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Gonsalves: Joseph Campbell's Mythical Soup
Commentary, April, 27 2000
Sean Gonsalves
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Joseph Campbell reminded us how important myths are in shaping human culture and our own individual world-views. Of course, mythology cannot be truly understood in the narrow way it is commonly (mis)used today. In contemporary popular lingo a myth...
Chomsky: Colombia – Part Two of Two
Commentary, April, 25 2000
Noam Chomsky
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The sharp increase in arms shipped to Colombia is officially justified in terms of the "drug war," a claim taken seriously by few competent analysts, even apart from the instructive historical pattern, barely sampled here. As many have observed, t...
Chomsky: Colombia Ð Part Two of Two
Commentary, April, 25 2000
Noam Chomsky
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The sharp increase in arms shipped to Colombia is officially justified in terms of the "drug war," a claim taken seriously by few competent analysts, even apart from the instructive historical pattern, barely sampled here. As many have observed, t...
Chomsky: Colombia – Part One of Two
Commentary, April, 24 2000
Noam Chomsky
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In 1999, Colombia became the leading recipient of US military and police assistance, replacing Turkey (Israel and Egypt are in a separate category). The figure is scheduled to increase sharply for the next two years. Through the 1990s, Colombia ha...
Chomsky: Colombia Ð Part One of Two
Commentary, April, 24 2000
Noam Chomsky
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In 1999, Colombia became the leading recipient of US military and police assistance, replacing Turkey (Israel and Egypt are in a separate category). The figure is scheduled to increase sharply for the next two years. Through the 1990s, Colombia ha...
Weisbrot: Protesters 2, Multinational Monsters 0
Commentary, April, 22 2000
Mark Weisbrot
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It's amazing what an organized group of people can accomplish when their cause is just and they are willing to be stubborn and creative about it. Last December they knocked the wind out of the WTO in Seattle. Now this diverse and expanding movemen...
Glick: The Non-Violent Army
Commentary, April, 19 2000
Ted Glick
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For those of us who believe that fundamental change is needed in the United States and the world, there is a new development that we all need to welcome, understand, support and work with: the non-violent army.
Peters: The DC Demos
Commentary, April, 18 2000
Cynthia Peters
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Note: I attended the protests on Sunday and Monday as an individual Òon the fly.Ó The impressions offered here are just that. They are based on my personal viewpoint during the events, and do not include extensive background information. Notes on ...
Ratner: Elian: Pious Words, Craven Acts
Commentary, April, 18 2000
Michael Ratner
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Early on in the Elian affair Janet Reno made the correct determination. On January 5th she determined that ElianÕs father had a close, loving relationship with his son and that he had the sole legal authority to speak on ElianÕs behalf in immigrat...
Albert: Participatory Economic Program
Commentary, April, 16 2000
Michael Albert
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Participatory economics is a set of institutions for accomplishing production, consumption, and allocation while meeting peopleÕs needs and furthering their development; is a set of institutions designed to propel equity, solidarity, diversity, an...
Bello: MELTZER REPORT ON BRETTON WOODS TWINS BUILDS CASE FOR ABOLITION BUT HESITATESBy
Commentary, April, 16 2000
Walden Bello
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During the heated debate on whether or not to raise the US quota in the IMF in 1998, the US Congress voted for the quota increase but attached several conditions, including the creation of an independent body to look at the missions and performanc...
Glick: Martin Luther King, Jr. and "The Personal is Political"
Commentary, April, 10 2000
Ted Glick
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April 4th is the 32nd anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. This is an important date for the country and for me personally. It was quite literally the killing of King which jolted me into the life ...
Hahnel: Let's Review
Commentary, April, 08 2000
Robin Hahnel
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For almost 20 years an accelerating process many of us now call corporate sponsored globalization has been changing the way the international economy operates. Under the title “neoliberalism†multinational corporations have succeed...
Bond: Run on the Bank
Commentary, April, 05 2000
Patrick Bond
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"We can't REALLY aim to shut down the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, you know, Patrick. What would we do without them? What would take their place?"
Albert: Economics and the Rest Of Society
Commentary, April, 02 2000
Michael Albert
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A Participatory Economy produces, consumes, and allocates to meet peopleÕs needs and develop their capacities. It also promotes equity, solidarity, diversity, and self-management. Its central features are workersÕ and consumersÕ councils, remunera...
Sargent: 37.7 Seconds, Part V
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Lydia Sargent
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I began this series by saying that there was a time when “reading feminism” was a joyful, liberating journey. That was pre-1980. Then it became a depressing experience, a subject for satire or/and outrage as inanities, ...
Herman: Key Words In The New World Order
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Edward Herman
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As the 21st century begins, with the U.S. hegemon and transnational capitalism roaming the earth like the dinosaurs of the distant past, we should take stock of the key words that help rationalize their rampages. Many are heart-w...
Cohen: Beware The Violence Initiative Project
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Mitchel Cohen
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As late as the 1980s, a small but influential coterie of prize-winning scientists were trying to prove that black children were, on average, less intelligent than white children. Intelligence, they said, ran “in the genes” of rac...
Chomsky: In Retrospect
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Noam Chomsky
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The tumult having subsided, it should be possible to undertake a relatively dispassionate review and analysis of NATO’s war over Kosovo. One might have expected the theme to have dominated the year-end millennarianism, consi...
Bronski: The Subversive Ms. Highsmith and The Talented Mr. Ripley
Zmag Article, April, 01 2000
Michael Bronski
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Isn’t that the cute Matt Damon playing a beguiling, decidedly dangerous, homosexual in Anthony Minghella’s film The Talented Mr. Ripley? Damon acts to perfection the role of Tom Ripley, the accomplished young American h...
