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Znet Article Mokhiber: World Bank/imf Out Of Control

Znet Article, May, 14 2002 Russel Mokhiber
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The International Monetary Fund and World Bank are institutions out of control. For evidence, consider the institutions' feeble and fatally flawed debt relief program. Under their Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative, the world's poorest...

Znet Article Shiva: Export at Any Cost

Znet Article, May, 14 2002 Vandana2 Shiva
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Oxfam International's report "Rigged Rules and Double Standards" on Trade, globalisation and the fight against poverty is a brave attempt at combining two paradigms. However, when two paradigms are incommensurate, putting them together only create...

Znet Article Bellinghausen: 'Foreigners are pressuring us to expel you'

Znet Article, May, 13 2002 Hermann Bellinghausen
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[translated by irlandesa] It is, beyond all doubt, a gem of nature, a jewel box of marvels.  The deep "reserve" of the Selva Lacandona is at the end of the most extraordinary process of colonization and social organization of the twentieth Me...

Znet Article Ali: Letter to a Young Muslim

Znet Article, May, 13 2002 Tariq Ali
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  Remember when you approached me after the big antiwar meeting in November 2001 (I think it was Glasgow) and asked whether I was a believer? I have not forgotten the shock you registered when I replied "no", or the comment of your friend ("o...

Znet Article Mahajan: US Mideast Power Plays

Znet Article, May, 13 2002 Raul Mahajan
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US Mideast Power Plays

Znet Article Barghouti: Israel's Best Interest

Znet Article, May, 13 2002 Omar Barghouti
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There is something peculiar about how the world, the UN included, has been dealing lately with Israel’s uncontested repression of human rights and violations of international law. The most common concern raised in this respect is “...

Znet Article Bricmont: Why We Still Need To Be Anti-Imperialists

Znet Article, May, 13 2002 Jean Bricmont
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It seems evident, from the attitude of the capitalist world to Soviet Russia, of the Entente to the Central Empires, and of England to Ireland and India, that there is no depth of cruelty, perfidy or brutality from which the present holders of pow...

Znet Article Lazala: Turbulent Colombian Panorama

Znet Article, May, 13 2002 Mauricio Lazala
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Colombia has entered into an all-out war during the year in which Colombians will elect a new President and Congress. The current war is not necessarily the worst problem that confronts the country. The forerunner in the race for President of the ...

Znet Article Palast: Opec Chief Warned Chavez About Coup

Znet Article, May, 13 2002 Greg Palast
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The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, had advance warning of last month's coup attempt against him from the secretary general of Opec, Ali Rodriguez, allowing him to prepare an extraordinary plan which saved both his government and his life, an i...

Znet Article Dias: Words From Cerro Hueco

Znet Article, May, 12 2002 Alejandro Dias
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Cerezo No. 1, Cerro Hueco.Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.May 10, 2002.To the Local, National and International Media.To the Peoples of the World.We, the political prisoners, zapatista support bases in the Voice of Cerro Hueco, are still engaged in the...

Znet Article Wise: Taliban Jews: Some Extremists are More Equal Than Others

Znet Article, May, 11 2002 Tim Wise
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As tensions flare in the Middle East-the result of Israel's ongoing occupation of Palestinian territory, as well as a spate of suicide/homicide bombings by those resisting the occupation-much has been said of "extremists" and the actions of fanati...

Znet Article Chomsky: Constructive Action?

Znet Article, May, 11 2002 Noam Chomsky
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A year ago, the Hebrew University sociologist Baruch Kimmerling observed that "what we feared has come true … War appears an unavoidable fate", an "evil colonial" war. His colleague Ze'ev Sternhell noted that the Israeli leadership was now...

Znet Article Brecher: Global Self -Organization From Below

Znet Article, May, 10 2002 Jeremy Brecher
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As globalization from above has grown more destructive, the constructive achievements of globalization from below in the two years since the Battle of Seattle have been impressive. An incredible range of movements and concerns that once seemed unr...

Znet Article Milne: This Slur Of Anti-semitism Is Used To Defend Repression

Znet Article, May, 10 2002 Seumas Milne
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By Since the French revolution, the fates of the Jewish people and the left have been closely intertwined. The left's appeal to social justice and universal rights created a natural bond with a people long persecuted and excluded by the Christian ...

Znet Article Orlando: Bush in Colombia

Znet Article, May, 09 2002 Laura Orlando
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Probably few Americans know that by the end of next week the United States may be even more deeply entrenched in the Colombian war. The Bush administration wants to escalate the conflict there, with U.S. soldiers digging in on the new Latin Americ...

Znet Article Allain: Criminal Enforcers

Znet Article, May, 09 2002 Jean Allain
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Criminal Enforcers

Znet Article Tair: none

Znet Article, May, 09 2002 Suzanne abu Tair
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EVIDENCE IS piling up of the Bush administration’s role in last month’s coup attempt against Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez. In the latest twist, two former National Security Agency officers told British newspapers ...

Znet Article Abunimah: Q&A with Abunimah

Znet Article, May, 09 2002 Ali Abunimah
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Minneapolis, Minn.: Don't suicide bombers prevent any prospect peace process from being successful? Islam forbids suicide -- then why do suicide bombers commit this act in the name of religion? Ali Abunimah: I think that all viol...

Znet Article Lowenstein: Refugees Of Blood And Sand

Znet Article, May, 08 2002 Jennifer Lowenstein
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There is a halo of blood on the ground where Huda died while sleeping last Tuesday night. Toddler-sized diapers lie strewn on the ground among the concrete heaps where the bedroom wall once was, and a single blue sandal, tiny as my fist, sat perch...

Znet Article Wypijewski: The Wonder Years

Znet Article, May, 08 2002 Joanne Wypijewski
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 Since this is going to be a story about sex and children, let's start with a bit of groping in the priests' chamber. I must have been 12. My confederates and I, all suited out in our little Scout unif...

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