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Znet Article Hightower: Enron Shorts

Znet Article, February, 05 2002 Jim Hightower
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THE SOB STORY OF KEN AND LINDA LAY 2/11/02 I don't know whether to laugh, cry, or throw up.The televised tear-jerker entitled "Ken Lay, What A Guy!" starred Linda Lay, the wife of Enron CEO Ken, in an Emmy Award-winning performance. Like the wives...

Znet Article Burbach: The World Social Forum In Porto Alegre:

Znet Article, February, 05 2002 Roger Burbach
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The second World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, marked a dramatic counterpoint for a world that has been caught in a world of war and death since September 11. For six days starting on January 31, more than 51,000 people from around the glo...

Znet Article Grossman: New US Military Bases: Side Effects Or Causes Of War?

Znet Article, February, 05 2002 Zoltan Grossman
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 Since the end of the Cold War a decade ago, the U.S. has  gone to war in Iraq, Somalia, Yugoslavia, and Afghanistan.  The interventions have been promoted as "humanitarian"  deployments to stop aggression, to topple dictatorsh...

Znet Article Al-ahmed: The Smile Of Policeman Agadi

Znet Article, February, 05 2002 Abdel rahman Al-ahmed
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Finally, they let me go to the toilet. My body shook with cold. My hands were swollen and my body throbbed with pain. I fantasized about sleep, about free hands so I could scratch my nose, about looking for my mother. In the Shin Bet facility wher...

Commentary Author: Unequal Sacrifice: Bush's Hidden Vulnerability in A Time of Crisis

Commentary, February, 04 2002 Guest Author
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Its amazing how quickly an American President insensitive to the needs of ordinary Americans and the principle of fairness can lose the massive outward popular support that flows to the White House in times of war.

Znet Article Greider: Crime in the Suites

Znet Article, February, 04 2002 William Greider
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The collapse of Enron has swiftly morphed into a go-to-jail financial scandal, laden with the heavy breathing of political fixers, but Enron makes visible a more profound scandal--the failure of market orthodoxy itself. Enron, accompanied by a sup...

Znet Article Goldenberg: Aid packages ignore starving Afghans

Znet Article, February, 04 2002 Suzanne Goldenberg
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Rahim Dad had eight mouths to feed and the drought had stolen his crops, his oxen and his goats. So he sold the most valuable asset he had left: his 12-year-old daughter. "I sold my daughter for money because of the hunger," he says, shivering wi...

Commentary Author: Whispering Black (or Little White Lies)

Commentary, February, 03 2002 Guest Author
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This past weekend I attended the "State of the Black World Conference" in Atlanta Georgia. Among those present were black activists, politicians, scholars and clergy from around the globe. Even celebrities such as Tavis Smiley, Danny Glover and Ch...

Znet Article Kiberd: BILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION FOR AFGHANIS

Znet Article, February, 03 2002 Damien Kiberd
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Znet Article Beaumont: Hatred sown in a carer's heart

Znet Article, February, 03 2002 Peter Beaumont
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Hatred sown in a carer's heart

Commentary Bello: Porto Alegre Social Summit Sets Stage for Counteroffensive against Globalization

Commentary, February, 02 2002 Walden Bello
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Porto Alegre is not exactly a Third World city. Located in one of BrazilÕs more prosperous states, Rio Grande do Sul, and populated by people mainly of European stock, this city of 1.2 million people is First World when it comes to infrastructure ...

Commentary Bond: Zimbabwe: On the brink of change, or of a coup?

Commentary, February, 01 2002 Patrick Bond
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Here comes the most fascinating election of 2002: Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe through guerrilla war to liberation from Rhodesian colonists in 1980, facing a presidential vote in March where the challenger is Morgan Tsvangirai, who led the Zimb...

Znet Article Kimmerling: I ACCUSE

Znet Article, February, 01 2002 Baruch Kimmerling
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I accuse Ariel Sharon of creating a process in which he will not only intensify the reciprocal bloodshed, but is liable to instigate a regional war and ...

Commentary Author: Over the Top in Brussels?

Commentary, January, 31 2002 Guest Author
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Someone held up a hand-painted red sign over the heads of the crowd at Bockstael square in Brussels. An arrow pointed straight ahead: "Top," it said _ the Dutch word for "summit." Another curved off to the right: "Legal Route," it read.

Commentary Choudry: Same Formula, Same Medicine, Different Chemist

Commentary, January, 30 2002 Aziz Choudry
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It might not quite be a case of Pete Townshend's "meet the new boss, same as the old boss" but the changing of the guard at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) later this year is unlikely to make any real difference to developing countries sufferin...

Znet Article Kaplan: Keepers Of The Flame

Znet Article, January, 30 2002 Esther Kaplan
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She arrived in the U.S. From India with her parents when she was just a little kid—long before she took the name Warcry or started protesting institutions like the World Economic Forum. It was 1976, the bicentennial, and right off her dad ...

Znet Article Moore: George W. In The Garden Of Gethsemane

Znet Article, January, 30 2002 Michael Moore
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Dear George, When it's all over in a couple months, and you're packing up your pretzels and Spot and heading back to Texas, what will be your biggest regret? Not getting out more often and seeing the sights around Rock Creek Park? Never once visit...

Znet Article Novelli: Victory Celebrations End Historic Occupation of CAM Tower

Znet Article, January, 30 2002 Mario Novelli
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[Note: Below this Press Release is the union's own statement at the end of the occupation] Today in Cali, the neo-liberal model, based on impoverishment of the many for the benefit of the few, has again been dealt a serious blow. Through the coura...

Commentary Author: A Shareholder Pickets Outside the Waldorf

Commentary, January, 29 2002 Guest Author
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I own shares in a few companies that are members of the World Economic Forum. My CEOs will be meeting from Jan. 31 through Feb. 5th at the Waldorf Hotel with CEOs from about a thousand other companies to figure out how to make more money for me. B...

Znet Article Pilger: Australia: Apartheid?

Znet Article, January, 29 2002 John Pilger
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Australia: Apartheid?

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