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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. ...

Znet Article Publisher*: CONSPIRACY AND CRISIS

Znet Article, January, 22 2002 Aram Publisher*
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At the dawn of the year 2002, there are many indications to the effect that the Kurdish question is once again about to become a prominent issue in international mediatic discourse. Talk of an imminent US attack on Iraq has now made the Kurdish fa...

Znet Article Fisk: Congratulations, America.

Znet Article, January, 22 2002 Robert Fisk
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Taken to a remote corner of the world where they may be executed, where the laws of human rights are suspended. Sounds to me like the Middle East. Shackled, hooded, threatened with death by "courts" that would give no leeway to defence or innocenc...

Znet Article Bacon: The Coca-Cola Killings:

Znet Article, January, 22 2002 David Bacon
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After the leader of their union was shot down at their plant gate in late 1996, Edgar Paéz and his co-workers at the Coca-Cola bottling factory in Carepa, Colombia, tried for more than four years to get their government to take action against the...

Znet Article Amayreh: They Came In The Night

Znet Article, January, 22 2002 Khaled Amayreh
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It is 1.30am on 10 January and the streets are quiet and cold at Rafah refugee camp, at the southernmost edge of the Gaza Strip. The roar of tanks is growing louder as they approach and residents are rising in their beds, sensing that something te...

Commentary Edwards: The Great Mobile Phone Cover-up

Commentary, January, 21 2002 David Edwards
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In 1953 the tobacco industry faced a problem - their own reviews of the available scientific data concluded that smoking could kill. A report for RJ Reynolds stated: "Studies of clinical data tend to confirm the relationship between heavy and prol...

Znet Article Zunes: The Long and Hidden History of the U.S in Somalia

Znet Article, January, 21 2002 Stephen Zunes
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The East African nation of Somalia is being mentioned with increasing frequency as the next possible target in the U.S.-led war against international terrorism. With what passes for the central government controlling little more than a section of ...

Commentary Podur: What Are The Rules?

Commentary, January, 20 2002 Justin Podur
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Years ago I interviewed someone who had traveled all over Central and Eastern Europe and Central and South Asia studying states and civil wars and how and why states failed. 'People ask me what's worse, an authoritarian state or no state,' he said...

Znet Article Solomon: DETERMINED STRUGGLE BRINGS A RADIO NETWORK BACK TO LIFE

Znet Article, January, 20 2002 Norman Solomon
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The art of the deal is a media dream: Savvy achievers get to the top. Guile and artifice -- even outright deception -- may well be part of the game, but there's nothing like success. One way or another, money and centralized power end up calling t...

Znet Article Cibils: Argentina: The demise of neoliberal economics?

Znet Article, January, 20 2002 Alan Cibils
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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, ...

Commentary Author: Let the Debates Begin!

Commentary, January, 19 2002 Guest Author
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Two days after September 11 my grandaughter Crystal, a college student, found her teacher's jingoism too much to swallow. "These attacks are the chickens come home to roost!" she said to the class. "Now we get the chance to know what it's like for...

Znet Article Soul_sacrifice69: To: Pacifica Campaign supporters

Znet Article, January, 19 2002 Juan Soul_sacrifice69
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Dear Friends: ...

Znet Article Gabetta: Economic crisis ends an era

Znet Article, January, 19 2002 Carlos Gabetta
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Argentina finally exploded, a classic collapse. Observers had been surprised at the national inertia, since this is a highly politicised and unionised country with a long tradition of struggle. In the past, its people had been willing to turn it u...

Znet Article Bishara: On Terrorism

Znet Article, January, 19 2002 Azmi Bishara
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In 1976, Jorge Videla assumed power in Argentina after overthrowing Isabel Perón, ushering in one of the bloodiest dictatorships that country had ever experienced. More than 15,000 leftists, human rights activists and other innocent civilians wer...

Commentary Solomon: In The Media Mix, What Happens To Music?

Commentary, January, 18 2002 Norman Solomon
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The last pages of a calendar remind us that life is fleeting. All we have at any moment is the present, filtered with memory.

Znet Article Larrea: Congress to resubmit original Cocopa Proposal

Znet Article, January, 18 2002 Alejandro lelo de Larrea
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Mexico City 17:59 A group of 160 deputies from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), the Labor Party (PT) the Mexican Greens (PVEM) and the Convergence Party have once again signed the statement of ...

Commentary Bronski: Gays of Our Lives

Commentary, January, 17 2002 Michael Bronski
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There are so many things wrong with this story.

Znet Article Ivins: In Total Disregard Toward The Poor

Znet Article, January, 17 2002 Molly Ivins
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AUSTIN, Texas -- There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear... ...

Znet Article Lobe: Human Rights Watch Scores U.S. 'Hypocrisy' on 'War on Terrorism'

Znet Article, January, 17 2002 Jim Lobe
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The United States-led anti-terrorist campaign, which followed the devastating attacks on New York and Washington September 11, is threatening human rights in many countries, including the United States itself, according to a review of 2001 release...

Commentary Wise: Rationalizing Racism: Panic And Profiling After 9/11

Commentary, January, 16 2002 Tim Wise
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Random security checks. ThatÕs what theyÕre called anyway: those extra bag searches and body scans being done at airports across the U.S., presumably to deter a new round of terrorist attacks. On each flight, a handful of passengers are pulled asi...

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