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Znet Article Grubacic: Civilized world?

Znet Article, February, 27 2002 Andrej Grubacic
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Belgrade: Whatever the acts of genocide Slobodan Milosevic has committed - crimes against humanity or war crimes - the process against him is in opposition to international criminal law and presents a dangerous precedent. Instead of being tried on...

Znet Article Clarke: Interrogation at the US-Canada Border

Znet Article, February, 27 2002 John Clarke
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My name is John Clarke and I am an Organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). In the early afternoon of February 19th, 2002, I crossed the international bridge between Sarnia, Ontario and Port Huron, Michigan. I was on my way to ...

Znet Article Choudry: Whose Beat Should We Dance To?

Znet Article, February, 27 2002 Aziz Choudry
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One cannot help wondering how much of the agenda of the critiques of the new economic order is set by those setting the terms of the new economic order itself." wrote Indian labour rights activist Radha D'Souza in 1995 (Parallel People's APEC: Two...

Znet Article Correll: JOHN Q. -

Znet Article, February, 27 2002 Thelma Correll
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The critics and the news media panned it. Variety went so far as to say, "A rare case of blatant political propaganda in a major Hollywood picture, John Q. is a shamelessly manipulative commercial on behalf of national health insurance." True, the...

Znet Article Nichols: Only One Source for News Hurts All

Znet Article, February, 27 2002 John Nichols
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Though they already dominate every medium that provides information and entertainment to the American people, the nation's largest media corporations now are poised to gain dramatically greater control over broadcast, cable and print communication...

Commentary Hoodbhoy: The Wages Of Obedience

Commentary, February, 26 2002 Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Buried under the rubble of the World Trade Centre lies a decade-worth of Pakistani foreign policy. Faced by a furious United States, PakistanÕs establishment abandoned what had earlier been declared as vital national security interests.

Znet Article Cusac: Ill Treatment On Our Shores

Znet Article, February, 26 2002 Anne marie- Cusac
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On October 24, Muhammed Butt died of a heart attack at the Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearny, New Jersey. Butt, a Pakistani national, was detained on September 19 by the FBI as a suspect connected with the September 11 attacks. He was th...

Znet Article Bhushan: COURTS, CONTEMPT & A CLIMATE THAT DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY

Znet Article, February, 26 2002 Prashant Bhushan
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In the Constitution of India the Supreme Court and the High Courts were seen as watchdog bodies, independent of the executive, and entrusted with the task of seeing that all institutions function in accordance with the Constitution, and the Rule o...

Znet Article Gumbel: The Disappeared

Znet Article, February, 26 2002 Andrew Gumbel
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 They came for Rabih Haddad in the afternoon, as his family was getting ready to celebrate the end of Ramadan. Three men from the Immigration and Naturalization Service took him away from the apartment in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that he shared w...

Znet Article Monbiot: They're All Dammed

Znet Article, February, 26 2002 George Monbiot
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Events in isolation do not establish that a government is corrupt. Tony Blair's support for Lakshmi Mittal, the Labour donor hoping to buy Romania's steel industry, looks suspicious, but could, perhaps, be the result of a misjudgement. To suggest ...

Znet Article Beatty: Rallies across B.C. attack government

Znet Article, February, 26 2002 Jim Beatty
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By Victoria -- Fourteen anti-government rallies, the largest attended by 20,000 people in Victoria, were held across B.C. on the weekend in what labour leaders consider the start of a sustained battle against the provincial government. Everything ...

Znet Article Madre: MADRE Statement on Negotiations

Znet Article, February, 26 2002 Madre
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New York, February 25, 2002- On February 21, 2002, Colombia's 38-year conflict exploded into full-fledged war when President Pastrana unilaterally broke off peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). MADRE, an internationa...

Commentary Author: Savage Inequalities

Commentary, February, 25 2002 Guest Author
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Much has changed since last September's jetliner attacks but more has stayed the same. Beneath the outward sense of national unity engendered by the events of last September, the United States remains a harshly unequal society in which policy prim...

Znet Article Glick: On the Upswing Again

Znet Article, February, 25 2002 Ted Glick
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About two months from now tens of thousands of people will be converging on Washington, D.C. over the weekend of April 19-22. Three national coalition efforts, the Colombia Mobilization, the April 20th Mobilization Committee and the Mobilization...

Commentary Jensen: Resisting Masculinity: The Importance Of Feminism To Men

Commentary, February, 24 2002 Robert Jensen
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Feminists hate men. How do we know this? Because it is repeated over and over in the media and by right-wing politicians and other so-called guardians of the moral values of the society.

Znet Article Sprintzen: The Bush II Era: Year 1

Znet Article, February, 24 2002 David a. Sprintzen
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{Note from ZNet: Of course Bush II is mostly known, reviled, and/or revered for reinvigorating the War on Terrorism themes that his father and Ronald Reagan sought to make central to U.S. foreign policy two decades ago, and of course for bombing ...

Znet Article Oron: Personal Testimony of an Israeli Refusenik

Znet Article, February, 24 2002 Asaf Oron
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[Asaf Oron, a Sergeant Major in the Giv'ati Brigade, is one of the original 53 Israeli soldiers who signed the "Fighters' Letter" declaring that from now on they will refuse to serve in the Occupied territories. He is signer #8 and one of the firs...

Commentary Landau: Otto Reich’s Appointment

Commentary, February, 23 2002 Saul Landau
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George W. Bush has appointed 56 year old Otto Reich, a Cuban born right-wing Republican, to direct Inter American affairs at the State Department. For Washington insiders this illustrates two axioms of current political behavior.

Commentary Chomsky: The Week Online Interviews Chomsky

Commentary, February, 23 2002 Noam Chomsky
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Week Online: During Sunday's SuperBowl, the drug czar's office ran a series of paid ads attempting to link drug use and the "war on terrorism." If you use drugs, the ads said, you support terrorism. What is your take on this?

Commentary Landau: Otto ReichÕs Appointment

Commentary, February, 23 2002 Saul Landau
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George W. Bush has appointed 56 year old Otto Reich, a Cuban born right-wing Republican, to direct Inter American affairs at the State Department. For Washington insiders this illustrates two axioms of current political behavior.

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