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Reinhart: The Israeli Elections
Commentary, May, 18 1999
Tanya Reinhart
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This is a translation of a column that appeared in the Israeli daily 'yediot' on May 16, 1999 (a day before the elections).
Brecher: Letter to Bernie Sanders
Commentary, May, 17 1999
Jeremy Brecher
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Dear Bernie -- This letter explains the matters of conscience that have led me to resign from your staff.
Weisbrot: No Change at Treasury
Commentary, May, 17 1999
Mark Weisbrot
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Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin picked a good time to resign. As a senior White House official said, Rubin "made his fortune selling at the top of the market."
Administrator: Organized Labor and the War in Kosovo
Commentary, May, 14 1999
Site Administrator
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It's an alarming signal of the declining influence of organized labor that with the start of the bombing of Yugoslavia and the war in Kosovo, that neither the media nor the public at large demand to know labor's position on the conflict.
Lusane: Jackson and the Contradictions of War
Commentary, May, 13 1999
Clarence Lusane
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Into the storm's eye of the Balkin war stepped Rev. Jesse Jackson, and, once again, he emerges with prisoners of war.
Raptis: The Greeks, Kosovo, Etc.
Commentary, May, 12 1999
Nikos Raptis
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As already mentioned, during the night of April 27 to April 28, '99, Greek demonstrators forced a train carrying British troops and tanks to Macedonia to return to the terminus of the port of Salonica and not leave for Macedonia.
Author: Atlantic Alliance
Commentary, May, 11 1999
Guest Author
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How much longer do we have to endure the folly of Nato's war in the Balkans? In just 50 days, the Atlantic alliance has failed in everything it set out to do. It has failed to protect the Kosovo Albanians from Serbian war crimes.
Schechter: Covering Wars at Home and Abroad
Commentary, May, 11 1999
Danny Schechter
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Had the Marine Corps recruiter not gotten hung up on the fact that Columbine H.S. student Eric Harris lied about taking an anti-depressant, he may very well have been on his way by now to the front lines of Kosovo, the real war he reportedly prefe...
Peters: What She Really Wants
Commentary, May, 10 1999
Cynthia Peters
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Take a look at that face. It's true. She really could use a little help with her complexion. It may be that with all that mothering work she's been doing she hasn't had time to properly wash, rinse, clarify, tone, moisturize, and treat twice a wee...
Chomsky: Moral Principles and International Law
Commentary, May, 09 1999
Noam Chomsky
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I'm afraid the first question is not a "genuine question," though there is a huge literature, for thousands of years, attempting to say at least something about these topics, without much success.
Herman: Hitchens Degraded
Commentary, May, 08 1999
Edward Herman
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It would be hard to imagine better evidence of the sorry state of supposedly left opinion in this country than Christopher Hitchens' "Belgrade Degraded" in the May 17 issue of The Nation.
Bronski: High School Hell
Commentary, May, 06 1999
Michael Bronski
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Reading through the media coverage of the Littleton, Colorado shootings one can't help but be impressed by how skillfully the reporting shaped the story to fit the preconceived anxieties and biases of a broad readership.
Weisbrot: Give Peace A Chance
Commentary, May, 05 1999
Mark Weisbrot
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How long can NATO continue bombing Yugoslavia? The Clinton administration's answer so far has been, "as long as it takes" for Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to capitulate to its demands.
Hightower: Radio Nuggets
Commentary, May, 04 1999
Jim Hightower
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Bill Clinton did not inhale. We're clear on that, right? But, recently, he did swallow.
Mokhiber: Drugs, Patents, and U.S. Policy
Commentary, May, 03 1999
Russell Mokhiber
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Thanks to new drug therapies, many people with HIV/AIDS in the United States are now able to live relatively healthy lives. "Triple drug" therapies, or "drug cocktails" allow HIV-positive people to reduce their HIV blood load in some cases to unde...
Raptis: The Greeks, Kosovo, and the U.S.
Commentary, May, 02 1999
Nikos Raptis
Raptis's ZSpace page
Following the Chomskyan distinction, in the present text the word Greeks refers to the inhabitants of the geographic region of Greece as distinct from the political and economic elits that "govern" the country. (The use of the quotation marks is e...
Carter: Littleton
Commentary, May, 01 1999
Sandy Carter
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Pearl, Miss., West Paducah, Ky., Jonesboro, Ark., Springfield, Ore., Fayetteville, Tenn., Edinboro, Pa., and last week--Littleton, Colo. Seven school shootings in less than two years.
Bohmer: Fight the Power
Commentary, April, 30 1999
Peter Bohmer
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Last weekend, my son, Inti, who is 20 and I, who am quite a few years older than that, went to San Francisco to take part in a rally and demonstration in support of political prisoner and death row inmate, Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Peters: On Knowing and Responding
Commentary, April, 29 1999
Cynthia Peters
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On this the liberal and the right-wing columnists seem to agree: Adults are responsible for not controlling the behavior of Littleton, ColoradoÕs Òtrench coat mafiaÓ killers. Eileen McNamara, liberal columnist for the Globe, suggests that the pare...
Bronski: Writing and Thinking Amidst Hostile Intentions
Commentary, April, 27 1999
Michael Bronski
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Most every writer likes to see her or his work quoted and cited. It gives you, if nothing else, the idea that at least someone somewhere reads what you write and publish.
