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Commentary Cagan: Can We Keep A Movement Alive

Commentary, May, 20 1999 Leslie Cagan
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If you read my commentary last month you know I recently was in the center of the organizing for a major march and rally against police brutality here in New York City.

Commentary Solomon: When Will the Media Call It War

Commentary, May, 19 1999 Norman Solomon
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Nearly two months have passed since the beginning of NATO's air war against Yugoslavia. After a shaky start, Washington's spin machinery has done much to promote a war agenda -- with crucial assistance from major U.S. news media.

Commentary Reinhart: The Israeli Elections

Commentary, May, 18 1999 Tanya Reinhart
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This is a translation of a column that appeared in the Israeli daily 'yediot' on May 16, 1999 (a day before the elections).

Commentary Brecher: Letter to Bernie Sanders

Commentary, May, 17 1999 Jeremy Brecher
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Dear Bernie -- This letter explains the matters of conscience that have led me to resign from your staff.

Commentary Weisbrot: No Change at Treasury

Commentary, May, 17 1999 Mark Weisbrot
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Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin picked a good time to resign. As a senior White House official said, Rubin "made his fortune selling at the top of the market."

Commentary Administrator: Organized Labor and the War in Kosovo

Commentary, May, 14 1999 Site Administrator
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It's an alarming signal of the declining influence of organized labor that with the start of the bombing of Yugoslavia and the war in Kosovo, that neither the media nor the public at large demand to know labor's position on the conflict.

Commentary Lusane: Jackson and the Contradictions of War

Commentary, May, 13 1999 Clarence Lusane
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Into the storm's eye of the Balkin war stepped Rev. Jesse Jackson, and, once again, he emerges with prisoners of war.

Commentary Raptis: The Greeks, Kosovo, Etc.

Commentary, May, 12 1999 Nikos Raptis
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As already mentioned, during the night of April 27 to April 28, '99, Greek demonstrators forced a train carrying British troops and tanks to Macedonia to return to the terminus of the port of Salonica and not leave for Macedonia.

Commentary Author: Atlantic Alliance

Commentary, May, 11 1999 Guest Author
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How much longer do we have to endure the folly of Nato's war in the Balkans? In just 50 days, the Atlantic alliance has failed in everything it set out to do. It has failed to protect the Kosovo Albanians from Serbian war crimes.

Commentary Schechter: Covering Wars at Home and Abroad

Commentary, May, 11 1999 Danny Schechter
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Had the Marine Corps recruiter not gotten hung up on the fact that Columbine H.S. student Eric Harris lied about taking an anti-depressant, he may very well have been on his way by now to the front lines of Kosovo, the real war he reportedly prefe...

Commentary Peters: What She Really Wants

Commentary, May, 10 1999 Cynthia Peters
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Take a look at that face. It's true. She really could use a little help with her complexion. It may be that with all that mothering work she's been doing she hasn't had time to properly wash, rinse, clarify, tone, moisturize, and treat twice a wee...

Commentary Chomsky: Moral Principles and International Law

Commentary, May, 09 1999 Noam Chomsky
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I'm afraid the first question is not a "genuine question," though there is a huge literature, for thousands of years, attempting to say at least something about these topics, without much success.

Commentary Herman: Hitchens Degraded

Commentary, May, 08 1999 Edward Herman
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It would be hard to imagine better evidence of the sorry state of supposedly left opinion in this country than Christopher Hitchens' "Belgrade Degraded" in the May 17 issue of The Nation.

Commentary Bronski: High School Hell

Commentary, May, 06 1999 Michael Bronski
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Reading through the media coverage of the Littleton, Colorado shootings one can't help but be impressed by how skillfully the reporting shaped the story to fit the preconceived anxieties and biases of a broad readership.

Commentary Weisbrot: Give Peace A Chance

Commentary, May, 05 1999 Mark Weisbrot
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How long can NATO continue bombing Yugoslavia? The Clinton administration's answer so far has been, "as long as it takes" for Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to capitulate to its demands.

Commentary Hightower: Radio Nuggets

Commentary, May, 04 1999 Jim Hightower
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Bill Clinton did not inhale. We're clear on that, right? But, recently, he did swallow.

Commentary Mokhiber: Drugs, Patents, and U.S. Policy

Commentary, May, 03 1999 Russell Mokhiber
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Thanks to new drug therapies, many people with HIV/AIDS in the United States are now able to live relatively healthy lives. "Triple drug" therapies, or "drug cocktails" allow HIV-positive people to reduce their HIV blood load in some cases to unde...

Commentary Raptis: The Greeks, Kosovo, and the U.S.

Commentary, May, 02 1999 Nikos Raptis
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Following the Chomskyan distinction, in the present text the word Greeks refers to the inhabitants of the geographic region of Greece as distinct from the political and economic elits that "govern" the country. (The use of the quotation marks is e...

Commentary Carter: Littleton

Commentary, May, 01 1999 Sandy Carter
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Pearl, Miss., West Paducah, Ky., Jonesboro, Ark., Springfield, Ore., Fayetteville, Tenn., Edinboro, Pa., and last week--Littleton, Colo. Seven school shootings in less than two years.

Commentary Bohmer: Fight the Power

Commentary, April, 30 1999 Peter Bohmer
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Last weekend, my son, Inti, who is 20 and I, who am quite a few years older than that, went to San Francisco to take part in a rally and demonstration in support of political prisoner and death row inmate, Mumia Abu-Jamal.

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