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Author: Women in Gaza
Commentary, November, 26 2000
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It wouldn't be fair to repeat the argument which accuses the women's movement of being the sole paralyzed social movement in the current circumstances. If this is a correct observation, it pinpoints the crisis of all social movements in Palestine,...
Peters: Children's Museums A Rant
Commentary, November, 25 2000
Cynthia Peters
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Question: What do you get when you cross "generous funding" from bloated financial institutions with a culture that picks on parents? Answer: Children's Museums.
Glass: Ramallah, West Bank
Commentary, November, 24 2000
Charles Glass
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Most afternoons, the boys head from their schools down to the edge of town where Israeli tanks and soldiers are standing by to watch unarmed children wage war. A wide road heads from the center of Ramallah downhill towards a hotel, the City Inn, w...
Dowd: WHAT DO WE WANT? AND WHO ARE "WE"?
Commentary, November, 23 2000
Douglas Dowd
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Alongside and arising from "Seattle" and subsequent protests are questions such as the above -- by those participating in and supporting, and those against the protests. Those and related questions have always deserved serious answers; now more t...
Herman: LIBERAL APOLOGETICS FOR IMPERIALISM
Commentary, November, 21 2000
Edward Herman
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Edward S. HermanThe American Prospect (TAP) magazine, edited by Robert Kuttner and Paul Starr, with Robert Reich as "National Editor," is a liberal magazine par excellence, and has frequent articles on domestic policy issues that represent the bes...
Mchombo: FREE ENTERPRISE, PRIVATIZATION, CORRUPTION, ALL THAT
Commentary, November, 21 2000
Sam Mchombo
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On October 29, the people of the East African nation of Tanzania went to the polls to elect a new government. The elections returned the incumbent, Benjamin Mkapa, of the ruling party of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) to a second term in office. The el...
Sommers: Report from Kiev
Commentary, November, 20 2000
Jeffrey Sommers
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I am in Kiev as the pampered guest of a Baltic offshore company which helps CIS nations avoid taxation by incorporating in the Channel Islands, Cyprus, the Cayman Islands, or even the USÕs own outlaw banking state of Delaware. Granted, many of the...
Author: Viral Roulette: Malaria, Blood, and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Commentary, November, 19 2000
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In a speech in Abuja, Nigeria on August 27th President Clinton came very close to identifying a taboo subject - the medical transmission of HIV. Mr. Clinton noted that both AIDS and malaria are increasing in Nigeria, but his staff failed to advise...
Author: No matter who wins, the president will be a bastard
Commentary, November, 18 2000
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Terry J. Allen The campaign was a minuet performed by robots; the post_election period is a bacchanal. What a relief. It's just too bad one of these mediocre men has to win. But the good news is that the victor will be perceived by much of the po...
Brutus: US election debacle
Commentary, November, 16 2000
Dennis Brutus
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The world still anxiously awaits the outcome of elections in the United States. But really, will it matter to the way we conduct our business, in a world economy that still imposes misery and inequality in the course of corporate-dominated trade, ...
Prashad: Betrayed Redemption in Chile
Commentary, November, 15 2000
Vijay Prashad
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On Friday, 10 November, the Santiago (Chile) Court of Appeals refused to grant parole to retired army General Torres Silva. A few hours later, Judge Sergio Munoz indicted a general on active duty, Hernan Ramirez for the same crime. Both these lead...
Monbiot: Reality Re-Asserts ItselfT
Commentary, November, 14 2000
George Monbiot
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Just as floods and tornadoes were laying waste to our homes, we earthlings watched the launch of an exciting new venture. Three cosmonauts were blasted into orbit, to pioneer the permanent inhabitation of space. Humanity is already making plans fo...
Albert: Election Issues
Commentary, November, 13 2000
Michael Albert
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The election fiasco is an unexpected spur to progressive prospects. Lots of people are thinking hard about what good government is. This could yield positive political vision, not just a list of things we donÕt like.The coming assault on the Elec...
Raptis: Yugoslavia: The Birth of a U.S Client State
Commentary, November, 12 2000
Nikos Raptis
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"Client state: a country that is economically, politically, or militarily dependent on another country" (Webster's 10th). That was a rather polished definition by the political elite around 1918. In today's real world the expressions "vassal state...
Herman: NADER, OR DISENFRAN-
Commentary, November, 11 2000
Edward Herman
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It is well understood that this electoral system is sick for reason of the great importance of money. The two dominant parties are even recognized in the mainstream media to have two conventions: the nominal and heavily featured one where the publ...
Wise: No More Mister Fall Guy
Commentary, November, 09 2000
Tim Wise
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Well, the long knives are out. Media pundits, Democratic Party officials, and I would suspect Al Gore himself before long, have or will soon begin to do the predictable: search out a scapegoat for why the Presidential election turned out the way i...
Reinhart: DON'T SAY YOU DIDN'T KNOW
Commentary, November, 08 2000
Tanya Reinhart
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As the media keeps us busy with reports on cease-fire, peace initiatives, and 'reduction of violence', Israeli crimes in the occupied territories continue undisturbed. To understand the extent of these daily crimes we should look at the injuries, ...
Solomon: NEW DEMOCRATS: MAYBE THE JIG IS UPBy
Commentary, November, 07 2000
Norman Solomon
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The New Democrats may have outsmarted themselves. A couple of months ago, the current Democratic Party leadership seemed to be firmly in control. The succession was orderly. The party's new ticket of "moderates" -- Al Gore and Joseph Lieberman --...
Weisbrot: Still Hasn't Found What He's Looking For
Commentary, November, 06 2000
Mark Weisbrot
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Star power had boosted the movement to cancel the debt of the world's poorest countries, even if there is still little to show for its efforts. At the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Prague last month, the most interesting s...
Georgakas: Voting Without Illusion
Commentary, November, 06 2000
Dan Georgakas
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Every time there is a major election, some of my closest political friends decide not to vote. The most obvious reason they give, of course, is that there are no candidates worth voting for.
