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Znet Article Russell: Disablement, Prison, and Historical Segregation

Znet Article, July, 15 2002 Marta Russell
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The story of disablement and the prison industrial complex must begin with a trail of telling numbers: a disproportionate number of persons incarcerated in U.S. prisons and jails are disabled. Though Census Bureau data suggest that disabled person...

Znet Article Bensah: Pandora Revisited

Znet Article, July, 15 2002 E.k. Bensah
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Sins of the FatherIt is not implausible to think that Africans are probably being punished for some evil deed one of their own committed several centuries ago. Considering the sobering statistics that are often associated with the continent, no on...

Znet Article Van tosh: The Politics of Bush's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health & The

Znet Article, July, 15 2002 Laura Van tosh
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Politics surrounds just about everything, and the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health is no exception. We in the disability rights community need to be alert to the political opportunities it offers. The following ideas about the ...

Znet Article Street: Defending Civilization And The Myth Of Radical Academia

Znet Article, July, 15 2002 Paul Street
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I know it is no laughing matter when America's thought police control go on patrol. Still, even if it is just as a defense mechanism, I couldn't help but laugh when I finally read the by-now notorious report on alleged academic anti-Americanism pu...

Znet Article Ralston: Evo Morales and opposition to the US in Bolivia

Znet Article, July, 15 2002 Erin Ralston
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La Paz, Bolivia. The poorest country in South America may be sending the U.S. an eviction notice.On June 30, 2002 an historic election was held in which a radical leftist indigenous government won substantial power. Running on a strong anti-neolib...

Znet Article Pilger: The Great Charade

Znet Article, July, 14 2002 John Pilger
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The Great Charade

Znet Article Pappe: The Fence At The Heart Of Palestine

Znet Article, July, 14 2002 Ilan Pappe
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In the middle of last month, Israel began building a fence to separate itself physically from the West Bank. Among my friends on the Israeli left, there are those who received this news with great enthusiasm. These are the same friends who were co...

Znet Article Alvarez: Venezuela's Fight for Control of the National Wealth

Znet Article, July, 14 2002 Bernardo Alvarez
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In an interview in Caracas with Susana Santos, of Hour of the People (Hora do Povo, Sao Paulo, Brasil), Bernardo Alvarez, Vice-Minister of Mines and Energy of Venezuela, spoke of the challenge to the State and society to consolidate control of its...

Znet Article Hass: The IDF Shuts Away The Sea At Rafah

Znet Article, July, 14 2002 Amira Hass
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Israel Defense Forces posts and vehicles block the entry of Palestinians along the Gaza coast, from Rafah to Dir al-Balah. Those who have special permission occasionally travel to their relatives in Gaza City, and swim in the sea. But with unemplo...

Znet Article Fisk: A Strange Kind Of Freedom

Znet Article, July, 13 2002 Robert Fisk
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Inside the First Congregational Church of Berkeley, the Californian audience had been struck silent. Dennis Bernstein, the Jewish host of KPFA Radio's Flashpoint current affairs programme, was reading some recent e-mails that he had received from ...

Znet Article Mann: What Are We Going to Do About the United States?

Znet Article, July, 13 2002 Eric Mann
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This year, in late August 2002, the United Nations will hold the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), an international conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, ostensibly to create a new model of sustainable development that integrates...

Znet Article Rai: Torpedoing the Inspectors

Znet Article, July, 13 2002 Milan Rai
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Torpedoing the Inspectors

Znet Article Pilger: Wasted Freedom

Znet Article, July, 12 2002 John Pilger
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"Freedom of the press" is a phrase that sounds well. But in the world of George W Bush and Enron, freedom is not meant to be that free. On 4 July, the front page of the Daily Mirror was as powerful as any I have known, a tabloid at its best. Geor...

Znet Article Chomsky: Cauca: Their Fate Lies in Our Hands

Znet Article, July, 12 2002 Noam Chomsky
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At the time of this writing, the municipalities of Toribio and Jambalo in Northern Cauca are being bombarded by both FARC and the Colombian government.  Northern Cauca is home to one of the most remarkable experiments in resistance to neolibe...

Znet Article Said: One Way Street

Znet Article, July, 12 2002 Edward Said
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Even by the terribly low standards of his other speeches, George W Bush's 24 June speech to the world about the Middle East was a startling example of how an execrable combination of muddled thought, words with no actual meaning in the real world ...

Znet Article Mcdougall: Starbucks: The Cup That Cheers

Znet Article, July, 11 2002 William Mcdougall
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Berlin. Weltstadt and home to some of the world’s most famous cultural and historical landmarks. Add to that list Starbucks, who have recently opened two flagship stores; one in the historically Jewish Hackesche Markt quarter, and anothe...

Znet Article Sinha: Bhopal Hunger Strike

Znet Article, July, 10 2002 Indra Sinha
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I am writing this because the life of a very precious friend is in danger. Together with two companions he is staging a satyagraha in the form of an indefinite fast outside the Indian parliament in New Delhi. The three have been without food since...

Znet Article Hass: No Materials To Build In Gaza

Znet Article, July, 10 2002 Amira Hass
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The dentist called to say he was sorry but the appointment would have to be put off indefinitely. For some time now, none of the substances necessary for dental care have arrived in Gaza. The patient, Ali Abu Shahale, who owns a large engineer...

Znet Article Golan: The Example of the Crazies

Znet Article, July, 10 2002 Neta Golan
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Neta Golan has been described as "a legendary figure" and is one of very few Israelis who has been arrested, beaten, and harassed repeatedly for working against the Israeli occupation of Palestine. She lives in the West Bank where she works with ...

Znet Article Winer: Grim Reaper Stalks South African Farms

Znet Article, July, 09 2002 Stan Winer
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A deadly but apparently unnoticed phenomenon is threatening to engulf rural South Africa, where more than 1 000 white commercial farmers have been murdered in the past four years. In short, South African farmers are dying today at a greater rate t...

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