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Niaz: A Cry for Help
Znet Article, August, 11 2002
Anjum Niaz
Niaz's ZSpace page
With several hundred more Pakistanis waiting to be deported by the United States on visa violations, many human rights organizations and volunteers here are actively involved in providing legal, moral and financial support to the victims and their...
Niaz: Phantoms of Liberty and its Victims
Znet Article, August, 11 2002
Anjum Niaz
Niaz's ZSpace page
"To those who pit Americans against immigrants and citizens against noncitizens, to those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists, for they erode our national unity and dimi...
Plitnick: Whose Goals does Violence Serve?
Znet Article, August, 11 2002
Mitchell Plitnick
Plitnick's ZSpace page
Just today, I received the following message from Gila Svirsky, the long-time peace activist of the Coalition of Women for Peace and Women in Black in Israel: “Dafna Sphruch z"l died today of her injuries from the pigua [terrorist attack â...
Street: Still Separate and Unequal
Commentary, August, 10 2002
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
The Dream Gone Mainstream
Bacon: Bush Threatens Dockers' Right To Strike
Znet Article, August, 10 2002
David Bacon
Bacon's ZSpace page
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (8/7/02) -- A labor war is looming on the west coast docks, which could become the defining union conflict of the Bush administration. But the traditional issues of union bargaining -- wages, benefits and working conditions -- ha...
Fisk: Return to Afghanistan
Znet Article, August, 10 2002
Robert Fisk
Fisk's ZSpace page
Gul Afgha knows how to handle the United Nations. He smiles, he praises, he loves the UN, and he is immensely grateful for the advice of Under Secretary General and Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, t...
Balboa: Twinning of Cities in Chiapas and Catalonia
Znet Article, August, 10 2002
Juan Balboa
Balboa's ZSpace page
[translated by irlandesa] Roberto Barrios, Chiapas From the Barcelona Mediterranean to the Lacandona Selva, zapatistas and Catalans formalized, in this Aguascalientes, the twinning of the two municipalities El Trabajo and La Garriga, in a fiesta...
Bellinghausen: Zapatista Assassinated
Znet Article, August, 10 2002
Hermann Bellinghausen
Bellinghausen's ZSpace page
[translated by irlandesa] The Network of Community Human Rights Defenders confirmed today that on the night of the 7th José López Santiz, a zapatista support base from the community of 6 de Agosto, "was assassinated by eight gunshots" in front ...
Landau: Report On The Juarez Maquilas: The Environment
Commentary, August, 09 2002
Saul Landau
Landau's ZSpace page
After spending a period of weeks investigating labor and environmental conditions on the US-Mexico border, I have concluded that the production system used to inundate us with commodities Ð ÒglobalizationÓ Ð lacks a human brain, but has an excelle...
Steele: For Hire: The Boy Human Shields In Gaza's Most Desperate Town
Znet Article, August, 09 2002
Jonathan Steele
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For Hire: The Boy Human Shields In Gaza's Most Desperate Town
Hutchinson: Why Black Murder Rates Remain So High
Znet Article, August, 09 2002
Earl ofari Hutchinson
Hutchinson's ZSpace page
The same week that public and media attention was riveted on the shocking murder-abduction of Samantha Runnion, the mother of seven-year old Jaunnicia Milton was gunned down in Oakland. Her shooting was only the latest in a string of murders in th...
Author: Invisible Children: AIDS, Africa and Selective Vision
Commentary, August, 08 2002
Guest Author
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In a July 11th article, the British weekly The Economist recounts the latest grim statistics on AIDS, noting emphatically that the 9,000 people who die each day from AIDS represents three times the number killed in the World Trade Center attacks.
Edwards: Conspiracy Free Conformity
Znet Article, August, 08 2002
David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page
Chemistry teachers have long delighted students by showing how near-perfect symmetrical structures can be produced by pouring a large number of small balls into a square box, whereupon a perfect pyramid is inevitably produced. The balls either lan...
Choudry: How Low Can You go?
Znet Article, August, 08 2002
Aziz Choudry
Choudry's ZSpace page
Many corporations dogged by popular opposition to their environmentally devastating projects have rebranded themselves as ecological crusaders, hiring public relations consultants to greenwash their activities, and seek “dialogue†...
Solomon: Fending Off The Threat Of Peace
Znet Article, August, 08 2002
Norman Solomon
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To fend off the threat of peace, determination is necessary. Elected officials and high-level appointees must work effectively with reporters and pundits. This is no time for the U.S. government to risk taking "yes" for an answer from Iraq. Guard...
Vltchek: The Left in Peru
Znet Article, August, 08 2002
Andre Vltchek
Vltchek's ZSpace page
AV: What problems does Peruvian left face?RRM: After ten years long crises we are now in the process of reconstruction and renovation of the left. We were affected by three principal factors: First, the neo-liberal offensive all over the wor...
Podur: The Pope Squat
Commentary, August, 07 2002
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
The pope has left the city, and the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty still has the building.
Bello: Capitalist Crisis And Corporate Crime
Znet Article, August, 07 2002
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
The unraveling of the reputations of firms that were once the toast of Wall Street continues and the end is not in sight. But one thing is certain: already fragile prior to Enron, the legitimacy of global capitalism as the dominant system of produ...
Scahill: The Saddam In Rumsfeld’s Closet
Commentary, August, 06 2002
Jeremy Scahill
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“Man and the turtle are very much alike. Neither makes any progress without sticking his neck out.†—Donald Rumsfeld
Author: The Saddam In RumsfeldÕs Closet
Commentary, August, 06 2002
Guest Author
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ÒMan and the turtle are very much alike. Neither makes any progress without sticking his neck out.Ó ÑDonald Rumsfeld
