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Pilger: Bali/Australia/Terror
Znet Article, October, 17 2002
John Pilger
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For 40 years, Australian governments have colluded with state terrorism in Indonesia. Now, the ...
Monbiot: The Rich World's Veto
Znet Article, October, 17 2002
George Monbiot
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There was no announcement, no press release, not even an off-the record briefing. But last week the government revealed that it was proposing to rule out forever the re-nationalisation of the railways. If you missed this, you're in good company: s...
Wilson: Medal Tossers
Znet Article, October, 17 2002
Brian Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
Dear John, It has been a long time since we have had contact. As you might remember our very first meeting was at VVAW's Dewey Canyon III, "A Limited Incursion Into the Country of Congress," April 19-23, 1971, in Washington, D.C. I'm sure you re...
Sustar: An Attack On All Workers
Znet Article, October, 17 2002
Lee Sustar
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SHIPPING BOSSES are aggressively using George W. Bush’s intervention in the West Coast dockworkers’ contract dispute to gut the union’s power. Technically, the Taft-Hartley Act invoked by Bush empowered a federal j...
Covington: Letter from the Towers at South Bay Prison
Znet Article, October, 17 2002
Walter Covington
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My name is Walter Covington and I am currently incarcerated at the Suffolk County House of Correction. I’ve been in and out of different county and state institutions since 1981. I am not proud of this but must say that Iâ̈́...
Ahmad: Gathering storm in Pakistan
Znet Article, October, 17 2002
Zulfiqar Ahmad
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After three years of military rule, Pakistani voters have spoken. The message from the Oct. 10 elections is ominous, with immediate implications for U.S. policymakers: For the first time in Pakistan's history, religious parties have won significan...
Steel: Saddam Seems To Won Over His Floating Voters
Znet Article, October, 17 2002
Mark Steel
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I wonder how the leader of the "no" campaign tried to inspire his supporters after Saddam got a 100 per cent "yes" vote in his election. I suppose he said: "Obviously we're disappointed, but we fought a good campaign and I enjoyed every minute. I'...
Author: Hieronymus Bosch aka Jeroen van Aken), Eco-Revolutionary
Commentary, October, 16 2002
Guest Author
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Hieronymus Bosch is one of the most mysterious figures in art history, and we might almost say in cultural history of any kind. Dante is said to have invented the vernacular written in Italian, cursing the rich swindlers and damning them to eterna...
Hass: Scraping The Bottom of The Cistern
Znet Article, October, 16 2002
Amira Hass
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Where will America and the EU succeed more: In their pressure on Yasser Arafat to lead governmental, financial and security reforms, or in their pleas with Israel to guarantee enough water of reasonable quality and price to 200,000 Palestinians? A...
Hartmann: Hartmann Interviewed
Znet Article, October, 16 2002
Betsy Hartmann
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(1) Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book, The Truth About Fire, is about? What is it trying to communicate? The Truth About Fire is a political thriller about the Far Right in the U.S. and Germany. Set mainly in the Upper Peninsula of ...
Valentine: The Palestinian Olive Harvest
Znet Article, October, 16 2002
Diana Valentine
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[Updated October 17, 2002-- a note on the action is below] Diana Valentine is one of many international activists from the US, Canada, Europe, and other countries who are participating in the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) olive harvest...
Winer: Strategy turns full circle in South Africa
Znet Article, October, 16 2002
Stan Winer
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There was a time in South Africa when political activists thought all that was required for change to occur was to dangle before the working class a revolutionary program of action, and the working class would spontaneously rise en masse. How wron...
Ngugi: Elections in Kenya
Znet Article, October, 16 2002
Mukoma Ngugi
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In feudal Europe, every five or so years, a grand festival was held. Everyone was invited: the rich as well as the poor. For the powerful and the powerless, the rulers and their subjects, this was the day that expressed a universal fraternity of a...
Niaz: They can't wish her away
Znet Article, October, 16 2002
Anjum Niaz
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“I have never known a riot which has used the sexual subjugation of women so widely as an instrument of violence. There are reports everywhere of [the] gang-rape of young girls and women, often in the presence of members of their families,...
Niaz: When lobbying is not a dirty word
Znet Article, October, 16 2002
Anjum Niaz
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Lobbying in America is a study in status crazed connections. Yet, if denuded of its three- piece-business-suit respectability, lobbying, soliciting and hustling happen to be clones of the oldest profession in the world. But in the American system,...
Plitnick: Terror And History
Znet Article, October, 16 2002
Mitchell Plitnick
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As the momentous debates in the United States Congress over whether or not that body would abdicate its constitutional responsibility and hand over to a radical right-wing president a free hand in launching a full-scale war on Iraq rambled on this...
Author: The Stability Pact is History
Commentary, October, 15 2002
Guest Author
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When the leaders of the most powerful countries and organizations of the world assembled in Kšln on June 10, 1999 to discuss the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, the future of this regional initiative seemed bright. On June 30 that same ye...
Shepphard: From Lockout To Lockin
Znet Article, October, 15 2002
Brian Oliver Shepphard
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SAN FRANCISCO - On Oct. 8, President George W. Bush invoked the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act to request an injunction ending a 10 day lockout of the ILWU on the West Coast. The injunction replaces the lock out with what many workers are calling a "lock i...
Mcquaig: How Deep Is America's Loathing for Iraq
Znet Article, October, 15 2002
Linda Mcquaig
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It’s always useful, in a debate, to be able to cite sources from your opponent’s side. But, has it really come to this: The definitive case against invading Iraq may now be coming from the Central Intelligence Agency? The Bush ad...
Bond: Southern African Movements Seek Antidotes To Neoliberalism
Commentary, October, 14 2002
Patrick Bond
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Last week's two-day national labour stayaway against the impending privatisation of South African electricity, telephones, water and transport services was only a mixed success. But combined with other recent regional dynamics and ruling-party con...
