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Street: Defending Civilization And The Myth Of Radical Academia
Znet Article, July, 15 2002
Paul Street
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I know it is no laughing matter when America's thought police control go on patrol. Still, even if it is just as a defense mechanism, I couldn't help but laugh when I finally read the by-now notorious report on alleged academic anti-Americanism pu...
Ralston: Evo Morales and opposition to the US in Bolivia
Znet Article, July, 15 2002
Erin Ralston
Ralston's ZSpace page
La Paz, Bolivia. The poorest country in South America may be sending the U.S. an eviction notice.On June 30, 2002 an historic election was held in which a radical leftist indigenous government won substantial power. Running on a strong anti-neolib...
Vera-zavala: Soccer And Politics
Commentary, July, 14 2002
America Vera-zavala
Vera-zavala's ZSpace page
When the World Cup started I knew that due to rational political reasons I should not cheer the two teams where my heart belonged -Argentina and Brazil. Some people say that everything is political - and they are right to say so. Football is indee...
Pilger: The Great Charade
Znet Article, July, 14 2002
John Pilger
Pilger's ZSpace page
The Great Charade
Pappe: The Fence At The Heart Of Palestine
Znet Article, July, 14 2002
Ilan Pappe
Pappe's ZSpace page
In the middle of last month, Israel began building a fence to separate itself physically from the West Bank. Among my friends on the Israeli left, there are those who received this news with great enthusiasm. These are the same friends who were co...
Alvarez: Venezuela's Fight for Control of the National Wealth
Znet Article, July, 14 2002
Bernardo Alvarez
Alvarez's ZSpace page
In an interview in Caracas with Susana Santos, of Hour of the People (Hora do Povo, Sao Paulo, Brasil), Bernardo Alvarez, Vice-Minister of Mines and Energy of Venezuela, spoke of the challenge to the State and society to consolidate control of its...
Hass: The IDF Shuts Away The Sea At Rafah
Znet Article, July, 14 2002
Amira Hass
Hass's ZSpace page
Israel Defense Forces posts and vehicles block the entry of Palestinians along the Gaza coast, from Rafah to Dir al-Balah. Those who have special permission occasionally travel to their relatives in Gaza City, and swim in the sea. But with unemplo...
Edwards: The Mad Mullahs Of The Mainstream Media
Commentary, July, 13 2002
David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page
Prologue - When Lies Are Killing People, Liars Must Be Exposed
Fisk: A Strange Kind Of Freedom
Znet Article, July, 13 2002
Robert Fisk
Fisk's ZSpace page
Inside the First Congregational Church of Berkeley, the Californian audience had been struck silent. Dennis Bernstein, the Jewish host of KPFA Radio's Flashpoint current affairs programme, was reading some recent e-mails that he had received from ...
Mann: What Are We Going to Do About the United States?
Znet Article, July, 13 2002
Eric Mann
Mann's ZSpace page
This year, in late August 2002, the United Nations will hold the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), an international conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, ostensibly to create a new model of sustainable development that integrates...
Rai: Torpedoing the Inspectors
Znet Article, July, 13 2002
Milan Rai
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Torpedoing the Inspectors
Solomon: Three Decades Later, Watergate Is A Cautionary Tale
Commentary, July, 12 2002
Norman Solomon
Solomon's ZSpace page
Thirty years have passed since Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein began to cover the Watergate story. The investigative journalism that they did back then still stands out as exceptional. Unfortunately.
Pilger: Wasted Freedom
Znet Article, July, 12 2002
John Pilger
Pilger's ZSpace page
"Freedom of the press" is a phrase that sounds well. But in the world of George W Bush and Enron, freedom is not meant to be that free. On 4 July, the front page of the Daily Mirror was as powerful as any I have known, a tabloid at its best. Geor...
Chomsky: Cauca: Their Fate Lies in Our Hands
Znet Article, July, 12 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 neolibe...
Said: One Way Street
Znet Article, July, 12 2002
Edward Said
Said's ZSpace page
Even by the terribly low standards of his other speeches, George W Bush's 24 June speech to the world about the Middle East was a startling example of how an execrable combination of muddled thought, words with no actual meaning in the real world ...
Sommers: Neoliberalism and the "Axis of Evil"
Commentary, July, 11 2002
Jeffrey Sommers
Sommers's ZSpace page
President George Bush's first State of the Union Address listed Iran, Iraq, and North Korea as an "axis of evil." No doubt many states commit evil by employing violence to achieve their ends. Yet, while the above-mentioned three have particularly ...
Mcdougall: Starbucks: The Cup That Cheers
Znet Article, July, 11 2002
William Mcdougall
Mcdougall's ZSpace page
Berlin. Weltstadt and home to some of the world’s most famous cultural and historical landmarks. Add to that list Starbucks, who have recently opened two flagship stores; one in the historically Jewish Hackesche Markt quarter, and anothe...
Author: Argentina in Danger of a New Repressive Wave
Commentary, July, 10 2002
Guest Author
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Buenos Aires. Two young demonstrators died the 27th of June in a blockade of a bridge in the south of Buenos Aires. They belonged to the Coordinadora Anibal Ver—n (CAV), one of the organizations of Piqueteros, Argentina's vast movement of unemploy...
Sinha: Bhopal Hunger Strike
Znet Article, July, 10 2002
Indra Sinha
Sinha's ZSpace page
I am writing this because the life of a very precious friend is in danger. Together with two companions he is staging a satyagraha in the form of an indefinite fast outside the Indian parliament in New Delhi. The three have been without food since...
Hass: No Materials To Build In Gaza
Znet Article, July, 10 2002
Amira Hass
Hass's ZSpace page
The dentist called to say he was sorry but the appointment would have to be put off indefinitely. For some time now, none of the substances necessary for dental care have arrived in Gaza. The patient, Ali Abu Shahale, who owns a large engineer...


