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Scipes: Freeing Labor from the Empire:
Znet Article, July, 26 2005
Kim Scipes
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In the increasing "heat" of labor reform issues-which is not always the same as "light"-it has been discouraging to see how little attention has been paid to Labor's foreign policy issues. This is, in my opinion, the 500-pound gorilla that no one...
Scipes: An Unholy Alliance
Znet Article, July, 10 2005
Kim Scipes
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The AFL-CIO's "Solidarity Center" (formally known as the American Center for International Labor Solidarity or ACILS) was actively involved in bringing together the leadership of the right-wing Confederation of Venezuelan Workers (CTV) and that of...
Johnson: The Smash of Civilizations
Znet Article, July, 07 2005
Chalmers Johnson
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In the months before he ordered the invasion of Iraq, George Bush and his senior officials spoke of preserving Iraq's "patrimony" for the Iraqi people. At a time when talking about Iraqi oil was taboo, what he meant by patrimony was exactly that -...
Skerrett: Faking Genocide in Haiti
Znet Article, June, 23 2005
Kevin Skerrett
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The unpalatable truth is that Haiti just does not matter very much. - editorial, The Guardian, February 17, 2004, 12 days prior to coup On to Part 2 The US, Canada, and France-backed coup d’état that overthrew Haiti’s elected P...
Scipes: Are AFL-CIO Foreign Policy Leaders Engaging in Dirty Tricks?
Znet Article, June, 23 2005
Kim Scipes
Scipes's ZSpace page
The AFL-CIO is having its quadrennial convention in Chicago next month (July 2005) in Chicago. The labor movement is hurting: only about one-eighth of eligible workers overall (12.5%) are in unions, and it drops below 8 percent when looking only a...
Gindin: Latin America and Venezuela Promote Holistic Vision Despite US
Znet Article, June, 09 2005
Jonah Gindin
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL.—The 35th Organization of American States General Assembly (OASGA) closed this evening, after approving a joint declaration aimed at “Delivering the Benefits of Democracy.†The “Declaration of Flo...
Gindin: Bush and Sumate
Znet Article, June, 04 2005
Jonah Gindin
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From an ad hoc podium Maria Corina Machado addresses the gathered reporters sprawled out on the White House lawn before her. “Good morning. Yes, I had a meeting with Mr. President just now,†she says, “and we were invited [...
Elijah: Has President Castro Struck A Nerve?
Znet Article, June, 03 2005
Jill soffiyah Elijah
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In April 2005 the international community began to take a closer look at the United States justice system as its government attempted to explain and or deny the presence of admitted terrorist, Luis Posada Carriles. As news stories sprouted from ev...
Nack: Reply to 'Country of Parallels'
Znet Article, May, 28 2005
Jonathan Nack
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[NOTE: This is a reply from a reader to America Vera-Zavala's article, 'Venezuela, Country of Parallels'] Hello Ms. Vera-Zavala, I appreciate your thoughtful column, and like your analysis of how the revo...
Miller: Glasgow and Globalization
Znet Article, May, 25 2005
David Miller
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Everyone, even the most die-hard defender of the established order recognizes that we face serious social and environmental problems. The news media regularly circulate the latest figures on the latest social problems. The country with the worst p...
Vera-zavala: Venezuela - The Country Of Parallels
Znet Article, May, 12 2005
America Vera-zavala
Vera-zavala's ZSpace page
I - The parallel revolution On a parallel street, within walking distance from the presidential palace, you can find a squatted building taken over and run by communities. It is an old office building, very close to one of the most touristic squ...
Ali: A Conversation With Tariq Ali (part 1)
Znet Article, May, 05 2005
Tariq Ali
Ali's ZSpace page
As anti-imperialists the world over celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Vietnamese victory over American force of arms, Charles Demers of Seven Oaks spoke with essayist, novelist, film-maker, author, playwright and anti-war activist Tariq Ali. U...
Street: King George, Prince Abdullah, Global Warming, and the Torture of Thomas Jefferson
Znet Article, May, 03 2005
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
"The period of history which is commonly called 'modern,'" wrote Bertrand Russell in 1945, "has a mental outlook which differs from that of the medieval period in many ways. Of these, two are most important: the diminishing authority of the Churc...
Keefer: Hugo Chavez Frias and the Sense of History
Znet Article, May, 03 2005
Michael Keefer
Keefer's ZSpace page
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez Frias delivered a major summary of his government's current international initiatives today at an event which combined a moment of intense Venezuelan-Cuban diplomatic and commercial interactions with the meetings o...
Engelhardt: Winners and Losers
Znet Article, May, 03 2005
Tom Engelhardt
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Of the two superpowers that faced each other down in an almost half-century-long Cold War, one -- the United States -- emerged victorious, alone in the world, economically powerful, militarily dominant; the other, never the stronger of the two, li...
Street: King George, Prince Abdullah, Global Warming, and the Torture of Thomas Jefferson
Znet Article, May, 01 2005
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
“The period of history which is commonly called ‘modern,’†wrote Bertrand Russell in 1945, “has a mental outlook which differs from that of the medieval period in many ways. Of these, two are most importan...
Scipes: Labor Imperialism Redux?: The AFL-CIO's Foreign Policy Since 1995
Znet Article, May, 01 2005
Kim Scipes
Scipes's ZSpace page
Throughout much of its history, the AFL-CIO has carried out a reactionary labor program around the world. It has been unequivocally established that the AFL-CIO has worked to overthrow democratically-elected governments, collaborated with dictator...
Mondragon: Toribio Attacked
Znet Article, April, 19 2005
Hector Mondragon
Mondragon's ZSpace page
The town of Toribio has been cruelly attacked by war since April 14. Yes, this is the same people that promoted and then made a reality the massive Indigenous ‘Minga’ that marched to Cali from September 13-16 of 2004 against the Fr...
Chavez: Capitalism Is Savagery.
Znet Article, April, 10 2005
Hugo Chavez
Chavez's ZSpace page
The following are excerpts from a speech given by Hugo Chávez at Gigantinho Stadium during the 2005 World Social Forum. A DVD containing the entire speech is available at the Z Store. To find out more, click here. Inspiration. Ignacio Ramonet...
Street: My Civil Rights Field Trip to the Capital of Inequality
Znet Article, April, 09 2005
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
I recently spent three days in Washington D.C. as par...
