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Raman (india): South Asia: Waiting For The Usa
Znet Article, June, 04 2002
J. sri Raman (india)
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The whole world outside the India-Pakistan subcontinent is watching the situation here with extreme anxiety. Never in the past two decades, it is generally agreed, has the humanity been closer to a nuclear holocaust. Conspicuous by its absence, ho...
Rosen: From Grief, Activism
Znet Article, June, 04 2002
Lisa Rosen
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It has been only two weeks since East Timor became the newest country on the planet, and already it has fallen out of the news. But the triumph of that day, achieved against such impossible odds, will be with me forever. The last time I had seen E...
Mokhiber: IMF and World Bank: Out of Control
Znet Article, June, 04 2002
Russell Mokhiber
Mokhiber's ZSpace page
The International Monetary Fund and World Bank are institutions out of control. For evidence, consider the institutions' feeble and fatally flawed debt relief program. Under their Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative, the world's poorest...
Author: What they won't tell you about Colombia's Elections
Commentary, June, 02 2002
Guest Author
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In the midst of all the euphoria in ruling circles over the triumph of Alvaro Uribe Velez in the Colombian presidential elections, there are certain issues that are not being discussed, even though they have everything to do with the elections.
Suarez: Five Facts about April 11
Znet Article, June, 02 2002
Roldan tomasz Suarez
Suarez's ZSpace page
I would like to point out a series of facts about the current situation in Venezuela that are just as valid for times to come. They are pillars on which we must base our political opinions and actions, as well as shields to protect ourselves from ...
Prashad: The Troika of Imperialism, Petro-Sheikhs and Dissident Jihadis: On Tariq Ali.
Commentary, June, 01 2002
Vijay Prashad
Prashad's ZSpace page
Michael Berube, an English professor at Penn State University, has become quite a fixture in the Chronicle of Higher Education. In a recent article ("Ali vs. Hitchens: Battle on the Left," 3 May), Berube tells us that he studies conflicts within t...
Gordon: The Caterpillar Effect
Znet Article, June, 01 2002
Neve Gordon
Gordon's ZSpace page
“This is the first time that bulldozers have determined the outcome of a war,†L., one of the Palestinian fighters from the Jenin refugee camp was recently quoted in the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronot. The officer in charge of the m...
Healy: Angola The Crisis You Aren't Hearing About
Znet Article, June, 01 2002
Sean Healy
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Angola The Crisis You Aren't Hearing About
Herman: Media Protect Bush On 9/11 Security Failure
Commentary, May, 31 2002
Edward Herman
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The successful terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, represented a spectacular failure of the U.S. national security establishment. But from the very beginning there was very little media interest in examining that failure, although the attack i...
Kissenger: Alan Dershowitz And Torture
Znet Article, May, 31 2002
C. clark Kissenger
Kissenger's ZSpace page
In early November controversy irrupted on the internet over Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz’s proposal to legalize torture in the United States to extract information from terrorism suspects. So when Dershowitz appeared on January 27...
Frank: Blowback and Fallout
Znet Article, May, 31 2002
Andre gunder Frank
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The present threat of nuclear war between Pakistan and India is the direct responsibility of irresponsible provocation by the Bush Administration. Whatever were the remote and immediate causes of previous Indo-Pakistani wars over Kashmir, the pres...
Giacaman: Shattered Lives
Znet Article, May, 31 2002
Rita Giacaman
Giacaman's ZSpace page
Following is a brief statistical report on the daily life, health and environmental conditions of families living under curfew and in fear and in danger, during the latest Israeli invasion of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, two towns with separat...
Turnipseed: Sex Among The Sacred
Znet Article, May, 31 2002
Tom Turnipseed
Turnipseed's ZSpace page
An evolving sex scandal involving dozens of Roman Catholic priests and their often young parishioners has the media focusing on sexual predators concealed for decades within religious institutions. Complete with cover-ups by higher-ups, the distur...
Bacon: Teaching Peace in a Time of War
Znet Article, May, 31 2002
David Bacon
Bacon's ZSpace page
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (5/28/02) -- On Sunday, Colombian voters elected President the former mayor of Medellin, Alvaro Uribe. The candidate of the right, Uribe has long-standing ties to the paramilitaries, who are accused of the worst of the human righ...
Edwards: East Timor And The British Press
Znet Article, May, 31 2002
David Edwards
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The emergence of an independent East Timor on May 20 this year provided a good example of how the British 'free press' cover up Western crimes. Many reports, though not all, mentioned that around 200,000 East Timorese - a quarter of the population...
Reinhart: The Voiceless Majority
Commentary, May, 30 2002
Tanya Reinhart
Reinhart's ZSpace page
Yediot Aharonot, May 21, 2002: To judge by the polls, the political system in Israel is very far from representing the positions of the majority in Israeli society. For several months the polls have shown a 60% majority or more in favor of dismant...
Pilger: How Britain's Armaments Fuel War And Poverty
Znet Article, May, 30 2002
John Pilger
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With nuclear powers India and Pakistan on the edge of war, the role of the Blair government in fuelling the conflict has been critical. In the year 2000, the Government approved nearly 700 export licences for weapons and military equipment to both...
Podur: Prepare for 4 years of the Uribe Model
Znet Article, May, 30 2002
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
"A dignified President, doctor Alvaro Uribe Velez, has been elected conclusively and consciously in the first round, by and for a Fatherland that wants to make itself peaceful and to grow in solidarity." -- Salvatore Mancuso, Commander of the Auto...
Healy: Angola: The Crisis You Aren't Hearing About
Commentary, May, 29 2002
Sean Healy
Healy's ZSpace page
Out of sight of the world, a humanitarian crisis of enormous proportions is unfolding in Angola, as perhaps hundreds of thousands of people flee the "grey zones", the 90% of the country which have until now been closed to outsiders, including huma...
Lucas: The Dishounarable Policeman Of The Left
Znet Article, May, 29 2002
Scott Lucas
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It was a sudden, devastating attack. The perpetrator struck mercilessly, leaving no time for a considered response. When he had finished, the "left" was in ruins. "I have no hesitation in describing this mentality, carefully and without heat," the...


