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Levy: A Black Flag
Znet Article, July, 03 2006
Gideon Levy
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A black flag hangs over the "rolling" operation in Gaza. The more the operation "rolls," the darker the flag becomes. The "summer rains" we are showering on Gaza are not only pointless, but are first and foremost blatantly illegitimate. It is not ...
Báez: The ambivalent Andean chessboard
Znet Article, July, 03 2006
René Báez
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The ascendant nationalist tendency in Latin America in the Andean region, ever more entrenched in the Venezuela of Hugo Chavez and the Bolivia of Evo Morales, has recently faced the impact of important elections.(1) Above all, there were the elect...
Avnery: Agatha In The Rain
Znet Article, July, 03 2006
Uri Avnery
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"ISRAEL HAS declared war on the Palestinian people! The Palestinian people will answer in kind! The Palestinian rebellion will go on! The Palestinian fighters are steadfast in the service of the nation! Down with the Nazi-Zionist occupation! Out w...
Zinn: Patriotism & The Fourth of July
Znet Article, July, 03 2006
Howard Zinn
Zinn's ZSpace page
The following essay is an excerpt from Zinn's forthcoming book, A Power Governments Cannot Suppress (City Lights Books, ISBN 0-87286-475-8, www.citylights.com) In celebration of the 4th of July there will be many speeches about the young people...
Morales: The US, Bolivia, and Venezuela
Znet Article, July, 03 2006
Evo Morales
Morales's ZSpace page
On July 2, elections for a constituent assembly and a referendum on regional autonomy were held in Bolivia. A week earlier, Pablo Stefanoni spoke with President Evo Morales about the new assembly and Morales's first five months in government. The ...
Akhavan: Looting Iran
Znet Article, July, 03 2006
Niki Akhavan
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It took years of painful sanctions and numerous bombing campaigns before looters swept in to steal Iraq’s archaeological treasures. It seems that in the case of Iran, the theft may precede sanctions and war. The University of ChicagoâS...
Edwards: A Superb Demolition Part 3
Znet Article, July, 01 2006
David Edwards
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A Superb Demolition Part 3
Christini: none
Znet Article, July, 01 2006
Tony Christini
Christini's ZSpace page
We hear a steady stream of progressives say that progressives need to "learn from the South" where they are having more success at social change -- Venezuela, in particular -- but much less frequently do we hear what exactly there is to learn; exc...
Various: Atenco and the Mexican Elections
Znet Article, June, 30 2006
Various
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As activists, intellectuals, and artists we wish to express the following: We are deeply concerned about the escalation of intimidation by the Mexican government—as well as a systematic pattern of serious human rights violations perpetrat...
Baduel: Venezuela's Military
Znet Article, June, 30 2006
Raul Baduel
Baduel's ZSpace page
Interview with Commander of the Venezuelan Army General Raúl Isais Baduel by Jorge Aguirre of Panorama Digital June 18th 2006 Divisional General Raul Isaias Baduel calls himself a simple parachute infantryman. The Army's commanding General and ...
Lendman: The Federal Reserve
Znet Article, June, 29 2006
Stephen Lendman
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Years ago I read William Greider's excellent book published in 1987 on how the US Federal Reserve System works. It was detailed and explicit and makes wonderful and informative reading, except for the solution he suggests to a huge problem. His wa...
Martinkus: The E Timor Coup?
Znet Article, June, 29 2006
John Martinkus
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Right up until his resignation on Monday 26 June East Timor's former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has insisted that a series of allegations against him were politically motivated. He blamed opposition groups within East Timor that had foreign back...
Mcaskill: Iran's Jewish MP
Znet Article, June, 28 2006
Ewen Mcaskill
Mcaskill's ZSpace page
Maurice Motamed has one of the loneliest jobs in the Middle East. When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his controversial Holocaust statements, the sole Jewish MP in Iran's 290-member Majlis (parliament) felt he had no option but to confront him. "When ...
Baroud: Re-Interpreting Iraq
Znet Article, June, 28 2006
Ramzy Baroud
Baroud's ZSpace page
To their credit, top US Pentagon officials cautioned journalists and the public, since the Iraq war’s early days, that the dissemination of misinformation would be a vital weapon in their war strategy. Needless to say, they have certainly ...
Kirk: The Philippines' Courageous Journalists
Znet Article, June, 28 2006
Donald Kirk
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The biting tongues of Filipino broadcast commentators deliver some of the unkindest cuts for corrupt politicos, local warlords, police officials and soldiers. Nearly everyone in the Philippines listens to talk radio, and broadcast journalists are ...
Hayden: Mexico's Presidential Front-Runner May Roil U.S. Conservatives
Znet Article, June, 28 2006
Tom Hayden
Hayden's ZSpace page
Though the progressive media and bloggers are paying scant attention, a progressive populist is the front-runner in Mexico's July 2 election, a man who would demand a revision of NAFTA, add a powerful workers' voice to the roiling U.S. debate on i...
Smith-said: Why Neil Young Is Wrong
Znet Article, June, 28 2006
Stephen Smith-said
Smith-said's ZSpace page
On Sunday, May 14, the San Francisco Chronicle published my open letter to Neil Young, "Hey, Neil Young, We Young Singers Are Hog-tied, Too." I tried to explain how the corporatized music industry has censored protest music in the past several yea...
Jones: Gays at War
Znet Article, June, 27 2006
Pattrice Jones
Jones's ZSpace page
In the summer of 1979, I was enraptured by the sunny smile of an erotic dancer called Adele. I never saw her at work, only around the neighborhood and at the local lesbian bar, where she and I routinely danced ourselves into a mutual trance, spinn...
Grossman: A Brief History of Military Resistance
Znet Article, June, 27 2006
Zoltan Grossman
Grossman's ZSpace page
Today is the National Day of Action in support of Lt. Ehren Watada's refusal to fight an illegal war in Iraq. The public refusals here at Fort Lewis (Washington) of Army 1st Lt. Ehren Watada, Sgt. Kevin Benderman and Spc. Suzanne Swift to deploy ...
