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Pilger: A Not -So- Free Press
Znet Article, July, 17 2002
John Pilger
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On 4 July, the front page of the Daily Mirror was as powerful as any I have known, a tabloid at its best. George W Bush was flanked by a row of Stars and Stripes, chin up, eyes misted. "Mourn on the Fourth of July," said the banner headline. Above...
Bellinghausen: Paramilitary Fiefdoms
Znet Article, July, 17 2002
Hermann Bellinghausen
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[translated by irlandesa] Sitalá, Chiapas. July 16. Things are in such a state for the displaced of San Pedro Buena Vista that, when Sebastián Hernández Sánchez went to the judge in Yajalón to demand justice, they almost put him in jail, a...
Administrator: Testimony of Stephen R. Shalom
Znet Article, July, 16 2002
Site Administrator
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My name is Stephen Rosskamm Shalom and I am a professor of Political Science at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. I have been writing and teaching about United States policy in the Middle East for more than two decades. I thank the...
Everest: Target Iraq: U.S. Plans for Major War
Znet Article, July, 16 2002
Larry Everest
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Target Iraq: U.S. Plans for Major War
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Pilger: The Great Charade
Znet Article, July, 14 2002
John Pilger
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The Great Charade
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Rai: Torpedoing the Inspectors
Znet Article, July, 13 2002
Milan Rai
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Torpedoing the Inspectors
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
