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Commentary Flanders: Beyond The Burqa

Commentary, December, 14 2001 Laura Flanders
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There was a moment in this war when the Bush administration appeared to care about nothing so much as women's liberation.

Commentary Raptis: Do the (Ordinary) Americans Know?

Commentary, December, 13 2001 Nikos Raptis
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Does the ordinary American know what the American Government has been doing to the other peoples of the world?

Commentary Russell: Damn Lies

Commentary, December, 12 2001 Marta Russell
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Economist/pundits, distanced from the harsh realities of the now official recession, talk of the rising numbers of unemployed as if there is no human cost to the "natural" business cycle. Worse, they act as public relations agents for capitalism; ...

Znet Article Russell: Damn Lies

Znet Article, December, 12 2001 Marta Russell
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Economist/pundits, distanced from the harsh realities of the now official recession, talk of the rising numbers of unemployed as if there is no human cost to the "natural" business cycle. Worse, they act as public relations agents for capitalism; ...

Commentary Choudry: Mekim Na Savvy: Bougainville - Small Nation, Big Message

Commentary, December, 11 2001 Aziz Choudry
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These days we are swamped by information about the impact of corporate capitalism, structural adjustment, and the power and influence of transnational corporations. We are bludgeoned with propaganda about the inevitability of globalisation, of the...

Commentary Glick: The Democrats in Wartime

Commentary, December, 10 2001 Ted Glick
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As I write it's now seven weeks since the U.S. began it's near-unilateral war against Al Qaeda, the Taliban and, in the words of President Bush on November 21st, "other terrorists who threaten America and our friends," as well as "other nations wh...

Commentary Landau: The Logic Of Our Time

Commentary, December, 10 2001 Saul Landau
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Since September 11, our officials have offered a strange brand of logic to the apparently accepting American public. Let me analyze the meaning of the new axioms and twists in bureaucratic discourse.

Commentary Cromwell: Terror, Delusion And Obscenities

Commentary, December, 09 2001 David Cromwell
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A few weeks ago, while awaiting a flight from Heathrow to Glasgow, I encountered an alleged war criminal walking around freely. His name? Robin Cook. Yes, the former British foreign secretary, now leader of the House of Commons. Iraq, Serbia, East...

Commentary Weisbrot: The New Economy?

Commentary, December, 08 2001 Mark Weisbrot
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In economic history, great myths are often made and sustained not so much by the difficulty of the subject matter, but by the failure of the discussants to look at the readily available data. America's longest business cycle expansion, which has n...

Commentary Author: December 7 Means More Than Pearl Harbor

Commentary, December, 07 2001 Guest Author
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December 7, 2001 will mark the 60th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Between the recent Hollywood version of this event and the endless analogies with September 11th, the media focus that day will predictably be squarely on 1941...

Commentary Flanders: Protect Us, Please

Commentary, December, 06 2001 Laura Flanders
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Senate Democrats split in early November over a deal that would limit punitive damage claims in cases of terrorism. At issue was a deal on so-called "emergency government terrorism insurance," specifically, a bill before the Senate Banking committ...

Commentary Author: Boondocks Cartoon Censored

Commentary, December, 05 2001 Guest Author
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Boondocks Cartoon Censored

Commentary Shiva: Doha: Saving Wto, Killing Democracy

Commentary, December, 04 2001 Vandana2 Shiva
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Doha was described by Robert Zoellick, the U.S. Trade Representative, as having "removed the stain of Seattle". Seattle stands as a historical watershed, through which citizens mobilised democratically to respond to free-trade treaties and agenda...

Commentary Mokhiber: The Cipro Rip-Off and the Public Health

Commentary, December, 03 2001 Russell Mokhiber
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Confronted with the prospect of bioterrorism on a massive scale, the Bush administration and the pharmaceutical industry have colluded to protect patent monopolies rather than the public health.

Commentary Author: Creating Pretexts: The Post-9/11 Campaign Against Iraq

Commentary, December, 03 2001 Guest Author
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In the aftermath of September 11, powerful forces within the U.S. establishment have been engaged in a campaign of lies, disinformation, and speculation to pin blame for the World Trade Center attacks and the anthrax mailings on Iraq and Saddam Hu...

Commentary Rebick: It Really Is About New Politics

Commentary, December, 02 2001 Judy Rebick
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The New Politics Initiative (www.newpolitics.ca), which made its debut at the convention of the New Democratic Party (CanadaÕs social democratic party) in Winnipeg last weekend, could be one of the most innovative and significant developments on t...

Commentary Healy: Aids Fight Boosted By Big Pharma's Defeat

Commentary, December, 01 2001 Sean Healy
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There's not often something to celebrate on World AIDS Day, December 1, but there might be this year: a small, much fought-over clause in a World Trade Organisation declaration may signify a turning of the tide, at least insofar as poor peoples' a...

Commentary Ali: No Room At The Inn For Mr Biswas

Commentary, November, 29 2001 Tariq Ali
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This is the story of why V.S. NaipaulÕs comic masterpiece, A House for Mr Biswas, which won him the Nobel Prize for Literature a few weeks ago, was turned down in 1998 by an over-hyped inert mediocrity named Michael Jackson who had just usurped th...

Commentary Brecher: End of the Global Gilded Age

Commentary, November, 28 2001 Jeremy Brecher
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While AmericaÕs politicians and media focus on terrorism and counter-terrorism, the global gilded age is coming to an end. While advocates of globalization gloat that September 11 has silenced the critics of globalization, the emerging global rec...

Commentary Lusane: The World is Hungry

Commentary, November, 27 2001 Clarence Lusane
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What do the people who are starving in the world outside of Afghanistan have to do to get food?

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