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Patel: Faulty Shades Of Green
Znet Article, July, 22 2002
Raj Patel
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I - An Environmental Looking Glass The world's environmentalists are bracing themselves for the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg later this year. Among the tree-huggers, guerrilla gardeners, and jaded policy wonks,...
Weisbrot: An Economist's View of the Stock Market
Znet Article, July, 22 2002
Mark Weisbrot
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Back in March 2000, when the stock market bubble was beginning to deflate, I talked to journalists from the nation's major newspapers about what it meant. Almost all of them held the view that there was nothing definitive that could be said about ...
Monbiot: The Fake Persuaders
Znet Article, July, 22 2002
George Monbiot
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Persuasion works best when it's invisible. The most effective marketing worms its way into...
Levy: Fahdi's Summer Camp
Znet Article, July, 22 2002
Gideon Levy
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What to do with the kids during summer vacation? Some Palestinians don't have that problem. They send the kids to infiltrate into Israel and risk themselves day in and day out trying to make a few shekels by peddling wares or begging for handouts....
Bello: Revolution and Counterrevolution in Venezuela
Znet Article, July, 22 2002
Walden Bello
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The political reality of Venezuela hits me as soon as I arrive, like a blast of Caribbean air at midday. A friendly question triggers a torrent of anti-Chavez denunciations from the young professional serving as my driver from the airport that onl...
Sponneck: Call Bush's Bluff
Znet Article, July, 22 2002
Hans von Sponneck
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During the 17 months of the Bush administration just about everything has gone wrong for the US government in preparing the public for military strikes against Iraq. Convincing friendly governments and allies has not fared much better. Acts of ter...
Glick: Democrats for IRV?
Commentary, July, 21 2002
Ted Glick
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One and a half years after the five not-so-Supremes selected George Jr. to be President, there are still echoes of the bitterness expressed by some Democrats over Ralph NaderÕs Green Party Presidential campaign.
Prashad: Suburban Whites and Pogroms in India
Commentary, July, 20 2002
Vijay Prashad
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Every few years I teach a class called "Hippies." The main theme of the course is to follow the white, suburban middle-class in its homage to Asia - from the 1967 Summer of Love debut of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his Transcendental Mediation to th...
Parenti: Exposing The Terrorism Trap
Znet Article, July, 20 2002
Michael Parenti
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Michael Parenti received a PhD in Political Science at Yale University. He is one of the nation's leading progressive thinkers, an uncompromising advocate for political and social justice. He has written sixteen books, including Democracy for the ...
Bellinghausen: Boxes of Flies being Dropped on Communities
Znet Article, July, 20 2002
Hermann Bellinghausen
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Ocosingo, Chiapas July 19. The "low intensity war" is heating up again against the Autonomous Municipalities in the area surrounding the cities of Ocosingo and Altamirano. This is primarily being expressed through paramilitarization, instigated ...
Author: Under the Shadow of the G8
Commentary, July, 19 2002
Guest Author
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This yearÕs G8 summit, held in Kananaskis, Alberta and the protests held throughout Canada against the G8 are over. It is fitting to look back to see how the ÔWar on TerrorÕ, one of the main items on the G8 agenda, continues the work of death and ...
Glass: A Palestinian Mandela?
Commentary, July, 18 2002
Charles Glass
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One place to look for the "new and different Palestinian leadership" that President George Bush demanded last Monday, is Petach Tikva Prison near Tel Aviv. In the solitary confinement of his cell, Marwan Barghouthi has been charged with terrorist ...
Kerr: Not Another World Con
Znet Article, July, 18 2002
Raymond Kerr
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The past tumultuous week has witnessed the sensational spectacle of the implosion of WorldCom, which is by far the largest accounting fraud in history and appears destined to be the biggest ever corporate bankruptcy. It has also exposed the invasi...
Lefko: What About Children in Iraq: A report from the UN Special Session on Children, May 8-10, 2002
Znet Article, July, 18 2002
Claudia Lefko
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most widely endorsed human rights document in history, yet most people in the United States have never even heard of it. Adopted by the UN at the 1990 World Summit for Children, &nb...
Author: Evo Morales and opposition to the US in Bolivia
Commentary, July, 17 2002
Guest Author
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La Paz, Bolivia. The poorest country in South America may be sending the U.S. an eviction notice.
Pilger: A Not -So- Free Press
Znet Article, July, 17 2002
John Pilger
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On 4 July, the front page of the Daily Mirror was as powerful as any I have known, a tabloid at its best. George W Bush was flanked by a row of Stars and Stripes, chin up, eyes misted. "Mourn on the Fourth of July," said the banner headline. Above...
Bellinghausen: Paramilitary Fiefdoms
Znet Article, July, 17 2002
Hermann Bellinghausen
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[translated by irlandesa] Sitalá, Chiapas. July 16. Things are in such a state for the displaced of San Pedro Buena Vista that, when Sebastián Hernández Sánchez went to the judge in Yajalón to demand justice, they almost put him in jail, a...
Randall: Language as Weapon
Commentary, July, 16 2002
Margaret Randall
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We grew up on the adage ÒSticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.Ó
Everest: Target Iraq: U.S. Plans for Major War
Znet Article, July, 16 2002
Larry Everest
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Target Iraq: U.S. Plans for Major War
Chomsky: Cauca: Chomsky Interview
Commentary, July, 15 2002
Noam Chomsky
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At the time of this writing, the municipalities of Toribio and Jambalo in Northern Cauca are being bombarded by both FARC and the Colombian government. Northern Cauca is home to one of the most remarkable experiments in resistance to neoliberalis...
