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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, ...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
Mokhiber: The Wartime Opportunists
Commentary, September, 24 2001
Russell Mokhiber
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Corporate interests and their proxies are looking to exploit the September 11 tragedy to advance a self-serving agenda that has nothing to do with national security and everything to do with corporate profits and dangerous ideologies.
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...
Author: The Theatre of Good and Evil
Commentary, September, 22 2001
Guest Author
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In the struggle of Good against Evil, it's always the people who get killed.
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...
Chomsky: Composite Interview 2
Commentary, September, 20 2001
Noam Chomsky
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1. How do you see the media coverage of this event? Is there a parallel to the Gulf War in "manufacturing consent?"
Albert: Five Reasons Not to Go to War
Commentary, September, 19 2001
Michael Albert
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In the wake of the horrific attacks of September 11, many people find their feelings of sadness and shock mixed with anger and calls for war. But war would be horribly wrong for at least five reasons.
Albert: Perceiving the Situation
Commentary, September, 18 2001
Michael Albert
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Beyond Bush and his ilk predictably trying to use calamity to propel their reactionary agendas on every front they can, from repressive legislation about eavesdropping, to military expansion, and even to tax policy -- it is certainly also true and...
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...
Dominick: The Greatest Argument Against War
Commentary, September, 16 2001
Brian Dominick
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On Wednesday, September 12, I was witness to the greatest argument against war the North American Left has ever had
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.
