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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 Russell: Docs Refuse Medicare

Commentary, March, 29 2002 Marta Russell
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Affordable housing, never firmly dealt with in the US, was already at a crisis point pre-S11 during the economic boom. Now in the deepening recession, people are being pink-slipped and losing their jobs by the tens of thousands.

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...

Commentary Peters: Using MLK to Keep You in Your Place

Commentary, March, 27 2002 Cynthia Peters
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There are all sorts of rationalizations people will offer for not envisioning a better future. "It's utopian," some will say. "You're dreaming. The best we can do is make small improvements on what we've got."

Commentary Street: Empire Abroad, Prisons At Home: Dark Connections

Commentary, March, 26 2002 Paul Street
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An examination of the connections between US foreign policy and the mass incarceration of poor people of color.

Commentary Brecher: Globalization Today

Commentary, March, 25 2002 Jeremy Brecher
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Since the beginning of the new millenium, the process of global economic integration we call globalization from above has sped from crisis to calamity. That has intensified both the need for and the strength of the convergence of social movements ...

Commentary Solomon: Six Months Later, The Basic Tool Is Language

Commentary, March, 24 2002 Norman Solomon
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Cameras have recorded countless defining moments. And many months after Sept. 11, some nightmarish televised glimpses of that day's horrors still resonate deeply. Visual images are powerful. Yet there's no substitute for words that sum up what mig...

Commentary Author: Putting Community Back in the Domestic Violence Movement

Commentary, March, 23 2002 Guest Author
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The violence unleashed on September 11 has radically altered the political stage by raising questions about the relevance of routine political work in the U.S. Compared to the enormous tragedy of September 11, this yearÕs Domestic Violence Awarene...

Commentary Glick: Practicing What You Preach

Commentary, March, 22 2002 Ted Glick
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In four of my last five Future Hope columns I have written about the importance of independent, peace and justice electoral campaigns, particularly now as we face, in Dick CheneyÕs words, a war that Òmay never end, at least, not in our lifetimes.Ó...

Commentary Monbiot: Patent Nonsense

Commentary, March, 21 2002 George Monbiot
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The most surprising aspect of the steel war launched by the United States last week is that anyone is surprised. For all the talk of increasing freedom, the only certain and consistent trend in global trade rules over the past ten years has been t...

Commentary Gluckman: The Scapegoating of America’s Youth: Past and Present (Mis)Conceptions

Commentary, March, 20 2002 Ryn Gluckman
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In December 1995 John DiIulio, former head of Bush’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, published a series of apocalyptic reports predicting a new breed of violent juvenile delinquents, the “teenage superpredators.â&#...

Commentary Author: Remembering St. Patrick's Battalion on March 17

Commentary, March, 19 2002 Guest Author
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My mother's side of the family is Irish and, a million years ago, I attended St. Patrick's grammar school here in New York City. So, for me, St. Patrick's Day usually involved a corned beef and cabbage meal and a day off from school. (Today, I'm a...

Commentary Mondragon: The Colombian Elections: Some old, some new, and some uncertainties

Commentary, March, 18 2002 Hector Mondragon
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The abstention of more than half the citizenry; the vote for traditional parties of the extreme right; the continuing proportion in the legislature of 70% traditional bipartisan electoral barons, and the surprising growth of an alternative vote fo...

Commentary Herman: Axis Of Evil--in Washington, D.c.

Commentary, March, 18 2002 Edward Herman
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Coup d'etat president George W. Bush has designated three poor and unconnected states as an "axis of evil," reflecting this great moralist's sensitivity to good and evil. He has been subjected to a certain amount of criticism for this strong langu...

Commentary Bond: Zimbabwe's Rip-Off Poll

Commentary, March, 17 2002 Patrick Bond
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Report and analysis of the election in Zimbabwe.

Commentary Bronski: Unholy Influence: Sex Scandals and Political Power

Commentary, March, 16 2002 Michael Bronski
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It is not news that the Roman Catholic Church has a sex problem. It isn't easy promoting a pre-modern sexual morality in the postmodern world. On topics such as masturbation, birth control, oral sex, premarital sex, reproductive technologies, abor...

Commentary Pilger: Venezuela: Next Chile?

Commentary, March, 15 2002 John Pilger
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He has won two elections, and he has made a start on relieving poverty. So now the US wants to get rid of Venezuela's president

Commentary Rebick: Anti-Globalization | Anti-Fundamentalism

Commentary, March, 14 2002 Judy Rebick
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Last month, a caller to a Winnipeg CBC radio phone-in show where I was a guest berated me for not supporting United States President George Bush's attack on Afghanistan. "As a feminist," he said, "you must admit that, without the bombing, women wo...

Commentary Hutchinson: NAACP’s Confederate Flag Obsession

Commentary, March, 13 2002 Earl ofari Hutchinson
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Two years ago, the NAACP galvanized a horde of politicians, college and professional athletes, black frats and sororities, hip-hop, rock and movie stars to march, rally and boycott South Carolina for flying the Confederate flag over the state capi...

Commentary Russell: Using Them Up and Throwing Them Away

Commentary, March, 12 2002 Marta Russell
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Former Toyota engine fabrication assembly line worker Ella Williams just got the shaft from the Supreme Court and as a consequence so have tens of thousands of workers who will need but will no longer have the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...

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