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Znet Article Avnery: Chain Of Command

Znet Article, October, 21 2002 Uri Avnery
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There is little controversy about the facts: last Thursday, in an IDF action in Rafah, at least eight Palestinians were killed (the number will probably climb, since some of the wounded were severely hurt). Five of those killed were woman and chil...

Znet Article Ciepac: Plan Puebla Panama Primer

Znet Article, October, 21 2002 Activists Ciepac
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1. Is there a one or two sentence summary of what the PPP is? On one level the Plan Puebla Panama is very easy to understand. It is a vast infrastructure construction project, designed to please big business, that covers 9 states in south-southe...

Znet Article Helweg-larsen: Uribe's Dictatorial Rule Suits Oil Companies

Znet Article, October, 21 2002 Simon Helweg-larsen
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On August 7, 2002, mortar attacks hit the inauguration ceremony of President Alvaro Uribe, symbolizing a new phase in the Colombian conflict. Evading the 20,000-strong force of soldiers and police guarding the capital during Uribe’s big da...

Znet Article Tiwari: Article 23

Znet Article, October, 21 2002 Pranjal Tiwari
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The government of Hong Kong has recently announced its desire to enact, as soon as possible, a set of repressive new laws aimed at criminalizing such vagaries as "sedition, subversion, and treason". Passing the legislation, according to the territ...

Znet Article Curtis: US And British Complicity In Indonesia 1965

Znet Article, October, 21 2002 Mark Curtis
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US officials at the time called a “reign of terror” and British officials “ruthless terror”. However, unlike the terrorists responsible for the outrage of September 11, precisely nothing has ever been done to bring ...

Znet Article Blum: American Empire For Dummies

Znet Article, October, 21 2002 William Blum
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Part One Go To Part Two Good evening, it's very nice to be here, especially since the bombs have not yet begun to fall; I mean in Iraq, not Boulder; Boulder comes after Iraq and Iran if you folks don't shape up and stop inviting people like me t...

Znet Article Jensen: Citizens As Soldiers, Citizens As Prey

Znet Article, October, 20 2002 Robert Jensen
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In what could be one of the final steps toward the permanent militarization of U.S. society, we all are being recruited as soldiers in the Bush administration's unlimited war against endless enemies (also known as the "war on terrorism"). Last De...

Znet Article Jensen: Citizens As Soldiers, Citizens As Prey

Znet Article, October, 20 2002 Robert Jensen
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In what could be one of the final steps toward the permanent militarization of U.S. society, we all are being recruited as soldiers in the Bush administration's unlimited war against endless enemies (also known as the "war on terrorism"). Last De...

Znet Article Rubenstein: C ast Away

Znet Article, October, 19 2002 Danny Rubenstein
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Three weeks ago last Thursday, an Israel Defense Forces unit, accompanied by a few policemen and a bulldozer, came to the neighborhood of Sheikh Saad in southeast Jerusalem. The unit's commander informed a few local residents, whom he encountered ...

Znet Article Fair: What A Difference Four Years Makes

Znet Article, October, 19 2002 Fair
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Mainstream Media sources have repeatedly asserted that UN Weapons inspectors were kicked out of Iraq. EXTRA the magazine published by FAIR every month has provided an excellent comparison of coverage by major news outlets in 1998 and recently, and...

Znet Article Ansary: A War Won't End Terrorism

Znet Article, October, 19 2002 Tamin Ansary
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Directly after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the war talk began, as if war were the obvious remedy for terrorism. The president vowed to "destroy the infrastructure of terrorism" and defeat "states that sponsor terrorism." By January, o...

Znet Article Mokhiber: Bowling For Baghdad

Znet Article, October, 19 2002 Russell Mokhiber
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Last week, your nation's capital was a bit more surreal than usual. First and foremost, there is the sniper. And just when the sniper arrives in the neighborhood, here comes Michael Moore with his much awaited critique of violence in America -...

Znet Article Street: Beacon To The World

Znet Article, October, 18 2002 Paul Street
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Those who think the super-rich are smarter than the rest of us might want to take a look at the foreign policy speeches given in the millionaire-laden United States Senate last week. In one thick headed oration after another, the pro-war majority ...

Znet Article Harrelson: I'm An American Tired Of American Lies

Znet Article, October, 18 2002 Woody Harrelson
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The man who drives me to and from work is named Woody too. A relief to me, as it minimises the chance of my forgetting his name. I call him Woodman and he calls me Wood. He has become my best friend here, even though he's upset that I have quit dr...

Znet Article Weisbrot: Venezuelan Democracy Under Siege

Znet Article, October, 18 2002 Mark Weisbrot
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Twelve years ago a populist priest named Jean-Bertrand Aristide became President of Haiti, in the country's first democratic elections. A businessman summed up the attitude of Haiti's small but stubborn elite: "Everybody who is anybody is against ...

Znet Article Garson: ZNet Interviews Barbara Garson about

Znet Article, October, 18 2002 Barbara Garson
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(1) Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book, “MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO AROUND” is about? What is it trying to communicate?   I decided to explore the global economy by the simple device of following my own money. I beg...

Znet Article Solomon: Polls: When Measuring Is Manipulating

Znet Article, October, 18 2002 Norman Solomon
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Before decisions get made in Washington -- and even before most politicians open their mouths about key issues -- there are polls. Lots of them. Whether splashed across front pages or commissioned by candidates for private analysis, the statistica...

Znet Article Mcdonald: Should The Indonesian Military Be On The List Of Suspects?

Znet Article, October, 18 2002 Hamish Mcdonald
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The Age (Melbourne) October 17 2002 Should the military be on the list of suspects? Alexander Downer has derided the line of suspicion as "silly", but surely some in his entourage - as he did the rounds of Indonesian military and police chiefs...

Znet Article Prashad: ZNet Interviews Vijay Prashad about

Znet Article, October, 18 2002 Vijay Prashad
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1) What is Fat Cats and Running Dogs about? By now we have all read enormous amounts about the shenanigans of Enron, the excesses of the CEO class and the waste that is capitalism. But this rendition of the story fails to address at least two ele...

Znet Article Pilger: Bali/Australia/Terror

Znet Article, October, 17 2002 John Pilger
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For 40 years, Australian governments have colluded with state terrorism in Indonesia. Now, the ...

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