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Fassed: Torture Distorts Hope For Palestinians
Znet Article, May, 25 2002
Arjan el Fassed
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Torture Distorts Hope For Palestinians
Hutchinson: Who's Jerking Who Off On Terror Alerts?
Znet Article, May, 24 2002
Earl ofari Hutchinson
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld bluntly told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Pentagon budget that the terrorists are "jerking us" around with their terror threats. Rumsfeld then upped the terror ante by gravely warning that ...
Steele: East Timor Is Independent
Znet Article, May, 24 2002
Jonathan Steele
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It's a hard world to be born into, even for nation-states. This week East Timor, half of a small island a few hundred miles north of Australia, became the youngest member of the so-called international community. Out went a temporary UN administra...
Steele: East Timor Is Independent
Znet Article, May, 24 2002
Jonathan Steele
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It's a hard world to be born into, even for nation-states. This week East Timor, half of a small island a few hundred miles north of Australia, became the youngest member of the so-called international community. Out went a temporary UN administ...
Evans: Deconstructing The War On Terror: Race, Gender And History
Znet Article, May, 24 2002
Benjamin Evans
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Since September 11th, 2001 many North Americans are convinced of the necessity of war. They see themselves as victims, or potentials victims, of terrorism. They feel that the bush regime's bombing of Afghanistan, and Israel's attacks on the Palest...
Street: Liar Liar
Znet Article, May, 24 2002
Paul Street
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It's been quite an interesting experience hearing United States Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld tell us that more Americans are probably going to perish in future terror attacks. It's "inevitable," they say, and th...
Edwards: Burying Big Business
Znet Article, May, 24 2002
David Edwards
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One of the secrets of media manipulation is to report the horror and strife of the world as though Western power, interests and machinations did not exist. Vast poverty, injustice and chaos in the Third World are depicted as unconnected to the coo...
Abuhalwa: Apartheid's Accidental Prophecy
Znet Article, May, 24 2002
Susan j. Abuhalwa
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The apartheid government of South Africa came to power in 1948, the same year that the State of Israel was created in Palestine. Having lived and witnessed the legacy of Zionism, I wonder sometimes if this shared birth year was not an accidental p...
Spannos: Challenges and Opportunities for Progressive Movements Post-911
Znet Article, May, 24 2002
Chris Spannos
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Through the framework of cause and effect, you can see the obstacles posed by the War on Terrorism. Militarization, globalization, and racism have accelerated; their intersections compounded. Chris Spannos discussed these intersections and prospec...
Saba: Fifteen Theses on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Znet Article, May, 23 2002
Paul Saba
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Introduction All too frequently the mainstream media in the United States treats the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a timeless confrontation between eternal enemies - Arabs and Jews. But the crisis in Israel/Palestine is not an ahistorical one. I...
Schneider: International Solidarity After Independence
Znet Article, May, 23 2002
Charlie Schneider
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On May 22, 2002, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the government of East Timor hosted a half-day seminar and reception with about 100 international solidarity activists from around the world entitled "The Role of International So...
Poverty: Two Victories
Znet Article, May, 23 2002
Ontario coalition against Poverty
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A couple of weeks ago, OCAP was approached by a man called Bryian with a dreadful and urgent situation. He is fighting throat cancer and the radiation treatment he has received has sped up the decay of his teeth. Three of them had to be removed bu...
Solomon: Counteracting the Media Evildoers
Znet Article, May, 23 2002
Norman Solomon
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To: George, Dick and John Re: Counteracting the Media Evildoers Damage control efforts are on track after those rough days in mid-May. First, let's note a silver lining. John's move to prosecute Arthur Andersen pushed Enron off a lot of front p...
Avnery: Sharon's war plans: The Great Reformer?
Znet Article, May, 23 2002
Uri Avnery
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When the inhabitants of Bethlehem came out of their homes, after the long weeks during which Israeli soldiers shot at everything in town that moved, they discovered that the landscape had changed. While they were imprisoned in their homes, the arm...
Sfard: Why Israel's 'seruvniks' Say Enough Is Enough
Znet Article, May, 22 2002
Michael Sfard
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By It is said that in the first few years of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, no one seriously thought of holding on to these territories forever. It was at the time widely assumed, that these newly conquered lands were to b...
Yiftachel: The Lurking Shadow of Expulsion
Znet Article, May, 22 2002
Oren Yiftachel
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The State of Israel has reached an important crossroad. For some months now the nationalist camp, aided by the media, has been trickling into the public discourse the idea of expulsion -- branded in Israel as "transfer" -- despite the fact that it...
Monbiot: Riddle of the Spores
Znet Article, May, 22 2002
George Monbiot
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The more a government emphasises its commitment to defence, the less it seems to care about the survival of its people. Perhaps it is because its attention may be focused on more distant prospects: the establishment and maintenance of empire, for ...
Bunting: This Futile Campaign
Znet Article, May, 22 2002
Madeleine Bunting
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There was almost relief in Brigadier Roger Lane's voice on Friday morning as he told the Today programme that they'd finally found and killed some AQT - al-Qaida/Taliban - in the remote mountain valleys of eastern Afghanistan. They had engaged the...
Donahue: The Life and Crimes of General Montoya Uribe
Znet Article, May, 22 2002
Sean Donahue
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PUTUMAYO DEPARTMENT COLOMBIA, JANUARY 2001 — All of us knew we were taking certain risks when we flew by helicopter from Puerto Asis to La Hormiga with Gen. Mario Montoya Uribe – the countryside in Putumayo is controlled by FARC gu...
Albert: What Did Bush Know, When?
Znet Article, May, 21 2002
Michael Albert
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The above question screams from mainstream newspapers. It froths from liberals' lips. What troubles me more, however, is that some leftists also find it important. Prevalent Question: What did Bush know and when did he know it regarding possible...
