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Commentary Gonsalves: Stubborn facts versus thick skulls

Commentary, June, 18 2000 Sean Gonsalves
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Sean Gonsalves Whoever coined the phrase Òfacts are stubborn thingsÓ has apparently never come across drug war advocates Ð a self-righteous bunch, undeterred by trivial matters of fact.

Commentary Chomsky: Credibility

Commentary, June, 16 2000 Noam Chomsky
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At a talk earlier this year, Chomsky was asked -- "KosovoÑwhat are the interests driving intervention? What do you foresee for the people of the region?"

Commentary Glick: History and Communications

Commentary, June, 13 2000 Ted Glick
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A few weeks ago I received a letter from someone who quoted Karl Marx as having once said, "History moves with the speed of communication." This quote struck me.

Commentary Herman: WHAT IS LIBERALISM?

Commentary, June, 12 2000 Edward Herman
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In a May 22 editorial in the liberal The American Prospect (TAP), which he edits along with Paul Starr, Robert Kuttner lauds radicals, for keeping moral demands to the fore and for pioneering on major issues that were central to democratic advance...

Commentary Schechter: Newman's Own PR War (On Nuclear War)

Commentary, June, 11 2000 Danny Schechter
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When he took off his sunglasses, you knew it was screen star Paul Newman. Those blue eyes always give him away. One day last week, I found myself staring into them from behind a video camera, as Newman recorded a message beginning with a recollect...

Commentary Landau: "POOR PINOCHET"-- AN UPDATE ON THE TRIALS OF THE TYRANT

Commentary, June, 10 2000 Saul Landau
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The Santiago Appeals Court apparently voted 13-9 to revoke General Augusto Pinochet's parliamentary immunity. This makes Pinochet vulnerable to prosecution in Chile for allegedly ordering his subordinates to carry out a mass murder campaign - whic...

Commentary Weisbrot: Labor in 2000: No Place to Go?

Commentary, June, 07 2000 Mark Weisbrot
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In the movie version of Steven King's classic, "The Dead Zone," Christopher Walken reads the mind of the mother of a demonic serial killer. His psychic powers discern that she had long been aware of her son's vicious murders. His eyes widen with s...

Zmag Article Tokar: Gathering RAGE

Zmag Article, June, 01 2000 Brian Tokar
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One important feature of the actions in Seattle and Washington, DC was many activists’ focus on a serious new threat to our food and health: The rise of genetic engineering as the technology-of-choice in countless new areas of co...

Zmag Article Street: The Anti-Sweatshop Movement

Zmag Article, June, 01 2000 Paul Street
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For nearly three years now, American campuses have been experiencing a resurgence of student activism. This new college activism targets the $2.5 billion collegiate licensing industry, which includes companies like Nike, Champion...

Zmag Article Herman: Krugman On Economists As Hacks

Zmag Article, June, 01 2000 Edward Herman
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Following up his April attacks on the critics of the World Bank and IMF as economic illiterates, and after being criticized by them in turn as an establishment spokesperson, Paul Krugman offered readers of his New York Times colu...

Zmag Article Hahnel: Speaking Truth To Power: Speaking Truth To Ourselves

Zmag Article, June, 01 2000 Robin Hahnel
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First in December in Seattle and then in April in Washington, DC the movement against corporate sponsored globalization spoke truth to power. Thousands of young people said they were sick of corporate arrogance, greed, and callou...

Zmag Article Chomsky: The Colombia Plan: April 2000

Zmag Article, June, 01 2000 Noam Chomsky
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  In 1999, Colombia became the leading recipient of U.S. military and police assistance, replacing Turkey (Israel and Egypt are in a separate category). The figure is scheduled to increase sharply with the anticipa...

Zmag Article Bronski: Bully Pulpit Indeed

Zmag Article, June, 01 2000 Michael Bronski
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John Cardinal O’Connor, who died last month, was perhaps the most influential Catholic leader in America, known as much for his just-folks manner as his strongly worded moral leadership. People didn’t always agree with ...

Commentary Chomsky: Unsustainable Non Development

Commentary, May, 30 2000 Noam Chomsky
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At a recent talk Chomsky was asked ÒWhat are the motivations of the U.S. push for sustainable development in the developing world?Ó Here was his answerÉ

Commentary Bond: New Film Projects South African Anti-Globalisation Struggle Onto Washington

Commentary, May, 29 2000 Patrick Bond
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Those in the Z community anxious to hear organic voices from the South debating global socio-economic injustice are probably aware that South African rhetoric is especially hot these days. For evidence, check out the documentary "Two Trevors Go To...

Commentary Peters: Robin Hood Was Right

Commentary, May, 28 2000 Cynthia Peters
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The Newtown Florist Club in Gainesville, Georgia was a group of African American churchwomen that brought flowers to the sick. After a while, they noticed that a lot of the sick had gotten that way because of environmental problems. The Newtown ch...

Commentary Edwards: CLIMATE WARS Paying The Ultimate Price For Corporate Control of Society

Commentary, May, 25 2000 David Edwards
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Declared 98% successful in destroying Iraqi Scud missiles during the Gulf War, the Patriot missile system was subsequently found to have achieved a success rate "close to zeroÓ by Professor Ted Postol of MIT. But by then the deception had done it...

Commentary Landau: McCaffery (Goliath) v. Hersh (David)

Commentary, May, 21 2000 Saul Landau
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I found the May 15 NPR news very even-handed - as always. The host interviewed Seymour Hersh, who wrote for the May 22 New Yorker Overwhelming Force, an expose on General Barry McCaffery's Gulf War conduct. Hersh interviewed soldiers and officers ...

Commentary Schechter: Rescuing The Children: Elián, AIDS, South Africa and Media

Commentary, May, 16 2000 Danny Schechter
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I can just hear some Hollywood exec wondering if it has "series potential" while watching the dramatic showdown in the latest episode of the Elián González tug-of-war. On April 22 federal agents in a long overdue and overdrawn response "rescued"...

Commentary Schechter: Rescuing The Children: Eli‡n, AIDS, South Africa and Media

Commentary, May, 16 2000 Danny Schechter
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I can just hear some Hollywood exec wondering if it has "series potential" while watching the dramatic showdown in the latest episode of the Eli‡n Gonz‡lez tug-of-war. On April 22 federal agents in a long overdue and overdrawn response "rescued" t...

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