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Herman: UNCLE CHUTZPAH GETS BACK INTO THE RING

Commentary, April, 09 2001 Edward Herman
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Now that the humanitarian warrior Bill Clinton has been replaced by a compassionate conservative extremely close to the oil industry, military-industrial-complex, and Christian Right/"pro- life" (fetal, that is, not post-fetal) forces, what may we...

Peters: Solidarity with East Timor: New Challenges, New Opportunities

Commentary, April, 08 2001 Cynthia Peters
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U.S. activists' contribution to the effort to end Indonesia's brutal 25-year occupation of East Timor paid off. In August 1999 a vast majority of East Timorese - after years of immense suffering and patient organizing -- courageously voted for ind...

Monbiot: Mad Cows Are Back

Commentary, April, 07 2001 George Monbiot
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It should have been dead and buried years ago. But somehow the spectre of BSE keeps rising from the grave. In Britain, where billions of pounds have been spent and millions of cattle slaughtered to stamp out the disease, new cases continue to emer...

Solomon: U.S.-CHINA DISPUTE: FROM OTHER SIDE OF MEDIA WINDOW

Commentary, April, 06 2001 Norman Solomon
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It's not easy to look at ourselves as others might see us. For a Êcountry, the need is especially acute in times of international crisis -- Êbut that's when nationalism and other reflexive biases are most likely to Êbecome pivotal. One of the way...

Bond: Globalization from Below

Commentary, April, 05 2001 Patrick Bond
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In the year since Seattle, the movement for global economic justice has shown that it's here to stay. It has staged three national demonstrations against the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the one-party system controlled by corpo...

Group: Deeply Concerned

Graphic, April, 04 2001 Contagion Media Group
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imperialism, dubya, bush, international

Marable: Public Education and Black Empowerment

Commentary, April, 04 2001 Manning Marable
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I recently was keynote speaker at the National Caucus of Black School Board Members, held during the sixty-first annual National School Boards Association in San Diego. I met hundreds of dedicated, progressive African-American community leaders wh...

Rosenberg: a ton of prevention

Graphic, April, 03 2001 Martha Rosenberg
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animal based agriculture, factory farming

Deutsch: Why do Americans think they're free?

Graphic, April, 03 2001 Barry Deutsch
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gay, gay rights, gay marriage, lesbian marriage, gay rights, queer rights, homophobia

Bagdikian: A SECRET IN THE NEWS: THE COUNTRY'S PERMANENT POOR

Commentary, April, 03 2001 Ben Bagdikian
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It can be the best of times or the worst of times, but whether in prosperity or recession, there is one constant in the United States economy--the richest country in the world has maintained a permanent class of Americans who are poor. That is not...

Raptis: Norman Rockwell

Commentary, April, 02 2001 Nikos Raptis
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Norman Rockwell was born in 1894 and died in 1978. For almost sixty years he worked as an illustrator. He did covers for the Saturday Evening Post, for 47 years. Those covers played a significant role in the cultural environment in which two gener...