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Lieberman: Cracks In The Ice
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Daid Lieberman
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These have been tense days as we await Congress's vote on Bush's proposal for war powers to use against Iraq. By the time this article reaches print, the vote will have been taken and the focus of debate will have moved on, but the situation at th...
Said: Israel, Iraq, And The US
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Edward Said
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Many parts of Lebanon were bombed heavily by Israeli warplanes on 4 June, 1982. Two days later the Israeli army entered Lebanon through the country's southern border. Menachem Begin was prime minister, Ariel Sharon his minister of defense. The imm...
Bishara: A Staring Contest
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Azmi Bishara
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At a sizable demonstration recently held in London to protest against a war on Iraq, the Palestinian flag stood out amidst the sea of banners. Curiously enough, it attracted little attention, as though it were entirely normal for the Palestinian s...
Sustar: We Support The Dockworkers!
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Lee Sustar
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GEORGE W. Bush and the employers want to use the Taft-Hartley Act--America’s notorious "slave labor law"--to break the West Coast dockworkers’ union. But members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) hav...
Lowenstein: Khan Yunis: Before The Juggernaut
Znet Article, October, 09 2002
Jennifer Lowenstein
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A mobile watchtower, lifted into the air by a crane, surveys Khan Yunis day and night. An ambulance from the city waits behind a nearby concrete building day after day; it waits so that the next child shot for playing too close to the wall can mak...
Edwards: Idolaters, Inc.
Znet Article, October, 09 2002
David Edwards
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Pacifying people by passing over Western crimes and focusing laser-like on the crimes of demonised enemies is one thing. Infinitely more effective, however, is to simply persuade the public that worrying about political issues is best left to the ...
Hass: Always A Fighter, Always A Terrorist
Znet Article, October, 09 2002
Amira Hass
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A Palestinian is a terrorist when he attacks Israeli civilians on both sides of the Green Line - in Israel and the territories - and when he attacks Israeli soldiers at the gates of a Palestinian city. A Palestinian is a terrorist when an army uni...
Glass: Iraq Must Go!
Znet Article, October, 09 2002
Charles Glass
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"There is a dry wind blowing through the East, and the parched grasses wait the spark." John Buchan, Greenmantle (1916) As Lloyd George's wartime Director of Information, John Buchan urged Britain to support an incomprehensible Eastern war with t...
Shalom: 45 Questions and Answers Regarding Intervention in General, 9-11 and Afghanistan One Year Later, and Iraq on the Verge of War
Znet Article, October, 09 2002
Stephen1 Shalom
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Every outward manifestation that one can use to judge, says the answer is yes. Speeches, talks, interviews, and essays all evince horror at the events, pain for those who suffered, fear that it might recur and take more innocent lives. But what ch...
Glick: Campaign Trail Insights
Commentary, October, 08 2002
Ted Glick
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Since May of this year I've been actively campaigning for the U.S. Senate as an independent, as a candidate of the Green Party of New Jersey. Over this period of time I've personally passed out tens of thousands of brochures about myself, the Gree...
Jensen: Bush's Illogic
Znet Article, October, 08 2002
Robert Jensen
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Bush's Illogic
Arnove: Bush Peddles War
Znet Article, October, 08 2002
Anthony Arnove
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George Bush said in his address to the nation on October 7 that the ...
Abunimah: Spare Us your lectures
Znet Article, October, 08 2002
Ali Abunimah
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On September 24, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1435 making clear its demand for "the expeditious withdrawal of the Israeli occupying forces from Palestinian cities towards the return to the positions held prior to September...
Tair: none
Znet Article, October, 08 2002
Suzanne abu Tair
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There is little that those of us who oppose the coming war with Iraq can now do to prevent it. George Bush has staked his credibility on the project; he has mid-term elections to consider, oil supplies to secure and a flagging war on terror to rev...
Mahajan: The Other Good War
Znet Article, October, 08 2002
Rahul Mahajan
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"OneTwoThree: F-" -- the Beatles "What's that spell?"-- Country Joe and the Fish "There came a voice from over the sea..." -- Percy Bysshe Shelley As the full imperial dimensions of current ...
Fisk: What The President Wants Us To forget
Znet Article, October, 08 2002
Robert Fisk
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Each day now, someone says something even more incredible – even more unimaginable – about President Bush's obsession with war. Yesterday, George Bush was himself telling an audience in Cincinnati about "nuclear holy warriors". For...
Tair: none
Znet Article, October, 08 2002
Suzanne abu Tair
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Millions of Pakistani voters will exercise their right to choose on October 10. Unfortunately they do not have much to choose from given the constitutional-tinkering, legal wrangling, horse-trading and loyalty swapping that has left the electorate...
Bullard: Before they killed us with guns, now they kill us with hunger
Znet Article, October, 08 2002
Nicola Bullard
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Past and present were never far away from each other at the Argentina Social Forum and sometimes they collided in such incandescent moments of poignancy and hope that anything seemed possible: even the revolution itself. This is my attempt to desc...
Boudreau: Devil's Bargain
Znet Article, October, 08 2002
Ned Boudreau
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Alternative and mainstream media reported no breakthrough on AIDS funding at the Jo'burg summit on sustainable development. The mood among AIDS activists in South Africa seemed especially grim. That collective dark cloud has hung over them since a...
Wise: Con-fusion Ethic: How Whites Use Asians to Further Anti-Black Racism
Commentary, October, 07 2002
Tim Wise
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It happened again, for what seems like the millionth time. Once again, in response to something I said about ongoing racism in the United States, someone (a white male, naturally) pulled out the all-too-common conservative race card (oh yes, they ...
