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Francese: Thousands Rise Up Against New Era of Corporate Colonialism
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Justin Francese
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This Saturday, October 12th, dozens of demonstrations will be held all over the US, Mexico and Central America to protest the 510th anniversary of Columbus day. Thousands of indigenous activists and supporters from Canada to Panama, will block bor...
Avnery: Israel: The Jewish Demographic State?
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Uri Avnery
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It sounds like a bad joke, but it really happened: A rabbi went from Israel to Peru, converted a group of Native Americans to Judaism, brought them to this country and put them in a settlement, on land taken away from its Palestinian owners. Ther...
Herring: The Choice on Iraq
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Eric Herring
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The current crisis is often represented as being caused by Iraq's refusal to comply with UN resolutions to give up its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programmes. Therefore, the argument goes, Iraq will only comply if major military threa...
Bricmont: Just Say No-to Imperialism
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Jean Bricmont
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Neither Iraqi concessions nor objections from leaders of traditionally friendly countries seem able to deter the United States government from its determination to take to the warpath against Iraq to impose "regime change". This unprecedented defi...
Solomon: Democrats Playing Catch-up In Media War
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Norman Solomon
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Many news stories and commentaries have marveled at the failure of Democrats to seize the high political ground this fall. With the nation's economic stride continuing to falter under a Republican president, the main opposition party should be cru...
Lieberman: Cracks In The Ice
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Daid Lieberman
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These have been tense days as we await Congress's vote on Bush's proposal for war powers to use against Iraq. By the time this article reaches print, the vote will have been taken and the focus of debate will have moved on, but the situation at th...
Said: Israel, Iraq, And The US
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Edward Said
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Many parts of Lebanon were bombed heavily by Israeli warplanes on 4 June, 1982. Two days later the Israeli army entered Lebanon through the country's southern border. Menachem Begin was prime minister, Ariel Sharon his minister of defense. The imm...
Bishara: A Staring Contest
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Azmi Bishara
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At a sizable demonstration recently held in London to protest against a war on Iraq, the Palestinian flag stood out amidst the sea of banners. Curiously enough, it attracted little attention, as though it were entirely normal for the Palestinian s...
Sustar: We Support The Dockworkers!
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Lee Sustar
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GEORGE W. Bush and the employers want to use the Taft-Hartley Act--America’s notorious "slave labor law"--to break the West Coast dockworkers’ union. But members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) hav...
Administrator: Iraq on the Verge Of War
Znet Article, October, 09 2002
Site Administrator
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C1. Are U.S. leaders correct in their characterization of Saddam Hussein as a monster? There are two possible meanings of the word "monster." What most people mean by the term is a leader...
Lowenstein: Khan Yunis: Before The Juggernaut
Znet Article, October, 09 2002
Jennifer Lowenstein
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A mobile watchtower, lifted into the air by a crane, surveys Khan Yunis day and night. An ambulance from the city waits behind a nearby concrete building day after day; it waits so that the next child shot for playing too close to the wall can mak...
Edwards: Idolaters, Inc.
Znet Article, October, 09 2002
David Edwards
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Pacifying people by passing over Western crimes and focusing laser-like on the crimes of demonised enemies is one thing. Infinitely more effective, however, is to simply persuade the public that worrying about political issues is best left to the ...
Hass: Always A Fighter, Always A Terrorist
Znet Article, October, 09 2002
Amira Hass
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A Palestinian is a terrorist when he attacks Israeli civilians on both sides of the Green Line - in Israel and the territories - and when he attacks Israeli soldiers at the gates of a Palestinian city. A Palestinian is a terrorist when an army uni...
Glass: Iraq Must Go!
Znet Article, October, 09 2002
Charles Glass
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"There is a dry wind blowing through the East, and the parched grasses wait the spark." John Buchan, Greenmantle (1916) As Lloyd George's wartime Director of Information, John Buchan urged Britain to support an incomprehensible Eastern war with t...
Shalom: 45 Questions and Answers Regarding Intervention in General, 9-11 and Afghanistan One Year Later, and Iraq on the Verge of War
Znet Article, October, 09 2002
Stephen1 Shalom
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Every outward manifestation that one can use to judge, says the answer is yes. Speeches, talks, interviews, and essays all evince horror at the events, pain for those who suffered, fear that it might recur and take more innocent lives. But what ch...
Jensen: Bush's Illogic
Znet Article, October, 08 2002
Robert Jensen
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Bush's Illogic
Arnove: Bush Peddles War
Znet Article, October, 08 2002
Anthony Arnove
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George Bush said in his address to the nation on October 7 that the ...
Abunimah: Spare Us your lectures
Znet Article, October, 08 2002
Ali Abunimah
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On September 24, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1435 making clear its demand for "the expeditious withdrawal of the Israeli occupying forces from Palestinian cities towards the return to the positions held prior to September...
Tair: none
Znet Article, October, 08 2002
Suzanne abu Tair
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There is little that those of us who oppose the coming war with Iraq can now do to prevent it. George Bush has staked his credibility on the project; he has mid-term elections to consider, oil supplies to secure and a flagging war on terror to rev...


