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Albert: The WTO and Mumia Abu Jamal
Commentary, October, 18 1999
Michael Albert
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The World Trade Organization treats working people in countries throughout the world as assets to manipulate in pursuit of private corporate profit. From Guatemala to South Africa and from Thailand to the South Bronx, this causes impoverishment, i...
Cagan: Two, Three, Many Protests...But All On the Same Night?
Commentary, October, 17 1999
Leslie Cagan
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George W. and his new friends in the leadership of the New York State Republican Party gathered at a fund raising dinner in mid-town Manhattan October 5th. They were all there: George W. Bush, George Pataki, Rudolf Giuliani, Al D'Amato and the res...
Shalom: Political Correctness and the Desert Storm Law
Commentary, October, 13 1999
Stephen1 Shalom
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Conservative pundits and their frequent liberal allies have been complaining for years about "Political Correctness" -- the intrusion of left-wing ideology into the academy, supposedly subverting academic standards.
Herman: How the media have protected U.S. Appeasement- Collusion with Indonesia in East Timor
Commentary, October, 12 1999
Edward Herman
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The mainstream U.S. media have performed a semi-miracle in reporting on the East Timor crisis, providing us with a model case of apologetics in the service of state policy.
Landau: The Pinochet Decision
Commentary, October, 09 1999
Saul Landau
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This week, a British magistrate will decide whether to extradite Augusto Pinochet to Spain or release him. England has detained the former Chilean dictator for eleven plus months. In that time, his case has brought to world attention the principal...
Sargent: Battery Powered Bras
Zmag Article, October, 01 1999
Lydia Sargent
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Lydia Sargent Welcome to Hotel Satire where men are people and gals are their bra size. Yes, Gals, its important that we focus constantly on our breasts when were not obsessing about our looks/weight/ crotches. To this end, ...
Herman: The "Permanent Interests" Budget
Zmag Article, October, 01 1999
Edward Herman
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S. Herman What James Madison in the Federalist Papers referred to as the "permanent interests" of societyi.e., property owners, or Veblens "substantial citizens"are doing extremely well in the New World Or...
Albert: Mother Jones, Todd Gitlin, & Kosovo
Zmag Article, October, 01 1999
Michael Albert
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Michael Albert Many people were concerned during the Kosovo conflict that crimes against the Albanian Kosovars were so horrific that however painful it might be to undertake, NATO intervention was warranted. Such folks felt that genocide ...
Herman: The Western Betrayal of East Timor
Commentary, September, 28 1999
Edward Herman
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Led by Australia, U.N.-sponsored peacekeepers continue to arrive in East Timor, where they are finding a staggering level of destruction. Reconnaissance flights over the half-island territory report scenes of Biblical dimensions, where the "Lord r...
Landau: The APEC Meeting
Commentary, September, 27 1999
Saul Landau
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I just returned from New Zealand, the host of the APEC and anti-APEC conferences over last week. Until Indonesian army thugs started their violent cleansing in East Timor, New Zealand wits had called the Asian Pacific economic cooperation group Al...
Peters: Educational Philosophies and Power in the Classroom
Commentary, September, 21 1999
Cynthia Peters
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ItÕs that time of year. The yellow school buses are back on the road. The stores are stocked with Disney-theme lunch boxes, pencil cases and loose-leaf paper. Kids are wondering about their teachers. Parents are worrying about the quality of educa...
Raptis: European Labor
Commentary, September, 19 1999
Nikos Raptis
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The German word "Reichstag" means parliament. In colloquial German it also means the parliament building. It is not an exaggeration to say that this building, the Reichstag, is a very important part of the history of the 20th century.
Peters: East Timor Activism in Boston
Commentary, September, 16 1999
Cynthia Peters
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The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Tuesday, September 14, 1999 that "Piles of bodies were burnt on the streets of Dili at the weekend and tens of thousands of refugees were without food or water as they fled the militias and the Indonesian Army...
Shalom: The State of the World
Commentary, September, 14 1999
Stephen1 Shalom
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This summer, the United Nations Development Programme issued its annual Human Development Report. The document is a stinging indictment of globalization and its horrific impact on the well-being of so many of the world's people.
Landau: Zany U.S. Rafting Policy
Commentary, September, 13 1999
Saul Landau
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It's hurricane time in the Caribbean, so we'll have a temporary respite from Cubans floating to Florida on inner tubes from that red island 90 miles away, and even from Cubans brought over in speedboats. Smugglers earn up to $8,000 per person they...
Herman: Russian Corruption
Commentary, September, 12 1999
Edward Herman
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With the discovery of the massive laundering of Russian money-- some of it compliments of the IMF, and U.S. taxpayers--through the Bank of New York, the issue of Russian corruption is now "in." But it presents the establishment with a problem.
Herman: Inhumanitarian Nonintervention in East Timor
Commentary, September, 08 1999
Edward Herman
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Coming so soon after the NATO devastation of Yugoslavia in the alleged interest of humanitarianism and protection of human rights, the performance of the NATO powers in the East Timor crisis strikingly confirms the views of those who questioned th...
Shiva: Stopping Biopiracy
Commentary, September, 06 1999
Vandana2 Shiva
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The patents on the anti-diabetic properties of karela, jamun, brinjal once again highlight the problem of Biopiracy - the patenting of indigenous biodiversity related knowledge.
Dominick: An Appeal for Continued Anti-War Efforts
Commentary, September, 05 1999
Brian Dominick
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Sept. 5, 1999 An Appeal for Continued Anti-War Efforts By Brian Dominick Did I just see what I think I saw? Has a growing anti-war movement suddenly become dormant, for the umpteenth time in the past few decades - in ...
Cagan: Thinking About Turkey
Commentary, August, 25 1999
Leslie Cagan
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I sit and watch in horror as the toll continues to rise from the earthquake in Turkey. Today they say over 12,000 dead and with 35 - 40,000 people still missing it's clear this number will grow in the coming days. The Turkish government has alread...


