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Zmag Article Lindemyer: Iraqi Sanctions: Myth and Fact

Zmag Article, November, 01 2001 Jeff Lindemyer
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Iraqi Sanctions: Myth and Fact

Commentary Wise: Who’s Being Naïve? War-Time Realism Through the Looking Glass

Commentary, October, 28 2001 Tim Wise
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To hear those who support the current air assault on Afghanistan tell it, those of us who doubt the likely efficacy of such a campaign, and who question its fundamental morality are not only insufficiently patriotic but dangerously naïve.

Commentary Solomon: War Needs Good Public Relations

Commentary, October, 26 2001 Norman Solomon
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For some people, war is terror, disaster and death. For others, it's a PR problem.

Commentary Pilger: A war in the American tradition

Commentary, October, 16 2001 John Pilger
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The Anglo-American attack on Afghanistan crosses new boundaries. It means that America's economic wars are now backed by the perpetual threat of military attack on any country, without legal pretence.

Commentary Solomon: Media Spin Revolves Around The Word "terrorist"

Commentary, October, 06 2001 Norman Solomon
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During the first two days of this month, CNN's website displayed an odd little announcement. "There have been false reports that CNN has not used the word 'terrorist' to refer to those who attacked the World Trade Center and Pentagon," the noti...

Commentary Prashad: Forward Into the Past: US War Aims

Commentary, October, 05 2001 Vijay Prashad
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The US State Department-Pentagon has a bad record on war aims. During the lead-up to the Gulf War, the Bush administration, Part 1, argued that the US was needed to liberate Kuwait.

Commentary Herman: ANTITERRORISM AS A COVER FOR TERRORISM

Commentary, October, 05 2001 Edward Herman
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During the Cold War the United States supported a string of terror states, from the immediate post-World War backing given Thailand dictator Phibun Songkhram, "the first pro-Axis dictator to regain power after the war," to its support of Suharto, ...

Commentary Burchill: The US, Indonesia, and Terror

Commentary, October, 01 2001 Scott Burchill
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In a bid to build its coalition for a war against terrorism, the United States has demonstrated that it is keen to have on side the world's biggest Islamic nation, Indonesia. Support from Indonesia, an ally of the United States from the late 1960s...

Commentary Albert: What's Going On?

Commentary, September, 28 2001 Michael Albert
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The U.S. response to September 11 seeks to benefit elites in the U.S., and, to a lesser degree, around the world. There are various goals.

Commentary Herman: "The Price Is Worth It"

Commentary, September, 25 2001 Edward Herman
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Try to imagine how the mainstream U.S. media and intellectuals would respond to the disclosure that at an early planning meeting of the terrorists responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the question had come up about w...

Commentary Fisk: How can the US bomb

Commentary, September, 23 2001 Robert Fisk
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We are witnessing this weekend one of the most epic events since the Second World War, certainly since Vietnam. I am not talking about the ruins of the World Trade Centre in New York and the grotesque physical scenes which we watched on 11 Septemb...

Commentary Albert: Peace Movement Prospects

Commentary, September, 21 2001 Michael Albert
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September 11 went well beyond tragic. Worse is possible. Much better is also possible. And to achieve better is why activists need to not only mourn, but also to educate and organize. But many people I encounter doubt peace movement prospects. I f...

Commentary Hoodbhoy: BLACK TUESDAY: THE VIEW FROM ISLAMABAD

Commentary, September, 17 2001 Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Samuel Huntington's evil desire for a clash between civilizations may well come true after Tuesday's terror attacks. The crack that divided Muslims everywhere from the rest of the world is no longer a crack. It is a gulf, that if not bridged, will...

Commentary Weissman: Respond to Violence: Teach Peace, Not War

Commentary, September, 15 2001 Robert Weissman
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Open the Washington Post to it's editorial pages, and war talk dominates.

Commentary Pilger: Inevitable ring to the unimaginable

Commentary, September, 14 2001 John Pilger
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If the attacks on America have their source in the Islamic world, who can really be surprised?

Commentary Pilger: Liberal elites have always disguised their innate conservatism

Commentary, September, 04 2001 John Pilger
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At the Hay-on-Wye literary festival in May, leading members of the media and cultural elite assembled in the fine gardens of a Regency house to await the arrival of the great man. They included broadsheet editors, deputy editors, literary editors,...

Commentary Pilger: Liberal elites have always disguised their innate conservatism

Commentary, August, 13 2001 John Pilger
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At the Hay-on-Wye literary festival in May, leading members of the media and cultural elite assembled in the fine gardens of a Regency house to await the arrival of the great man. They included broadsheet editors, deputy editors, literary editors,...

Commentary Edwards: ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE...

Commentary, August, 10 2001 David Edwards
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"All of existence", an ancient sage once wrote, "depends on the tip of a wish." By which he meant that the state of the world is determined by what ultimately motivates us: if enough people basically crave personal wealth and power, then the world...

Commentary Cromwell: DEMOLISHING GLOBAL MYTHS

Commentary, July, 06 2001 David Cromwell
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David Cromwell talks to John Pilger about his forthcoming television documentary, The New Rulers of the World, which examines the real meaning of the 'global economy', including the virtually unknown and bloody history of how globalisation took ro...

Commentary Herman: GODFATHERLY GLOBAL JUSTICE: MILOSEVIC, SHARON AND SUHARTO

Commentary, July, 05 2001 Edward Herman
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The politicization of the system of global justice has reached new heights over the past decade, with the U.S. Godfather asserting his firmer hegemonic position with an arrogance that is a throwback to Secretary of State Richard Olney's statement ...

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