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Mian: The U.N.'s unfinished nuclear business
Znet Article, January, 03 2007
Zia Mian
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The United Nations General Assembly passed its first resolution in 1946. In the shadow of the American atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the highest priority of the new body was a call for plans "for the elimination from national armam...
Elie: CKUT Radio: Haiti - A Rough 2007
Znet Article, December, 31 2006
Patrick Elie
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Aaron Lakoff (AL): I'm joined on the line right now with Patrick Elie. Patrick is a long time human rights and political activist. He joins us from Port au Prince, Haiti. Good evening Patrick. Patrick Elie (PE): Good evening Aaron. AL: So, what...
Raina: The Saddam Murder
Znet Article, December, 31 2006
Badri Raina
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Finally the democratic deed is done. The benign imperialists have set Iraq and the world on the road to peace and justice. They may have “handed†him over to the Quisling regime, but, forestalling all potential risk, hung him wit...
Sandronsky: James Brown
Znet Article, December, 31 2006
Seth Sandronsky
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Music superstar James Brown's influence was widespread. Count me in as a longtime fan of his. Brown's recent passing marks the end of an era. What I wish to add to the many accolades and tributes to him is just this. His song "Say It Loud, I'm Bl...
Chandra: Singur and the Official Left's Crisis in India
Znet Article, December, 31 2006
Pratyush Chandra
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The Singur events are signs of a crisis borne out of a disjuncture between the Left Front's pragmatic policies and the legacy of the movement and class interests that empowered it. For a long time, the open eruption of this crisis was evaded by th...
Casmii: CASMII Statement on UN Sanctions against Iran
Znet Article, December, 27 2006
Casmii
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The Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) is gravely concerned about the latest development in the United Nations Security Council. The imposition of sanctions by the Council is ill-advised and destructive to peacef...
Toensing: Behind The Gaza Breakdown
Znet Article, December, 27 2006
Chris Toensing
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The latest convoluted set of events within Palestine, and at its borders, form a depressing tableau that mirrors the conflict as a whole. Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister compelled by an Israeli-Arab-Western financial blockade to seek his gover...
Emersberger: Canada's Haitian Political Prisoner
Znet Article, December, 27 2006
Joe Emersberger
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Jean Candio has been imprisoned in Windsor, Ontario since December 13, 2006. He left Haiti in March, 2004, following the Coup d'etat which culminated in the kidnapping of democratically elected Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. He left a...
Akhtar: The metropolitan left and the Muslim world
Znet Article, December, 27 2006
Aasim sajjad Akhtar
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In much of the western world, progressive political and social forces have rallied to the defence of Muslim immigrant communities that face systematic discrimination following the launching of the ‘war on terror’. In the anti-war m...
Mishra: India in American Perspective
Znet Article, December, 24 2006
Girish Mishra
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Ever since the early 1990s India has been moving closer to the United States of America. The collapse of the world socialist system, the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and China becoming a capitalist-roader hastened this process. The forces...
Tutu: Apartheid in the Holy Land
Znet Article, December, 20 2006
Desmond Tutu
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In our struggle against apartheid, the great supporters were Jewish people. They almost instinctively had to be on the side of the disenfranchised, of the voiceless ones, fighting injustice, oppression and evil. I have continued to feel strongly w...
Baroud: Aljazeera
Znet Article, December, 18 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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The launch of Aljazeera International on November 15, the English arm of Aljazeera Satellite Television was hardly an ordinary event. It was another notable addition to the growing global efforts aimed at counterbalancing American-European domina...
Barker: Catalyst for Iranian Resistance
Znet Article, December, 18 2006
Michael Barker
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The Iranian question is on everyone’s lips at the moment, and judging by the ongoing discussions in both the mainstream and alternative (progressive) media, it is apparent that, one way or the other, the US (and its coalition of willing cr...
Leopold: Army Targets Truthout for Subpoenas in Watada Case
Znet Article, December, 18 2006
Jason Leopold
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In a case that cuts right to the heart of the First Amendment, a US Army prosecutor has indicated he intends to subpoena Truthout Executive Director Marc Ash, a Truthout reporter, and two of the nonprofit news organization's regular contributors, ...
Manriquez: The need to de-nazify Chile
Znet Article, December, 15 2006
Roberto Manriquez
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The crowd that stood in line to bid farewell to the mortal remains of the dictator Augusto Pinochet, and the inflammatory speeches claiming the work and legacy of the tyrant, both at the Military School of Santiago, reveal a deep and open wound in...
Al-safadi: Other Victims of Denial
Znet Article, December, 15 2006
Mahmoud Al-safadi
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Mr. President, I write to you following the announcement of your intention to organize a conference on the Holocaust in Teheran on 11-12 December, and I sincerely hope that this letter will be brought to your attentio...
Raina: Sachar Committee Report on Indian Muslims
Znet Article, December, 15 2006
Badri Raina
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India’s majoritarian fascists, represented in parliament by the Bharti Janata Party (BJP), are in a blue funk. The findings of the “Prime Ministers’ High Level Committee†(set up on 9th March,2005) headed by former...
Ngugi: Africa and the Middle East
Znet Article, December, 12 2006
Mukoma wa Ngugi
Ngugi's ZSpace page
Violence without Borders Africa is in the thick of the conflicts in the Middle East. With Iraq up in flames and an estimated 50,000 innocent Iraqi civilians dead and the threat of Syria and Iran being dragged into the War, the Middle East is now...
Ash: Whither Israel?
Znet Article, December, 12 2006
Gabriel Ash
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Israel is in crisis. The recent Lebanon War has heightened all its internal and external contradictions. Gabriel Ash looks at the economic and political foundations of this deeply militaristic and ideological state. The recent military defeat, bre...
Rawi: Afghanistan
Znet Article, December, 12 2006
Mariam Rawi
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Five years ago, America and their allies attacked Afghanistan in the name of bringing "Human Rights", "Democracy", and "Freedom" to our war-torn country. The Taliban regime fell and Hamid Karzai's puppet regime, which included the well-known North...
