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Commentary Herman: THEY BROUGHT IT ON THEMSELVES

Commentary, December, 18 1999 Edward Herman
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One of the tricks of imperialism is to pretend that a targeted enemy has been offered a negotiating option, quickly claim that that option has been rejected, and then ruthlessly attack or continue sanctions that may be taking a heavy human toll.

Commentary Peters: Neither Heroes Nor Fools

Commentary, December, 17 1999 Cynthia Peters
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"They forced us all out of the house and one of them held a gun to my head. `I am going to kill you. You are a child of FALINTIL.' `No,' I told the soldier, `I am a child.'"

Commentary Wise: "Springing the Diversity Trap"

Commentary, December, 16 1999 Tim Wise
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You know you're in trouble when Ronald Reagan starts to sound progressive. And you really know you're in trouble when so-callYou know you're in trouble when Ronald Reagan starts to sound progressive. And you really know you're in trouble when so-c...

Commentary Landau: Two from Saul Landau…China/Cuba

Commentary, December, 14 1999 Saul Landau
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Some weeks back, President Clinton accomplished a goal that President William McKinley had sought a century ago. Yes, Chinese officials now welcome U S economic penetration.

Commentary Landau: Two from Saul LandauÉChina/Cuba

Commentary, December, 14 1999 Saul Landau
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Some weeks back, President Clinton accomplished a goal that President William McKinley had sought a century ago. Yes, Chinese officials now welcome U S economic penetration.

Commentary Rebick: First Mourn, Then Work for Change

Commentary, December, 13 1999 Judy Rebick
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It has been 10 years since that terrible day, December 6, 1989. Ten years since a lone gunman who blamed feminists for his problems walked into Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal and systematically slaughtered only women. Fourteen young women who die...

Commentary Schechter: MY GLOBAL(IZED) NEIGHBORHOOD: TODAY SEATTLE,TOMORROW TIMES SQUARE?

Commentary, December, 12 1999 Danny Schechter
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The protesters who traveled from across the country and the world to Seattle were inspired by the rare chance to go mano a mano with a usually remote manifestation of globalization.

Commentary Georgakas: East Timor, Phillips Petroleum, & Norman, Oklahoma

Commentary, December, 11 1999 Dan Georgakas
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During the height of the massacres in East Timor, Phillips Petroleum paid the Indonesian government $2.9 million in royalties for oil that had been taken out of East Timor. That scandal was not uncovered by any "investigative" reporter in mass med...

Commentary Marable: The Politics of Inequality

Commentary, December, 09 1999 Manning Marable
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The fundamental issue that will define U.S. politics in the first decade of the twenty-first century is the spiraling growth of inequality in American life.

Commentary Administrator: Tha Battle for Seattle

Commentary, December, 09 1999 Site Administrator
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-In spite of what you may have read or heard about the anti-WTO protests last week, the people on the streets of Seattle weren't opposed to globalization. Their cause is an example of globalization, with protests in solidarity wit...

Commentary Bronski: Playing the Media

Commentary, December, 09 1999 Michael Bronski
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The first wave of the attack came swift and strong. Jonah Goldberg, in his column titled "When the Show is on the Other Foot" in the National Review wrote on October 25:

Commentary Dominick: Anarchy, NonViolence, and the Seattle Demonstrations

Commentary, December, 06 1999 Brian Dominick
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One of the most contentious points likely to arise out of the past week's actions is older than the concept of world trade itself: the question of tactics in demonstration and direct action - in particular, violent vs. nonviolent.

Commentary Russell: Government Example Setting Not Enough

Commentary, December, 05 1999 Marta Russell
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Despite a growing economy and a 29-year low official unemployment rate, potential workers with disabilities remain chronically unemployed. Nine years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), national employment surveys show ...

Commentary Prashad: IMF: Advance Guard of the WTO

Commentary, December, 04 1999 Vijay Prashad
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In 1997, Bangkok's Rafabhat Institute Suan Dusit took a poll of 1,648 Thai children under the age of 15. The survey asked the children to identify the IMF, the International Monetary Fund. A quarter knew what the IMF was. About 30% believed that t...

Commentary Solomon: Free Trade's Happy Face Peels Off

Commentary, December, 03 1999 Norman Solomon
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SEATTLE -- After enjoying a free ride in American news media for many years, the World Trade Organization just hit a brick wall. The credit should go to a vast array of civic activists -- represented by tens of thousands of protesters from every c...

Commentary Hartmann: Women's Health Advocates Win a Victory in the Fight Against Chemical Sterilization

Commentary, December, 02 1999 Betsy Hartmann
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On November 13, the Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood of America (PPFA) turned down a motion from its own Medical Committee which have put the organization in the position of supporting unethical human experimentation. The drug in question ...

Commentary Herman: Questioning Henwood on Globalization

Commentary, December, 01 1999 Edward Herman
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For some reason Doug Henwood feels called upon to play down globalization. Others on the left, some associated with MONTHLY REVIEW, have done the same, warning that any acceptance of the globalization thesis will discourage leftists and breed "def...

Commentary Guellec: Things Are Never As They Seem and yet They Are Always As They Seem

Commentary, November, 29 1999 Dorothy Guellec
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What this title suggests is that we have to look between the lines and live between the lines. Life is almost always terribly complex. Readers of this commentary may feel convinced that the business model does not fit healthcare, so I need not pre...

Commentary Wise: The Trouble With Tolerance

Commentary, November, 27 1999 Tim Wise
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They came in the mail again, even though I never ordered them: those personal address labels that say "teach tolerance" -sent out by the Southern Poverty Law Center: America's favorite civil rights group. The one run by Morris Dees: America's favo...

Commentary Henwood: What is Globalization, Anyway

Commentary, November, 26 1999 Doug Henwood
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If there's one thing that analysts and activists across the political spectrum agree on today it's that we live in an era of economic globalization. This is taken by both critics and cheerleaders as self-evident and largely unprecedented. We shoul...

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