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Znet Article Monbiot: Both Saviour and Victim

Znet Article, February, 12 2002 George Monbiot
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The more powerful a nation becomes, the more it asserts its victimhood. In contemporary British eyes, the greatest atrocities of the 18th and 19th centuries were those perpetrated on compatriots in the Black Hole of Calcutta or during the Indian m...

Znet Article Traynor: Afghans Still Dying

Znet Article, February, 12 2002 Ian Traynor
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Fardin's world caved in on a bright Sunday morning last October when an American bomb came through the roof of the room where he was sleeping. He was spared physically. But the six-year-old has not uttered a word nor taken a step since. At a quar...

Znet Article Roy: Shall We Leave It To The Experts

Znet Article, February, 12 2002 Arundhati Roy
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India lives in several centuries at the same time. Somehow we manage to progress and regress simultaneously. As a nation we age by pushing outward from the middle--adding a few centuries on either end of the extraordinary CV. We greaten like the m...

Znet Article Monbiot: America's Imperial War

Znet Article, February, 12 2002 George Monbiot
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Never was victory so bitter. Those liberals who supported the war in Afghanistan, and so confidently declared that their values had triumphed in November, must now be feeling a little exposed. Precisely who has lost, and what the extent of their l...

Znet Article Prashad: Camp X Ray And The Problem Of Torture

Znet Article, February, 12 2002 Vijay Prashad
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On 4 February 2002, the New York Times ran an article on the humanity with which the "detainees" are being treated at Camp X-Ray at the US base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. One detainee had a long-standing injury to his eyes from a cricket ball, and ...

Znet Article Galeano: Awards

Znet Article, February, 12 2002 Eduardo Galeano
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1. In spite of the terrorists who, with some regularity, are born in its sacred sands, Saudi Arabia is the main bastion of the Western world in the Middle East. It is a democratic monarchy: it sells every day--at low prices--one and a half millio...

Znet Article Walkom: Bush Counts On War Without End

Znet Article, February, 12 2002 Thomas Walkom
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The war against terrorism is a brilliant construct. It may not have been started by George W. Bush, but it certainly works to his advantage. It has provided oomph to the sagging U.S. economy and a new raison d'etre for the alliance of politicos, d...

Znet Article Bleakney: BONO, BLOODY BONO

Znet Article, February, 12 2002 Dave Bleakney
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Every generation has an Elvis. Being an Elvis is not only about shaking your hips or making teenagers scream. When things are going bad in the public relations department, a famous entertainer can add pop, sizzle and glamour to the message. Perfor...

Znet Article Announcement: LOOSE ACCUSATIONS OF

Znet Article, February, 12 2002 Green party Announcement
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Members of the Green Party have joined other Americans protesting the manipulation of fears about terrorism in order to violate basic liberties and constitutional rights of due process and fair treatment under the law. "From th...

Znet Article Pagnozzi: Israeli Reservists Show Uncommon Bravery

Znet Article, February, 12 2002 Amy Pagnozzi
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It's as if the first crocus of spring has somehow risen up in the hard, unyielding desert of the occupied territories - arid but for the spilt blood of generations of "enemies" and "martyrs." Hope for peace is renewed in Israel - all because of t...

Commentary Landau: Vicente Fox Merits The Flat Tire Of The Year Award

Commentary, February, 11 2002 Saul Landau
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Last year the first freely elected President of Mexico promised his voters substantial economic growth through his free market plans, a rapid settlement of the Chiapas mess and a campaign to wipe out human rights abuse and corruption. Despite my s...

Znet Article Hoodbhoy: The Wages of Obedience

Znet Article, February, 11 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, Pakistan's establishment abandoned what had earlier been declared as vital national security interests. First, Pak...

Znet Article Parrish: Media and Death

Znet Article, February, 11 2002 Geov Parrish
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Bashing America's elite papers of record -- particularly the New York Times and Washington Post -- is generally so easy it gets boring. Every now and then, however, examining the Official Truths revealed by such papers carries significance far bey...

Znet Article Morton: Corporations overstated profit

Znet Article, February, 11 2002 Peter Morton
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WASHINGTON - U.S. corporate profits last year were overstated by US$130-billion, or about 27%, according to a study to be released today by a London-based think-tank. The Centre for Economic and Business Research Ltd. compared earnings reports fro...

Znet Article Rostron: And not a drop to drink

Znet Article, February, 11 2002 Bryan Rostron
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Business is frustrated at the slow pace of privatisation in South Africa, but the poor, reports Bryan Rostron, are already feeling the effects South Africa is slowly being privatised. You see it in the implausible spiderwebs of electricity lines ...

Commentary Flanders: Noam Chomsky, Model Terrorist?

Commentary, February, 10 2002 Laura Flanders
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A couple of weeks back, Human Rights Watch announced in their annual World Report that repressive governments around the world are exploiting the "war against terrorism" to clamp down on domestic dissidents.

Znet Article Svirsky: Letter from Israel

Znet Article, February, 10 2002 Gila Svirsky
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We knew there would be a big turnout for the peace demonstration last night just from the deluge of pro-peace ads in Ha'aretz the day before - page after page of statements and petitions, all critical of the occupation. Some excerpts: "There is a...

Znet Article Beaumont: Armed to the Teeth

Znet Article, February, 10 2002 Peter Beaumont
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There is a United States special forces dog-handler who meets journalists, diplomats and aid workers off the UN flight to Kabul. His job is to search luggage and ensure the security of US troops in Afghanistan. He is short, gingery and aggressive....

Commentary Glick: 2002: Rising Up Stronger and Broader

Commentary, February, 09 2002 Ted Glick
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Imagine this: a Congressional Democrat running for re-election next November with a leaflet that says, "Vote for me! I supported Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld as they waged war in Afghanistan. I kept my mouth shut as, week after week, civilians died f...

Znet Article Hunter: Argentina Now: A Democratic Revolution

Znet Article, February, 09 2002 Martin Hunter
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Argentina is in the midst of a severe socio-economic crisis. By all accounts, the country is essentially bankrupt: burdened with a 150 billion dollar foreign debt, which saps 30% of the GDP in interest payments alone, the unemployment rate has soa...

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