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Galeano: The Machine
Znet Article, April, 27 2002
Eduardo Galeano
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[Translated by Francisco González] Sigmund Freud had learned it from Jean-Martin Charcot: ideas can be implanted by hypnosis in the human mind. More than a century has gone by since then, and the technology of manipulation has made great...
Mondragon: What are these 'other threats' to Colombia's Security?
Znet Article, April, 27 2002
Hector Mondragon
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On April 18, 2002, the US Congress announced a new bill intended to raise the amounts and the involvement of military aid to the government of Colombia. The text of the bill, released with the visit of Colombian President Andres Pastrana to Washin...
Avnery: The Real Aim
Znet Article, April, 27 2002
Uri Avnery
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The real aim of “Operation Defensive Shield†was not to “destroy the infrastructure of terrorismâ€. This was merely a good slogan for uniting the people of Israel, who are angry and afraid after the suicide bombings....
Monbiot: Diplomatic Impunity
Commentary, April, 26 2002
George Monbiot
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Tony Blair might believe he belongs to an international coalition, but George Bush has other ideas. Bush's international war against terrorism has not stopped him from waging a parallel war against co-operation.
Author: Subverting Democracy
Commentary, April, 26 2002
Guest Author
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As reports of Israeli war crimes continue to emerge, the U.S. refuses to alter its stance of support for Israel, instead placing nearly all the blame on Yasir Arafat. President Bush has refused to do more than issue some harsh words to Israel that...
Kimmerling: Israeli democracy's decline
Znet Article, April, 26 2002
Baruch Kimmerling
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Jerusalem - More than 350 combat officers and soldiers from the Israeli reserve forces recently declared that they are no longer willing to serve in the occupied territories; they will not be partners to the war crimes and atrocities that the Isr...
Faruqui: Worse Than No Deal At All
Znet Article, April, 26 2002
Ahmad Faruqui
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Speaking in Los Angeles last month, Al Gore argued that the cycle of violence between the Israelis and Palestinians began when Yasir Arafat rejected an "extremely generous" peace settlement that Bill Clinton and former Israeli Prime Minister...
Faruqui: Worse Than No Deal
Znet Article, April, 26 2002
Ahmad Faruqui
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Speaking in Los Angeles last month, Al Gore argued that the cycle of violence between the Israelis and Palestinians began when Yasir Arafat rejected an "extremely generous" peace settlement that Bill Clinton and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud ...
Rebick: French Election Has Lessons For Us All
Znet Article, April, 26 2002
Judy Rebick
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The results of the French Presidential election are the latest, and perhaps most significant sign, that the shifts in global politics following September 11 are much greater than anyone on the left predicted. The failure of the French left to move...
Mokhiber: No Kidding:
Znet Article, April, 26 2002
Russell Mokhiber
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A key anti-bribery law has taken a major hit. A startling decision handed down last week by a federal judge in Houston undermines the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and will make it difficult for weak and demoralized prosecutors to bring to justice...
Prashad: Sharonism and the "Special Relationship."
Commentary, April, 25 2002
Vijay Prashad
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An email message comes to me from Karachi, Pakistan. The message reads, in part, as follows: "Chomsky says that US support of Israel is not because of the 'Jewish Lobby' and he gives reasons for that; for one it would be too simplistic to think th...
Rabbani: Did Israel Perpetrate a 'Massacre' in the Jenin Refugee Camp?
Znet Article, April, 25 2002
Mouin Rabbani
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Even before the Israeli military completed its conquest of the Jenin refugee camp on 11 April, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had established a public relations committee specifically devoted to defend...
Huggler: What really happened in Jenin?
Znet Article, April, 25 2002
Justin Huggler
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The thought was as unshakable as the stench wafting from the ruins. Was this really about counterterrorism? Was it revenge? Or was it an episode – the nastiest so far – in a long war by Ariel Sharon, the staunch opponent of the Osl...
Mcaskill: Children are new martyrs of Gaza
Znet Article, April, 25 2002
Ewen Mcaskill
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A tragic new twist was added to the Middle East conflict when three 14-year-old Palestinian classmates were buried in Gaza yesterday after mounting a futile attack that ended with them being shot dead by Israeli soldiers. They were victims of a d...
Deutsch: What More?
Graphic, April, 24 2002
Barry Deutsch
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Israel, Palestine, Middle East, mid-east, George W. Bush, Bush, George Bush,foreign policy, Uncle Sam, ruins
Solomon: Alice's New Adventures In Medialand
Commentary, April, 24 2002
Norman Solomon
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Alice climbed out of the news hole. She seemed badly shaken. "I thought Wonderland was curious indeed," she said, "but Medialand is even more peculiar."
Hillson: Reporter's Notebook from Argentina
Znet Article, April, 24 2002
Jon Hillson
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BUENOS AIRES, April 24 (NY Transfer)--"Don't cry for me, Argentina, the truth is I never left you," implores the romanticized persona of Eva Duarte in the musical "Evita." But the powerful fact today is that millions do not long for her, or her hu...
Moore: Fear of Whites?
Znet Article, April, 24 2002
Michael Moore
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I don't know what it is, but every time I see a white guy walking towards me, I tense up. My heart starts racing, and I immediately begin to look for an escape route and a means to defend myself. I kick myself for even being in this part of town a...
Johnson: This is What Democracy Looks Like
Znet Article, April, 24 2002
Eric Johnson
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I was huddled against a wall on Broadway and 5th, just after dawn, when I noticed a woman with a gas mask strapped to her belt. “Don’t worry,†I heard someone next to me say (probably having noticed that my lips were turn...
