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Fisk: War for Civilization
Znet Article, November, 21 2005
Robert Fisk
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YE: How is it going with the process of releasing your new book (Great War for Civilization)? RF: Well, it should be a time when you sit back and enjoy the glow, but actually it’s too hard to do that. I’m still exhausted from writ...
Mian: Blinded by the Bomb
Znet Article, November, 18 2005
Zia Mian
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For decades, leaders of India and Pakistan have been bewitched by the power of the bomb. Regardless of their various other differences, they seem to have believed that the threat of massive destruction represented by nuclear weapons is a force for...
Plitnick: Is There A New Labor Party In Israel?
Znet Article, November, 15 2005
Mitchell Plitnick
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Amir Peretz’s stunning victory last week has been hailed by some as the dawning of a new day of hope in Israeli politics. Peretz is certainly a very new and different sort of leader for a major Israeli political party...
Husseini: Zarqawi and Bush Bomb Because We Let Them
Znet Article, November, 15 2005
Sam Husseini
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A group calling itself "Al-Qaeda in Iraq" has reportedly claimed responsibility for the bombings in Jordan; the group is headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who takes his name from the impoverished town of Zarqa in Jordan where is was born. I visited...
Chomsky: Master Mind
Znet Article, November, 15 2005
Noam Chomsky
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Three weeks ago, Prof. Noam Chomsky was voted the most important public intellectual in the world today. About 20,000 people took part in the poll, which was conducted jointly by a British monthly called Prospect and the Washington-based Foreign P...
Kagarlitsky: Riots in France
Znet Article, November, 11 2005
Boris Kagarlitsky
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For two weeks now, France has been rocked by street violence and arson. And for two weeks, Russian commentators have held forth about the "Muslim factor" and "ethnic conflicts." It's easier to spout cliches than to figure out what's really hap...
Zunes: Bush Again Resorts to Fear-Mongering to Justify Iraq Policy
Znet Article, November, 04 2005
Stephen Zunes
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President George W. Bush's October 6 address at the National Endowment for Democracy illustrated his administration's increasingly desperate effort to justify the increasingly unpopular U.S. war in Iraq. The speech focused upon the Bush administra...
Shrivastava: Civilization and compassion at the dawn of the twenty-first century
Znet Article, November, 04 2005
Aseem Shrivastava
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Civilization is on a mission from God to free the world from the evil of tyranny and bring democracy and human rights to all peoples of the planet. Presumably, there is human concern and compassion behind such a quest, more grand than any conceive...
Whitmont: The Case of David Hicks
Znet Article, November, 03 2005
Debbie Whitmont
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The Case of David Hicks
Finkelstein: Beyond Chutzpah
Znet Article, November, 02 2005
Norman Finkelstein
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Audacity. Cheekiness. Daring. Gutsiness. Any one of these words can define the Yiddish word, “chutzpah†with both positive and negative nuances. But as DePaul Professor Norm Finkelstein demonstrates in his new book, “Beyond...
Levy: The Longest Month
Znet Article, October, 28 2005
Gideon Levy
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Four kilograms of apples for NIS 5. The peddler's throat is hoarse, although he uses a loudspeaker. The price is rock-bottom and there are no buyers. That's how he walks through the alleys of the refugee camp - announcing his wares from a perch at...
Abedin: How Britain Botched the Iran Standoff
Znet Article, October, 24 2005
Mahan Abedin
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As anticipated, the British government officially accused Iran of complicity in the targeting and killing of its troops in southern Iraq. However, the accusations are weak and clumsily constructed, to the point of being silly. The bomb technology ...
Levy: The Carpenter's Wife
Znet Article, October, 22 2005
Gideon Levy
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Why did Haifa Hindiya, a 38-year-old married woman and mother of five, stab a soldier at a checkpoint on the first day of the month of Ramadan? Was it because she was battered and humiliated by her husband, as her family claims? Or because she was...
Levy: The Carpenter's Wife
Znet Article, October, 22 2005
Gideon Levy
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Why did Haifa Hindiya, a 38-year-old married woman and mother of five, stab a soldier at a checkpoint on the first day of the month of Ramadan? Was it because she was battered and humiliated by her husband, as her family claims? Or because she was...
Lendman: The Sorrows of Haiti
Znet Article, October, 20 2005
Stephen Lendman
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On February 28, 2004, in the middle of the night, the U.S. again invaded Haiti. It abducted and forcibly removed democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide by its staged coup d'etat and flew him against his will to the Central African...
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
Kanazi: Friday Night Lights
Znet Article, October, 10 2005
Remi Kanazi
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Israel, a Member State of the United Nations since May 11, 1949, is not exempt from the rule of international law. On September 25, however, Israel invaded the Gaza Strip, and fired missiles at a vehicle carrying two purported “terrorists....
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...
