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Blum: The Bloody Road To Empire
Znet Article, May, 29 2002
William Blum
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David Ross: In “Killing Hope†you have fifty-four chapters on different interventions by the U.S. government into sovereign countries around the world. William Blum: Well, many of the chapters deal with multiple interventions. Th...
Peters: Antoine Walker and the Trajectory of Change
Znet Article, May, 29 2002
Cynthia Peters
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By What did Antoine Walker say? When did he say it? How did it help bring about the impossible? And why should leftists care? For those of you who are following the NBA playoffs, saw the Celtics/Nets game on Saturday night, and/or read the papers ...
Chomsky: A World Without War
Znet Article, May, 29 2002
Noam Chomsky
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I hope you won't mind if I set the stage with a few truisms. It is hardly exciting news that we live in a world of conflict and confrontation. There are lots of dimensions and complexities, but in recent years, lines have been drawn fairly sharpl...
Podur: Movements of Resistance in the Americas
Znet Article, May, 29 2002
Justin Podur
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A proposed view of history Much of Latin America won independence from Spain in the 19th century. All countries that were independent faced the same problem: the former imperial powers continued to control decisive military, financial...
Solomon: Still Not Good Enough -- From Barbie To Botox
Commentary, May, 28 2002
Norman Solomon
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In a twist of fate, obituaries appeared for the inventor of the Barbie doll just as a $50 million advertising campaign got underway for an anti-wrinkle drug with a name that memorably combines the words "botulism" and "toxin." Expensive injections...
Monbiot: A New Mobilisation
Commentary, May, 27 2002
George Monbiot
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The left, almost everyone agrees, is on the run. George Bush's seizure of power has dragged governments everywhere still further to the right. Most of the world's media are deeply hostile to progressive ideas. Now the war in Afghanistan has greatl...
Irlandesa: Deconstructing Conservation International, Part I
Znet Article, May, 27 2002
Irlandesa
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Conservation International. We know it as that shadowy "NGO" that has been rather overtly lurking in the Selva Lacandona - and other places - for the last number of years. We know that it has been "mapping" the countryside, setting up ...
Mendez: Communique from Released Zapatista Prisoners
Znet Article, May, 27 2002
Rafael lopez, gustavo estrada, alejandro Mendez
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We, the political prisoners of The Voice of Cerro Hueco who were released from jail on May 23, 2002, Rafael López Santiz, Gustavo Estrada Gómez and Alejandro Méndez DÃaz, wish to declare to the nation that our release was not due to "political...
Hoodbhoy: Lighting the Nuclear Fire
Znet Article, May, 27 2002
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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A nuclear war is said to have no winners, but Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee seems to think otherwise. His exhortations to Indian troops in Kashmir to prepare for sacrifices and "decisive victory" have set off widespread alarm. It seem...
Chomsky: Chomsky Talk
Znet Article, May, 27 2002
Noam Chomsky
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NOAM CHOMSKYBERKELEY, MECA, 3.21.02 NOAM CHOMSKY: Unfortunately, I can't see anybody out there but I assume there are people there. I'm going to be talking--I'll be talking primarily about West Asia, which overlaps pretty closely with ...
Starhawk: The G8 June Meeting In Kananaskis: A Strategic Moment
Znet Article, May, 27 2002
Starhawk
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The G8, the heads of the eight most industrialized countries in the world, are preparing to meet in late June in the isolated wilderness area of Kananaskis, near Calgary, in Alberta, one of the most prosperous and conservative provinces of Canada....
Author: The Lone Eagle: 75 Years Later
Commentary, May, 26 2002
Guest Author
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May 20 marks seventy-five years since Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. flew across the Atlantic and into the history books. It seems as good a time as any to examine yet another American myth.
Arnove: Iraq: Smart Sanctions And The Us War
Znet Article, May, 26 2002
Anthony Arnove
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The Bush administration is declaring another victory in its "propaganda war" with Iraq, following the unanimous vote of the United Nations Security Council to endorse its plan to impose "smart sanctions" on Iraq. On May 14, the Security Council a...
Siverstein: Anarchism And Youth Liberation
Znet Article, May, 26 2002
Marc Siverstein
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Children in today’s society are uniquely oppressed, but for the most part their oppression goes un-noticed even by people who consider themselves progressives or radicals. The fact that the relations between children and adults are based o...
Jensen: "I know I'm a racist but ...."
Commentary, May, 25 2002
Robert Jensen
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White folks are often parodied -- and rightly so -- for beginning sentences about race with the disclaimer, ÒIÕm not a racist, but ÉÓ What follows is more often than not an overtly racist statement.
Fisk: A Firestorm Is Coming
Znet Article, May, 25 2002
Robert Fisk
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So now Osama bin Laden is Hitler. And Saddam Hussein is Hitler. And George Bush is fighting the Nazis. Not since Menachem Begin fantasised to President Reagan that he felt he was attacking Hitler in Berlin – his Israeli army was actually b...
Fassed: Torture Distorts Hope For Palestinians
Znet Article, May, 25 2002
Arjan el Fassed
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Torture Distorts Hope For Palestinians
Albert: What Did Bush Know, When?
Commentary, May, 24 2002
Michael Albert
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The above question screams from mainstream newspapers. It froths from liberals' lips. What troubles me more, however, is that some leftists also find it important.
Hutchinson: Who's Jerking Who Off On Terror Alerts?
Znet Article, May, 24 2002
Earl ofari Hutchinson
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld bluntly told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Pentagon budget that the terrorists are "jerking us" around with their terror threats. Rumsfeld then upped the terror ante by gravely warning that ...
Steele: East Timor Is Independent
Znet Article, May, 24 2002
Jonathan Steele
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It's a hard world to be born into, even for nation-states. This week East Timor, half of a small island a few hundred miles north of Australia, became the youngest member of the so-called international community. Out went a temporary UN administra...
