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Znet Article Kanazi: Covering Israel/Palestine

Znet Article, March, 23 2006 Remi Kanazi
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On July 18, 2005 14 year old Ragheb al-Masri sat in the back of a taxi with his parents at the Abo Holi checkpoint. An Israeli bullet penetrated his back and cracked open his chest. His mother screamed as his body lay lifeless. Have you heard his ...

Znet Article Solo: Ecuador

Znet Article, March, 23 2006 Toni Solo
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The Ecuadorian government declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, March 21 after countrywide protests and roadblocks led by indigenous peasants intensified. Protesters are demanding that President Alfredo Palacio end negotiations for a free trad...

Znet Article Rozental: Bittersweet

Znet Article, March, 23 2006 Manuel Rozental
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Official reports called it a “comfortable” victory for President Alvaro Uribe. Of the 100 contested seats for the Colombian senate, Uribe’s supporters obtained 61 seats while those counted as opposition (Liberals and the le...

Znet Article Heyne: Two views of a world

Znet Article, March, 21 2006 Christian Heyne
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 Citizens of Haiti in the utterly poor communities of Cite Soleil, Bel Air, La Saline, and other distress areas have a problem they can’t seem to shake. They are living a battle with the very forces of the world community that are supposed...

Znet Article Yilanci: Turkey's Displaced

Znet Article, March, 21 2006 Sinem Yilanci
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Turkish Republic is not a country that has a good reputation for its attitude and discourse towards minority groups.  One of the recent controversial problems about minority rights is the issue of displaced people. In East Anatolia, during 80s a...

Znet Article Banerji: Against the Indo-US Nuclear Deal

Znet Article, March, 21 2006 Sharbani Banerji
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Amidst countrywide protests in India, the President of United States, George W. Bush  Jr., the killer Bush, visited India on 2nd and 3rd March, and ultimately succeeded in signing the Indo-US (nuclear) deal with the Indian Prime minister Dr. Manmo...

Znet Article Baroud: The Jericho Prison Raid

Znet Article, March, 21 2006 Ramzy Baroud
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Could it be possible that the Israeli army raid on a Jericho prison on March 14 was done without careful coordination between Israel, the United States and Britain? Could it also be possible that the timing of the onslaught was equally innocent, o...

Znet Article Edwards: The Media And The Death Of Slobodan Milosevic

Znet Article, March, 20 2006 David Edwards
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"If we don't know history, then we are ready meat for carnivorous politicians and the intellectuals and journalists who supply the carving knives. But if we know some history, if we know how many times presidents have lied to us, we will not be fo...

Znet Article Albert: Parecon and Journalism

Znet Article, March, 20 2006 Michael Albert
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The following is excerpted from the new book from Zed Press, Realizing Hope. See: http://www.zmag.org/realizinghope.html The idea of journalism is not overly complex. Societies involve huge ranges of activity and possibility. Each day events oc...

Znet Article Arnove: The Logic of Withdrawal

Znet Article, March, 20 2006 Anthony Arnove
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We find ourselves in a remarkable situation today. Despite a massive propaganda campaign in support of the occupation of Iraq, a clear majority of people in the United States now believes the invasion was not worth the consequences and should neve...

Znet Article Mittelstadt: Colombia's Displaced

Znet Article, March, 20 2006 Matt Mittelstadt
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 Foreigners examining Colombia often become transfixed by the nature of the violence against civilians. Stories of civilians being hacked to death by machetes, crushed by sledgehammers, or simply summarily executed in front of other community memb...

Znet Article Bigwood: U.S. Meddling in Peruvian Presidential Race?

Znet Article, March, 20 2006 Jeremy Bigwood
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Something smells funny about the recent denunciation of maverick Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala for alleged human rights violations. Before the accusations, Humala was riding high as the leading candidate in Peru's presidential ele...

Znet Article Engler: Latin America Unchained

Znet Article, March, 20 2006 Mark Engler
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  For decades the International Monetary Fund (IMF) served as one of the key pillars of the "Washington Consensus." Dominated by the White House, the Fund allowed successive administrations to control the economic policy of poorer countries in th...

Znet Article Cook: Britain's Duplicity and the Siege of Jericho Jail

Znet Article, March, 20 2006 Jonathan Cook
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In the looking-glass world of Middle East politics, it is easy to forget that Ahmad Saadat, the imprisoned Palestinian leader Israel summarily arrested in Jericho late on Tuesday, is wanted for masterminding the killing of the Jewish state's most ...

Znet Article Dangl: Latin America's Leftist Shift

Znet Article, March, 20 2006 Ben Dangl
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 Within the last six years in Latin America numerous social movements have gained momentum in the fight for human rights, better living and working conditions and an end to corporate exploitation and military violence. Recently, left of center ...

Znet Article Gibler: Erasing Indigenous Peru

Znet Article, March, 20 2006 John Gibler
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Mario Vargas Llosa is one of the most famous intellectuals in Latin America. His name ranks with those of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Luis Borges, Isabel Allende, and Miguel Angel Asturias as one of the top writers of the legendary Latin America...

Znet Article Fisk: The Farcical End Of The American Dream

Znet Article, March, 19 2006 Robert Fisk
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It is a bright winter morning and I am sipping my first coffee of the day in Los Angeles. My eye moves like a radar beam over the front page of the Los Angeles Times for the word that dominates the minds of all Middle East correspondents: Iraq. In...

Znet Article Halimi: The America Not Made For You And Me

Znet Article, March, 15 2006 Serge Halimi
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Robert Greenwald's documentary, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (1), opens in a huge room packed with shareholders attending the company's annual meeting. They greet the CEO, H Lee Scott, with an ovation as he takes the podium. He tells them...

Znet Article Albert: Still Uncomprehending...

Znet Article, March, 15 2006 Michael Albert
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Schweickart's reply to my reply gives me a gigantic mound o...

Znet Article Herman: Uncle Chutzpah and His Willing Executioners on the Dire Iran Threat: With Twelve Principles of War Propaganda in Ongoing Service

Znet Article, March, 15 2006 Edward Herman
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Back at the time of a major Bush-1 "drug war" in 1989, Hodding Carter pointed out that with increasing attention to the newly declared "crisis" by the administration and media, the public's estimate of the importance of the drug problem rose spect...

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