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Said: THOUGHTS ABOUT AMERICA
Znet Article, March, 02 2002
Edward Said
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I don't know a single Arab or Muslim American who does not now feel that he or she belongs to the enemy camp, and that being in the United States at this moment provides us with an especially unpleasant experience of alienation and widespread, qui...
Author: Iraq in the Crossfires
Commentary, March, 01 2002
Guest Author
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Though no connection between Iraq and the terrorist attacks of September 11 has been found, the Bush administration has raised expectations significantly that it will again bomb Iraq as it extends its Òwar on terrorismÓ into new countries.
Meo: Communal Violence in Gujarat
Znet Article, March, 01 2002
Nick Meo
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[warning: this is a mainstream account from a mainstream media source... we present it here because of the information it contains... ZNet South Asia] India's worst outbreak of Hindu-Muslim violence for a decade escalated yesterday with the ...
Pepper: A LICENCE FOR GOVERNMENT MINISTERS TO KILL, TORTURE, RAPE AND ABDUCT THEIR PEOPLE
Znet Article, March, 01 2002
William f. Pepper
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On 14 February 2002 the International Court of Justice issued its Judgement in the case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo v Belgium. The ruling is one of the most significant ever issued by the Court in respect of the relationship and accoun...
Pilger: THE CAMP X-RAY CONCENTRATION CAMP
Znet Article, March, 01 2002
John Pilger
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THE CAMP X-RAY CONCENTRATION CAMP
Corn: When 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Go Bad
Znet Article, March, 01 2002
David Corn
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Please stop sending me those emails. You know who are. And you know what emails I mean ... Okay, I'll spell it out -- those forwarded emails suggesting, or flat-out stating, the CIA and the U.S. government were somehow involved in the horrific Se...
Solomon: PENTAGON'S SILVER LINING MAY BE BIGGER THAN CLOUD
Znet Article, March, 01 2002
Norman Solomon
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The Office of Strategic Influence went from obscurity to infamy to oblivion during a spin cycle that lasted just seven days in late February. Coming to terms with a week of negative coverage after news broke that the Pentagon office might purposel...
Du boff: Who Is The Greatest Rogue Of All
Commentary, February, 28 2002
Richard Du boff
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Most people believe that their own country is virtuous and that only others misbehave enough to qualify as international outlaws. But the United States has elevated this popular sentiment to the level of national policy, by designating certain cou...
Ross: In defense of maiz
Znet Article, February, 28 2002
John Ross
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Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Mexico City: The contamination of Indian maiz in Mexico by US-grown genetically modified corn touches a common nerve for 57 distinct corn-growing indigenous cultures here whose struggle for justice and against 500 years of ins...
Edwards: IRAQ IN THE GUNSIGHTS
Znet Article, February, 28 2002
David Edwards
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In a recent article, Nick Cohen commented on the rationale behind the extraordinary media obsession with predicting the future. Cohen compares BBC journalists with TV crystal ball-gazer, Mystic Meg: "Instead of being honest, broadcasters pose a...
Solomon: Bad News When Madmen Lead The Blind
Commentary, February, 27 2002
Norman Solomon
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The autumn started with a huge national jolt of shock, fear, grief and anger. Winter has begun with many worries here at home and grim satisfaction about warfare abroad. A line from "King Lear," early in Act 4, is hauntingly appropriate:
Grubacic: Civilized world?
Znet Article, February, 27 2002
Andrej Grubacic
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Belgrade: Whatever the acts of genocide Slobodan Milosevic has committed - crimes against humanity or war crimes - the process against him is in opposition to international criminal law and presents a dangerous precedent. Instead of being tried on...
Clarke: Interrogation at the US-Canada Border
Znet Article, February, 27 2002
John Clarke
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My name is John Clarke and I am an Organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). In the early afternoon of February 19th, 2002, I crossed the international bridge between Sarnia, Ontario and Port Huron, Michigan. I was on my way to ...
Choudry: Whose Beat Should We Dance To?
Znet Article, February, 27 2002
Aziz Choudry
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One cannot help wondering how much of the agenda of the critiques of the new economic order is set by those setting the terms of the new economic order itself." wrote Indian labour rights activist Radha D'Souza in 1995 (Parallel People's APEC: Two...
Correll: JOHN Q. -
Znet Article, February, 27 2002
Thelma Correll
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The critics and the news media panned it. Variety went so far as to say, "A rare case of blatant political propaganda in a major Hollywood picture, John Q. is a shamelessly manipulative commercial on behalf of national health insurance." True, the...
Nichols: Only One Source for News Hurts All
Znet Article, February, 27 2002
John Nichols
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Though they already dominate every medium that provides information and entertainment to the American people, the nation's largest media corporations now are poised to gain dramatically greater control over broadcast, cable and print communication...
Hoodbhoy: The Wages Of Obedience
Commentary, February, 26 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, PakistanÕs establishment abandoned what had earlier been declared as vital national security interests.
Cusac: Ill Treatment On Our Shores
Znet Article, February, 26 2002
Anne marie- Cusac
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On October 24, Muhammed Butt died of a heart attack at the Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearny, New Jersey. Butt, a Pakistani national, was detained on September 19 by the FBI as a suspect connected with the September 11 attacks. He was th...
Bhushan: COURTS, CONTEMPT & A CLIMATE THAT DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY
Znet Article, February, 26 2002
Prashant Bhushan
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In the Constitution of India the Supreme Court and the High Courts were seen as watchdog bodies, independent of the executive, and entrusted with the task of seeing that all institutions function in accordance with the Constitution, and the Rule o...
Gumbel: The Disappeared
Znet Article, February, 26 2002
Andrew Gumbel
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They came for Rabih Haddad in the afternoon, as his family was getting ready to celebrate the end of Ramadan. Three men from the Immigration and Naturalization Service took him away from the apartment in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that he shared w...


