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Znet Article Herman: Propaganda in the Free Press

Znet Article, May, 03 2003 Edward Herman
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Ed Herman, Professor Emeritus at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, co-authored the landmark book Manufacturing Consent with Noam Chomsky. He's authored many other books including: The Real Terror Network, The Washington Connection an...

Znet Article Johnson: The Real Casualty Rate from America's Iraq Wars

Znet Article, May, 03 2003 Chalmers Johnson
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Most young Americans who enlist in our all-volunteer armed forces -- roughly four out of five -- specifically choose non-combat jobs, becoming computer technicians, personnel managers, shipping clerks, truck mechanics, weather forecasters, intelli...

Znet Article Hilfiker: Fig Leaves (and flimsy ones at that)

Znet Article, May, 03 2003 David Hilfiker
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Reflect with me a little on the justifications that have been offered for the conflict with Iraq. Too often, I fear, we rush from one issue to the next, trying to parse the meaning of current events, but we rarely pause to "connect the dots"-- and...

Znet Article Wada: Recovering a Lost Opportunity

Znet Article, May, 03 2003 Haruki Wada
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[The September 17, 2002 agreement between Japan and North Korea opened the way to resolution of the longstanding conflict that is central to tensions on the Korean peninsula, in Japan-Korea relations, and throughout Northeast Asia. Those prospects...

Znet Article Various: Don't join FTAA

Znet Article, May, 03 2003 Various
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Dear Mr. President This letter is addressed to you by persons who hold you in esteem, admire your political trajectory and wish to give you total support so that you can live up to the enormous hopes that your victory has awakened in the Brazilia...

Znet Article Levy: Apartheid Wall

Znet Article, May, 03 2003 Gideon Levy
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For the Israelis it is a "separation fence," for the Palestinians - an "apartheid wall." For the Israelis it is an ideal, for the Palestinians an existential threat. For most Israelis it is a magic solution to the dread of terrorism. For the Pales...

Commentary Author: First Imagine It And Then Build It

Commentary, May, 02 2003 Guest Author
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One of the most famous and political of modern paintings, Picasso's Guernica, powerfully expresses the horror of modern war. On the occasion of U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's address to the Security Council in February to persuade them of ...

Znet Article Landau: The Cuba Conundrum

Znet Article, May, 02 2003 Saul Landau
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The Cuba Conundrum

Znet Article Susskind: 10 Reasons To Oppose Us Militarization Of Aid And Reconstruction In Iraq

Znet Article, May, 02 2003 Yifat Susskind
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"We will deliver the food and medicine you need. We will tear down the apparatus of terror and we will help you to build a new Iraq that is prosperous and free." George Bush, televised address, 3/17/03. Now that Bush's illegal invasion has given...

Znet Article Authors: Statement to the World

Znet Article, May, 02 2003 Many Authors
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To the conscience of the world    The international order has been violated as a consequence of the invasion  against Iraq. A single power is inflicting grave damage to the norms of understanding, debate and mediati...

Znet Article Crass: But We Don't Have Leaders

Znet Article, May, 02 2003 Chris Crass
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Leadership and leadership development can play important roles in moving forward with our commitment to equality in organizations, movements and society. Leadership development, as defined by organizer Dara Silverman, is working with others to bui...

Znet Article Kaur nann: Grounding Power

Znet Article, May, 02 2003 Nrinder nindy Kaur nann
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Nrinder Nindy Kaur Nann is fiercely dedicated to equality in her personal life, in her community based organizing and through her work in Ottawa, Ontario, as the National Representative on Youth Issues for the Canadian Labour Congress, the nationa...

Znet Article Jean schemo: House Backs Vast Changes In Education For Disabled Children

Znet Article, May, 02 2003 Dianne Jean schemo
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WASHINGTON, April 30 - The House today passed major changes to the laws governing special education for some 6.6 million children, while voting down amendments that would have eased the way for disabled children to attend private school at taxpaye...

Znet Article Kolko: The Age of Unilateral War

Znet Article, May, 02 2003 Gabriel Kolko
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The disintegration of the Soviet bloc permitted American unilateralism on a scale the modern world has never seen. But with its war against Iraq the United States for the first time openly massed its military power and then invaded another nation,...

Commentary Russell: Clusters of Bombs

Commentary, May, 01 2003 Marta Russell
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In a truly "developed" world where diplomacy reigned over brute force and the wealth of a nation was used to better the lives of its citizenry, the US military would be stripped of the billions of the people's tax dollars it wastes. Militarism wou...

Znet Article Gordon: The Missing

Znet Article, May, 01 2003 Neve Gordon
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Magdalena Emperatriz was kidnapped on May 31, 1982 during a counter-insurgency campaign carried out by the Salvadoran army. She was 15 days old. The campaign resulted in the killing of hundreds of civilians and the destruction of dozens of towns a...

Znet Article Barreto: Navy Pushed Out Of Vieques

Znet Article, May, 01 2003 Roberto Barreto
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THE PEOPLE of Vieques have won an important victory over the U.S. Navy. After six decades of struggle--including an intensive period of mobilizations and mass civil disobedience actions over the past four years--the Navy was forced to abandon Vieq...

Znet Article Smith: The Looting Of Iraq's Oil Wealth Begins

Znet Article, May, 01 2003 Sharon Smith
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 GEORGE W. BUSH is calling for the immediate lifting of United Nations (UN) sanctions that have killed more than 1 million Iraqis--a demand raised by human rights activists since the last Gulf War ended in 1991. But there is no reason to cel...

Znet Article El-hawalawy: A new wave of Islamic Militancy?

Znet Article, May, 01 2003 Hossam El-hawalawy
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The fall of Baghdad, as President Bush had expected, sent shockwaves throughout the region. Some say, however, if the American president thought the domino effect would be one of democratization, he is likely to be mistaken. Many Arabs across the ...

Commentary Gonsalves: The Wisdom Of Fools?

Commentary, April, 30 2003 Sean Gonsalves
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The conservative philosopher George Satayana is one of several people who has been credited with having coined the phrase: those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it - the implication being that to repeat, at least, certain parts of histo...

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