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Commentary Cromwell: Regulating The University Mind

Commentary, May, 14 2002 David Cromwell
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I blame my dad. As a mature student of geography and Russian at Glasgow University, he used to take me and my wee brother Kenneth to the campus in the west end of the city, just off Byres Road in Hillhead. Gilbert Scott's Gothic creation, fulfilli...

Commentary Monbiot: Diplomatic Impunity

Commentary, April, 26 2002 George Monbiot
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Tony Blair might believe he belongs to an international coalition, but George Bush has other ideas. Bush's international war against terrorism has not stopped him from waging a parallel war against co-operation.

Commentary Prashad: Sharonism and the "Special Relationship."

Commentary, April, 25 2002 Vijay Prashad
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An email message comes to me from Karachi, Pakistan. The message reads, in part, as follows: "Chomsky says that US support of Israel is not because of the 'Jewish Lobby' and he gives reasons for that; for one it would be too simplistic to think th...

Commentary Monbiot: A War Against the Peacemaker

Commentary, April, 20 2002 George Monbiot
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On Sunday, the US government will launch an international coup. It has been planned for a month. It will be executed quietly, and most of us won't know what is happening until it's too late. It is seeking to overthrow 60 years of multilateralism, ...

Znet Article Wallerstein: Iraq War: The Coming Disaster

Znet Article, April, 20 2002 Immanuel Wallerstein
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New Haven -- George W. Bush is a geopolitical incompetent. He has allowed a clique of hawks to induce him to take a position on invading Iraq from which he cannot extract himself, one which will have nothing but negative consequences for the Unite...

Commentary Raptis: Thomas Friedman's Brave

Commentary, April, 19 2002 Nikos Raptis
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"THOMAS FRIEDMAN is one of America's leading interpreters of world affairs... Mr. Friedman has also won two Pulitzer Prizes for his reporting for The New York Times..." (Biographical note under Friedman's name on page iii of his book "The Lexus an...

Commentary Schechter: What's A Journalist To Do When The Political Gets Personal?

Commentary, April, 17 2002 Danny Schechter
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When you write about the world, or report on what's happening "over there," the issues can seem far away enough to permit disengagement. The distance encourages detachment and objectification.

Znet Article Edwards: The Bbc, The Sunday Telegraph, And Cancer In Iraq

Znet Article, April, 13 2002 David Edwards
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Regular Media Lens readers will know that we have generally focused on the performance of the 'liberal' media. The reason for this is that we assume that it is obvious that the 'right wing' media - the Times and the Telegraph, for example - is not...

Commentary Du boff: Stopping Terrorism Vs. Promoting The Right

Commentary, April, 11 2002 Richard Du boff
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By high noon September 11, 2001 it should have been obvious what this generation of Republicans--and more than a few Democrats--would do with the attacks on New York and Washington: seize upon them as manna from heaven to promote a hard right-wing...

Commentary Shalom: The Crisis in Palestine

Commentary, April, 05 2002 Stephen1 Shalom
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The basic problem in the Israel-Palestine conflict today remains what it's been for decades: the denial of self-determination to the Palestinian people. Palestinians have been living under a brutal and humiliating occupation since 1967 and no solu...

Commentary Choudry: Playing With Children's Lives A Tried and Tested Tactic for Australian Government

Commentary, April, 02 2002 Aziz Choudry
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"I regard this as one of the most disturbing practices I've come across", Australia's Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Philip Ruddock told media at the time.

Zmag Article Everest: The campaign against Iraq

Zmag Article, April, 01 2002 Larry Everest
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The campaign against Iraq

Commentary Arnove: Convenient And Not So Convenient Massacres

Commentary, March, 30 2002 Anthony Arnove
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A frequent justification for toppling Saddam Hussein has been that he used chemical weapons on "his own people". A look at the US response at the time of the Halabja Massacre shows the US concern for the Kurdish to be an utter lie.

Commentary Du boff: STOPPING TERRORISM VS. PROMOTING THE RIGHT: NO CONTEST

Commentary, March, 28 2002 Richard Du boff
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By high noon September 11, 2001 it should have been obvious what this generation of Republicans--and more than a few Democrats--would do with the attacks on New York and Washington: seize upon them as manna from heaven to promote a hard right-wing...

Znet Article Edwards: Media Lens Debate On Iraq Continued

Znet Article, March, 26 2002 David Edwards
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Following our Media Alert Update, 'The Observer's Nick Cohen and Observer Editor Roger Alton Respond On Iraq' (March 20, 2002 - for this and other Media Alerts see: http://www.medialens.org/frameset_alerts.html) Media Lens received this reply...

Znet Article Arnove: Iraq In The Crossfires

Znet Article, March, 24 2002 Anthony Arnove
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Though no connection between Iraq and the terrorist attacks of September 11 has been found, the Bush administration has raised expectations significantly that it will again bomb Iraq as it extends its “war on terrorism” into new co...

Znet Article Fisk: Arab states united in rejecting attack on Saddam

Znet Article, March, 19 2002 Robert Fisk
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Rarely can an American vice-president have met such a rebuff from America's Arab allies. Not a single Arab king, prince or president has been prepared to endorse a US attack on Iraq. Even in Kuwait – where Dick Cheney arrives today before ...

Znet Article Fisk: Arab States United In Rejecting Attack On Iraq

Znet Article, March, 17 2002 Robert Fisk
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Rarely can an American vice-president have met such a rebuff from America's Arab allies. Not a single Arab king, prince or president has been prepared to endorse a US attack on Iraq. Even in Kuwait – where Dick Cheney arrives today before ...

Znet Article Edwards: THE OBSERVER'S NICK COHEN RESPONDS ON IRAQ

Znet Article, March, 15 2002 David Edwards
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Following our Media Alert, 'Nick Cohen of the Observer on Iraq, Chomsky and Pilger' (March 13, 2002), Media Lens received this reply from Nick Cohen on March 13, 2002: "The problem with the sanctions cause starvation theory is that: 1. It was neve...

Znet Article Fisk: Arabs Don't Want War On Iraq

Znet Article, March, 12 2002 Robert Fisk
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US Vice-President Dick Cheney arrived yesterday in a Middle East far more concerned with the firestorm between the Palestinians and the Israelis than with Washington's plans for a war with Iraq. President George Bush may believe Iraq is part of an...

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