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Commentary Dominick: An Appeal for Continued Anti-War Efforts

Commentary, September, 05 1999 Brian Dominick
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Sept. 5, 1999 An Appeal for Continued Anti-War Efforts By Brian Dominick Did I just see what I think I saw? Has a growing anti-war movement suddenly become dormant, for the umpteenth time in the past few decades - in ...

Commentary Prashad: Behind the Front; Nuclear Deterrance Indo-Pak Style

Commentary, August, 04 1999 Vijay Prashad
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May, 1998. India and then, Pakistan, tested nuclear devices of questionable ferocity to launch themselves as nuclear power States. Both countries made diplomatic bids to join the discriminatory nuclear bargain currently being flogged to the world ...

Commentary Herman: The Importance of a Left Media

Commentary, July, 05 1999 Edward Herman
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A jarring moment in the Philadelphia area propaganda outpouring in support of the bombing of Yugoslavia was a passionately prowar Op Ed column in the Philadelphia Inquirer by long-time local antiwar activist Mark Sacharoff ("NATO did what it had t...

Commentary Wise: The Threat of a Good Example

Commentary, June, 20 1999 Tim Wise
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Occasionally when I'm speaking to college students, attempting to inspire at least a few to commit themselves to social justice as a way of life and perhaps career, I'm asked the question for which there is no easy answer; the one that goes: "What...

Commentary Herman: Kosovo and Doublespeak

Commentary, June, 15 1999 Edward Herman
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War, propaganda, and the proliferation of doublespeak have always gone hand-in-hand. As was the case during the Persian Gulf war, the NATO war against Yugoslavia witnessed a collapse of mainstream media integrity and a new surge of doublespeak in ...

Commentary Dominick: Signs of Movement? The State of Anti-War Activism in the U.S.

Commentary, June, 11 1999 Brian Dominick
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It has been a tense several days for those of us paying close attention to the war, as we evaluate both the status of so-called "negotiations" in Europe and that of the anti-war movement here at home.

Commentary Herman: 'Balance' Sickness at The Nation

Commentary, June, 05 1999 Edward Herman
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The Nation has not distinguished itself in its coverage of the Kosovo crisis. It has had some good editorials and articles, but these are nicely balanced by pro-war pieces. It should embarrass the editors that its UN Correspondent Ian Williams is ...

Commentary Administrator: The Milosevic Indictment

Commentary, May, 29 1999 Site Administrator
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Following World War II, a war crimes tribunal was held in Tokyo to try Japanese political and military leaders.

Commentary Solomon: Three On Kosovo

Commentary, May, 28 1999 Norman Solomon
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A few days ago, the president of the United States openly violated the War Powers Act -- and the national media yawned.

Commentary Zinn: Whose Atrocity Is Bigger

Commentary, May, 25 1999 Howard Zinn
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Milosovic has committed atrocities. Therefore it is okay for us to commit atrocities. He is terrorizing the Albanians in Kosovo. Therefore we can terrorize the population of cities and villages in Yugoslavia.

Commentary Administrator: The Restive Allies

Commentary, May, 24 1999 Site Administrator
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The florid and reckless war rhetoric of British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is the stuff British tabloids are made of.

Commentary Solomon: When Will the Media Call It War

Commentary, May, 19 1999 Norman Solomon
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Nearly two months have passed since the beginning of NATO's air war against Yugoslavia. After a shaky start, Washington's spin machinery has done much to promote a war agenda -- with crucial assistance from major U.S. news media.

Commentary Lusane: Jackson and the Contradictions of War

Commentary, May, 13 1999 Clarence Lusane
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Into the storm's eye of the Balkin war stepped Rev. Jesse Jackson, and, once again, he emerges with prisoners of war.

Commentary Chomsky: Moral Principles and International Law

Commentary, May, 09 1999 Noam Chomsky
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I'm afraid the first question is not a "genuine question," though there is a huge literature, for thousands of years, attempting to say at least something about these topics, without much success.

Commentary Bohmer: Fight the Power

Commentary, April, 30 1999 Peter Bohmer
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Last weekend, my son, Inti, who is 20 and I, who am quite a few years older than that, went to San Francisco to take part in a rally and demonstration in support of political prisoner and death row inmate, Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Commentary Bronski: Writing and Thinking Amidst Hostile Intentions

Commentary, April, 27 1999 Michael Bronski
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Most every writer likes to see her or his work quoted and cited. It gives you, if nothing else, the idea that at least someone somewhere reads what you write and publish.

Commentary Herman: The U.S. Versus the Rules of War

Commentary, April, 25 1999 Edward Herman
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It is clear that the U.S./NATO military strategy in Yugoslavia is to use capital intensive warfare to ravage Serbian military forces and civil society until either the Serbs surrender or are so completely crushed that there is a "permissive enviro...

Commentary Wise: Famous Last Words

Commentary, April, 24 1999 Tim Wise
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Every now and then a lesson comes easy. Other times we learn things by accident, if at all. And inevitably it seems, the lessons that matter most, often come from the least likely sources, and at the most inopportune moments.

Commentary Solomon: For Whom The Media Bell Tolls

Commentary, April, 23 1999 Norman Solomon
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For several weeks now, the suffering of refugees from Kosovo has filled our TV screens. Empathy seems to motivate much of the public support for the ceaseless bombing of Yugoslavia.

Commentary Dominick: Behind Enemy Lines

Commentary, April, 11 1999 Brian Dominick
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In a disturbing case of hypocritical Western propaganda tripping over its own distortions, the Associated Press recently reported that Turkish troops and warplanes have crossed into Northeastern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels presumably taking ...

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