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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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
Glick: A Progressive Voice in 2000?
Zmag Article, May, 01 1999
Ted Glick
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A Progressive Voice in 2000?
Albert: The Kosovo/NATO Conflict
Zmag Article, May, 01 1999
Michael Albert
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The Kosovo/NATO Conflict
Petras: From Pericles to Samaranch
Zmag Article, May, 01 1999
James Petras
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From Pericles to Samaranch
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: 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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
Lusane: The Steven Lawrence Victory
Commentary, March, 18 1999
Clarence Lusane
Lusane's ZSpace page
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.
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...
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.
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?


