoy: Musharraf's Coup – Seven Years Later
Commentary, October, 18 2006
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Some had feared - while others had hoped - that General Pervez Musharraf's coup of October 12, 1999, would bring the revolution of Kemal Ataturk to a Pakistan and wrest the country from the iron grip of mullahs. But years later a definitive truth ...
Monbiot: Defend Our Ranting Homophobes
Commentary, October, 15 2006
George Monbiot
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Stephen Green represents everything most readers of the Guardian loathe. As head of the organisation Christian Voice, he sought to have Jerry Springer the Opera banned from theatres and the BBC and prosecuted for blasphemy. When Hurricane Katrina ...
Chomsky: Apocalypse Near
Commentary, August, 08 2006
Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky interviewed by Merav Yudilovitch
Ahmad: The Gujar Khan Intifada in Pakistan
Znet Article, July, 07 2006
Junaid Ahmad
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The complaints by friends and family never ended: nothing’s happening, nor will it happen, since people, even though the vast majority of them are suffering, are lazy and passive. My stay in Pakistan so far has often encountered such cynic...
Shiva: The US – India Nuclear Agreement
Commentary, April, 21 2006
Vandana2 Shiva
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India, a civilisation built on renewable energy and biodiversity economies is currently at a cross roads - will she continue on its renewable energy path based on biodiversity, and energy equity, or will she follow the non-sustainable energy path ...
