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Commentary Du boff: STOPPING TERRORISM VS. PROMOTING THE RIGHT: NO CONTEST

Commentary, March, 28 2002 Richard Du boff
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By high noon September 11, 2001 it should have been obvious what this generation of Republicans--and more than a few Democrats--would do with the attacks on New York and Washington: seize upon them as manna from heaven to promote a hard right-wing...

Znet Article Whitworth: US Secrecy Over Prisoners Is Unlawful

Znet Article, March, 28 2002 Damian Whitworth
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The Bush Administration's secrecy about hundreds of detainees picked up in a post-September 11 dragnet is unlawful and the identities and alleged offenses of those being held must be revealed, a New Jersey court has ruled. In a rebuke to the Attor...

Znet Article Wise: White Perceptions

Znet Article, March, 28 2002 Tim Wise
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This is an interaction lifted from the ZNet Sustainer Forum System. In addition to receiving daily commentaries ZNet Sustainers have the opportunity to ask questions and interact with many other activists and intellectuals such as Noam Chomsky, Ho...

Znet Article Goldenberg: Israel Plans Unprecedented Military Response To Massacre

Znet Article, March, 28 2002 Suzanne Goldenberg
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For days, Israel has been telegraphing its intentions to launch a sweeping new military offensive against the Palestinians, and to reoccupy cities and refugee camps in the West Bank and Gaza. Last night's bloody attack on a Passover seder in Netan...

Commentary Peters: Using MLK to Keep You in Your Place

Commentary, March, 27 2002 Cynthia Peters
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There are all sorts of rationalizations people will offer for not envisioning a better future. "It's utopian," some will say. "You're dreaming. The best we can do is make small improvements on what we've got."

Znet Article Bello: US Military Operations in the Philippines

Znet Article, March, 27 2002 Walden Bello
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I think that the best way to begin is to repeat what Fr. Cirilo Nacorda said two days ago in Lamitan, Basilan, when he thanked the members of the International Peace Mission for "risking their lives" in going to Basilan to look for the truth. My c...

Znet Article Edelman: Price Of Free Trade Is Famine

Znet Article, March, 27 2002 Marc Edelman
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Central America is in the grip of famine, and if President Bush mentions it when he visits El Salvador on Sunday, he will likely suggest that free trade is the solution. Yet Bush's proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement is hardly going to...

Znet Article Fisk: Arab Summit Lies In Ruins

Znet Article, March, 27 2002 Robert Fisk
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Israel's Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, threw Yasser Arafat into the valley of humiliation last night, banning his visit to the Beirut Arab summit in the face of feeble American protests. "Unfortunately, the conditions are not yet ripe for Chairman...

Znet Article Street: Empire Abroad, Prisons At Home: Dark Connections

Znet Article, March, 27 2002 Paul Street
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It is commonplace for left writers and activists to note stark contradictions between the declared objectives of United States foreign policy and the harsh imperial realities of that policy. It is difficult, we note, with good reason, for thinking...

Znet Article Glick: Mass Mobilization And Politcal Change

Znet Article, March, 27 2002 Ted Glick
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Over the weekend of April 19-22, 2002, particularly on April 20th, tens of thousands of people from around the country will participate in a wide range of peace and justice activities in Washington, D.C. In an unprecedented show of political matur...

Znet Article Rebellion: More on Impending Expulsions of Communities in Rebellion

Znet Article, March, 27 2002 Ricardo flores magón, autonomous municipality in Rebellion
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[translated by irlandesa] To the People of Mexico. To the Peoples of the World. Brothers and sisters: A shadow of death is being raised in the heart of our land, of our mother, of our selva. A cloud of soldiers, paramilitaries, plans and project...

Znet Article Russell: Docs Refuse Medicare

Znet Article, March, 27 2002 Marta Russell
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I know without having to read the New York Times that docs are refusing to take Medicare patients because as an under 65 year old on Medicare due to disability I've been on the losing end of that stick for years. "For the first time" the New Y...

Commentary Street: Empire Abroad, Prisons At Home: Dark Connections

Commentary, March, 26 2002 Paul Street
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An examination of the connections between US foreign policy and the mass incarceration of poor people of color.

Znet Article Hart: Fear And Favor 2001

Znet Article, March, 26 2002 Janine jackson & peter Hart
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Introduction Fear & Favor is FAIR’s annual review of incidents that reflect the range of pressures on reporters to use something other than journalistic judgment in deciding what goes in the news and what gets left out. The year 2001 ...

Znet Article Edwards: Media Lens Debate On Iraq Continued

Znet Article, March, 26 2002 David Edwards
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Following our Media Alert Update, 'The Observer's Nick Cohen and Observer Editor Roger Alton Respond On Iraq' (March 20, 2002 - for this and other Media Alerts see: http://www.medialens.org/frameset_alerts.html) Media Lens received this reply...

Commentary Brecher: Globalization Today

Commentary, March, 25 2002 Jeremy Brecher
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Since the beginning of the new millenium, the process of global economic integration we call globalization from above has sped from crisis to calamity. That has intensified both the need for and the strength of the convergence of social movements ...

Znet Article Cuevas: How Barcelona Defeated Violence

Znet Article, March, 25 2002 Jesús ramírez Cuevas
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[translated by irlandesa] Today Barcelona is the new reference point for the global movement. Following the mobilization of more than 500,000 persons, it will be difficult to discredit protests against economic policies in the world as something w...

Commentary Solomon: Six Months Later, The Basic Tool Is Language

Commentary, March, 24 2002 Norman Solomon
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Cameras have recorded countless defining moments. And many months after Sept. 11, some nightmarish televised glimpses of that day's horrors still resonate deeply. Visual images are powerful. Yet there's no substitute for words that sum up what mig...

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Hercules Cleaned Out

Znet Article, March, 24 2002 Boris Kagarlitsky
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On March 11th the Russian Duma approved the resignation of Central Bank chief Viktor Gerashchenko. This act doesn't only mark the departure of one of the few larger-than-life characters remaining in Russian politics and a man who has played a -- i...

Znet Article Ahmad: Putting Kashmir on the Agenda

Znet Article, March, 24 2002 Junaid Ahmad
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On February 11th, the BBC reported that an Indian soldier opened fire in the Poonch district of Indian-Administered Kashmir, killing three of his own colleagues.  Such incidents have not been uncommon in Kashmir, where the daily mental stress...

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