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Znet Article Albert: Parecon Today

Znet Article, April, 27 2006 Michael Albert
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1. Where did parecon come from? What is its history? Participatory economics, or parecon, came mainly from the cumulative struggles of diverse populations trying to win liberation from capitalism. Parecon owes, in particular, to the anarchist a...

Znet Article Hass: Hungry And Shell-Shocked

Znet Article, April, 27 2006 Amira Hass
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Gaza - Where will the next blow land? That is the question. Not if it will come, but rather when, and on whom will it land, and what kind will it be? Five-year-old L. believes the solution is to sleep every night in his parents' bed, and in that ...

Znet Article Chomsky: Afterword: Failed States

Znet Article, April, 26 2006 Noam Chomsky
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We began by considering four critical issues that should rank high on the agenda of those concerned with the prospects for a decent future. Two of them are literally matters of survival: nuclear war and environmental disaster. The first danger is ...

Znet Article Podur: Six Nations Does Not Stand Alone

Znet Article, April, 24 2006 Justin Podur
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On Thursday April 20, Hazel Hill, one of the Six Nations Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) leaders on the blockade at the Douglas Creek Estates near Caledonia, told me about her beating at the hands of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) hours before. Early t...

Znet Article Mouradian: Commemorating the Armenian Genocide

Znet Article, April, 23 2006 Khatchig Mouradian
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“Today I bow down before the memory of all Armenians who lost their lives and look forward to the day when the souls of their grandchildren will finally be at peace. In order for our souls, however, to be at peace, and for this country [Tu...

Znet Article Mishra: India

Znet Article, April, 23 2006 Girish Mishra
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Ever since Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has announced his resolve to make the rupee fully convertible on capital account, it has given rise to a fierce controversy. While the corporate sector, and the media and some economists, loyal to...

Znet Article Robinson: Aqui Estamos Y No Nos Vamos

Znet Article, April, 23 2006 William Robinson
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 Latino immigrants have launched an all-out fight-back against the repression, exploitation, and racism they routinely face in the United States with a series of unprecedented strikes and demonstrations.  The mobilizations began when over half a m...

Znet Article Levy: Who is the Terrorist?

Znet Article, April, 23 2006 Gideon Levy
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The scenes from Gaza are heartbreaking. Heartbreaking? That's not for certain. The sight of the Aben family from Beit Lahiya mourning its 12-year-old daughter Hadil last week did not stir any particular shock in Israel. Nor did anyone take to the ...

Znet Article Halper: Sumud vs. Apartheid

Znet Article, April, 23 2006 Jeff Halper
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This is, as they say, the crunch. This is the political moment all Israeli governments - all of them, Labour, Likud and 'National Unity' - have been working towards the past four decades of Occupation: the final push for an expanded Israel, the pe...

Znet Article Keith-jennings: Whose democracy is the U.S. supporting in Nicaragua?

Znet Article, April, 23 2006 Brynne Keith-jennings
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In Nicaragua, the US government continues to flex its muscles to achieve an electoral defeat of Daniel Ortega in the November presidential elections.  Ortega,  president during the Sandinista revolution  in the 1980s, is running for president for ...

Znet Article Cook: The real meaning of deporting Hamas Members of Parliament

Znet Article, April, 23 2006 Jonathan Cook
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The policy of "hitnatkut", or unilateral disengagement, developed by Ariel Sharon needed a swift facelift following the withdrawal of settlers from Gaza last year. And Israel's prime minister-designate, Ehud Olmert, has found it in the related con...

Znet Article Staples: Canada's military-corporate complex and its services rendered to George W.Bush

Znet Article, April, 23 2006 Steven Staples
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In Why We Fight, documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki reminds us of Dwight D. Eisenhower's famous 1961 farewell address to the American people - a warning really - when he added a new concept into our vocabulary: the military-industrial complex. ...

Znet Article Baroud: The Case for the Palestinian Government

Znet Article, April, 23 2006 Ramzy Baroud
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Responding to successive decisions made by the US, the European Union and various European and non-European countries to boycott the Palestinian Authority and deprive it of urgently needed funds, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh described...

Znet Article Street: Iraq Is Not Vietnam

Znet Article, April, 22 2006 Paul Street
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     Making historical analogies is often like eating a thin bowl of soup with a fork: you might catch something nutritious if you're lucky but much of the substance gets lost.            The strong analogy that many commentators and authorities r...

Znet Article Kutalik: Comeback for Labor?

Znet Article, April, 21 2006 Chris Kutalik
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As labor activists from around the country and world converge on Dearborn, Michigan in early May for the Labor Notes Conference, it's worth reflecting back on a year that has brought back hopes for a revitalization of the labor movement. Several ...

Znet Article Lendman: The US Gulag Prison System

Znet Article, April, 21 2006 Stephen Lendman
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No, not the one you think, outrageous as it is. I'm referring to the US prison system that's with no exaggeration about as shockingly abusive as the gulag abroad. It qualifies for that label by its size alone - more than 2.1 million as of June, 20...

Znet Article Hasnain: Baltistan

Znet Article, April, 19 2006 M Hasnain
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M. Hasnain is a leading activist and ideologue from Baltistan, in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir. He is deeply involved in Baltistan's movement for self-determination. In this interview he talks about the situation in his homeland and prospects for...

Znet Article Neatby: The Politics of Finger Wagging

Znet Article, April, 19 2006 Stuart Neatby
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Both Paul Raymond and his wife had been living in the Dominican Republic in exile for several months. In the months following the removal of elected Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide in February of 2004, a removal which was carried out by ...

Znet Article Lendman: US Planning Fourth Attempt To Oust Hugo Chavez

Znet Article, April, 18 2006 Stephen Lendman
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This essay has a dual purpose. I began it initially to explain how sophisticated and effective the dominant corporate media is in programming the public mind to believe whatever message they deliver regardless of whether it's true which it rarely ...

Znet Article Bogado: On The Myth of Sleeping Giants

Znet Article, April, 18 2006 Aura Bogado
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"Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again." Chinua Achebe In March and April of 1966, Cesar Chavez and a group of National Farm Workers Association strikers wal...

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