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Schmidt: Andy Apaid and Us
Znet Article, October, 19 2005
Andréa Schmidt
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A recent pre-election fact-finding trip to Haiti included a series of encounters with prominent industrialist and political activist Andy Apaid, Jr. Well-known for his leadership role in the U.S., EU, and Canada-backed Group of 184 umbrella civil/...
Jamail: Elections and other Deceptions in Iraq
Znet Article, October, 18 2005
Dahr Jamail
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Just before Saturday's so-called constitutional referendum vote in occupied Iraq, one of my close friends in Baghdad wrote me, "I would like to point out that we are three days away from the referendum, yet very large sectors of Iraqi people could...
Hepburn: World Food Day
Znet Article, October, 18 2005
John Hepburn
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World Food Day, which was celebrated on Saturday, is a time of year to reflect on where our food comes from, on the abundance of food for some, and the lack of access for so many others. It is a time to reflect on the history of food, and the futu...
Mishra: A Realistic Look at Call Centres
Znet Article, October, 18 2005
Girish Mishra
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For quite some years, call centres have come to symbolize a new optimism for the ruling circles in India. They hope, these call centres will go a long way to boost foreign exchange earnings, provide high value employment opportunities to the educa...
Pilger: The Silence of Writers
Znet Article, October, 16 2005
John Pilger
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In 1988, the English literary critic and novelist, D.J. Taylor wrote a seminal piece entitled 'When the Pen Sleeps'. He expanded this into a book 'A Vain Conceit', in which he wondered why the English novel so often denigrated into 'drawing room t...
Fernandes: Indonesia 1965
Znet Article, October, 16 2005
Clinton Fernandes
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On September 1, 1965, the US State Department prepared a Special National Intelligence Estimate for Indonesia. Written by the Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organisations of the Departments of State and Defence and the National S...
Pilger: Suharto to Iraq
Znet Article, October, 15 2005
John Pilger
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"The propagandist’s purpose,†wrote Aldous Huxley, “is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.†The British, who invented modern war propaganda and inspired Joseph Goebbels, wer...
Pate: Haiti, Imperialism, and the Treachery of Liberals
Znet Article, October, 15 2005
Shirley Pate
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What liberals choose to overlook is dangerous. “Unfinished Country,†a film about Haiti by Jane Regan, aired on PBS on September 6. I’m not sure if I have seen a documentary so devoid of context. For the life of me, I d...
Baroud: Real Disengagement Plan Now at Work
Znet Article, October, 15 2005
Ramzy Baroud
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his right wing government could not have possibly envisioned a more gratifying scenario to the post-disengagement period than the one effectively advancing in the Gaza Strip. Events on the ground point to ...
Turse: The Fallen Legion
Znet Article, October, 14 2005
Nick Turse
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The Fallen Legion
Hoodbhoy: No Burial For Balakot
Znet Article, October, 14 2005
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Hoodbhoy's ZSpace page
Four days later, they are still not even trying to extricate the dead in the town of Balakot, flattened by an earthquake that hit Northern Pakistan on the morning of October 8. From under the rubble of collapsed buildings, a gut-wrenching smell of...
Sajjad: The Kashmiri tragedy
Znet Article, October, 14 2005
Aasim Sajjad
Sajjad's ZSpace page
In time much will be written about the most devastating earthquake in Pakistan’s short history, and most of what will be written will dwell on the grief and suffering of the millions of people affected. Indeed in the first few days after t...
Ravishankar: Oh, the craving for filthy lucre
Znet Article, October, 14 2005
Ra Ravishankar
Ravishankar's ZSpace page
"[I]n order to weed out the evil of Pakistan, it is inevitable that we erase the existence of Pakistan itself from the face of the earth. Pakistan was born in hatred and violence. How can such a seed of poison give rise to fruits of love and amity...
Albert: Interview with Michael Albert
Znet Article, October, 10 2005
Michael Albert
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AttacD-AWWO: Can you say something about the process, the discussion that lead to Parecon (participatory economics) and the book that is now also appearing in German translation this fall? Michael Albert: Sure. It was a long process. It started o...
Zacune: Asda Wal-Mart: Cutting Costs at any Cost
Znet Article, October, 07 2005
Joe Zacune
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Wal-Mart is the world's largest retail company and is more familiar in the UK as the supermarket chain Asda. Wal-Mart has built a global empire of supermarket stores on an image of 'always low prices'. This obsession with prices has led to poverty...
Fisk: How The World Was Duped:
Znet Article, October, 04 2005
Robert Fisk
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The 5th of February 2003 was a snow-blasted day in New York, the steam whirling out of the road covers, the US secret servicemen - helpfully wearing jackets with "Secret Service" printed on them - hugging themselves outside the fustian, asbestos-p...
Engelhardt: 'No Iraqis Left Me on a Roof to Die'
Znet Article, September, 25 2005
Tom Engelhardt
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'No Iraqis Left Me on a Roof to Die'
Podur: From the Embassy to the Prison
Znet Article, September, 21 2005
Justin Podur
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From the Embassy to the Prison
Bruno: Colombia
Znet Article, September, 19 2005
Simone Bruno
Bruno's ZSpace page
The beginning of the trip The flight from Bogotá to Apartadò is more of a teleport than a normal trip. Only one hour and the cold highland of the capital is a memory, the modern city is slowly replaced by the forest. We are now with the warm pe...
Kolhatkar: Giving Democracy a Bad Name
Znet Article, September, 16 2005
Sonali Kolhatkar
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The United States has supposedly created new "democracies" in Afghanistan and Iraq, but these endeavors give democracy a bad name. Sure, the two countries have some ingredients of representative democracy (elected officials, a constitution). But b...
