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Znet Article 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...

Commentary 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.

Znet Article 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 ...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article Pilger: THE CAMP X-RAY CONCENTRATION CAMP

Znet Article, March, 01 2002 John Pilger
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THE CAMP X-RAY CONCENTRATION CAMP

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Commentary 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Commentary 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:

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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 ...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Commentary 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.

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

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