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Commentary Solomon: Killing Them Softly: Starvation And Dollar Bills For Afghan Kids

Commentary, October, 13 2001 Norman Solomon
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The Pentagon's air drops of food parcels and President Bush's plea for American children to aid Afghan kids with dollar bills will go down in history as two of the most cynical maneuvers of media manipulation in the early 21st century.

Commentary Weisbrot: Trading on Tragedy

Commentary, October, 12 2001 Mark Weisbrot
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Every crisis and tragedy is an opportunity for some, as any ambulance-chasing lawyer can tell you. We expect the Pentagon to lard its already bloated budget, and Attorney General John Ashcroft to chip away at the Bill of Rights, all in the name of...

Commentary Peters: Women's Patriotic Role

Commentary, October, 11 2001 Cynthia Peters
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Cynthia Enloe, feminist scholar and author of several books and articles about women and the military, suggests that when a country mobilizes for war, it is useful to ask, "Where are the women?"

Commentary Weissman: The Big Bank's Dirty Little Secret

Commentary, October, 10 2001 Robert Weissman
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What is the purpose of law enforcement? To enforce the law, and make public the results. What deterrent effect does law enforcement have if the public is not aware of the results of the law enforcement? Not much.

Commentary Podur: Globalization, Fox-Style

Commentary, October, 09 2001 Justin Podur
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It never ceases to amaze me, how easily fooled I am by the speeches and rhetoric of politicians. I swear to you I've heard speeches by Bill Clinton that have brought me near tears.

Commentary Wise: Some Folks Never Felt Safe: The Truth Behind National Unity

Commentary, October, 08 2001 Tim Wise
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"We stand united," comes the proclamation from America's political leaders and national media. "Americans are pulling together like never before," say still others, in the wake of the horrific attacks of September 11.

Commentary Rebick: Assault On Liberty

Commentary, October, 07 2001 Judy Rebick
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We are not even at war yet and the most important freedom in a democracy, freedom of speech, is already under assault.

Commentary Author: Multi-Focus Or Bust

Commentary, October, 07 2001 Guest Author
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Anyone that the US goes after these days is bound to be a really bad guy. In the New World Order power is so unbalanced that good guys give in.

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 Bronski: The Problem of Gay Soldiers...

Commentary, October, 06 2001 Michael Bronski
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Over the past week I have received, and continue to receive, dozens of e-mails relating to gay politics and lives and the Bush's administration's response to the attacks on New York and Washington on September 11.

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 Healy: No technofix for the Third World

Commentary, October, 04 2001 Sean Healy
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Humans can make all kinds of nifty things - the axe, the wheel, the spinning jenny, the aeroplane, the pill, the Pentium III, vanilla ice cream - and can achieve all sorts of magical things with them.

Commentary Monbiot: Genocide or Peace

Commentary, October, 02 2001 George Monbiot
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Peace has been declared before the war has begun. Those who advocated the obliteration of Kabul and Baghdad have retreated in the face of insuperable complexity. Many of those who argued against aggression have relaxed as the threat of carpet bomb...

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 Raptis: Of Pyramids and Skyscrapers

Commentary, September, 30 2001 Nikos Raptis
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That the skyscraper is the "monumental" structure par excellence of the US culture is difficult to dispute. "The decision for the construction of multistory buildings in any country, either for living space or for work is a political act with very...

Commentary Albert: Albert Interviews Chomsky

Commentary, September, 29 2001 Michael Albert
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I sent six questions to Noam Chomsky. His answers, by email, are below.

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 Brecher: Now, More Than Ever: A Global Movement for Global Justice

Commentary, September, 27 2001 Jeremy Brecher
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In the months before September 11, the Bush Administration undermined one effort after another to address world problems on an international basis. It skipped out on the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, scuttled efforts to control biological weap...

Commentary Russell: Waxman, Nursing Home "Reform" and Progressive Jobs

Commentary, September, 26 2001 Marta Russell
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While the AFL-CIO has alarmed environmental and other activists by throwing its support behind big oil and Bush's backwards energy policy, Henry Waxman has alarmed disability activists by throwing his support behind the nursing home industry and p...

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