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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
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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
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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
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[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
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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
Barghouti: Israel's Best Interest
Znet Article, May, 13 2002
Omar Barghouti
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There is something peculiar about how the world, the UN included, has been dealing lately with Israel’s uncontested repression of human rights and violations of international law. The most common concern raised in this respect is “...
Bricmont: Why We Still Need To Be Anti-Imperialists
Znet Article, May, 13 2002
Jean Bricmont
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It seems evident, from the attitude of the capitalist world to Soviet Russia, of the Entente to the Central Empires, and of England to Ireland and India, that there is no depth of cruelty, perfidy or brutality from which the present holders of pow...
Lazala: Turbulent Colombian Panorama
Znet Article, May, 13 2002
Mauricio Lazala
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Colombia has entered into an all-out war during the year in which Colombians will elect a new President and Congress. The current war is not necessarily the worst problem that confronts the country. The forerunner in the race for President of the ...
Palast: Opec Chief Warned Chavez About Coup
Znet Article, May, 13 2002
Greg Palast
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The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, had advance warning of last month's coup attempt against him from the secretary general of Opec, Ali Rodriguez, allowing him to prepare an extraordinary plan which saved both his government and his life, an i...
Randall: Patriarchy and Pedophilia
Commentary, May, 12 2002
Margaret Randall
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For the past two decades, at least, there have been murmurings of sexual misconduct among Catholic priests-in the United States and elsewhere. Despite its culture of secrecy, which mimics society's culture of secrecy about such issues, stories hav...
Dias: Words From Cerro Hueco
Znet Article, May, 12 2002
Alejandro Dias
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Cerezo No. 1, Cerro Hueco.Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.May 10, 2002.To the Local, National and International Media.To the Peoples of the World.We, the political prisoners, zapatista support bases in the Voice of Cerro Hueco, are still engaged in the...


