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Said: Crisis For American Jews
Znet Article, May, 17 2002
Edward Said
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A few weeks ago, a vociferous pro-Israel demonstration was held in Washington at roughly the same moment that the siege of Jenin was taking place. All of the speakers were prominent public figures, including several senators, leaders of major Jewi...
Pappe: Demons of The Nakbah
Znet Article, May, 17 2002
Ilan Pappe
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As a Jewish child, born in Haifa in the early 1950s, I did not encounter the term Nakbah (catastrophe), nor was I aware of its significance. Only in my high- school days did the term make its first appearance. There were three Israeli Palestinian ...
Sanders (i-vt): Congress Must Address Corporate Control Of The Media
Znet Article, May, 17 2002
Rep. bernie Sanders (i-vt)
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One of the best-kept secrets in this country is the degree to which a handful of huge corporations own and control the flow of information in the United States. Whether it is television, radio, newspapers, magazines, books or the internet, fewer a...
Solomon: The Case Of The 9-11 Photo
Znet Article, May, 17 2002
Norman Solomon
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Politicians are often eager to outdo their foes with media images of greater patriotism or piety. But in mid-May 2002, Republican and Democratic leaders also vied to appear more offended than their opponents. The catalyst was a GOP effort to boost...
Wise: Defining Democracy Down
Commentary, May, 16 2002
Tim Wise
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WebsterÕs New World Dictionary defines democracy as, among other things, Òthe principle of equality of rights, opportunity and treatment, or the practice of this principle.Ó Keep this in mind, as weÕll be coming back to it shortly.
Macdougall: Strike One! Blair Takes A Baseball Bat To The Poor
Znet Article, May, 16 2002
William Macdougall
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The queue starts early on Monday mornings, winding and snaking its way from the barred heavy wooden doors, down past the municipal cleansing department depot and right again as it borders the local park, before almost turning back on itself ...
Solomon: No Media Interest In A Basic Matter Of Democracy
Znet Article, May, 16 2002
Norman Solomon
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A basic principle of democracy is that every person's vote should have equal weight. So we might expect some public discourse about the fact that the U.S. Senate is fundamentally undemocratic. But it's a complete non-issue among politicians and jo...
Weisbrot: What About the Trade Deficit?
Commentary, May, 15 2002
Mark Weisbrot
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The much-feared Federal budget deficit is back in the news: the latest projections show it could be twice as high in the coming year as previously thought. Should anyone be worried?
Glass: Palestine's Petain?
Znet Article, May, 15 2002
Charles Glass
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The old fox escaped the hencoop again. For almost two weeks, Yasser Arafat has paraded through the ravaged streets of the West Bank as if he had won Palestine's war of independence. It was like old times, with Sharon squeezing him, then letting hi...
Barghouti: On Dance, Identity and War
Znet Article, May, 15 2002
Omar Barghouti
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In the middle of our regular dance rehearsal, our second after the end of the latest Israeli assault, a group of Belgian artists quietly sauntered into our well-lit, yet cozy, studio in Ramallah, some for the first time. Unmistakably surprised by ...
Fisk: Why Does John Malkovich Want To Kill Me?
Znet Article, May, 15 2002
Robert Fisk
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It used to be just a trickle, a steady drip-drip of hate mail which arrived once a week, castigating me for reporting on the killing of innocent Lebanese under Israeli air raids or for suggesting that Arabs - as well as Israelis - wanted peace in ...
Cromwell: Regulating The University Mind
Commentary, May, 14 2002
David Cromwell
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I blame my dad. As a mature student of geography and Russian at Glasgow University, he used to take me and my wee brother Kenneth to the campus in the west end of the city, just off Byres Road in Hillhead. Gilbert Scott's Gothic creation, fulfilli...
Bellinghausen: Autonomous Municipality Demands Removal of Military Checkpoints
Znet Article, May, 14 2002
Hermann Bellinghausen
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Roberto Flores Magón Autonomous Municipality, Chiapas.May 12.The Autonomous Municipal Council today demanded the withdrawal of military control and search checkpoints and the suspension of army movements in their communities. "It's assumed ...
Pappe: Contents Bearing On The Case Of Ilan Pappe
Znet Article, May, 14 2002
Ilan Pappe
Pappe's ZSpace page
Dear Friends, I have received today an invitation to stand for a trial in my university, the university of Haifa. The prosecution, represented by Haifa Dean's of humanities demands my expulsion from the university due to the positions I have tak...
Mokhiber: World Bank/imf Out Of Control
Znet Article, May, 14 2002
Russel Mokhiber
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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...
Shiva: Export at Any Cost
Znet Article, May, 14 2002
Vandana2 Shiva
Shiva's ZSpace page
Oxfam International's report "Rigged Rules and Double Standards" on Trade, globalisation and the fight against poverty is a brave attempt at combining two paradigms. However, when two paradigms are incommensurate, putting them together only create...
Peters: Parenting in a Vulgar Age / Happy Mothers Day
Commentary, May, 13 2002
Cynthia Peters
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Anyone who has even briefly perused the childcare shelves at bookstores knows that there are strategies and then refinements to those strategies on how to be the best possible parent to your fetus.
Bellinghausen: 'Foreigners are pressuring us to expel you'
Znet Article, May, 13 2002
Hermann Bellinghausen
Bellinghausen's ZSpace page
[translated by irlandesa] It is, beyond all doubt, a gem of nature, a jewel box of marvels. The deep "reserve" of the Selva Lacandona is at the end of the most extraordinary process of colonization and social organization of the twentieth Me...
Ali: Letter to a Young Muslim
Znet Article, May, 13 2002
Tariq Ali
Ali's ZSpace page
Remember when you approached me after the big antiwar meeting in November 2001 (I think it was Glasgow) and asked whether I was a believer? I have not forgotten the shock you registered when I replied "no", or the comment of your friend ("o...
Mahajan: US Mideast Power Plays
Znet Article, May, 13 2002
Raul Mahajan
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US Mideast Power Plays
