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Commentary Solomon: A PRo-Democracy Movement

Commentary, December, 26 1999 Norman Solomon
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It's a pro-democracy movement. And it's global. The vibrant social forces that converged on Seattle -- and proceeded to deflate the WTO summit -- are complex, diverse and sometimes contradictory. Yet the threads of their demands form a distinct w...

Commentary Albert: Building Solidarity

Commentary, December, 24 1999 Michael Albert
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Social struggle will never be perfectly choreographed but we can at least have broad norms regarding movement process that benefit all involved constituencies.

Commentary Zinn: Seattle

Commentary, December, 22 1999 Howard Zinn
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In the year 1919, when the city of Seattle was brought to a halt by a general strike - beginning with 35,000 shipyard workers demanding a wage increase - the mayor reflected on its significance:

Commentary Marable: A Dialogue Between Generations

Commentary, December, 20 1999 Manning Marable
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Several weeks ago I attended and spoke at a conference on race which was organized at Stanford University. After delivering my lecture, I walked down the steps from the stage. Clustered around the steps were several male and female graduate studen...

Commentary Albert: Different Strokes for Different Folks!?

Commentary, December, 18 1999 Michael Albert
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How do we evaluate movement tactics and particularly property-damaging or truly aggressive or violent tactics?

Commentary Peters: Neither Heroes Nor Fools

Commentary, December, 17 1999 Cynthia Peters
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"They forced us all out of the house and one of them held a gun to my head. `I am going to kill you. You are a child of FALINTIL.' `No,' I told the soldier, `I am a child.'"

Commentary Schechter: MY GLOBAL(IZED) NEIGHBORHOOD: TODAY SEATTLE,TOMORROW TIMES SQUARE?

Commentary, December, 12 1999 Danny Schechter
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The protesters who traveled from across the country and the world to Seattle were inspired by the rare chance to go mano a mano with a usually remote manifestation of globalization.

Commentary Georgakas: East Timor, Phillips Petroleum, & Norman, Oklahoma

Commentary, December, 11 1999 Dan Georgakas
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During the height of the massacres in East Timor, Phillips Petroleum paid the Indonesian government $2.9 million in royalties for oil that had been taken out of East Timor. That scandal was not uncovered by any "investigative" reporter in mass med...

Commentary Marable: The Politics of Inequality

Commentary, December, 09 1999 Manning Marable
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The fundamental issue that will define U.S. politics in the first decade of the twenty-first century is the spiraling growth of inequality in American life.

Commentary Dominick: Anarchy, NonViolence, and the Seattle Demonstrations

Commentary, December, 06 1999 Brian Dominick
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One of the most contentious points likely to arise out of the past week's actions is older than the concept of world trade itself: the question of tactics in demonstration and direct action - in particular, violent vs. nonviolent.

Zmag Article Albert: On Trashing and Movement Building

Zmag Article, December, 01 1999 Michael Albert
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This is a response to a post-Seattle debate troubling many folks regarding movement tactics. As a preface, it goes without saying, I hope, that we all understand that as far as violence is concerned, the violent parties in Seattle were first and f...

Zmag Article Carter: Bruce Springsteen's Land Of Hope And Dreams

Zmag Article, December, 01 1999 Sandy Carter
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Carter As we come to the end of the 20th century, it’s increasingly difficult to believe in the power of rock and roll to change lives. But with the current reunion tour of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, the tradition ...

Zmag Article Herman: Clinton Is The World's Leading Active War Criminal

Zmag Article, December, 01 1999 Edward Herman
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S. Herman I use war crimes to encompass the commission of all acts declared illegal under international rules of war as enumerated in the various Hague and Geneva agreements and conventions and pronounced in the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals. ...

Zmag Article Duncombe: DIY Nike Style

Zmag Article, December, 01 1999 Stephen Duncombe
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Stephen Duncombe Think! Think! It ain’t illegal, yet!!" reads the first page of U Don’t Stop, a zine I picked up the other day. It’s not an unusual request. Zines (short for fanzines, derived from magazines) are homemade pa...

Commentary Herman: Questioning Henwood on Globalization

Commentary, December, 01 1999 Edward Herman
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For some reason Doug Henwood feels called upon to play down globalization. Others on the left, some associated with MONTHLY REVIEW, have done the same, warning that any acceptance of the globalization thesis will discourage leftists and breed "def...

Commentary Dominick: Georgia On My Mind: Hard Thoughts on Closing the SOA

Commentary, November, 22 1999 Brian Dominick
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It's been a long time since I last wrote in depth about the US Army's School of the Americas, and the movement to shut it down. But living in Syracuse, a major anti-SOA hotbed, this time of year it's hard not to write or at least think about the t...

Commentary Brecher: There's An Alternative

Commentary, November, 20 1999 Jeremy Brecher
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When world leaders meet in Seattle after Thanksgiving for the "pre-millennial" session of the World Trade Organization, many will sincerely believe that there is no alternative to the present direction of globalization. But all over the world, act...

Commentary Solomon: The Twain Most Americans Never Meet

Commentary, November, 19 1999 Norman Solomon
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With the start of 2000 less than two months away, I've been thinking about a beloved American writer who stuck his neck out the last time people went through a change of centuries.

Commentary Cagan: Some Thoughts on Hate Crimes

Commentary, November, 16 1999 Leslie Cagan
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The brutal murder of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming a little more than a year ago focused national attention on a long-standing reality for many lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people: the widespread fear and hatred of people outside the ...

Commentary Raptis: The Pnyx

Commentary, November, 07 1999 Nikos Raptis
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Pnyx is the name of a low (357 feet high) hill about 450 yards to the west of the Acropolis in Athens. The word "Pnyx" means "tightly crowded together." The "crowding" refers to the male citizens (also known and as "demos") of classical Athens, wh...

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