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Commentary Herman: Inhumanitarian Nonintervention in East Timor

Commentary, September, 08 1999 Edward Herman
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Coming so soon after the NATO devastation of Yugoslavia in the alleged interest of humanitarianism and protection of human rights, the performance of the NATO powers in the East Timor crisis strikingly confirms the views of those who questioned th...

Commentary Lusane: Clinton Escapes Again

Commentary, September, 07 1999 Clarence Lusane
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Each Summer the major civil rights organizations hold their annual gatherings. Attended by thousands, these events include workshops, plenaries, and major addresses by civil rights leaders, trade union officials, representatives from women and you...

Commentary Shiva: Stopping Biopiracy

Commentary, September, 06 1999 Vandana2 Shiva
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The patents on the anti-diabetic properties of karela, jamun, brinjal once again highlight the problem of Biopiracy - the patenting of indigenous biodiversity related knowledge.

Commentary Dominick: An Appeal for Continued Anti-War Efforts

Commentary, September, 05 1999 Brian Dominick
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Sept. 5, 1999 An Appeal for Continued Anti-War Efforts By Brian Dominick Did I just see what I think I saw? Has a growing anti-war movement suddenly become dormant, for the umpteenth time in the past few decades - in ...

Commentary Prashad: REd Salute: Comrade Uncle Ho

Commentary, September, 04 1999 Vijay Prashad
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In the late 1960s, the communists in Bengal allied with the left Congress to form a United Front government in the state. These were heady times for a region buffeted by two drought years, by the cataclysmic pressures of international finance, and...

Commentary Weisbrot: What Everyone Should Know About the Budget Debate

Commentary, September, 03 1999 Mark Weisbrot
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This commentary is for those who really want to understand the debate that has been raging over what to do with the projected Federal budget surpluses over the next 10 years. It's not as difficult as it seems.

Commentary Zinn: Beyond the Soviet Union

Commentary, September, 02 1999 Howard Zinn
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In the spirit of killing two obligations with one effort, I offer as my Commentary a response I just made to a letter by a retired professor in California, who wrote: "As a great admirer of Howard Zinn [should he have said "as a former great admir...

Commentary Marable: Chickens Coming Home to Roost

Commentary, September, 01 1999 Manning Marable
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Immediately following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X was asked by the media for his response. Malcolm was not surprised by this tragic event, because white America had long fostered violence and racism throughout society...

Commentary Schechter: China on My Mind

Commentary, August, 31 1999 Danny Schechter
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In less than two months, on October 1st, the People's Republic of China turns fifty. Mao's long march liberated a country which in a half century has gone from championing world revolution to building "socialism with Chinese characteristics."

Commentary Gonsalves: America's Civilizing Efforts

Commentary, August, 30 1999 Sean Gonsalves
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"Reflecting growing alarm in Washington about leftist rebels strengthened by the cocaine trade, a leading US diplomat met with (Colombian) President Andres Pastrana (last week) to discuss drug trafficking and the country's civil war," Associated P...

Commentary Peterson: Between the Guns and the Wall

Commentary, August, 29 1999 David Peterson
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Shortly before noon on April 6, several truckloads of the Red And White Iron militia rolled up outside a church where hundreds of people had fled seeking sanctuary. "Get out of the church!" the gun- and machete-wielding gangsters shouted. Then may...

Commentary Administrator: Hitler Analogies Betray Past and Present

Commentary, August, 28 1999 Site Administrator
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The war was launched to protect an oppressed ethnic minority, to punish a massacre, and to secure a New World Order. Which war was that? Why, Hitler's war of course, which came to be known as World War II.

Commentary Bronski: GOP = Gay Old Party

Commentary, August, 27 1999 Michael Bronski
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It is no news that the "news" appearing in the mass media is often manufactured. No where was this clearer than a front page story in The New York Times of August 11, 1999 whose headline announced: "Gay Voters Finding G.O.P. Newly Receptive to Sup...

Commentary Wise: The Kids are all White

Commentary, August, 26 1999 Tim Wise
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Let me get this straight: if people of color respond to an unjust verdict in a police brutality trial, not to mention years of racial and economic oppression, by taking to the streets, burning stuff, looting stores and engaging in assorted violenc...

Commentary Cagan: Thinking About Turkey

Commentary, August, 25 1999 Leslie Cagan
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I sit and watch in horror as the toll continues to rise from the earthquake in Turkey. Today they say over 12,000 dead and with 35 - 40,000 people still missing it's clear this number will grow in the coming days. The Turkish government has alread...

Commentary Chomsky: Eight Question on Kibbutzim: Answers from Noam Chomsky Questions from Nikos Raptis

Commentary, August, 24 1999 Noam Chomsky
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The origins were in part European libertarian socialist thought. In part they were in a kind of romantic "back to the land" movement, suffused sometimes with Tolstoyan anarchism, in other cases part of a (very conscious) effort to reverse the "inv...

Commentary Peters: Teacher, There's a Brand Name in My Math Problem

Commentary, August, 23 1999 Cynthia Peters
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Teacher, There's a Brand Name in My Math Problem

Commentary Solomon: In the Nation's Capital, Media Fixations Prevail

Commentary, August, 21 1999 Norman Solomon
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Few phrases in American politics have more negative connotations than "inside the Beltway." In this rarified and unreal zone, we often assume, the activities of politicians and bureaucrats are disconnected from the main concerns of most Americans....

Commentary Raptis: Life Complexities / Quakes

Commentary, August, 20 1999 Nikos Raptis
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In 1943 as the Nazis were rounding up the Jews of Salonica in a part of the city, a 16-year-old girl (not a Jew) stood by in the street watching with curiosity (and I hope with horror) as the Nazis were loading them on trucks.

Commentary Solomon: Broadcasting and Democracy: Oil and Water

Commentary, August, 18 1999 Norman Solomon
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Is it really possible for broadcasting and democracy to mix? In theory, yes. But right now, the prospects look bleak.

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