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Wise: Fear, Loathing and Laura Bush:
Commentary, March, 07 2003
Tim Wise
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Fear, Loathing and Laura Bush:
Solomon: American Media Dodging UN Surveillance Story
Znet Article, March, 07 2003
Norman Solomon
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Three days after a British newspaper revealed a memo about U.S. spying on U.N. Security Council delegations, I asked Daniel Ellsberg to assess the importance of the story. "This leak," he replied, "is more timely and potentially more important tha...
Dutta: Where they create desolation, they call it peace
Znet Article, March, 07 2003
Avjit Dutta
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"They know we own their country. We own their airspace... We dictate the way they live and talk. And that's what's great about America right now. It's a good thing, especially when there is a lot of oil out there we need." --Air force Brigadier Ge...
Jiwani: Are US corporations funding Hindu extremist violence in India?
Znet Article, March, 07 2003
Subuhi Jiwani
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February 28, 2003 marked the first anniversary of the outbreak of the most horrendous religious violence in India since the subcontinent's 1947 partition. February and March 2002 witnessed the orchestration of what human rights groups have called ...
Nakamura: Before my eyes, children killed by bombing
Znet Article, March, 07 2003
Tetsu Nakamura
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Nakamura Tetsu, a Japanese physician, has worked in Afghanistan and Pakistan for twenty years as head of the Peshawar Medical Association, an NGO that he founded. PMA in addition to providing medical care, also drills wells to provide water for dr...
Fisk: The West has been Liberating the Middle East for Centuries
Znet Article, March, 07 2003
Robert Fisk
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ON 8 MARCH 1917, Lieutenant- general Stanley Maude issued a "Proclamation to the People of the Wilayat of Baghdad". Maude's Anglo-Indian Army of the Tigres had just invaded and occupied Iraq - after storming up the country from Basra - to "free" i...
Burrows: The Praise and the Pie
Znet Article, March, 07 2003
Paul Burrows
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Two things come to mind from my recent experience at the World Social Forum (WSF) in Porto Alegre, Brazil. On the one hand, we hear many activists singing the praises of the WSF, and pinning incredible hopes on the rise and example of both the Bra...
Cowan: 13 Myths on War in Iraq
Znet Article, March, 07 2003
Rich Cowan
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Table of Contents Myth 1: Removing Saddam Will Punish 9/11 Perpetrators Myth 2: Powell Presented Strong Evidence at UN Myth 3: Saddam May Soon Threaten US Myth 4: Experts 'Discover' Prohibited Missile Myth 5: Bin Laden Tape Proves Iraq Co...
Russell: Bush Billions To Turkey: Screw The Govs, And The Poor Too.
Commentary, March, 06 2003
Marta Russell
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Governors, who've been told by President Bush to go home and stare at their own budget spreadsheets, ought to take a look at the president's spending plans and start screaming bloody murder! Because it seems that many states - foreign states - are...
Hallinan: Flying Burglar
Znet Article, March, 06 2003
Conn Hallinan
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While the Bush Administration is calling the recent interception of a U.S. spy plane by North Korean fighters a "provocation," it is instead the logical outcome of a deeply flawed U.S. policy toward Pyongyang, and one that threatens a potentially ...
Tair: none
Znet Article, March, 06 2003
Suzanne abu Tair
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As almost all know, yesterday was the international day of student protest where students around the globe were urged to walkout of school in protest of the impending war on Iraq. I figured the turnout in New York City would be pretty large after ...
Bennis: Timeline/Talking Points
Znet Article, March, 06 2003
Phyllis Bennis
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Around the world Bush's war is as much the object of derision as it is the target of a newly empowered global opposition movement. Hundreds of thousands of anti-war protesters continue to fill the streets, particularly in the capitals whose suppor...
Bond: Commodification: Kyoto threatens, WSF inspires resistance
Commentary, March, 05 2003
Patrick Bond
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The surgical counter-attack from the international left which impressed me most at Porto Alegre, was bullshit detection in relation to two Kyoto deals: the 1997 Protocol of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; and the upcoming World Wate...
Z: On The Winning Side
Znet Article, March, 05 2003
Mickey Z
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Last month, within the context of impending US/UK war crimes in Iraq, I wrote about the 58th anniversary of the Allied firebombing of Dresden (Feb. 13-14). This month marks another grim reminder of just how far the US is willing to go: 58 years si...
Brecher: What Can The World Do If The US Attacks Iraq?
Znet Article, March, 05 2003
Jeremy Brecher
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If the US attacks Iraq without support of the UN Security Council, will the world be powerless to stop it? ...
Stokes: Worthy and Unworthy Victims in Colombia
Znet Article, March, 05 2003
Doug Stokes
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In the narratives of the worlds global media corporations familiar themes can be traced. One such theme that occurs time and again is the designation of worthy victims; poor unfortunates caught up in a spiral of violence. Invisible however are the...
Alba: Five Thousand and Twelve Reasons for War
Znet Article, March, 05 2003
Santiago Alba
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[Translated by Francisco González] There are at least 12 reasons to support a war against Iraq: 1) Saddam Hussein is wicked; 2) he won't be able to put up much resistance; 3) we need a cheap supply of good oil; 4) the economy is stuck; 5) our mi...
Blum: The Empire Does What It Wants
Znet Article, March, 04 2003
William Blum
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CBS has reported that barely five hours after the attacks on Washington and New York, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is quoted shorthand by aides saying, in reference to Saddam Hussein, “Judge whether good enough to hit S.H. at same tim...
Mokhiber: The Unbalanced Hawks At The Washington Post
Znet Article, March, 04 2003
Russell Mokhiber
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What is going on at the Washington Post? We would say that the Post editorial pages have become an outpost of the Defense Department -- except that there is probably more dissent about the pending war in Iraq in the Pentagon than there is on the ...
