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Archer: Export, Eh?
Zmag Article, July, 01 1997
Simon Archer
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Archer In January the Canadian Trade Minister, Art Eggleton, came down with competitive advantage flu and mused that the state should not support or protect Canadian culture, but instead "free" it for ex...
Solomon: Media Beat
Zmag Article, July, 01 1997
Norman Solomon
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similar stories many times: A scrappy innovator took on the business establishment and made a fortune. An engineer battled myopic bosses to develop a great new product. A brilliant computer nerd overcame entrenched foes and now ...
Parenti: Rural Prison as Colonial Master
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Christian Parenti
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Christian Parenti In 1964 a tsunami swept over Crescent City, California completely destroying the downtown. Only nine people died, but the town—nestled just below the Oregon border—never recovered. It w...
Sargent: I Dreamed I Was In A Bra Ad in My Maidenform Bra
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Lydia Sargent
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Lydia Sargent Gals, there is a controversy raging here at Hotel Satire. It’s terrible. Mom gals aren’t speaking to daughter gals and vice verse. Gals who have been friends for years now won’t visit ...
Herman: Word Tricks & Propaganda
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Edward Herman
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Edward S. Herman The mainstream media carry out their propaganda service on behalf of the corporate and political establishment in many ways: by choice of topics addressed (government rather than corporate abuses,...
Johnson: Human Rights Watch World Report 1997: Events Of 1996
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Tom Johnson
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In January 1997, the international human rights organization, Human Rights Watch, released its seventh annual report on the worldwide condition of human rights. The report, overall, finds human rights’ cond...
Ziman: Criminalizing the Charitable
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Jenna e. Ziman
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Jenna E. Ziman In cities throughout the world, a silent "war against the poor" is brewing, and control over food distribution is one of its most effective weapons. Food Not Bombs, a non-violent activist ...
James: Haiti: The Roof Is Leaking
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Clara James
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Clara James On April 6, Haiti held elections to fill one-third of the Senate seats and positions on over 500 communal and town councils. The only problem was, most Haitians did not go to the polls. Only about 5 pe...
Macek: New Party Report: Making Work Pay
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Steve Macek
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New Party Report: Making Work Pay
Carpenter: An interview with Cheri Honkala at Temple University, April 14, 1997
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
John potash and laurel Carpenter
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John Potash and Laurel Carpenter Cheri Honkala is a welfare recipient who is co-chair of the National Welfare Rights Union, as well as the leader of Philadelphia’s Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KWRU), a grassroots ...
Staff: Media and Democracy 1997 -- Preview
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Z Staff
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In any event, at the recent LAAMN meeting there was apparently a lively and productive discussion of the upcoming Congress and how it might be most effective. To start, LAAMN proposes panels on the labor movement, environment, ...
Grytting: Newspeak
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Wayne Grytting
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Wayne Grytting Advertisers Becoming Literate Major advertisers are "changing the rules of magazine publishing," reports the Wall Street Journal, by breaking down the walls separating ads from e...
Harris: Liggett Narcs Joe Camel
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Bob Harris
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Liggett Narcs Joe Camel
Dolgon: Cleaning up the Hamptons
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Corey Dolgon
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Corey Dolgon On April 16, over 100 people gathered to support the Coalition for Justice (CFJ), a group formed by Southampton College (SC) custodians who were recently "contracted out" to a private manage...
Wright: Mobuto Was Chaos
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
George Wright
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George Wright As this article is being written in early May, the 32-year regime of Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko is coming to an end. A guerrilla offensive carried out by the Alliance of Democratic Forces for...
Adelson: Inside Pacifica
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
David Adelson
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Inside Pacifica
Chomsky: Expanding the Floor of the Cage, Part IIl
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Noam Chomsky
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This essay is part of the ZNet Classics series. Three times a week we will re-post an article that we think is of timeless importance. This one was first published June, 1997.
Kovel: Cuba & South Africa
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Joel Kovel
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Joel Kovel  The linkage between Castro’s Cuba and Mandela’s South Africa runs deep. Cuban slave society was less efficient in demolishing ties to Africa than its North American counterpart, allowing Cuba to retain ...
Peterson: The Global Media
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
David Peterson
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Edward S. Herman and Robert W. McChesney are two of the most important critics of the global media scene. A Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a contributor to Z Magazine since its founding i...
Churchill: Suppression of Indigenous Sovereignty in 20th Century United States
Zmag Article, May, 01 1997
Ward Churchill
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Ward Churchill As the 20th century prepares to take its rightful place in the dustbin of history, the last vestiges of sovereignty among the more than 300 indigenous nations trapped inside the claimed boundaries o...
