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Podur: Instead of Nation States
Commentary, June, 14 2002
Justin Podur
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"It's disturbing to see how neatly nationalism dovetails into fascism. While we must not allow the fascists to define what the nation is, or who it belongs to, it's worth keeping in mind that nationalism, in all its many avatars-socialist, capital...
Sammonds: The Ending Of History
Znet Article, June, 14 2002
Neil Sammonds
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In 1989 Francis Fukuyama argued in ‘The End of History’ that ‘communism’ was defeated and liberal capitalist democracies were the natural end-point of political evolution. In Palestine/Israel Fukuyama’s over...
Azulay: Eyewitness Report From Balata
Znet Article, June, 14 2002
Jessica Azulay
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On Friday, May 31, we heard that the IDF had entered the Balata Refugee camp near Nablus. A friend of ours called us to tell us that the soldiers had ordered that every man between the ages of 15 and 50 come out of his house. Those who came out we...
Edwards: Ironclad Hearts - Inner And Outer Liberation
Commentary, June, 13 2002
David Edwards
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Fromm was right. What, after all, is the difference between an active dissident and a mainstream "journalist of attachment", or one of our many indifferent citizens?
Fisk: Bush's Titanic War On Terror
Znet Article, June, 13 2002
Robert Fisk
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First it was to be a crusade. Then it became the "War for Civilization". Then the "War without End". Then the "War against Terror". And now--believe it or not--President Bush is promising us a "Titanic War on Terror". This gets weirder and weirder...
Foot: Is Capitalism Sick?
Znet Article, June, 13 2002
Paul Foot
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"Is capitalism sick?" inquires a challenging headline in the Sunday Times. The answer, over many paragraphs, is no. Capitalism, the article reveals, is in fine fettle. The only thing wrong with it is the occasional rotten or greedy capitalist. ...
Hass: Indefinite Siege
Znet Article, June, 13 2002
Amira Hass
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The far-reaching significance of Israel's siege policy and the institutionalization of the pass system for travel through the West Bank is in direct contradiction to the minimal--if any--interest shown in Israel about the phenomenon. The siege po...
Abunimah: Unhappy Anniversary
Znet Article, June, 13 2002
Ali Abunimah
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(Amman, Jordan, June 5) Today is the 35th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights. This occupation is and has been utter hell for the Palestinians who were made refuge...
Mukherji: Gujrat and the world order
Znet Article, June, 12 2002
Nirmalangshu Mukherji
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The events of 9/11 took place in New York and Washington, but their direct effect was felt in Asia in the form of a massive increase in US aggression in parts of the region. What does the military presence of the US mean for the future of democrac...
Roy: Ahimsa
Znet Article, June, 12 2002
Arundhati Roy
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While the rest of us are mesmerised by talk of war and terrorism and wars against terror, (can you go to war against a feeling?) in Madhya Pradesh a little life-raft has set sail into the wind. On a pavement in Bhopal, in an area called 'Tin Shed'...
Bishara: Tales Of Apartheid
Znet Article, June, 12 2002
Azmi Bishara
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The UN Security Council resolution of April 2002, calling on Israel to withdraw from Palestinian towns, was redundant. Israel never intended to stay in Palestinian towns and run their daily Palestinian affairs. It has said so on more than one occa...
Goff: Diary of A Counter Insurgent
Znet Article, June, 12 2002
Stan Goff
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Editor's Note: Stan Goff served in the U.S. military for two decades, much of the time with Special Forces training Third World armies. His first-person account of these counterinsurgency projects comes as policy makers in Washington press for maj...
Choudry: The Asian Development Bank - "Governing" the Pacific?
Commentary, June, 11 2002
Aziz Choudry
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in adopting a policy of governance in October 1995, claims to be the first international financial institution to have a board-approved official position on 'good governance'.
Monbiot: Dirty Bombs Waiting for a Detonator
Znet Article, June, 11 2002
George Monbiot
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The world now faces two imminent nuclear threats. The first is the standoff between India and Pakistan, two nuclear powers vacillating on the brink of war. The second arises from a commercial deal between the United Kingdom and Japan. At the end ...
Fisk: Gangsters, Murderers And Stooges Used To Endorse Bush's Vision Of 'Democracy'
Znet Article, June, 11 2002
Robert Fisk
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By Washington wants the loya jirga to succeed. True, far too many of its pliant warlords - the Pashtun and Tajik gangsters whom the Americans paid in thousands of dollars for their sometimes loyal alliance against Osama bin Laden - have been tryin...
Glick: “The Least of Theseâ€
Commentary, June, 10 2002
Ted Glick
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Why do people become activists and organizers for positive social change? Even more importantly, why do they continue to live lives of activism even after they experience the difficulties of this line of work?
Glick: ÒThe Least of TheseÓ
Commentary, June, 10 2002
Ted Glick
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Why do people become activists and organizers for positive social change? Even more importantly, why do they continue to live lives of activism even after they experience the difficulties of this line of work?
Grubacic: Should Milosovec Be Tried at the Hague?
Znet Article, June, 10 2002
Andrej Grubacic
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Using as pretext the recent arrest of Yugoslavia's ex-president Slobodan Milosevic, the author of the following article proposes to offer a brief analysis of the current Yugoslav intellectual climate. It is most expedient, for our purposes, to beg...
