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Bond: Zimbabwe's Ripoff Poll
Znet Article, March, 15 2002
Patrick Bond
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By a vote of 1.69 million for Robert Mugabe to 1.28 million for Morgan Tsvangirai, the people of Zimbabwe re-elected the Zimbabwe African National Union (Zanu) president last weekend. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), founded in September ...
Edwards: THE OBSERVER'S NICK COHEN RESPONDS ON IRAQ
Znet Article, March, 15 2002
David Edwards
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Following our Media Alert, 'Nick Cohen of the Observer on Iraq, Chomsky and Pilger' (March 13, 2002), Media Lens received this reply from Nick Cohen on March 13, 2002: "The problem with the sanctions cause starvation theory is that: 1. It was neve...
Miller: 10 Reasons Why Indonesian Courts Will Not Bring Justice To East Timor
Znet Article, March, 14 2002
John Miller
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In January 2000, the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry on East Timor and the Indonesian government's own human rights commission both found the Indonesian military responsible for crimes against humanity committed in East Timor in...
Fisk: If Bush is having 'visions', America must need Arab support for another war
Znet Article, March, 14 2002
Robert Fisk
Fisk's ZSpace page
It is the "vision" thing again. When President George Bush wanted Arab support for the US bombing of Afghanistan in September, he suddenly announced he had a "vision" of a Palestinian state. Then it disappeared off his radar screen. Yet now it's b...
Steel: Don't Ask For Evidence, Just Nuke Baghdad
Znet Article, March, 14 2002
Mark Steel
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The American military has become like one of these couples that always goes on holiday to the same resort. They're sat in the Pentagon muttering: "We always bomb the same place, every year. This year we looked through the brochures and thought of ...
Galeano: Black Humor
Znet Article, March, 14 2002
Eduardo Galeano
Galeano's ZSpace page
Joke # 1 Adding lead to gasoline was a little trick invented in the U.S. Back in the nineteen twenties, leaded gasoline became the norm in America and in the rest of the world. By the time the United States government banned it in 1986, it was kil...
Mokhiber: Business Men Make Boo Boo's
Znet Article, March, 14 2002
Russell Mokhiber
Mokhiber's ZSpace page
Let us now take a walking tour of Washington, D.C., to see whether the Enron scandal has loosened corporate America's grip on our nation's capital. (Okay, the answer is no.) At the White House yesterday, President Bush announced a 10-point plan th...
Ali: America's Next War May Be Deadlier
Znet Article, March, 14 2002
Mahir Ali
Ali's ZSpace page
Six months from now, by the time the first anniversary of the demise of the World Trade Centre towers rolls around, the United States is likely to be embroiled in another war. That war will have nothing whatsoever to do with the outrage perpetrate...
Coughlin: Statement On Pacifica
Znet Article, March, 13 2002
Dan Coughlin
Coughlin's ZSpace page
The priorities of the Pacifica national office - in addition to the day-to-day management of network operations -- have been to: 1) Get a clear handle on the network's financial situation and to stabilize economically. 2) Begin the healing and re...
Landau: The Enron System Works-Well,For Some People
Znet Article, March, 13 2002
Saul Landau
Landau's ZSpace page
The Enron System Works-Well,For Some People
Scheer: THE FALLOUT OF DESPERATION
Znet Article, March, 13 2002
Robert Scheer
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The news that the Pentagon had secret contingency plans to fight terrorism with nuclear weapons has the marks not of considered military doctrine but rather of an infantile tantrum born of the Bush administraton's frustration in making good on its...
News: Northern Alliance accused Of Raping And Torturing
Znet Article, March, 13 2002
Bbc world News
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UN seeks to end Afghan abuses Troops stand accused of murder, rape and extortion UN human rights commissioner Mary Robinson is due in Afghanistan on Thursday as reports emerge of horrific abuses against the ethnic Pashtun population. Robinson will...
Fisk: Arabs Don't Want War On Iraq
Znet Article, March, 12 2002
Robert Fisk
Fisk's ZSpace page
US Vice-President Dick Cheney arrived yesterday in a Middle East far more concerned with the firestorm between the Palestinians and the Israelis than with Washington's plans for a war with Iraq. President George Bush may believe Iraq is part of an...
Moore: Police Raid Booksigning
Znet Article, March, 12 2002
Michael Moore
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Dear Friends, It's a few minutes before midnight, on Friday night on 3/8/2002. I'm in San Diego, and I have just escaped being arrested by the San Diego police. This book tour keeps getting more surreal, but the last hour has been unlike anything ...
Campbell: Us Sends Suspects To Face Torture
Znet Article, March, 12 2002
Duncan Campbell
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The US has been secretly sending prisoners suspected of al-Qaida connections to countries where torture during interrogation is legal, according to US diplomatic and intelligence sources. Prisoners moved to such countries as Egypt and Jordan can b...
Cockburn: The Nightmare in Israel
Znet Article, March, 12 2002
Alexander Cockburn
Cockburn's ZSpace page
By Let's start with Baruch Kimmering, a sociologist at Hebrew University. Here's what he sent to the Jerusalem Weekly Kol Ha'Ir last month, which duly published it: "I accuse Ariel Sharon of creating a process in which he will not only intensify t...
Feijoo: Latin American Report on the World Social Forum (II):
Znet Article, March, 12 2002
Cristina Feijoo
Feijoo's ZSpace page
The World Social Forum is taking place in Porto Alegre, capital of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). The political process that made this encounter possible was the following: the Worker's Party (PT, Partido de los Trabajadores) won the ele...
Simeon: Threads of Conscience
Znet Article, March, 11 2002
Dilip Simeon
Simeon's ZSpace page
Noam Chomsky - Rogue States - th...
Landau: I Don't Got To Show You No Stinkin Reasons
Znet Article, March, 11 2002
Saul Landau
Landau's ZSpace page
Gore Vidal, the great novelist and political critic, asked me how I liked living under the dictatorship. I laughed, but I felt a chill. We've now experienced six months of life under unusual circumstances and it's time that citizens did some serio...
Pilger: Venezuela: The Next Chile?
Znet Article, March, 11 2002
John Pilger
Pilger's ZSpace page
Venezuela: The Next Chile?
