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Znet Article Hallinan: The Global Goodfellas at the IMF

Znet Article, January, 11 2002 Conn Hallinan
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Here's a riddle: What is the difference between Tony Soprano and the International Monetary Fund? Answer: Nothing, except that Tony and his Mafia pals, who extort and impoverish a handful of people in New Jersey, are a television creation. The IMF...

Znet Article Network: CSN Statement on the Current Crisis

Znet Article, January, 11 2002 Colombia support Network
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[Note: This went out on the CSN's mailing list on January 11.  The negotiations between the Colombian government and the FARC have been suspended, and the Colombian government has given the FARC 48 hours to leave the demilitarized zone, a lar...

Znet Article Sponeck: There Are Alternatives to a Military Option

Znet Article, January, 10 2002 Hans von Sponeck
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In October 1998, the US Congress defined US policy on Iraq and passed the 'Iraq Liberation Act'. It contains a passage which confirms that the ultimate objective of the United States authorities is the removal of Saddam Hussain and his governmen...

Commentary Prashad: The Hawks Circle South Asia.

Commentary, January, 08 2002 Vijay Prashad
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The Fifth Afghan War, now slowly coming to a close, has changed the rules of international engagements. The Bush doctrine against terrorism stated that the US or any aggrieved party would retaliate for acts of terror not only against those who per...

Znet Article Schechter: Black Hawk -- and Truth -- Down

Znet Article, January, 08 2002 Danny Schechter
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I went to a war last night, and for two and half hour had my adrenaline pumped and my patriotic heart strings tugged by U.S. soldiers in battle, bravely tracking down and trying to capture the enemy. No it wasn't Osama, because the movie which fel...

Znet Article Chomsky: Making People Think

Znet Article, January, 08 2002 Noam Chomsky
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The response to Professor Noam Chomsky's visit to Pakistan in November 2001 was too overwhelming for words. Chomsky is known to be a crowd-puller in the United States and elsewhere -- his talks being heard typically by standing-room-only audien...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Euro-Ambitions

Commentary, January, 07 2002 Boris Kagarlitsky
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In Russia no one trusts banks or the rouble, and as a result, people usually conceal envelopes stuffed with hundred-dollar bills on shelves between books or in wardrobes between sheets.

Znet Article Dowd: From The Unthinkable To The Probable In Israel/Palestine

Znet Article, January, 06 2002 Douglas Dowd
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Since our birth in 1776 and Israel"s rebirth in 1948, the two nations have had some important thngs in common. Most important for present purposes is that in both countries most of their peoples -- if never all -- have seen their nation's birth as...

Znet Article Grossman: What Had to Be Proved

Znet Article, January, 06 2002 David Grossman
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The seizure of the Palestinian arms ship brings great relief because the terrible weaponry will not be aimed at Israelis, as well as a sense of gratitude toward the soldiers who participated in the mission. However, in the voices of spokesmen for ...

Commentary Lusane: Lethal Truth

Commentary, January, 05 2002 Clarence Lusane
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As the totalitarianism rustles continue to rise across the American landscape sowing intolerance, more and more progressive voices are being targeted. Danny Glover is the latest.

Commentary Jensen: September 11 And The Politics Of University Teaching

Commentary, January, 04 2002 Robert Jensen
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At various time in my teaching career -- more than ever since Sept. 11 -- I have been advised by faculty colleagues that I should avoid being "too political" in the classroom.

Commentary Glick: “The Least of These”

Commentary, January, 04 2002 Ted Glick
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Why do people become activists and organizers for positive social change? Even more importantly, why do they continue to live lives of activism even after they experience the difficulties of this line of work?

Commentary Glick: ÒThe Least of TheseÓ

Commentary, January, 04 2002 Ted Glick
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Why do people become activists and organizers for positive social change? Even more importantly, why do they continue to live lives of activism even after they experience the difficulties of this line of work?

Commentary Author: Fiat Justitia Et Pereat Mundus - Let There Be Justice, Though The World Perishes.

Commentary, January, 03 2002 Guest Author
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The current pissing match between India and Pakistan speaks volumes about our times. While we all know that the 'war on terrorism' has further criminalised resistance, the bilious current affairs from the sub-continent have submerged both the sad ...

Commentary Author: Lessons From Durban

Commentary, January, 02 2002 Guest Author
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It is hard to believe that just two short months ago, the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Other Forms of Intolerance (WCAR) took place in Durban, South Africa.

Commentary Landau: Chilean Socialists Use Ultra Lite Model

Commentary, January, 01 2002 Saul Landau
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I left Chile in late November, just as the political parties prepared for their December congressional elections. Campaign posters hung from electric wires, clung to walls and glowed as bumper strips on cars. But the human excitement was absent.

Commentary Edwards: Lethal Conceits

Commentary, December, 31 2001 David Edwards
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Truth is not always a casualty of war. In a recent Guardian article, Roy Greenslade reports the dramatic and, for the press, devastating collapse in advertising revenues following the terrorist atrocities of September 11:

Commentary Prashad: The Age Of Scorpio (vrishchika): Star Wars And Star Signs

Commentary, December, 30 2001 Vijay Prashad
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This is the dawning of the Age of Scorpio, or as our Sanskrit texts have it, the Age of Vrishchika.

Commentary Dominick: First We Must Help Ourselves
A Response to Brecher's 'Open Letter to the World'

Commentary, December, 30 2001 Brian Dominick
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Though an enormous admirer of Jeremy Brecher's work in the fields of labor issues and global economics, I was quite troubled by his recent ZNet Commentary, "Open Letter from an American to the World: HELP!" (12/28/01).

Commentary Podur: Consumption, Complicity, And SUVs

Commentary, December, 29 2001 Justin Podur
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Are people in poor countries suffering because we drive SUVs? Are they starving because we eat too much? Is it our consumption that is the foundation of the exploitative system we live in?

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