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Znet Article Petras: Philippines: Death Squad Democracy

Znet Article, March, 31 2007 James Petras
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Nearly a thousand union leaders, clergy members, lawyers, human rights activists, peasants and elected officials of the social action party lists led by Representative Ocampo have been victimized.

Znet Article Castro: Foodstuff as Imperial Weapon

Znet Article, March, 31 2007 Fidel Castro
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More than three billion people in the world are being condemend to a premature death from hunger...

Znet Article Goodman: American Kangaroo Court Claims Its First Victim

Znet Article, March, 29 2007 Amy Goodman
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It is appropriate that a person from Australia, home of the kangaroo, should be the first one dragged before the kangaroo court at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay. David Hicks, imprisoned there for more than five years, pleaded guilty Monday...

Znet Article Hallward: Insurgency and Betrayal

Znet Article, March, 27 2007 Peter Hallward
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Guy Philippe was a commander in the Haitian National Police from 1995-2000, and in February 2004 he led an armed insurgency that helped to overthrow the government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Peter Hallward is a professor of philosophy at Middlesex...

Znet Article Raina: Parvenu Nationalism

Znet Article, March, 27 2007 Badri Raina
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I recall that some two decades ago Frederic Jameson noted how literary/creative productions from the “third world” tend to become “national allegories.” And I also recall   some noted Indian intellectuals taking umb...

Znet Article Elmer: Canada's Counterinsurgency Strategy

Znet Article, March, 27 2007 Jon Elmer
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Following closely behind their counterparts in the United States and Britain, Canada's Department of National Defence is preparing a comprehensive counter-insurgency field manual for its soldiers and officers. The manual will guide Canadian Forces...

Znet Article Kenfield: Militant Brazilian Opposition to Bush-Lula Ethanol Accords

Znet Article, March, 27 2007 Isabella Kenfield
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São Paulo - During Bush's visit to Brazil thousands of poor, rural members of the international Via Campesina social movement and the Brazilian Movement of the Landless Rural Workers (MST) orchestrated massive, non-violent occupations of multinat...

Znet Article Ledebur: The Shifting Weight of US Funding in Bolivia

Znet Article, March, 27 2007 Kathryn Ledebur
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U.S. funding decisions on Bolivia, especially tied to drug control programs, have long shaped policy within South America’s poorest nation. In the past, the threat of funding cuts as a result of “decertification,” a decisio...

Znet Article Stainsby: Will an American Surge Win the War for Oil?

Znet Article, March, 25 2007 Macdonald Stainsby
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Alright, so a plan that was developed with questionable science and selective readings of intelligence has, after initially being supported by a population that trusted what they were told, become exceedingly unpopular. Despite the fact that the n...

Znet Article Dempsey: Mud and Mendacity

Znet Article, March, 25 2007 Matt Dempsey
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A general rule of thumb when observing matters of political muckraking is to pay as much attention to the composition of the mudslingers as to the consistency of the mud itself. Consider Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott’s examination o...

Znet Article Surya: After the Nandigram Carnage

Znet Article, March, 25 2007 Radha Surya
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An ever-widening rift has opened up between the Left Parties and their adherents as a consequence of the West Bengal government's controversial land acquisition policies. On March 14, 2007, the ongoing Singur-Nandigram imbroglio took a tragic turn...

Znet Article Walker: Helen Clark and Winston Peters: Apologists for Mass Terror

Znet Article, March, 25 2007 Cameron Walker
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In January 2007 Cabinet Minister Jim Anderton, in an interview about the Bush Administration...

Znet Article Mishra: Rising Wealth and Declining Poverty!

Znet Article, March, 25 2007 Girish Mishra
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It is not a mere coincidence that two reports from, seemingly, disconnected sources, have appeared in recent weeks. The first is: “The World’s Richest People” in the American magazine Forbes. Its list of 946 billionaires fr...

Znet Article Lamrani: Cuba, the Internet and Reporters without Borders

Znet Article, March, 25 2007 Salim Lamrani
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Clearly, Reporters without Borders (RSF) has a limitless obsession with Cuba. For several years now, this organization has carried out a sadistic disinformation campaign against the Caribbean island and its government.  Recently it deliberately ma...

Znet Article Avnery: Unity Government

Znet Article, March, 19 2007 Uri Avnery
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NOT ONLY the Palestinians must be breathing a deep sigh of relief after the swearing in of the Palestinian National Unity Government. We Israelis have good reason to do the same. This event is a great blessing, not only for them, but also for us -...

Znet Article Varadarajan: US Coercion of India against Iran at IAEA

Znet Article, March, 19 2007 Siddharth Varadarajan
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Editor's note: In two crucial votes at the Governors' Board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in 2005 and 2006, India voted against Iran. The first time to condemn Iran for not meeting its obligations under the Non-Proliferation Tr...

Znet Article Agee: The Descent of the US and Rise of Latin America

Znet Article, March, 19 2007 Philip Agee
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Anyone following the news in recent times cannot be unaware of the wave of progressive change sweeping Latin America and the Caribbean. For many lonely years Cuba held high the torch through its exemplary programs to provide universal health care ...

Znet Article Fernandes: Political Parties and Social Change

Znet Article, March, 19 2007 Sujatha Fernandes
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Since Hugo Chávez of Venezuela proposed the dissolution of the 24 parties that support his government and the formation of a single party on December 15, 2007, there has been much debate among the parties involved. According to Chávez, the propo...

Znet Article Raina: End of the Tight-Rope Walk

Znet Article, March, 19 2007 Badri Raina
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So uncle Sam has spoken.  Musharraf is a good man after all, and the best bet for “democracy” in Pakistan.  This  only days after the U.S. Senate decreed that all future aid to  that country be tied to the General delivering in the...

Znet Article Mohanty: The Left Front and the rural bourgeoisie

Znet Article, March, 19 2007 Mritiunjoy Mohanty
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What is now called the Singur controversy was sparked off by the decision of the West Bengal government to acquire 997 acres (affecting approximately 12,000 owners) of agricultural land, which it planned to grant to the Tata Group for the purpose ...

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