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Commentary Brecher: Two, Three, Many Argentinas?

Commentary, January, 26 2002 Jeremy Brecher
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International investors have imposed their will on the world by means of a "creditors cartel"Ñembodied in the IMF, the World Bank, the G-7/8, and their creatures and allies. They have imposed cruel and destructive policies on the people of debtor...

Commentary Shiva: Terrorism As Cannibalism

Commentary, January, 25 2002 Vandana2 Shiva
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Year 2001 will be etched in our memory as a year in which the vicious cycle of violence was unleashed worldwide. Of the Taliban bombing the two thousand year old images of peace, the Buddhas of Bamiyan.

Znet Article Mclemee: Pierre Bourdieu

Znet Article, January, 25 2002 Scott Mclemee
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Pierre Bourdieu, one of the "master thinkers" shaping French intellectual life, died in Paris on Wednesday, following a struggle with cancer. A professor at the College de France, Mr. Bourdieu was among the leading sociologists of his generation. ...

Znet Article Turnipseed: Dream Defiled

Znet Article, January, 25 2002 Tom Turnipseed
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s words expressing his dream of love, peace, and justice that could transform a suffering world filled with hate, violence, and injustice became awesomely authentic for me as I did research for a talk I made at our King...

Znet Article Gumbel: Scandal America

Znet Article, January, 25 2002 Andrew Gumbel
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When you think of Texas and melodrama, you tend to think of Dallas. But the Texan city that's currently providing all the prime-time intrigue, back-stabbing and sudden reversals of fortune - on a colossal, improbably scale - is Houston. And, in co...

Znet Article Levy: Tell the truth, Shimon

Znet Article, January, 25 2002 Gideon Levy
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In the 24 years of our acquaintance, four of which I spent working as your aide, this is the third time I have written you an open letter. In 1989, when you were finance minister in the Shamir government and the first intifada was raging, I used t...

Znet Article Scheer: Enron Got Its Money's Worth Look No Further Than the National Energy Plan

Znet Article, January, 25 2002 Robert Scheer
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One of the major falsehoods being bandied about by apologists for the Bush administration is that while Enron may have bankrolled much of the presi...

Znet Article Ware: Enough is Enough

Znet Article, January, 25 2002 Michael Ware
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A small group of Cypriot women, calling themselves "Hands Across the Divide", has started actively campaigning for peace in Cyprus.... ...

Commentary Burchill: Australia's Nightmare

Commentary, January, 24 2002 Scott Burchill
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When US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz announced recently that "going after al Qaeda in Indonesia is not something that should wait until after Al Qaeda has been uprooted from Afghanistan", a shiver must have gone up the collective spine ...

Znet Article Hutchinson: The Mighty N-Word

Znet Article, January, 24 2002 Earl ofari Hutchinson
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When I saw the title of Randall Kennedy’s book, Nigger, I immediately thought of a conversation I had with my son some months earlier. I had overheard him greet one of his buddies who had called with, "Yo nigger, what's up." It wasn't the ...

Znet Article Edwards: CLUSTER BOMBS AND "CALAMITY CONDITIONS" IN AFGHANISTAN

Znet Article, January, 24 2002 David Edwards
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Marjan the one-eyed lion is getting "better day by day" according to the latest ITN TV news report - the third so far this year - from Kabul zoo (ITN Evening News, 22 January, 2002). Also doing well is an Asiatic black bear, "the other main casual...

Znet Article Fisk: Turkey Targets Chomsky

Znet Article, January, 24 2002 Robert Fisk
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Noam Chomsky, one of America's greatest philosophers and linguists, has become the target of Turkey's chief of "terrorism prosecution". Scarcely two months after the European Union praised Turkey for passing new laws protecting freedom of expres...

Znet Article Solomon: Ashcroft's Media Scam

Znet Article, January, 24 2002 Norman Solomon
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Even by Washington's standards, the ability of John Ashcroft to reinvent himself has been a wonder to behold. Just a year ago, squeaking through Senate confirmation as attorney general, Ashcroft found himself shadowed by his own praise for leaders...

Commentary Author: Argentina: The demise of neoliberal economics?

Commentary, January, 23 2002 Guest Author
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The explosive events of mid December 2001 that toppled two presidents and left 30 dead in Argentina represent the culmination and logical outcome of almost 26 years of neoliberal economic policies. The common demand among the looters, the looted, ...

Znet Article Balzar: Enron: A Scandal So Good That It Hurts

Znet Article, January, 23 2002 John Balzar
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"This just keeps getting better and better," Liisa sputters. By that, my wife means worse and worse. Which is what we're all thinking, isn't it? ...

Znet Article Edwards: HISTORY WILL NOT END HERE

Znet Article, January, 23 2002 David Edwards
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"Ha ha ha to the pacifists", wrote Christopher Hitchens in November, as Kabul fell to the combined might of U.S. bombers, the Northern Alliance, and the BBC's 'Simpson of Kabul'. A month later, the victory celebrations continue tirelessly (almost ...

Znet Article Mastrolonardo: Trade Unions, Berlusconi and the Italian press

Znet Article, January, 23 2002 Raffaele Mastrolonardo
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In a lucid article appeared on January 15th's edition of la Repubblica, the second largest Italian newspaper, sociologist Luciano Gallino analyzed the strategies employed by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to limit trade unions' power....

Commentary Edwards: In The Land Of The Blind A One-eyed Lion Is News

Commentary, January, 22 2002 David Edwards
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After weeks of silence, ITN has finally acknowledged some of Afghanistan's terrible suffering in its TV broadcasts.

Znet Article Krugman: A Fiscal Fantasy

Znet Article, January, 22 2002 Paul Krugman
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I want to share a fantasy with you. Trust me: it will explain everything you need to know about the budget debate. ...

Znet Article Mackinnon: Warlords imperil Afghan peace

Znet Article, January, 22 2002 Mark Mackinnon
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Kandahar, Afghanistan -- The fragile peace in Afghanistan was in jeopardy last night, as warlords in the south and west of the country massed troops for battle and the threat of inter-ethnic violence loomed large. ...

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