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De waal: I Will Not Sign
Znet Article, January, 14 2007
Alex De waal
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Military intervention won’t stop the killing. Those who are clamouring for troops to fight their way into Darfur are suffering from a salvation delusion. It’s a simple reality that UN troops can’t stop an ongoing war, and t...
Marable: The Iraq War and America's Economic Imperialism
Znet Article, January, 13 2007
Manning Marable
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Several weeks ago, with much media fanfare, the James Baker-Lee Hamilton Committee submitted to President George W. Bush its long-awaited, bipartisan report on the U.S. war in Iraq.
Tarlau: Protests in Cochabamba
Znet Article, January, 11 2007
Rebecca Tarlau
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The main plaza of the Bolivian city of Cochabamba looked like a war zone on January 8th, as protestors demanding the resignation of Cochabamba’s governor, Manfred Reyes Villa, tried to take over the government offices and were faced with v...
Fernandes: Savvy Marketing or Debating the Issues
Znet Article, January, 11 2007
Sujatha Fernandes
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As several more leftist leaders were elected or re-elected during recent elections in Latin America, what kinds of changes have there been in their campaigns? On December 3, radical leftist president Hugo Chávez was reelected in Venezuela with 62...
Lamrani: The five Cuban political prisoners must be freed immediately
Znet Article, January, 03 2007
Salim Lamrani
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On June 16 and 17, 1998, the Cuban government invited two important FBI officials so that they could receive documents proving the danger coming from several people seriously implicated in terrorism against Cuba who resided in Florida. Until today...
Christoff: The Manichean Middle East of Mark MacKinnon
Znet Article, January, 03 2007
Stefan Christoff
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When newspapers send correspondents afield to report on world events, the position is fraught with opportunity and responsibility. Opportunity to share meaningful insight into current events, and responsibility to accurately report on them. In ma...
Mishra: Indian Economy in 2006
Znet Article, January, 03 2007
Girish Mishra
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The year 2006 was a mixed bag on the economic front. While it enthused the powers that be, it brought deep anxieties to the people at large. On balance, it created and left behind problems that will require great efforts to tackle. Undoubtedly, t...
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...
