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Street: The Case Against School Vouchers
Znet Article, July, 01 2002
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
In an ominous 5-4 decision yesterday, the United States' right-wing Supreme Court used disingenuous claims of concern for poor inner-city children to remove a major roadblock to a leading goal of the conservative movement: letting parents use publ...
Turnipseed: Crime in the Suites Enabled by Political Corruption Causes a Crisis in
Znet Article, July, 01 2002
Tom Turnipseed
Turnipseed's ZSpace page
The continuing revelations of corrupt corporate governance enabled by political campaign contributions is deepening daunting doubts about the credibility of U.S. equity markets and political leadership. The corruption is creating a widening crisis...
Edwards: Mother Of All Ironies pt. 2
Znet Article, July, 01 2002
David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page
On June 24, 2002, Media Lens published a Media Alert: 'John Sweeney Of The Observer And The BBC on Mass Death In Iraq'. Also on June 24, we received this reply from John Sweeney:"I don't agree with torturing children. Get stuffed." (Email to Media...
Podur: A Conversation with Justin Podur in Gaza
Znet Article, July, 01 2002
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Tell me about Gaza. During my first few hours here in Gaza, just after I crossed the Erez checkpoint, I passed an orange grove being knocked down by Israeli armored bulldozers. We started to take pictures of what was going on, but nearby tanks ...
Roughneen: Preventive Diplomacy: Saudi Style
Znet Article, July, 01 2002
Simon Roughneen
Roughneen's ZSpace page
The so-called ‘Abdullah Initiative’ was an unanticipated and revitalizing change in attitude toward the Israel-Palestinian conflict by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Equally encouraging was its approval by the Arab League at its conf...
Roughneen: Preventive Diplomacy: Saudi Style
Znet Article, July, 01 2002
Simon Roughneen
Roughneen's ZSpace page
Preventive Diplomacy, Saudi Style.The so-called ‘Abdullah Initiative’ was an unanticipated and revitalizing change in attitude toward the Israel-Palestinian conflict by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Equally encouraging was its appro...
Roughneen: Preventive Diplomacy: Saudi Style
Znet Article, July, 01 2002
Simon Roughneen
Roughneen's ZSpace page
Preventive Diplomacy, Saudi Style. The so-called ‘Abdullah Initiative’ was an unanticipated and revitalizing change in attitude toward the Israel-Palestinian conflict by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Equally encouraging was i...
Wise: Honky Wanna Cracker?
A Look at the Myth of Reverse Racism
Commentary, June, 30 2002
Tim Wise
Wise's ZSpace page
Recently, when speaking to a group of high school students, I was asked why I only seemed to be concerned about white racism towards people of color. We had been discussing racial slurs, and a number of white students wondered aloud why I didn't g...
Mate: Trip to Palestine
Znet Article, June, 30 2002
Aaron Mate
Mate's ZSpace page
I've just returned from a two-week visit to Israel and the Occupied Territories, a land dear to me. As a Jewish person, it is a part of the world that I have long felt an inherent connection to, a connection that has only been strengthened through...
Levy: A Million People Under Curfew
Znet Article, June, 30 2002
Gideon Levy
Levy's ZSpace page
Few if any Israelis can understand what it means to be under full curfew for 10 days, incarcerated with the children in a crowded house, usually without an air conditioner or a computer or games to play, maybe a barely functioning television set. ...
Chomsky: Questions On Israel
Znet Article, June, 30 2002
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
As a premium to those who support Z through the Z Sustainer Program there are a number of forums where people can ask questions of activists and writers such as Noam Chomsky. Here are Chomsky's responses to questions about Israel And Palestine dur...
Choudry: Fight For Country
Commentary, June, 29 2002
Aziz Choudry
Choudry's ZSpace page
Some strange strange people inhabit this land
Engler: Exporting Enron
Znet Article, June, 29 2002
Mark Engler
Engler's ZSpace page
We know the damage Enron has done to the American economy. So why is it still eligible to receive U.S. taxpayer money? Instead of wallowing in bankruptcy, Enron continues to do business internationally. And believe it or not, the scandal-ridden ...
Gott: A Silent Majority Finds Its Voice
Znet Article, June, 29 2002
Richard Gott
Gott's ZSpace page
The great city of Caracas spreads over innumerable mountainous hills, and in the rainy season the peaks poke up through the clouds that hover in the valleys below. Several million people live on these steep slopes in barrios, a word which, when tr...
Williams: Our Girl Was Killed By A Suicide Bomber...
Znet Article, June, 29 2002
Alexandra Williams
Williams's ZSpace page
Jerusalem. A big red "Free Palestine" sticker has a prominent place on the Elhanan family's front door. But this is not a Palestinian house in the occupied territories. Remarkably, this home is in an affluent Jewish area in Jerusalem and bel...
Franklin: Terrorist Connections Resurface In Florida
Znet Article, June, 29 2002
Jane Franklin
Franklin's ZSpace page
Governor Jeb Bush is about to choose a Florida State Supreme Court judge. There are five finalists and his deadline is August 12. Since there is no Hispanic on the Court, most people expect Jeb Bush will want to name a Hispanic. There is only one ...
Palast: A Tale Of Two Coups
Znet Article, June, 29 2002
Greg Palast
Palast's ZSpace page
Blondes in revolt On May Day, starting out from the Hilton Hotel, 200,000 blondes marched East through Caracas' shopping corridor along Casanova Avenue. At the same time, half a million brunettes converged on them from the West. It would all se...
Monbiot: White Lies
Commentary, June, 28 2002
George Monbiot
Monbiot's ZSpace page
In the Canadian fastness of Kananaskis this week, the messianic cult of empire will solemnly worship itself. The leaders of the G8 nations will declare that they have come to deliver the world from evil. They will announce that they are sacrificin...
Weisbrot: What Are They Doing to Argentina?
Commentary, June, 27 2002
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
The head of the IMF's delegation to Argentina was recently cornered outside his hotel room by reporters from a popular, muck-raking television show. They handed him a set of large, plastic Halloween vampire teeth. "We found these lodged in Preside...
Leibowitz: An Israeli Officer's Response To President Bush
Znet Article, June, 27 2002
Shamai Leibowitz
Leibowitz's ZSpace page
I am an Orthodox Jew and a criminal defense attorney in Tel Aviv. I am also a tank gunner in reserve duty, and part of a group of 1000 soldiers who have refused to serve in the occupied territories. Many of them were imprisoned in military jails i...
