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Marcos: How Big is the World?
Znet Article, February, 22 2006
Subcomandante Marcos
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[translated by irlandesa] After a day of preparation meetings for the Other Campaign (it was September, it was dawn, there was rain from a far-off cloud), we were heading towards the hut where our things were when we ran into a citizen who all of...
Marqusee: Unreal Paradigms
Znet Article, February, 19 2006
Mike Marqusee
Marqusee's ZSpace page
It’s impossible not to be dismayed by the spiral of events. A witless racist cartoon is elevated into a totem of western democracy and holocaust denial becomes a symbol of resistance to imperialism. The message contained in the Danis...
Walia: The Row over the Danish Cartoons
Znet Article, February, 06 2006
Harsha Walia
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From the burning of its flag to a boycott of its brands of butter and cookies, Denmark is feeling global outrage over newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The Danish paper Jyllands-Posten first published the cartoons on Sept. 30, 2005. The...
Barghouti: Secular Arabs Detest Hypocrisy Too
Znet Article, February, 06 2006
Omar Barghouti
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As a rule, I hate to generalize, but I’ll make an exception this time. It seems westerners simply do not get it. Editorials all over Europe have bellowed in unison to defend the right of publishing anti-Islamic cartoons as an embodiment of...
Ali: Nothing to Kill or Die For
Znet Article, February, 06 2006
Mahir Ali
Ali's ZSpace page
AT the start of this week, the death toll stood at three and the situation seemed likely to deteriorate, even as commentators throughout Europe tried to hose down suggestions that what we have been witnessing is a clash of civilizations. It is har...
Fatah: What Would the Prophet Have Done?
Znet Article, February, 05 2006
Tarek Fatah
Fatah's ZSpace page
/Keep to forgiveness (O Mohammed), and enjoin kindness, and turn away from the ignorant. /- The Koran, Chapter 7, Verse 199 During his lifetime, Prophet Mohammed endured insults and ridicule on a daily basis. His opponents mocked his message and ...
Baroud: Punishing Denmark
Znet Article, February, 05 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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Only an irresponsible and intellectually inept individual would sketch such insulting images as those depicting Prophet Mohamed by a cartoonist in the Danish Jyllands-Posten newspaper. And no self-respecting newspaper would allow itself to run suc...
Albert: Realizing Hope
Znet Article, February, 05 2006
Michael Albert
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1. Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book, Realizing Hope: Life Beyond Capitalism, is about? What is it trying to communicate? Margartet Thatcher and every bully with a bomb shouts "TINA: There is No Alternative." Realizing Hope shouts b...
Gibler: The Politics of Listening
Znet Article, February, 05 2006
John Gibler
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In the city of Campeche, under the slow-turning ceiling fans of a converted carport behind a pastry shop, 66-year old Emiliano Centurron picked up a microphone for the first time. He stood between a crowd of 200 people packed under the shade, fann...
Albert: Introduction to Realizing Hope
Znet Article, February, 01 2006
Michael Albert
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The stupendously influential and celebrated British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote, “[Capitalism] is not a success. It is not intelligent, it is not beautiful, it is not just, it is not virtuous - and it doesn't deliver the goods. In ...
Chatterji: Now, Hindu Nationalists Rewriting California Textbooks
Znet Article, January, 08 2006
Angana Chatterji
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The attempts of diasporic Hindu nationalist organizations in the United States to intervene in revising segments on India, Indian history, and Hinduism in 6th grade textbooks in California State schools is disturbing. On December 2, 2005, the Curr...
Derfner: World Jewry?
Znet Article, January, 03 2006
Larry Derfner
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As an American-born Jew who grew up in an East European immigrant, Left-liberal household, I'm very happy to say that democratic socialism has become the rising tide in South America. It's basically a peasants' revolt, only peaceful, electoral. T...
Patel: Dalits in Gujarat
Znet Article, November, 15 2005
Valjibhai Patel
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Valjibhai Patel, Director of the Ahmedabad-based Council for Social Justice, is a noted lawyer and Dalit activist. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand he talks about his work and the Dalit movement in Gujarat Q: As one of the pioneers of ...
Lakdawala: Muslims in Gujarat Today
Znet Article, November, 15 2005
Hanif Lakdawala
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Hanif Lakdawala is the head of Sanchetna, an NGO-based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, working primarily with Muslims and Dalits. In this interview he talks to Yoginder Sikand about Muslims and inter-communal relations in Gujarat today. Q: Three years a...
Arora: Amu and Beyond
Znet Article, November, 15 2005
Kamal Arora
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Amu (2005), directed by Shonali Bose, recently screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival and is currently screening at various festival venues across North America. The film follows a young Indian-American named Kaju (Konkona Sensharma...
Rasmus: The AFL-CIO Split
Zmag Article, September, 01 2005
Jack Rasmus
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T wo events of particular import occurred the last week of July: the AFL-CIO split and CAFTA (the Central American Free Trade Agreement) was passed by Congress. The consequences of the former are yet to be determined. ...
Abufarha: Bi-Nationalism in Palestine-Israel
Znet Article, August, 23 2005
Nasser Abufarha
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This article appeared in Shu’un Tanmawiyyeh (Development Affairs Journal), July 2005, No. 31, Arab Thought Forum, Jerusalem The Oslo “peace process†turned out to produce more violence than peace. In fact, it has been asso...
Day: Christian Fundamentalism?
Znet Article, August, 17 2005
Curt Day
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Being both a regular reader of Znet articles and a Christian fundamentalist has occasionally caused me to be confused. There are times when I feel obligated to choose one side or the other. There are liberals and fundamentalists who affirm the nec...
Mathew: Stop Funding Hate
Znet Article, August, 11 2005
Biju Mathew
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Biju Mathew is an Indian leftist social activist based in New York. In this interview he talks about his work, particularly about the Campaign to Stop Funding Hate that has sought to stop American funding to Hindutva groups in India. Q: Could y...
Dixon: It's Time to Build a Mass Movement
Znet Article, July, 06 2005
Bruce Dixon
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"Democracy... does not come from the government, from on high, it comes from people getting together and struggling for justice." - Howard Zinn, Spelman College commencement address, Atlanta, 2005. Politicians are elected and selected, but mass m...
