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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.

Znet Article Councils: Threatened Communities Speak

Znet Article, February, 23 2002 Autonomous Councils
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[translated by irlandesa] To the International Civil Commission for Human Rights Observation. To the People of Mexico. To the Peoples of the World. To the National and International Press. To National and International Civil Society. To the f...

Znet Article Martin: The real threat unmasked

Znet Article, February, 23 2002 Lawrence Martin
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Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has responded to George W. Bush's virulent nationalism and sabre rattling toward Iraq quite appropriately, saying no thanks, there is no link between Iraq and the terrorism strike and, until there is proof, we don't w...

Znet Article Fisk: Journalists are now targets - but who is to blame for this?

Znet Article, February, 23 2002 Robert Fisk
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The murder of Daniel Pearl of The Wall Street Journals was as revolting as it was outrageous. But why was he killed? Because he was a Westerner, a "Kaffir"? Because he was an American? Or because he was a journalist? And if he was killed because h...

Znet Article Shiva: THE LIVING DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT

Znet Article, February, 23 2002 Vandana2 Shiva
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The Bankruptcy of Globalisation Globalisation was projected as the next great leap of human evolution in a linear forward march from tribes to nations to global markets. Our i...

Znet Article Turnipseed: Bush Mimics Reagan and the Corporate Stranglehold on U.S. Media Tightens

Znet Article, February, 23 2002 Tom Turnipseed
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Bush rallies America in a perpetual war against "evil ones" and the "axis of evil." Ronald Reagan used the cold war to lambast the "evil empire" of the Soviet Union. Their administrations are strikingly similar not only in their use of adjectives,...

Commentary Prashad: The Right to the Planet: The Violation of Civil Liberties after 9/11

Commentary, February, 22 2002 Vijay Prashad
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In 1948, in San Francisco, the world community forged the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document that was slated to set the horizon of rights for the people of the planet. But it was not to be, mainly because of the hesitancy of the cap...

Commentary Weisbrot: Imf Playing With Fire In Argentina

Commentary, February, 22 2002 Mark Weisbrot
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Imf Playing With Fire In Argentina

Znet Article Campaign: Stop the Bombing of the Demilitarized Zone

Znet Article, February, 22 2002 Uk-colombia solidarity Campaign
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The Colombia Solidarity Campaign condemns the Pastrana government for its unilateral decision to break negotiations with the FARC and its bombing of the zone for dialogue. We call for mobilisations to protest against this dangerous escalation of t...

Znet Article Colombia: Witness for Peace Letter on Peace Process

Znet Article, February, 22 2002 Wfp team in Colombia
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Dear Friends, Greetings from Colombia. We hope that you are doing well. We write to you today with heavy hearts. As you probably know by now, President Pastrana announced at 10pm on February 20th that the peace process had ended and that the Colo...

Znet Article Feijoo: A Latin American Report on the WSF (I)

Znet Article, February, 22 2002 Cristina Feijoo
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Brazil: the world’s most inequitable country It needn't be said that Brazil is a wonderful country, with its 4,000 kilometers of beaches, its tropical forests--the Amazonian region being the largest biological reserve in the world--and a g...

Znet Article Association: The Preprogrammed War Has Started

Znet Article, February, 22 2002 Liz atherton, colombia peace Association
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On the night of Wednesday 20 February 2002, President Andres Pastrana announced for the second time in less than two months the end of the peace process with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). However, his latest declaration to the...

Commentary Gonsalves: Why Black History Month?

Commentary, February, 21 2002 Sean Gonsalves
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The idea was first envisioned by a man recognized as ÒThe Father of Negro HistoryÓ Ð Carter G. Woodson.

Znet Article Frontiers: MSF report: Alarming food crisis in northern Afghanistan

Znet Article, February, 21 2002 Medicine without Frontiers
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A recent assessment of the population in the Sar-e-Pol camp in Afghanistan shows a dramatic situation. There are more children are in feeding centres than ever before. The number of severely malnourished have increased. Mortality rates have double...

Znet Article Hensman: TO THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR:THE DEADLY FALLOUT OF U.S. TERRORIST ATTACKS ON AFGHANISTAN

Znet Article, February, 21 2002 Rohini Hensman
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Defining Terrorism What are we talking about? I’ve said it before, but it bears repetition, given the way political leaders constantly come out with bombastic tautologies, such as ‘Terrorism is terrorism,’ in order to conc...

Znet Article Press: Colombia Breaks Off Peace Process

Znet Article, February, 21 2002 Associated Press
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- President Andres Pastrana broke off the peace process with leftist rebels Wednesday night, hours after the guerrillas hijacked a jetliner and kidnapped a prominent senator. In a nationally televised address, Pastrana gave ...

Znet Article Nesmith: Colombia Attacks Rebel Territory

Znet Article, February, 21 2002 Susannah a. Nesmith
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Colombia Attacks Rebel Territory By SUSANNAH A. NESMITH, Associated Press Writer BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The Colombian military began aerial bombardment of a vast rebel territory early Thursday, following the president's decision to cancel peace t...

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