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Albert: WhatÕs So Complex About It?
Commentary, October, 19 2001
Michael Albert
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In the past few weeks I have minutely explored, often with Stephen Shalom, multifold concerns about September 11 and the Òwar on terrorism.Ó With him I have tried to calmly and soberly respond to all kinds of concerns people feel. I recommend doin...
Klein: Mike Harris’s Ontario?
Commentary, October, 18 2001
Naomi Klein
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For almost a year, I carried Premier Mike Harris's $200 tax cut in my wallet. Its edges frayed and the ink began to smudge. I looked at it from time to time, then put it away.
Klein: Mike HarrisÕs Ontario?
Commentary, October, 18 2001
Naomi Klein
Klein's ZSpace page
For almost a year, I carried Premier Mike Harris's $200 tax cut in my wallet. Its edges frayed and the ink began to smudge. I looked at it from time to time, then put it away.
Brecher: Collateral Damage: Neo-Liberalism
Commentary, October, 17 2001
Jeremy Brecher
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Even as they were planning military action in Afghanistan, US leaders were struggling with the contradictions of capitalism. One can almost hear them sighing, ah, if only we could bomb the recession!
Pilger: A war in the American tradition
Commentary, October, 16 2001
John Pilger
Pilger's ZSpace page
The Anglo-American attack on Afghanistan crosses new boundaries. It means that America's economic wars are now backed by the perpetual threat of military attack on any country, without legal pretence.
Cromwell: Gasping for the oxygen of publicity
Commentary, October, 15 2001
David Cromwell
Cromwell's ZSpace page
The former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once famously declared that 'we're all green now'. Indeed, opinion polls regularly suggest that many people regard themselves as 'environmentalists'. Surely this has been a sign of the green move...
Healy: Our "globalisation" against yours
Commentary, October, 14 2001
Sean Healy
Healy's ZSpace page
Dear Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium, President of the European Union,
Solomon: Killing Them Softly: Starvation And Dollar Bills For Afghan Kids
Commentary, October, 13 2001
Norman Solomon
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The Pentagon's air drops of food parcels and President Bush's plea for American children to aid Afghan kids with dollar bills will go down in history as two of the most cynical maneuvers of media manipulation in the early 21st century.
Weisbrot: Trading on Tragedy
Commentary, October, 12 2001
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
Every crisis and tragedy is an opportunity for some, as any ambulance-chasing lawyer can tell you. We expect the Pentagon to lard its already bloated budget, and Attorney General John Ashcroft to chip away at the Bill of Rights, all in the name of...
Peters: Women's Patriotic Role
Commentary, October, 11 2001
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
Cynthia Enloe, feminist scholar and author of several books and articles about women and the military, suggests that when a country mobilizes for war, it is useful to ask, "Where are the women?"
Weissman: The Big Bank's Dirty Little Secret
Commentary, October, 10 2001
Robert Weissman
Weissman's ZSpace page
What is the purpose of law enforcement? To enforce the law, and make public the results. What deterrent effect does law enforcement have if the public is not aware of the results of the law enforcement? Not much.
Black: An Impartial Tribunal?
Znet Article, October, 10 2001
Chris Black
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Private justice replacing public justice The indictment of Slobodan Milosevic for alleged war crimes raises important questions about the impartiality and, ultimately, the purpose of the International Criminal Tribunal. For centuries, the independ...
Podur: Globalization, Fox-Style
Commentary, October, 09 2001
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
It never ceases to amaze me, how easily fooled I am by the speeches and rhetoric of politicians. I swear to you I've heard speeches by Bill Clinton that have brought me near tears.
Wise: Some Folks Never Felt Safe: The Truth Behind National Unity
Commentary, October, 08 2001
Tim Wise
Wise's ZSpace page
"We stand united," comes the proclamation from America's political leaders and national media. "Americans are pulling together like never before," say still others, in the wake of the horrific attacks of September 11.
Rebick: Assault On Liberty
Commentary, October, 07 2001
Judy Rebick
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We are not even at war yet and the most important freedom in a democracy, freedom of speech, is already under assault.
Author: Multi-Focus Or Bust
Commentary, October, 07 2001
Guest Author
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Anyone that the US goes after these days is bound to be a really bad guy. In the New World Order power is so unbalanced that good guys give in.
Solomon: Media Spin Revolves Around The Word "terrorist"
Commentary, October, 06 2001
Norman Solomon
Solomon's ZSpace page
During the first two days of this month, CNN's website displayed an odd little announcement. "There have been false reports that CNN has not used the word 'terrorist' to refer to those who attacked the World Trade Center and Pentagon," the noti...
Bronski: The Problem of Gay Soldiers...
Commentary, October, 06 2001
Michael Bronski
Bronski's ZSpace page
Over the past week I have received, and continue to receive, dozens of e-mails relating to gay politics and lives and the Bush's administration's response to the attacks on New York and Washington on September 11.
Prashad: Forward Into the Past: US War Aims
Commentary, October, 05 2001
Vijay Prashad
Prashad's ZSpace page
The US State Department-Pentagon has a bad record on war aims. During the lead-up to the Gulf War, the Bush administration, Part 1, argued that the US was needed to liberate Kuwait.
Herman: ANTITERRORISM AS A COVER FOR TERRORISM
Commentary, October, 05 2001
Edward Herman
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During the Cold War the United States supported a string of terror states, from the immediate post-World War backing given Thailand dictator Phibun Songkhram, "the first pro-Axis dictator to regain power after the war," to its support of Suharto, ...
