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Znet Article Lendman: The War On Immigrants

Znet Article, April, 11 2006 Stephen Lendman
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"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore." Once that was true, but no longer. Emma Lazarus’ beautiful and memorable words we’ve all heard many times and...

Znet Article Chomsky: Returning to the Scene of the Crime

Znet Article, April, 04 2006 Noam Chomsky
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[This piece is adapted from Chapter 2 of Noam Chomsky's newest book, Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy (New York: ...

Znet Article Martin: US launches major military exercises in the Caribbean as a warning to Venezuela and Cuba

Znet Article, April, 01 2006 Jorge Martin
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According to a press release by the US Southern Command on Monday, March 27: "A U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group will deploy from the U.S. east coast to the Caribbean Sea to conduct Operation Partnership of the Americas from early April through late...

Znet Article Solo: The Anti-Americans

Znet Article, March, 31 2006 Toni Solo
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Jean Kirkpatrick's recent intervention in Nicaragua's internal politics is a helpful reminder that US government foreign policy is marked not just by hypocrisy and sadism but also by delusional stupidity. Take this quote from an interview Kirkpatr...

Znet Article Coronado: LA Immigrant Rights March

Znet Article, March, 31 2006 Ty Coronado
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Ty Coronado, Sarah Knopp, Katie Miller and Avery Wear report from LA on the massive immigrant rights march. A SLEEPING giant awoke March 25 in Los Angeles as some 1 million people marched to protest anti-immigrant legislation that would make crim...

Znet Article Cuffe: From Guatemala to Colombia

Znet Article, March, 30 2006 Sandra Cuffe
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  This article analyzes the role of militarization as a part of the control of territory, natural resources and people, and raises doubts about the so-called war on drug trafficking in mining districts.  A comparison is drawn between Plan Colombi...

Znet Article Emersberger: Haiti and Human Rights Watch

Znet Article, March, 29 2006 Joe Emersberger
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In a world dominated by the wealthy the temptation will always exist for NGOs to acquire funds, and respectability, by saying at least some of what the powerful want to hear. It's an understandable temptation. Nobody should seek out oblivion - es...

Znet Article Paez victor: Mr. Danger and Socialism for the New Milennium

Znet Article, March, 29 2006 Maria Paez victor
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[A talk prepared for the "Walter Gordon/Massey Symposium", Toronto March 15, 2006] Throughout most of its history, there has been very little interest in North America about Venezuela except as a supplier of oil. With the election of Hugo Chávez...

Znet Article Elie: The New Reality in Haiti

Znet Article, March, 28 2006 Patrick Elie
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Roger Annis: On February 7, the Haitian people elected René Préval as president. He promised deep-going reforms in favor of the poor majority of Haiti. How do you view the election and its outcome? Patrick Elie: The election is a very positive ...

Znet Article Heyne: Two views of a world

Znet Article, March, 21 2006 Christian Heyne
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 Citizens of Haiti in the utterly poor communities of Cite Soleil, Bel Air, La Saline, and other distress areas have a problem they can’t seem to shake. They are living a battle with the very forces of the world community that are supposed...

Znet Article Bigwood: U.S. Meddling in Peruvian Presidential Race?

Znet Article, March, 20 2006 Jeremy Bigwood
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Something smells funny about the recent denunciation of maverick Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala for alleged human rights violations. Before the accusations, Humala was riding high as the leading candidate in Peru's presidential ele...

Znet Article Boukman: Opening Space for Popular Movements

Znet Article, March, 12 2006 Samba Boukman
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Interviewed by Stuart Neatby, John Dimond-Gibson, and Christian Heyne. Rush Transcript. The desperately poor neighbourhoods surrounding Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince have been hardest hit by the political violence and social cleansin...

Znet Article Chomsky: The Long View

Znet Article, March, 08 2006 Noam Chomsky
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Staunton: First of all, I wanted to clear something up. I understand that some remarks you made about Bertie Ahern and "shoe shining" may have been reported inaccurately.Chomsky: The Press Association story on December 26th said that on his way to...

Znet Article Lendman: Closing Haiti's Open Veins

Znet Article, March, 04 2006 Stephen Lendman
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On February 7, 2006 (and with due homage to the great Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano) the people of Haiti were not to be denied. Few people anywhere have endured more oppression and human misery or for a longer period of time (with all too few p...

Znet Article Elie: Canada, Haiti, and the Struggle for Justice

Znet Article, February, 28 2006 Patrick Elie
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Patrick Elie is a former cabinet minister in the government of Haiti, a leading social justice activist in that country and a fierce opponent of the 2004 coup d’état against the democratically-elected government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide,...

Znet Article Concannon: Haiti's Elections

Znet Article, February, 20 2006 Brian Concannon
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[Note: This is an update of Concannon's earlier election analysis, which was also posted to ZNet] On February 7, Haitian voters went to the polls to elect a president for the fourth time since 1990. Through great patience and determination they o...

Znet Article Podur: A Dishonest Case for a Coup

Znet Article, February, 16 2006 Justin Podur
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I was convinced, reluctantly, into replying to Deibert.

Znet Article Deibert: Reply to Justin Podur

Znet Article, February, 16 2006 Michael Deibert
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Reply to Justin Podur

Znet Article Concannon: Counting Some of the Votes in Haiti

Znet Article, February, 14 2006 Brian Concannon
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[Note: Rene Preval was declared the winner on Feb 16, 2006, but this analysis remains an important record - ZNet]. Haiti’s elections on February 7 went well enough that the post-election vote counting should have been uncontroversial.  T...

Znet Article Podur: Kofi Annan's Haiti

Znet Article, February, 10 2006 Justin Podur
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In the vast corrugated-iron shanty town of Cité Soleil, home to quarter of a million people, all the schools are shut down and the one hospital closed. White armoured UN personnel carriers patrol the perimeter, half a dozen blue-helmeted heads po...

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