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Peters: Give em Ritalin
Commentary, July, 31 1999
Cynthia Peters
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Although there is no medical proof that there is such a thing as Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), over 3.5 million children in the United States are diagnosed as having some form of it.
Author: The New Labor Internationalism
Commentary, July, 30 1999
Guest Author
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Must be around six months since I wrote an open letter to Barbara Shailor, new international relations honcha at the *new* AFL-CIO. Did the postman only ring once? Doesn't she have really important email and electronic lists scanned by an aide or ...
Georgakas: Hillary As Senator: Just Say No
Commentary, July, 28 1999
Dan Georgakas
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Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign to become the senator for New York offers the New York Green Party a unique opportunity to focus national attention on truly progressive solutions to our health and environmental problems.
Dominick: Reflections on Five Years of ZNetting
Commentary, July, 27 1999
Brian Dominick
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Five years ago this month, I installed a tiny telecommunications program in my 386 laptop computer, plugged in a 2400bps modem (yes, I said 24 hundred ), and logged onto ZNet, and that conglomeration of silicon and wires we call the Internet, for ...
Herman: Resisting Illegitimate Autbority
Commentary, July, 26 1999
Edward Herman
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My feeling that the government in Washington represents illegitimate authority ebbs and flows, but it has gathered strength over the past few years, and even months. One reason is the blatant further dollarization of the electoral process, with Bu...
Burchill: Marx on Globalization
Commentary, July, 24 1999
Scott Burchill
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In the 1850s, Karl Marx believed that the spread of capitalism, or what today we would call globalization, was transforming human society from a collection of separate nation-states to a world capitalist society where the principal form of conflic...
Administrator: Labor Law and the Heavy Hand of the State
Commentary, July, 23 1999
Site Administrator
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There is one remarkable exception to the deregulatory trend in the United States. While politicians happily hack away at regulation, protective legislation, standards and governmental's ability to action on behalf of the whole community, one organ...
Cagan: Some Concerns About the Internet as an Organizing Vehicle
Commentary, July, 21 1999
Leslie Cagan
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For reasons I don't totally understand, I was somewhat late in getting on line. About five years ago the small organization I coordinated - the Cuba Information Project - went on line, but usually the other staff person handled the email communica...
Bonpane: A Pilgrimage in Chiapas with Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia
Commentary, July, 19 1999
BlasŽ Bonpane
Bonpane's ZSpace page
In the wake of the Pope's visit to Mexico the press has been full of announcements about the death of liberation theology. Our recent experience in Chiapas indicated that such announcements are premature and marked by misinformation.
Solomon: Journalists Inspire Support for Community Radio / Pacifica Continues
Commentary, July, 18 1999
Norman Solomon
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Last Wednesday afternoon, radio journalist Aileen Alfandary stood on the sidewalk in front of the building where she has worked for many years. She looked out of place. The deadline for the KPFA evening news was fast approaching -- but all the doo...
Shiva: Monsanto's Expanding Monopolies From Seed to Water
Commentary, July, 17 1999
Vandana2 Shiva
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Over the past few years, Monsanto, a chemical company, has positioned itself as an agricultural company through control over seed the first link in the food chain. Monsanto now wants to control water, the very basis of life.
Zinn: Inspire Please
Commentary, July, 16 1999
Howard Zinn
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The order came from above (I will not reveal the name, unless tortured) ): "Write something inspirational." The exact words were: "Inspire, please."
Solomon: The Public is Secondary
Commentary, July, 15 1999
Norman Solomon
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Across the country, PBS stations are in denial. And if we think the programming they provide is worthy of the name "public television," then maybe we're in denial, too.
Raptis: The Dictionary
Commentary, July, 14 1999
Nikos Raptis
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Last year (1998) George Babiniotis, professor of linguistics at the University of Athens, compiled "The Dictionary of the Modern Greek Language." The dictionary was a much needed work, given the fact that all Greek dictionaries up to that time wer...
Peters: Children: Their Deficiencies,
Commentary, July, 13 1999
Cynthia Peters
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We are at my 7-year old daughter's annual check-up. After a peering in her ears and mouth, palpating her glands, and listening to her heart, the Doctor points at Zoe's crotch and asks abruptly, "Does anyone ever touch you here?" Zoe is taken aback...
Schechter: Our Profile and Theirs
Commentary, July, 11 1999
Danny Schechter
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When Dr. W.E.B DuBois predicted the question of color would become the problem of the twentieth century, he was writing before the advent of television, the proliferation of the mass media, and the many uses (and abuses) of the idea of racial prof...
Landau: Indictments of Kissenger and Bush
Commentary, July, 10 1999
Saul Landau
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The US government has released the first batch of documents relating to the violence unleashed between 1973-1990 by General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship in Chile. Reading some of the memos, cables and intelligence reports, I was shocked -- the ...
Weisbrot: Fed Preemptive Strike
Commentary, July, 09 1999
Mark Weisbrot
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The Fed launched a "pre-emptive strike" this week against an unseen enemy -- inflation -- by raising interest rates one-quarter percentage point. With inflation at its lowest level in 30 years (2.1%), why would the Fed want to start down a path th...
Carter: Buena Vista Social Club
Commentary, July, 08 1999
Sandy Carter
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Because nearly all music heard in the United States is driven by dreams of fame and fortune, the sounds of the Cuban ensemble known as the Buena Vista Social Club are immediately startling. The melodies, rhythms, and songs of the group pull you in...
