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Znet Article Poulshock: Anti War Demos

Znet Article, April, 30 2002 Michael Poulshock
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It would be understandable if one had the impression that American Jews were united in their support for Israel, particularly given the events of the past month. However, the escalation of the conflict in the last few weeks is jarring many America...

Commentary Russell: Affordable Accessible Housing Needs to Be on Housing Advocates' Radar Screen

Commentary, April, 29 2002 Marta Russell
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Affordable housing was already at a crisis point pre-S11 during the economic "boom." Now in the recession, people are being pink-slipped and losing their jobs by the tens of thousands. The Bush economic stimulus bail out plan does nothing for laid...

Commentary Mondragon: What Are These 'other Threats To Colombia's Security'?

Commentary, April, 29 2002 Hector Mondragon
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On April 18, 2002, the US Congress announced a new bill intended to raise the

Znet Article Wise: Anti-Semitism, Real and Imagined

Znet Article, April, 29 2002 Tim Wise
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Watching former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak to Congress a few weeks ago, I must admit, I was almost sucked in. No, not by his distorted version of reality in the Occupied Territories, nor by his opportunistic and transparently ...

Znet Article Roy: Democracy

Znet Article, April, 28 2002 Arundhati Roy
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Last night a friend from Baroda called. Weeping. It took her fifteen minutes to tell me what the matter was. It wasn't very complicated. Only that Sayeeda, a friend of hers, had been caught by a mob. Only that her stomach had been ripped open and ...

Znet Article Rugene: Kenyan MPs Rebel Against WB and IMF

Znet Article, April, 28 2002 Njeri Rugene
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An attempt to broker better understanding between Parliament and donors fell flat on its face after MPs rebelled and accused lenders of imposing policies which hurt ordinary people. Members of Parliament were meeting officials of the International...

Commentary Rebick: French Election Has Lessons For Us All

Commentary, April, 27 2002 Judy Rebick
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The results of the French Presidential election are the latest, and perhaps most significant sign, that the shifts in global politics following September 11 are much greater than anyone on the left predicted. The failure of the French left to move...

Znet Article Hoyt: Concerns Over Possible AFL-CIO Involvement in Venezuela Coup Led to February Picket

Znet Article, April, 27 2002 Katherine Hoyt
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Could the bad old days be returning to the AFL-CIO’s operations in other countries? Fear that in Venezuela the AFL-CIO was supporting both a right-wing union federation and a U.S.-backed coup led some solidarity activists to mount a picket...

Znet Article Bunzl: Le Pen is Chief Beneficiary of Corporate Globalization

Znet Article, April, 27 2002 John Bunzl
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The rise of the far-right across Europe and elsewhere, of which Le Pen is but the latest and most high-profile example, has met with a predictable barrage of outrage and political hand-wringing amongst Europe’s mainstream politicians. Tony...

Znet Article Fisk: They are coming

Znet Article, April, 27 2002 Robert Fisk
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They are coming. That's what most Gazans tell you. The Israelis are coming. But the sand barricades are pathetic. Even a mile from the Erez "safe crossing'' point constructed during the early days of the mad dream of Oslo, the best that Yasser Ara...

Znet Article Bishara: A Strange Case Of Casting

Znet Article, April, 27 2002 Azmi Bishara
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At the very moment the Arab masses were being transformed into a collective movement, taking to the streets in order to exercise just one aspect of their rights as citizens, demanding that their leaders should act as leaders and take resolute deci...

Znet Article Galeano: The Machine

Znet Article, April, 27 2002 Eduardo Galeano
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 [Translated by Francisco González] Sigmund Freud had learned it from Jean-Martin Charcot: ideas can be implanted by hypnosis in the human mind. More than a century has gone by since then, and the technology of manipulation has made great...

Znet Article Mondragon: What are these 'other threats' to Colombia's Security?

Znet Article, April, 27 2002 Hector Mondragon
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On April 18, 2002, the US Congress announced a new bill intended to raise the amounts and the involvement of military aid to the government of Colombia. The text of the bill, released with the visit of Colombian President Andres Pastrana to Washin...

Znet Article Avnery: The Real Aim

Znet Article, April, 27 2002 Uri Avnery
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The real aim of “Operation Defensive Shield” was not to “destroy the infrastructure of terrorism”. This was merely a good slogan for uniting the people of Israel, who are angry and afraid after the suicide bombings....

Commentary Monbiot: Diplomatic Impunity

Commentary, April, 26 2002 George Monbiot
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Tony Blair might believe he belongs to an international coalition, but George Bush has other ideas. Bush's international war against terrorism has not stopped him from waging a parallel war against co-operation.

Commentary Author: Subverting Democracy

Commentary, April, 26 2002 Guest Author
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As reports of Israeli war crimes continue to emerge, the U.S. refuses to alter its stance of support for Israel, instead placing nearly all the blame on Yasir Arafat. President Bush has refused to do more than issue some harsh words to Israel that...

Znet Article Kimmerling: Israeli democracy's decline

Znet Article, April, 26 2002 Baruch Kimmerling
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Jerusalem - More than 350 combat officers and soldiers from the Israeli reserve forces recently declared that they are no longer willing to serve in the occupied territories; they will not be partners to the war crimes and atrocities that the Isr...

Znet Article Faruqui: Worse Than No Deal At All

Znet Article, April, 26 2002 Ahmad Faruqui
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 Speaking in Los Angeles last month, Al Gore argued that the cycle of violence between the Israelis and Palestinians began when Yasir Arafat rejected an "extremely generous" peace settlement that Bill Clinton and former Israeli Prime Minister...

Znet Article Faruqui: Worse Than No Deal

Znet Article, April, 26 2002 Ahmad Faruqui
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Speaking in Los Angeles last month, Al Gore argued that the cycle of violence between the Israelis and Palestinians began when Yasir Arafat rejected an "extremely generous" peace settlement that Bill Clinton and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud ...

Znet Article Rebick: French Election Has Lessons For Us All

Znet Article, April, 26 2002 Judy Rebick
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The results of the French Presidential election are the latest, and perhaps most significant sign, that the shifts in global politics following September 11 are much greater than anyone on the left predicted. The failure of the French left to move...

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