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Naiman: Gun Control, Burma and Corporate Rule
Commentary, August, 14 2000
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Robert Naiman Remember the "New Federalism"? State and local governments were supposed to be "laboratories of democracy," where new ideas could be tried out to address social problems, where government would be more responsive to citizen input at...
Naiman: SOFT STEP FOR CONGRESS: STRONG SLAP FOR THE WORLD BANK
Commentary, July, 21 2000
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Representative Sonny Callahan, the Chair of the Foreign Operations subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, and Representative Nancy Pelosi, his Democratic counterpart, disagree on a lot of issues. But they do agree that Congress shoul...
Naiman: Globalization: The Fat Lady Ain't Sung
Commentary, May, 27 2000
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Champagne corks are popping in Washington, as the corporate lobby celebrates its victory over democracy - bribing Congress into granting "Permanent Normal Trading Relations" to China. Corporations, not China, are the true beneficiaries - they have...
Naiman: A19: The Media Empire Blows Back
Commentary, April, 21 2000
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As someone whose central organizing principles in life include figuring out how to reduce and undermine the power and legitimacy of the IMF, the World Bank, the WTO, and kindred institutions, I have to say that the week of protests and education i...
Naiman: A16: Sweeney Crosses the Rubicon, and a New Movement Takes Its First Steps
Commentary, April, 12 2000
Robert Naiman
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As a participant in the planning for the April 16-17 mobilizations against the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, I have this to say about all the hype around the April demonstrations and the "new movement for global economic and soci...
Naiman: A Small Victim of the Embargo
Commentary, February, 08 2000
Robert Naiman
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There's great consternation in Cuba and Florida over the fate of Elian Gonzalez. If he were from any other country, he would already be home with his father. Yet only a handful of the media reports mention the extreme U.S. embargo that led to the ...
Naiman: Access To Education
Commentary, December, 31 1999
Robert Naiman
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Public education in the United States has been subjected to vigorous criticism. Some criticize it in the hopes of improving it, and some criticize it in order to undermine it. If one accepts the principle that every citizen of our society has the ...
Naiman: Clinton's Debt Relief: Too Generous or Too Stingy
Commentary, November, 06 1999
Robert Naiman
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After President Clinton announced that he supports 100% cancellation of the debts owed by the poorest countries to the United States, some poll data suggested that people thought Clinton was being too generous.
