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Albert: Anarchism?!
Commentary, May, 10 2001
Michael Albert
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Like most social movements anarchism is diverse. Most broadly an anarchist seeks out and identifies structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination throughout life, and tries to challenge them as conditions and the pursuit of justice permit. An...
Rebick: Of Catapults and Teddy Bears
Commentary, May, 10 2001
Judy Rebick
Rebick's ZSpace page
The teddy bear hurling catapult at the demonstrations in Quebec City may turn out to be the most effective piece of street theatre in protest history. Designed to mock the wall separating leaders at the Summit of the Americas from the people prote...
Edwards: Media Mendacity and The Art of Self-Deception
Commentary, May, 09 2001
David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page
On 27 January 1986, the O-ring task force of Morton Thiokol met to discuss the likely consequences of a proposed Space Shuttle launch the following day at a temperature of 18 degrees Fahrenheit. O-rings are designed to take up the slack in the Shu...
Weisbrot: Bob Kerrey's Nightmare Tells the Story of Vietnam
Commentary, May, 07 2001
Mark Weisbrot
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Some people are wondering why the New York Times and CBS' 60 minutes II would spend two and a half years investigating war crimes allegedly committed by former Senator Bob Kerrey 32 years ago in Vietnam. But this is journalism at its best: it is f...
Glick: On Historical Moments
Commentary, May, 07 2001
Ted Glick
Glick's ZSpace page
Organized efforts to bring about significant reforms need a number of things if they are to be successful. One is an ability to discern when, for whatever the reasons may be, there has been a change from what might be called the "keep plugging awa...
Peters: The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Generates the Statistics
Commentary, May, 06 2001
Cynthia Peters
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Once again, a lot of very smart scientists with significant institutional backing have spent a lot of time and a lot of money coming up with brainless conclusions and age-old solutions.
Klein: Talk to your neighbours
Commentary, May, 05 2001
Naomi Klein
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The idea of turning London into a life-sized Monopoly board on May Day sounded like a great idea. The most familiar criticism lobbed at modern protesters is that they lack focus and clear goals such as "Save the trees" or "Drop the debt." And yet...
Albert: New Targets
Commentary, May, 04 2001
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
We anti-globalists oppose imperial trade arrangements. We reject that the rich get richer. We repudiate that the poor get poorer. We laugh at pundits claiming that globalization positively entwines world centers via new modes of communication and ...
Sargent: Dear Sisters
Zmag Article, May, 01 2001
Lydia Sargent
Sargent's ZSpace page
A review of an important book
Street: Race, Prison, and Poverty
Zmag Article, May, 01 2001
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
Race, Prison, and Poverty
Trigona: Zapatista Caravan
Zmag Article, May, 01 2001
Marie Trigona
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The Zapatista rebels made a historic journey to Mexico City this March in order to rally support and to make demands for indigenous rights in Mexico. An estimated 200,000 people came to Mexico City's center square Sunday, March 11 to hear the dema...
Peters: On Celibacy, Cigars, and Sales Pitches
Zmag Article, May, 01 2001
Cynthia Peters
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On Celibacy, Cigars, and Sales Pitches
Herman: Israel's Approved Ethnic Cleansing
Zmag Article, May, 01 2001
Edward Herman
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Israel's Approved Ethnic Cleansing
Bronski: Anti-Harassment Policies
Zmag Article, May, 01 2001
Michael Bronski
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Anti-Harassment Policies
Herman: THE MEDIA AT THE BARRICADES IN SUPPORT OF "FREE TRADE"
Commentary, April, 30 2001
Edward Herman
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Back at the time of the struggle over the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) in 1993, the mainstream media lined up in solid phalanx in its support, and Meg Greenfield, opinion editor of the Washington Post explained the one-sidedness of ...
Pilger: Academia is silent on imperialism, as German universities were during the rise of the Nazis
Commentary, April, 29 2001
John Pilger
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The other day, I attended a conference at the University of Sussex on the "new imperialism". What was extraordinary was that it took place at all. Julian Saurin, who teaches in the school of African and Asian studies at Sussex, said that, in ten y...
Glick: On Winning Hearts and Minds
Commentary, April, 28 2001
Ted Glick
Glick's ZSpace page
A year ago, on April 17th, 2000, I wrote a Future Hope column which likened both the forms of action and the relative organizational coherence of the April 16th actions in D.C. against the IMF/World Bank to a regular army without violent weapons, ...
Podur: Invisible Struggles in Colombia
Commentary, April, 27 2001
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
If you had the chance to see 'Traffic', you know the War on Drugs is a sham. There's a good chance you know that its domestic effects are to imprison thousands and thousands of non-violent offenders who aren't dangerous, cut them off from their fa...
Bohmer: Cuba Today
Commentary, April, 26 2001
Peter Bohmer
Bohmer's ZSpace page
Forty years ago on April 16th , 2001, in the Vedado section of Havana, Fidel Castro announced to the Cuban people and beyond that the Cuban revolution had become a socialist revolution. On April 16th, 2001 in the same place, Fidel reaffirmed CubaÕ...
Peters: Purchasing for your Poodle: Consumerism Unleashed
Commentary, April, 24 2001
Cynthia Peters
Peters's ZSpace page
A refugee from the Sudan is in a grocery store in Fargo, North Dakota. Orphaned by war, traumatized by loss and violence, and having survived most his life on minimal rations, this young man, Peter, is understandably amazed by the endless of aisle...
