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Znet Article Jensen: Bush At The U.n.:

Znet Article, September, 13 2002 Robert Jensen
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In the age of American empire, this is what diplomacy looks like: After months of open expressions of contempt for international law and disregard for the opinions of other nations (allies and enemies alike), the U.S. president deigned to appear ...

Znet Article Fisk: The Mantra That Means This Time It's Serious

Znet Article, September, 13 2002 Robert Fisk
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How small he looked in the high-backed chair. You had to sit in the auditorium of the UN General Assembly yesterday to realise that George Bush Jnr – threatening war in what was built as a house of peace – could appear such a littl...

Znet Article Crispin miller: In the Wake of 9-11, the American Press Has Embraced a 'Demented Caesarism'

Znet Article, September, 13 2002 Mark Crispin miller
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Just after 9/11, I was one of those who thought, and said out loud, that the catastrophe might knock some sense into the gibbering "culture" of the US media. Now there would be no more prime-time seminars about the likely cruising style of Gary Co...

Znet Article Steel: The Tortured Logic That Leads Iraq To This Memorial

Znet Article, September, 13 2002 Mark Steel
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After all that business yesterday, there must be dozens of celebrities devastated that no one asked them where they were when they heard the news. And they'd have a point, as most of them managed to get a piece in somewhere along the lines of "I'd...

Commentary Albert: Disputes about Anti-War Strategy

Commentary, September, 12 2002 Michael Albert
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(This commentary was spurred and informed by a Chomsky ZNet Forum Post on the same topic.)

Znet Article Espada: Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100

Znet Article, September, 12 2002 Martin Espada
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Alabanza. Praise the cook with a shaven head and a tattoo on his shoulder that said Oye, a blue-eyed Puerto Rican with people from Fajardo, the harbor of pirates centuries ago.Praise the lighthouse in Fajardo, candle glimmering white to worship th...

Znet Article Chomsky: Chomsky replies about Avoiding American Crimes

Znet Article, September, 12 2002 Noam Chomsky
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Chomsky replies about Avoiding American Crimes

Znet Article Ali: Doing As The Romans Did

Znet Article, September, 12 2002 Tariq Ali
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The consequences of 11 September remain visible on several fronts. Psychologically, the American empire has constructed a new enemy: Islamic terrorism. Its practitioners were evil, the threat was global and, for that reason, bombs had to be droppe...

Commentary Vltchek: It’s Illegal To Have Aids In Burma

Commentary, September, 11 2002 Andre Vltchek
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ICG, the International Crisis Group, warns that “HIV prevalence is rising rapidly in Burma/Myanmar, fuelled by population mobility, poverty and frustration that breeds risky sexual activity and drug-taking. Already, one in fifty adults are...

Commentary Hoodbhoy: Were We Too Hijacked On 9/11?

Commentary, September, 11 2002 Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Al-Qaida had to be bombed, to let the Taliban be was not an option. When fanatics, inspired by Osama bin Laden, flew airliners packed with people into two of America's tallest buildings, it was unreasonable to expect otherwise. So, yes, I agree wi...

Znet Article Rawa: Fundamentalism is the Enemy of All Civilized Humanity

Znet Article, September, 11 2002 Rawa
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RAWA joins with the rest of the civilized world in remembering the innocent lives lost on September 11th, as well as all those others lost to terrorism and oppression throughout the world. It is with great sadness that RAWA sees other people exper...

Znet Article Lemoine: Venezuela's Press Power

Znet Article, September, 11 2002 Maurice Lemoine
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"We had a deadly weapon: the media. And now that I have the opportunity, let me congratulate you." In Caracas, on 11 April 2002, just a few hours before the temporary overthrow of Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez, Vice-Admiral Victor Ramírez P...

Znet Article Pilger: This War Is A Failure

Znet Article, September, 11 2002 John Pilger
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THE anniversary of September 11 will be remembered with highly charged images, especially those of the grieving families of the victims. The respect and sympathy owed to these suffering people will, or ought to be, unqualified and universal. ...

Znet Article Avnery: War Now

Znet Article, September, 11 2002 Uri Avnery
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Slowly, President Bush's war plan against Iraq is emerging from the thick fog. At first it looked like a collection of hazy slogans, but gradually it is becoming clear that it has definite - if hidden - aims. The plan is unconnected to the famou...

Znet Article Baroud: September 11

Znet Article, September, 11 2002 Ramzy Baroud
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A Palestinian friend of mine was severely wounded on September 11. He will too commemorate that dreadful day, along with his family and many families in Jenin and in New York. My friend is a Reuters cameraman. He was hit by the shrapnel of a tank ...

Znet Article Fisk: One Year On

Znet Article, September, 11 2002 Robert Fisk
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September 11 did not change the world. Indeed, for months afterwards, no one was allowed even to question the motives of the mass murderers. To point out that they were all Arabs and Muslims was fair enough. But any attempt to connect these facts ...

Commentary Peters: On Being A Vigilant Parent

Commentary, September, 10 2002 Cynthia Peters
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The picture in the Boston Globe shows parents hovering over their children while they play in the pool -- watching their every step, never taking their eyes off their offspring. During the summer of high-profile child abductions, the message to pa...

Commentary Author: Against War

Commentary, September, 10 2002 Guest Author
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I am against the war, the (perpetual) war on terrorism as well as the war against Iraq. I am against empire, the control of nearly 40 percent of the world's resources secured by the deployment of air, naval, and ground forces in over 800 bases acr...

Znet Article Chomsky: Drain The Swamp And There Will Be No More Mosquitoes

Znet Article, September, 10 2002 Noam Chomsky
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September 11 shocked many Americans into an awareness that they had better pay much closer attention to what the US government does in the world and how it is perceived. Many issues have been opened for discussion that were not on the agenda befor...

Znet Article Harnecker: Rebick Interviews Marta Harnecker

Znet Article, September, 10 2002 Marta Harnecker
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Last April, a failed military coup took place in Venezuela. The news coverage was confusing. First there was a coup, and, then, Venezuela’s populist president, Hugo Chávez, was back in power. To find out what really happened rabbleâ€...

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