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Gindin: Is the Big Ship America Sinking?
Znet Article, February, 14 2007
Sam Gindin
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There's something happeningWhat it is ain't exactly clearBuffalo Springfield, 1966 Are we in the midst of a momentous turn in world politics? Donald Rumsfeld has been shuffled out of the Pentagon. Daniel Ortega, Washington's nemesis from the S...
Carlson: Elite Democracy: When Washington Reigned Supreme in Venezuela
Znet Article, February, 04 2007
Chris Carlson
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When Hugo Chávez spoke at the United Nations last September, he accused Washington of promoting "elite democracy" in the world. Most people who heard the speech might not have realized what exactly he meant by the term "elite democracy". Few peop...
Scipes: Neo-Liberal Economic Policies in the United States:
Znet Article, February, 02 2007
Kim Scipes
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Although most discussions of the impact of neo-liberal economic policies focus on the countries of the Global South, these policies have been implemented in the Unit...
Lendman: Venezuela's RCTV Acts of Sedition
Znet Article, January, 25 2007
Stephen Lendman
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On December 28, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias delivered his annual "greeting speech" to the National Armed Forces (FAN) and announced the operating license of TV station Radio Caracas Television (known as RCTV) broadcasting on VHF Channel...
Street: Obama's Audacious Deference
Znet Article, January, 24 2007
Paul Street
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Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (New York, NY: Crown, 2006) Now that Barack Obama has made the obvious next to finally official by declaring a presidential “exploratory committee,â€...
Zibechi: Social Movements in 2007: Securing autonomy, retaking the initiative
Znet Article, January, 20 2007
Raúl Zibechi
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South American social movements face an unprecedented panorama: the majority of governments on the continent define themselves as progressive or on the left. This is a reality which these same movements contributed to shaping and which can eithe...
Lendman: Democrat Agenda Omissions
Znet Article, January, 20 2007
Stephen Lendman
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With all the customary pomp and pageantry accompanying the occasion, the 110th nominally (first time in 12 years) Democrat-led Congress convened on Capitol Hill on January 4. It was done much the same as in earlier years ...
Mondragon: Democracy and Plan Colombia
Znet Article, January, 14 2007
Hector Mondragon
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President George W. Bush has asked the American people to "be patient" so that Iraq can become like Colombia—so that the Iraqis can defeat terrorism and establish a stable democracy like the one Washington has nurtured in Colombia. I would...
Wilpert: Chavez Announces Nationalizations, Constitutional Reform for Socialism in Venezuela
Znet Article, January, 10 2007
Gregory Wilpert
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Caracas, January 8, 2007 (venezuelanalysis.com)— During the swearing-in ceremony of his new cabinet, Venezuela’s President Chavez announced a series of dramatic new measures for moving ahead in establishing 21st century socialism i...
Carlson: Washington and Its Contempt for the Venezuelan People
Znet Article, January, 09 2007
Chris Carlson
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"Long live El Mocho Hernández!" cried Venezuelan dissidents and rebels more than one hundred years ago. The battle cry of a popular movement at the end of the 19th century, "El Mocho" refe...
Podur: The Things We Do For Oil
Commentary, January, 08 2007
Justin Podur
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Review of Garry Leech, ÒCrude Interventions: The United States, Oil and the New World DisorderÓ, Zed Books 2006.
Chomsky: South America: Toward an Alternative Future
Znet Article, January, 07 2007
Noam Chomsky
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South America: Toward an Alternative Future
Lendman: The Spirit of Tom Paine
Znet Article, January, 05 2007
Stephen Lendman
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We only know about Tom Paine because Thomas Edison discovered him in the 1920s. Edison b...
Scipes: Is Cosatu playing with the devil?
Znet Article, December, 24 2006
Kim Scipes
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The US labour centre, the AFL-CIO has a Solidarity Center in South Africa. Few unionists know what it does or stands for. Kim Scipes, in this revealing article, exposes some of its worldwide operations and wonders why Cosatu has a relationship wit...
Chomsky: Historical Perspectives on Latin American and East Asian Regional Development
Znet Article, December, 24 2006
Noam Chomsky
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There was a meeting on the weekend of December 9-10 in Cochabamba in Bolivia of major South American leaders. It was a very important meeting. One index of its importance is that it was unreported, virtually unreported apart from the wire services...
Lendman: Chavez Landslide Tops All In US History
Znet Article, December, 21 2006
Stephen Lendman
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Chavez Landslide Tops All In US History
Prashad: Every Generation of North Americans Must Come to Terms with Latin America
Znet Article, December, 18 2006
Vijay Prashad
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Every Generation of North Americans Must Come to Terms with Latin America
Esteva: The "Other Campaign" and the Left: Reclaiming an Alternative*
Znet Article, December, 18 2006
Gustavo Esteva
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I said earlier that what is happening in Mexico during this period will probably be studied as an ideal laboratory for understanding the nature of modern power, that is, the extent to which it depends on general perceptions. Power operates based o...
Barker: Catalyst for Iranian Resistance
Znet Article, December, 18 2006
Michael Barker
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The Iranian question is on everyone’s lips at the moment, and judging by the ongoing discussions in both the mainstream and alternative (progressive) media, it is apparent that, one way or the other, the US (and its coalition of willing cr...
Albert: Hola, Hugo
Znet Article, December, 17 2006
Michael Albert
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¿Has sentido alguna vez que hay cosas sobre las que quieres saber lo que alguien piensa, que serÃan importantes para las vidas de mucha gente, y sobre las que sin embargo no tienes forma de obtener respuesta? No puedes llamar a esa persona y preg...
