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Rebick: Ramallah Revelations
Znet Article, July, 26 2002
Judy Rebick
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"My favourite movie is Life is Beautiful," Refaat Sabbah tells me. "I love the way the hero protects his son from the experience of the concentration camp. I try to protect my children from the horrors around us too," he adds with a gentle smile. ...
Pilger: Our Writers Failure
Znet Article, July, 26 2002
John Pilger
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On 17 June, I wrote about Martin Amis's recent Guardian essay, "The voice of the lonely crowd", in which he described the response of acclaimed writers like himself to 11 September as a "pitiable babble". In fact, they were and remain most...
Weissman: Cracking Down on Corporate Crime, Really
Commentary, July, 25 2002
Robert Weissman
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Here is one of the most remarkable aspects of the still-unfolding financial scandals swirling around Worldcom, Xerox, Global Crossing, Enron, Arthur Andersen, Tyco and a growing number of other companies: The fraud occurred in the most heavily reg...
Villa: Mexico: The Conflict in San Salvador Atenco
Znet Article, July, 25 2002
Borja Villa
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Translated by Cole Miller The government of Mexican president Vicente Fox issued a presidential decree on October 2 of last year by virtue of which more than 5,000 hectares were expropriated in the municipalities of Texcoco and San Salvador Aten...
Solomon: Will This Be An "Official Scandal" Or Something More?
Znet Article, July, 25 2002
Norman Solomon
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With huge financial scandals causing turmoil in the United States, this year has seen some vigorous reporting about high-level misdeeds and corporate manipulation. But many news stories just take the lead from top officials. In the months ahead, w...
Bishara: Beyond Belief
Znet Article, July, 25 2002
Azmi Bishara
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The prevailing Palestinian political culture is in an unprecedented state of decay, the most significant manifestations of which are the absence of a national liberation movement, even in form, and the absence of a clear hierarchy and chain-of-com...
Loewenstein: Rising Up From the Dust: Report from Gaza City
Znet Article, July, 24 2002
Jennifer Loewenstein
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Gaza City, Occupied Palestine. Heaps of concrete, broken pillars with wire sticking out, people's shoes, clothes, bedding, strewn haphazardly among the rubble, dust everywhere, a hole in the landscape where a two-story apartment was just yesterday...
Weisbrot: The Post-Bubble Economy: A Better World
Znet Article, July, 24 2002
Mark Weisbrot
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Across the country, it is finally sinking in. There really was a bubble in the stock market, and it has now burst. This is not like Tiger Woods having a bad day at the British Open. He may rebound to his past glory, but the stock market will not.&...
Lewis: Contagion In Latin America
Znet Article, July, 24 2002
Tom Lewis
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Part of the decision by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Bush administration to let Argentina go to the wall last autumn involved their calculation that an Argentine meltdown could safely be contained. They went so far as to inoculate...
Abunimah: The Politics Of Murder
Znet Article, July, 24 2002
Ali Abunimah
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The images of torn and shattered bodies, the piles of human remains of Israelis and Palestinians look exactly the same to the naked eye. The screams of the injured and the cries of the bereaved issue neither in Hebrew nor in Arabic, but in the uni...
Shlonsky: Zionist Ideology, the Non-Jews and the State of Israel
Znet Article, July, 24 2002
Ur Shlonsky
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Israel Shahak once remarked that for at least the last 200 years, Jews have demanded equal rights in every country in which they’ve lived – with the remarkable exception of Israel, the Jewish state.1 Israel has always founded its i...
Bagdikian: God Vs. The Big Name Droppers
Znet Article, July, 24 2002
Ben Bagdikian
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There is a famous Washington tableaux in the National Capitol. No, not George Washington crossing the Delaware. It is a repeated public ritual resulting in slight variations of the great classic of our time: seven corporate executives in 1994 stan...
Oviedo: Destabilizing the Country: The Same Old Lies
Znet Article, July, 24 2002
Susana Oviedo
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Essential but disposable material. That is what peasants and popular classes mean to politicians. ‘El Oviedismo’ (the political philosophy of ex-general Lino Oviedo and his followers) has proven once again that deception is one of ...
Solomon: Nuclear Weapons And Media Fog
Znet Article, July, 24 2002
Norman Solomon
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American media outlets roused themselves from outright denial in early June, spurred by belated warnings from top U.S. officials that a nuclear war between India and Pakistan would kill millions of people. The tone of news coverage shifted toward ...
Choudry: Imprisoned by “Democracy�
Commentary, July, 23 2002
Aziz Choudry
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We could just start over but it's oh so hard to do
Choudry: Imprisoned by ÒDemocracyÓ?
Commentary, July, 23 2002
Aziz Choudry
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We could just start over but it's oh so hard to do
Street: The Biggest Scandal of Corporate America: What Happens on Its Best Behavior
Znet Article, July, 23 2002
Paul Street
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A recent column by popular Chicago business writer David Greising speaks volumes about the limits of recent "mainstream," well, corporate media commentary on the sins of corporate America. In an amusing July 12th piece in the Chicago Tribune, Grei...
Orenstein: US May Support a Terrorist-Connected Military in Name of War on Terror
Znet Article, July, 23 2002
Karen Orenstein
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The Bush Administration has asked Congress to lift restrictions on military financing and training for the Indonesian military. Far from building security, the move to strengthen Indonesia's military notorious for its human rights abuses - will on...
Bennis: Bush Mispronounces Middle East Peace
Znet Article, July, 23 2002
Phyllis Bennis
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President Bush's much-awaited Middle East policy pronouncement was very much a post-September 11 speech. It was shaped by the unbridled power of an unchallenged global sovereign, unconcerned with the differing opinions or legitim...
Avnery: The Army has a State
Znet Article, July, 23 2002
Uri Avnery
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One of the rich men in the Jewish shtetl died. Jewish tradition demanded that somebody eulogize the deceased, dwelling only on his virtues. But nobody in town was ready to say a good word about this hated person. At last a merciful Jew volunteered...
