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Commentary Cagan: Can We Keep A Movement Alive

Commentary, May, 20 1999 Leslie Cagan
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If you read my commentary last month you know I recently was in the center of the organizing for a major march and rally against police brutality here in New York City.

Commentary 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.

Commentary 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.

Commentary 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.

Commentary Raptis: The Greeks, Kosovo, and the U.S.

Commentary, May, 02 1999 Nikos Raptis
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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...

Zmag Article Glick: A Progressive Voice in 2000?

Zmag Article, May, 01 1999 Ted Glick
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A Progressive Voice in 2000?

Zmag Article Albert: The Kosovo/NATO Conflict

Zmag Article, May, 01 1999 Michael Albert
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The Kosovo/NATO Conflict

Zmag Article Petras: From Pericles to Samaranch

Zmag Article, May, 01 1999 James Petras
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From Pericles to Samaranch

Commentary 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.

Commentary Peters: Responding To Sentiment

Commentary, April, 21 1999 Cynthia Peters
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There was a lengthy debate at my dinner table the other night about the situation in Yugoslavia. Most of my relatives defended the NATO bombings as the only moral action to take in the face of crimes being committed against ethnic Albanians. I arg...

Commentary Dominick: Young People and Activism

Commentary, April, 18 1999 Brian Dominick
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Young people in movement circles are often met with a great deal of admiration and little to no respect. Impressed as they are by kidsÕ very presence at activist events and meetings, given the preoccupations and pressures of modern youth; adults r...

Commentary Lusane: Racism's Enablers

Commentary, April, 14 1999 Clarence Lusane
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While much of the American publicÕs attention has been focused on the evils of Milosovich and his efforts at ethnic cleansing, AmericaÕs home grown fascists and their enablers have gotten a free ride.

Commentary Shalom: Thinking About Affirmative Action

Commentary, April, 11 1999 Stephen1 Shalom
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There is a group of people in the United States who are given special preferences because of difficulties they suffered in the past.

Commentary Cagan: What's Wrong With This Picture

Commentary, March, 25 1999 Leslie Cagan
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The challenge for me in writing a commentary is to figure out which of many items I want to comment on. Every time I sit down to write this something different captures my attention.

Commentary Lusane: Remembering the International Day Against Racism

Commentary, March, 21 1999 Clarence Lusane
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While it is doubtful that the U.S. media will give it much attention, March 21 is the UN-designated International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Commentary Dominick: Reinventing Solidarity Activism

Commentary, March, 19 1999 Brian Dominick
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Since the January 1, 1994 Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico, EZLN* leaders have been quite forthcoming about what solidarity means to them, be it domestic or international. Their articulation of the revolution they envision is poetic in its cl...

Commentary Lusane: The Steven Lawrence Victory

Commentary, March, 18 1999 Clarence Lusane
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For every police murder of a person of color or racist street killing in the United States, there are mirror cases of death by bigoted cops and street thugs in other places. Nowhere is this truer than in the United Kingdom.

Commentary Churchill: Wages of Cointelpro Still Evident

Commentary, March, 10 1999 Ward Churchill
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In 1980, former FBI Director L. Patrick Grey and Edward S. Miller, one-time head of Squad 47, the domestic counterintelligence unit in the FBI's New York Field Office, were convicted of having "conspired to injure and oppress the citizens of the U...

Commentary Chomsky: On Staying Informed and Inteelectual Self Defense

Commentary, March, 08 1999 Noam Chomsky
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There's no way to be informed without devoting effort to the task, whether we have in mind what's happening in the world, physics, major league baseball, or anything else.

Commentary Zinn: On Getting Along

Commentary, March, 07 1999 Howard Zinn
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You ask how I manage to stay involved and remain seemingly happy and adjusted to this awful world where the efforts of caring people pale in comparison to those who have power?

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