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Rostron: And not a drop to drink
Znet Article, February, 11 2002
Bryan Rostron
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Business is frustrated at the slow pace of privatisation in South Africa, but the poor, reports Bryan Rostron, are already feeling the effects South Africa is slowly being privatised. You see it in the implausible spiderwebs of electricity lines ...
Svirsky: Letter from Israel
Znet Article, February, 10 2002
Gila Svirsky
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We knew there would be a big turnout for the peace demonstration last night just from the deluge of pro-peace ads in Ha'aretz the day before - page after page of statements and petitions, all critical of the occupation. Some excerpts: "There is a...
Beaumont: Armed to the Teeth
Znet Article, February, 10 2002
Peter Beaumont
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There is a United States special forces dog-handler who meets journalists, diplomats and aid workers off the UN flight to Kabul. His job is to search luggage and ensure the security of US troops in Afghanistan. He is short, gingery and aggressive....
Hunter: Argentina Now: A Democratic Revolution
Znet Article, February, 09 2002
Martin Hunter
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Argentina is in the midst of a severe socio-economic crisis. By all accounts, the country is essentially bankrupt: burdened with a 150 billion dollar foreign debt, which saps 30% of the GDP in interest payments alone, the unemployment rate has soa...
Hunter: Argentina Now: A Democratic Revolution
Znet Article, February, 09 2002
Martin Hunter
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Argentina Now: A Democratic Revolution
Mahajan: The State of the Union and the New Cold War
Znet Article, February, 09 2002
Rahul Mahajan
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Any who doubted the characterization of the war on terrorism as a new Cold War had only to listen to the State of the Union address, Bush's most depressing speech since he launched his unlimited war with his address to a joint se...
Patel: NEO-THATCHERITE ENGLISH PREMIER AN APPALLING DIPLOMAT
Znet Article, February, 09 2002
Raj Patel
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By now we are extremely familiar with the sigh of world leaders trying to turn the spotlight away from their domestic inadequacies by embarking on major new foreign policy initiatives. It seems to have been working for George W. ...
Grubacic: A Different Balkan is Possible
Znet Article, February, 09 2002
Andrej Grubacic
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A Different Balkan is Possible
Mackenzie: Anthrax Attacks
Znet Article, February, 09 2002
Debora Mackenzie
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Anthrax Attacks
Pilger: Asylum Seekers in Australia
Znet Article, February, 09 2002
John Pilger
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Asylum Seekers in Australia
Orgs...: SHUT DOWN THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS!
Znet Article, February, 09 2002
Various Orgs...
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The School of the Americas (SOA), in 2001 renamed the “Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation,†is a military training school for Latin American soldiers, located at Fort Benning, GA. Over its 56 years, the S...
Burbach: Another World Is Possible
Znet Article, February, 09 2002
Roger Burbach
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PARIS -- For a magic moment, the citizens' move...
Avnery: The Great Game
Znet Article, February, 09 2002
Uri Avnery
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Some weeks ago, something curious happened: Israel discovered that Iran is the Great Satan. It happened quite suddenly. There was no prior sensational news, no new discovery. As if by the order of a drill-sergeant, the whole Israeli phalanx change...
Campbell: Friends Of Terrorism
Znet Article, February, 08 2002
Duncan Campbell
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His name may sound like that of a character from a Mel Brooks musical but Otto Reich is real enough. He has just been appointed by President Bush as assistant secretary of state for western hemisphere affairs - and both the manner of his appointme...
Gool: "MBEKI IN MUGABE'S FOOTSTEPS!"
Znet Article, February, 08 2002
Dr selim yusuf Gool
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South African President Thabo Mbeki's recent attacks on press freedom and the labelling of Alliance partner, the 2.5 million strong trade union federation the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), as being "part of an international terr...
Palast: Eyes-only memos show who done it
Znet Article, February, 07 2002
Greg Palast
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In Buenos Aires, the Paris of Latin America, police gunned down two dozen Argentines in December after they chose to face bullets rather than starvation. The nation's currency had crumbled and unemployment had shot up from a grim 16 percent t...
Pollack: Enrons Operations In Argentina
Znet Article, February, 07 2002
Andy Pollack
Pollack's ZSpace page
Do a quick search of the Web on the terms Enron and Argentina and you mostly get either references comparing the two, or a recent satire in which Kenneth Lay claims immunity by claiming Enron IS Argentina. You might even stumble on the Mothe...
Correggia: AFGHANISTAN: AN EPICENTRE OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRAGEDIES, A COUNTRY OF BRAVE PEOPLE
Znet Article, February, 07 2002
Marinella Correggia
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Months ago, Said Karim, a supervisor of demining activities in the Western Afghan region of Herat, wanted to show to a foreign visitor something nice from his beloved country; something different than landmines and Uxo (bad Ufo, in a sense: unexpl...
Cockburn: Running From Reebok's Hypocrisy
Znet Article, February, 07 2002
Alexander Cockburn
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Right till the end of January, Dita Sari was preparing to fly from her home near Jakarta to Salt Lake City to bask today in the admiration of assorted do-gooders and celebrities mustered by Reebok. The occasion is the 13th annual Human Rights Awar...
Hutchinson: Blacks Still Losing Race To Corporate Top
Znet Article, February, 06 2002
Earl ofari Hutchinson
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In a January feature story on big shot corporate black executives, Newsweek strongly hints that more blacks than ever have cracked the corporate glass ceiling. It trumpets the ascension of Kenneth I. Chenault, E. Stanley O’Neal, and Richar...
