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Peters: Trivializing Teens
Commentary, January, 27 2001
Cynthia Peters
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The good news is: It takes a constant bombardment of advertising, articles, and advice to convince teens that they ARE their skin-exfoliators, hair de-frizzers, and lip moisturizers.
Bond: Welcome to Jo'burg
Commentary, January, 26 2001
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
If you had a choice, which host city would you choose for Rio+10, a.k.a. the 2002 `World Summit on Sustainable Development,' where 60,000 delegates will jawjaw about social and environmental problems, maybe in the process constructing more bits of...
Albert: Thinking About DU
Commentary, January, 16 2001
Michael Albert
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The past week has seen a steadily escalating rush of commentary about Depleted Uranium used in the Gulf War and the Balkans bombing. Particularly in England but in much of Europe and the U.S. as well, left journalists are condemning DUÕs use. E-ma...
Landau: FIDEL AND THE REVOLUTION, FORTY YEARS LATER
Commentary, January, 06 2001
Saul Landau
Landau's ZSpace page
On January 2, 1959, Habaneros filled the streets to greet the small band of long-haired, guerrilla warriors. The hated dictator, Fulgencio Batista, had fled to Florida, with his entourage. But what would the new government do? Everyone knew the re...
Herman: Errors, Lies, & "Corrections"
Zmag Article, January, 01 2001
Edward Herman
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Errors, Lies, & "Corrections"
Herman: THE PACIFICA COUNTERREVOLUTION HITS WBAI
Commentary, December, 30 2000
Edward Herman
Herman's ZSpace page
One of the most crushing series of blows to the U.S. left, and to democracy in this country, has been the gradual transformation of the five station Pacifica Radio network from locally-based and left-oriented stations into centrally controlled, ma...
Bond: Africa's Progressive Movements
Commentary, December, 28 2000
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
ZNet Commentator Patrick Bond (pbond@wn.apc.org) chats with South African poet/activist ZNet Commentator Dennis Brutus about the state of the African Left PB: Good to see you back in Johannesburg, comrade Dennis, even briefly, in the midst of you...
Raptis: Hitler : The (Strange) Elser Case
Commentary, December, 16 2000
Nikos Raptis
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Johann Georg Elser was born in the German Village of Hermaringen in 1903. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed as a (lathe) turner in a local iron factory. In 1922 he passed his journeyman's exam as a cabinet-maker and became a specialist in ...
Landau: THE PRIZZI BUSHES WILL OCCUPY THE WHITE HOUSE
Commentary, December, 15 2000
Saul Landau
Landau's ZSpace page
Maureen Down has cleverly labeled them the Kennebunkport Corrleones. But I Êthink of the Bushes as the Texas Prizzis, that Mafia branch that has moved Êto cowboy country and have successfully filched the 2000 election. Recall Êin Prizzi's Honor ho...
Podur: Mexico's New President Vicente Fox and the Zapatistas
Commentary, December, 12 2000
Justin Podur
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Mexico's New President Vicente Fox and the Zapatistas
Peters: On Breakfast, Kids and Common Sense
Commentary, December, 11 2000
Cynthia Peters
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Ivy League institutions, major hospitals, and corporate money teamed up recently to make the startling revelation: kids should eat breakfast. You may be forgiven for thinking that you already knew eating in the morning was a good idea for kids, a...
Bond: South Africa's municipal elections: Finally, basic services for the masses?
Commentary, December, 06 2000
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
Tuesday, December 5, is a national election in South Africa, as nearly 9,000 councilors in 284 municipalities seek the support of ten million voters. The African National Congress (ANC), which since 1994 has won three national, provincial and loca...
Albert: Election Lessons
Zmag Article, December, 01 2000
Michael Albert
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Election Lessons
Edwards: THE CLIMATE KILLERS
Commentary, November, 29 2000
David Edwards
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An anonymous US official once advised, "We must counter, both in the UN and within the framework of the North-South dialogue, any discussion of global problems which questions the validity of the free market and of free enterprise in the countries...
Peters: Children's Museums A Rant
Commentary, November, 25 2000
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
Question: What do you get when you cross "generous funding" from bloated financial institutions with a culture that picks on parents? Answer: Children's Museums.
Herman: LIBERAL APOLOGETICS FOR IMPERIALISM
Commentary, November, 21 2000
Edward Herman
Herman's ZSpace page
Edward S. HermanThe American Prospect (TAP) magazine, edited by Robert Kuttner and Paul Starr, with Robert Reich as "National Editor," is a liberal magazine par excellence, and has frequent articles on domestic policy issues that represent the bes...
Albert: Election Issues
Commentary, November, 13 2000
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
The election fiasco is an unexpected spur to progressive prospects. Lots of people are thinking hard about what good government is. This could yield positive political vision, not just a list of things we donÕt like.The coming assault on the Elec...
Raptis: Yugoslavia: The Birth of a U.S Client State
Commentary, November, 12 2000
Nikos Raptis
Raptis's ZSpace page
"Client state: a country that is economically, politically, or militarily dependent on another country" (Webster's 10th). That was a rather polished definition by the political elite around 1918. In today's real world the expressions "vassal state...
Herman: NADER, OR DISENFRAN-
Commentary, November, 11 2000
Edward Herman
Herman's ZSpace page
It is well understood that this electoral system is sick for reason of the great importance of money. The two dominant parties are even recognized in the mainstream media to have two conventions: the nominal and heavily featured one where the publ...
Herman: CENSORSHIP AS A PACIFICA MANAGEMENT TOOL
Commentary, November, 02 2000
Edward Herman
Herman's ZSpace page
Studying the recent history of Pacifica over the past several weeks, I have been once again impressed with how important a role censorship has played in the tactics and apparent strategy of the Pacifica management. Censorship by the use of gag r...
