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El amrani: Kifaya and the Politics of the Impossible
Znet Article, January, 04 2006
Issandr El amrani
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Social movements and activist groups in the Arab world are rarely acknowledged or heard about in the west. Even worse, recently the Bush administration has tried to take credit for the work of these grassroots groups, who struggle and protest unde...
Finkelstein: Israel & Palestine
Znet Article, January, 01 2006
Norman Finkelstein
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Israel laid siege to the Northern Gaza strip overnight, attacking roads and fields, shortly after Israeli occupation forces announced that they were implementing the so-called buffer zone after a home-made Qassam rocket was allegedly fired across ...
Baroud: Palestinian Democracy at the Crossroads
Znet Article, December, 28 2005
Ramzy Baroud
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Palestinian political life seems to be unwittingly embracing a distinctive style, contradicting its own traditional political parameters. The last few weeks clearly attest to this political divergence. Predictably any serious transformation is no...
Chomsky: On War and Activism
Znet Article, December, 27 2005
Noam Chomsky
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First of all, happy birthday. Thank you. December 7th is also the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It's also the anniversary of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, authorized by Henry Kissinger, which probably wiped out a third of ...
Juma: The Eastern Wall
Znet Article, December, 24 2005
Jamal Juma
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More than a year has passed since the Occupation Forces declared the completion of the first section of the Apartheid Wall - running from Jenin to Qalqiliya. Rapid construction around Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem and Hebron marks the second phas...
Baroud: The US 'Image Problem' is rooted in history, not media
Znet Article, December, 24 2005
Ramzy Baroud
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US President George W. Bush yet once again blamed Arab media for his country’s image problem. "I recognize we got an image issue, particularly when you have television stations, Arabic television stations that are constantly just pounding...
Avnery: The Pied Piper
Znet Article, December, 20 2005
Uri Avnery
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SOME 721 YEARS ago, the town of Hamelin in Germany was suffering from a plague of rats. A citizen called Bunting offered to get rid of them for an agreed fee. When he played on his flute, the entranced rats came out of their holes and followed him...
Ramon: Institutionalised Hatred and Instigating Murder
Znet Article, December, 20 2005
Baheer Ramon
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All human beings are in truth akin; All in creation share one origin. When fate allots a member pangs and pains, No ease for other members then remains. If unperturbed, another's grief canst scan, Thou are not worthy of the name of man. Sa'adi, (1...
Baroud: Staying the Course
Znet Article, December, 14 2005
Ramzy Baroud
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In a landmark speech before a most friendly audience at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis on November 30, President Bush repeated a familiar mantra. His pronouncements were crafty and political, yet were neither concerned with the plight of Iraqis...
Hallinan: The Fate of Gaza
Znet Article, December, 11 2005
Conn Hallinan
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There is a moment in Jeffery Goldberg's New Yorker profile of Brent Scowcroft, George Bush Senior's former National Security Advisor, when the current Administration's combination of arrogance and cluelessness crystallize. Over dinner, Secretary o...
Weinberg: The Politics of the Antiwar Movement
Znet Article, December, 09 2005
Bill Weinberg
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The Sept. 24 antiwar protest in Washington, D.C., was hailed as a revival of a movement which had become somewhat moribund even as the quagmire in Iraq deepens with horrifying rapidity. The march brought out 300,000 protesters, by organizers' esti...
Fisk: The Great War for Civilization
Znet Article, December, 07 2005
Robert Fisk
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Robert Fisk is one of the world's best known journalists. He has been based in the Middle East as the UK Independent's Middle East correspondent for nearly 30 years, during which he has reported on two U.S. wars in Iraq, two Afghan wars, the Israe...
Young: Antiwar Veteran
Znet Article, December, 05 2005
Tomas Young
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Pfc. Tomas Young, 25 years old, was sent to Iraq last year with the Army's 1st Cavalry Division. He joined the military for college money to further his education and, in his own words, "to exact some form of retribution" on the perpetrators of...
Podur: Detestable Murderers and Scumbags
Znet Article, December, 05 2005
Justin Podur
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ON JULY 11, 2005, WITH great nuance and tact, Canada’s Chief of Defence Staff General Hillier described the forces arrayed against the NATO mission in Afghanistan: “These are detestable murderers and scumbags, I’ll tell...
Underbakke: A Fair Trial?
Znet Article, December, 01 2005
Mel Underbakke
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In a country that holds up the ideals of equality and justice for all, the case against Sami Al-Arian has been strange from the outset, beginning at the bond hearing. Dr. Al-Arian's defense lawyers presented a strong case with many witnesses attes...
Hersh: Up In The Air
Znet Article, November, 29 2005
Seymour m. Hersh
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In recent weeks, there has been widespread speculation that President George W. Bush, confronted by diminishing approval ratings and dissent within his own party, will begin pulling American troops out of Iraq next year. The Administrationâ€...
Tanaka: Japan's Kamikaze Pilots and Contemporary Suicide Bombers: War and Terror
Znet Article, November, 28 2005
Yuki Tanaka
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Japan's Kamikaze Pilots and Contemporary Suicide Bombers: War and Terror
Avnery: Two Earthquakes
Znet Article, November, 28 2005
Uri Avnery
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A POLITICAL earthquake is itself a rare event. When two major political earthquakes follow each other in quick succession, this is almost unheard of. One such earthquake was the election of Amir Peretz as leader of the Labor Party. The other is S...
Hass: The border of the state of Ramallah
Znet Article, November, 24 2005
Amira Hass
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In contrast to the "big bangs," or the election of MK Amir Peretz as Labor Party chairman and the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from the Likud, the establishment of the southern border of the state of Ramallah is happening with nary a...
Baroud: Gaza Border Deal
Znet Article, November, 24 2005
Ramzy Baroud
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Starting Nov. 25, Palestinians from the Gaza Strip may, in theory, be able to freely cross the Rafah border into Egypt, according to an agreement brokered by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Typically, Israel wished to have the final say o...
