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Commentary Hoodbhoy: BLACK TUESDAY: THE VIEW FROM ISLAMABAD

Commentary, September, 17 2001 Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Samuel Huntington's evil desire for a clash between civilizations may well come true after Tuesday's terror attacks. The crack that divided Muslims everywhere from the rest of the world is no longer a crack. It is a gulf, that if not bridged, will...

Commentary Dominick: The Greatest Argument Against War

Commentary, September, 16 2001 Brian Dominick
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On Wednesday, September 12, I was witness to the greatest argument against war the North American Left has ever had

Commentary Weissman: Respond to Violence: Teach Peace, Not War

Commentary, September, 15 2001 Robert Weissman
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Open the Washington Post to it's editorial pages, and war talk dominates.

Commentary Pilger: Inevitable ring to the unimaginable

Commentary, September, 14 2001 John Pilger
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If the attacks on America have their source in the Islamic world, who can really be surprised?

Commentary Herman: FOLKS OUT THERE HAVE A

Commentary, September, 14 2001 Edward Herman
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One of the most durable features of the U.S. culture is the inability or refusal to recognize U.S. crimes. The media have long been calling for the Japanese and Germans to admit guilt, apologize, and pay reparations.

Commentary Solomon: THIRTY YEARS LATER, MEMORIES OF ATTICA CRY OUT

Commentary, September, 13 2001 Norman Solomon
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In a recent obituary about a former state prison official, the New York Times made a passing reference to "the bloody Attica uprising in 1971, which left 43 people dead." That's the kind of newspeak that presents itself as journalism while detouri...

Commentary Sommers: Blowback

Commentary, September, 12 2001 Jeffrey Sommers
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In CIA parlance missions that are ÒsuccessfulÓ create backlashes. The CIA aptly calls this ÒBlowback.Ó

Commentary Peters: Does Marriage Protect or Control?

Commentary, September, 11 2001 Cynthia Peters
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In a previous commentary I wrote in response to the gay and lesbian rights movement's pursuit of legal marriage: Be careful what you wish for.

Commentary Prashad: The Ruse of Israel: Durban Failures.

Commentary, September, 10 2001 Vijay Prashad
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At the intersection of Durban's Grey and Queen streets sits the largest mosque in the southern hemisphere, the Jama Masjid or Friday Mosque (completed in 1927). A cool, spring breeze filters into the courtyard where I'm spending some moments with ...

Commentary Herman: THE OFFENSE BUDGET

Commentary, September, 09 2001 Edward Herman
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Just about the time George Orwell published his novel 1984, shortly after the end of World War II, the U.S. "War Department" was renamed the "Defense Department." This name change also coincided with the fact that the United States was then the so...

Commentary Author: Nothing But Human Rights

Commentary, September, 08 2001 Guest Author
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As journalist William Blum notes, there_s one thing the United States hates more than a Marxist in power, and that_s a democratically elected Marxist in power. A prime example was Salvador Allende of Chile. September 4 marks 31 years since his ele...

Commentary Weisbrot: IMF "Rescue" Won't Help Latin America

Commentary, September, 07 2001 Mark Weisbrot
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When I was a child growing up in Chicago, we heard stories of lifeguards who saved panicked, drowning beach-goers by first knocking them out with a punch to the face, then hauling them to shore. This seemed like a risky strategy to me, and I never...

Commentary Klein: After Genoa

Commentary, September, 06 2001 Naomi Klein
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Part of the tourist ritual of traipsing through Italy in August is marvelling at how the locals have mastered the art of living -- and then complaining bitterly about how everything is closed. ÒSo civilised,Ó you can hear North Americans remarkin...

Commentary Wise: Reflections on Zionism From a Dissident Jew

Commentary, September, 05 2001 Tim Wise
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So itÕs official. The U.S. has withdrawn from theÊWorld Conference on Racism, being held inÊDurban, South Africa. And thoughÊthe cynical and historically observant might suspect that this decision was merely in keeping withÊour longstanding unwill...

Commentary Pilger: Liberal elites have always disguised their innate conservatism

Commentary, September, 04 2001 John Pilger
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At the Hay-on-Wye literary festival in May, leading members of the media and cultural elite assembled in the fine gardens of a Regency house to await the arrival of the great man. They included broadsheet editors, deputy editors, literary editors,...

Commentary Russell: "Rational" Discrimination in the Health Insurance Market

Commentary, September, 03 2001 Marta Russell
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If you have a disability, chances are you have a hard time getting inexpensive insurance (or any private insurance) and a job. As someone actively involved in disability rights, I regularly hear from disabled people who have been discriminated ag...

Commentary Gonsalves: The Opposite of Racism Isn't Colorblindness

Commentary, September, 02 2001 Sean Gonsalves
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If St. Paul was right, that the wages of sin is death, is it a stretch to say that the wages of white supremacy is colorblindness? To suggest such a thing, I'm sure, makes a good number of white brothers and sisters uneasy, thinking perhaps Black...

Commentary Glick: White Progressives, Black Reparations

Commentary, September, 02 2001 Ted Glick
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How many white progressives "get it" when it comes to the issue of reparations for people of African descent? More to the point, how many are able to genuinely and rationally consider it?

Commentary Author: The Australian Government's war against asylum seekers The Tampa Affair

Commentary, September, 01 2001 Guest Author
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According to the Howard Administration, the Australian Government has a "decent, generous and compassionate" track record when it comes to accommodating a share of the world's refugees. Events of recent times tell otherwise, with daily reports of ...

Commentary Author: The Australian Government's war against asylum seekers The Tampa Affair

Commentary, September, 01 2001 Guest Author
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According to the Howard Administration, the Australian Government has a "decent, generous and compassionate" track record when it comes to accommodating a share of the world's refugees. Events of recent times tell otherwise, with daily reports of ...

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