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Znet Article Balboa: Twinning of Cities in Chiapas and Catalonia

Znet Article, August, 10 2002 Juan Balboa
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[translated by irlandesa] Roberto Barrios, Chiapas From the Barcelona Mediterranean to the Lacandona Selva, zapatistas and Catalans formalized, in this Aguascalientes, the twinning of the two municipalities El Trabajo and La Garriga, in a fiesta...

Znet Article Bellinghausen: Zapatista Assassinated

Znet Article, August, 10 2002 Hermann Bellinghausen
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[translated by irlandesa] The Network of Community Human Rights Defenders confirmed today that on the night of the 7th José López Santiz, a zapatista support base from the community of 6 de Agosto, "was assassinated by eight gunshots" in front ...

Commentary Landau: Report On The Juarez Maquilas: The Environment

Commentary, August, 09 2002 Saul Landau
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After spending a period of weeks investigating labor and environmental conditions on the US-Mexico border, I have concluded that the production system used to inundate us with commodities Ð ÒglobalizationÓ Ð lacks a human brain, but has an excelle...

Znet Article Steele: For Hire: The Boy Human Shields In Gaza's Most Desperate Town

Znet Article, August, 09 2002 Jonathan Steele
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For Hire: The Boy Human Shields In Gaza's Most Desperate Town

Znet Article Hutchinson: Why Black Murder Rates Remain So High

Znet Article, August, 09 2002 Earl ofari Hutchinson
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The same week that public and media attention was riveted on the shocking murder-abduction of Samantha Runnion, the mother of seven-year old Jaunnicia Milton was gunned down in Oakland. Her shooting was only the latest in a string of murders in th...

Commentary Author: Invisible Children: AIDS, Africa and Selective Vision

Commentary, August, 08 2002 Guest Author
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In a July 11th article, the British weekly The Economist recounts the latest grim statistics on AIDS, noting emphatically that the 9,000 people who die each day from AIDS represents three times the number killed in the World Trade Center attacks.

Znet Article Edwards: Conspiracy Free Conformity

Znet Article, August, 08 2002 David Edwards
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Chemistry teachers have long delighted students by showing how near-perfect symmetrical structures can be produced by pouring a large number of small balls into a square box, whereupon a perfect pyramid is inevitably produced. The balls either lan...

Znet Article Choudry: How Low Can You go?

Znet Article, August, 08 2002 Aziz Choudry
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Many corporations dogged by popular opposition to their environmentally devastating projects have rebranded themselves as ecological crusaders, hiring public relations consultants to greenwash their activities, and seek “dialogue” ...

Znet Article Solomon: Fending Off The Threat Of Peace

Znet Article, August, 08 2002 Norman Solomon
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To fend off the threat of peace, determination is necessary. Elected officials and high-level appointees must work effectively with reporters and pundits. This is no time for the U.S. government to risk taking "yes" for an answer from Iraq. Guard...

Znet Article Vltchek: The Left in Peru

Znet Article, August, 08 2002 Andre Vltchek
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AV:  What problems does Peruvian left face?RRM: After ten years long crises we are now in the process of reconstruction and renovation of the left. We were affected by three principal factors: First, the neo-liberal offensive all over the wor...

Commentary Podur: The Pope Squat

Commentary, August, 07 2002 Justin Podur
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The pope has left the city, and the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty still has the building.

Znet Article Bello: Capitalist Crisis And Corporate Crime

Znet Article, August, 07 2002 Walden Bello
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The unraveling of the reputations of firms that were once the toast of Wall Street continues and the end is not in sight. But one thing is certain: already fragile prior to Enron, the legitimacy of global capitalism as the dominant system of produ...

Commentary Scahill: The Saddam In Rumsfeld’s Closet

Commentary, August, 06 2002 Jeremy Scahill
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“Man and the turtle are very much alike. Neither makes any progress without sticking his neck out.” —Donald Rumsfeld

Commentary Author: The Saddam In RumsfeldÕs Closet

Commentary, August, 06 2002 Guest Author
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ÒMan and the turtle are very much alike. Neither makes any progress without sticking his neck out.Ó ÑDonald Rumsfeld

Znet Article Monbiot: The Logic Of Empire

Znet Article, August, 06 2002 George Monbiot
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There is something almost comical about the prospect of George Bush waging war on another nation because that nation has defied international law. Since Mr Bush came to office, the United States government has torn up more international treaties a...

Znet Article Jensen: Review Of Defying Corporations,Defining Democracy

Znet Article, August, 06 2002 Robert Jensen
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There is no alternative. Capitalism is the only future. Free markets are the essence of democracy. How do we know? Because we are told repeatedly by smart guys from corporations and government, and by the journalists and academics paid to explai...

Znet Article Blixen: Freely Associated State

Znet Article, August, 06 2002 Samuel Blixen
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[translated by Cole Miller] There's no way I'd let my friend Jorge fall," said George W. Bush as he authorized a bridge loan for 800 million dollars from the Treasury Department.   The president of the United States certainly deals...

Commentary Choudry: Killing Me Softly

Commentary, August, 05 2002 Aziz Choudry
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Why is it that whenever I think of the Pacific, the word ÒdumpingÓ comes to mind?

Znet Article Vidal: Immigration in Spain

Znet Article, August, 05 2002 Marga Vidal
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Immigrants have a hard time in this country. Those without documents have no protection from criminal exploitation and racist attacks and instead are expelled or simply served with an order of expulsion. Legal immigrants are at the mercy of a poor...

Znet Article Winer: Truth Report Blocked

Znet Article, August, 05 2002 Stan Winer
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State-sponsored terrorists, or freedom fighters? Apartheid government stooge, or enlightened tribal chief? This will be for the court to figure out as South Africa’s Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and its sabre-rattling leader, Zulu chief Man...

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