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Lendman: Democracy in Mexico Part II
Znet Article, July, 11 2006
Stephen Lendman
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There's much happening in Mexico in the aftermath of the nation's most contentious election ever, but it began many months before the first vote was cast. The popularity of leftist opposition candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the Party of t...
Gibler: Mexican Elections Mired in Anomalies
Znet Article, July, 11 2006
John Gibler
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For five days following the July 2 presidential elections, Mexico was in the grip of anticipation as the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) labored to tally—or rig—the votes. On Thursday, July 6, the anticipation passed into a spli...
Achcar: Italian Antiwar MPs - A call for International Solidarity
Znet Article, July, 09 2006
Gilbert Achcar
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Italian Antiwar MPs - A call for International Solidarity
Edwards: A Superb Demolition Part 3
Znet Article, July, 01 2006
David Edwards
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A Superb Demolition Part 3
Christini: none
Znet Article, July, 01 2006
Tony Christini
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We hear a steady stream of progressives say that progressives need to "learn from the South" where they are having more success at social change -- Venezuela, in particular -- but much less frequently do we hear what exactly there is to learn; exc...
Hayden: Mexico's Presidential Front-Runner May Roil U.S. Conservatives
Znet Article, June, 28 2006
Tom Hayden
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Though the progressive media and bloggers are paying scant attention, a progressive populist is the front-runner in Mexico's July 2 election, a man who would demand a revision of NAFTA, add a powerful workers' voice to the roiling U.S. debate on i...
Raina: India, Nepal, and Left Praxis
Znet Article, June, 24 2006
Badri Raina
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In an earlier piece in the same space (“India and Nepalâ€, Znet, june 10) suggestions were made with respect to the implications of the Nepalese revolutionary upsurge for the idea of the theocratic State. That upsurge also has an...
Gibler: The Orphans of July Third
Znet Article, June, 24 2006
John Gibler
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I. When the Zapatistas launched the Other Campaign in San Cristobal de Las Casas on January 1, 2006—exactly twelve years after they took that city by force—they made clear that the stakes would be high. “We are putting e...
Podur: In whose interests are the "residents" rallies in Caledonia?
Znet Article, May, 23 2006
Justin Podur
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On May 22, 2006 - after holding a blockade of the Highway 6 at Caldeonia, Ontario (Canada) since February - the indigenous of Six Nations unblocked the highway. The dismantling of the blockade - initially erected by the indigenous to enforce their...
Reinhart: Road Map To Nowhere
Znet Article, May, 18 2006
Tanya Reinhart
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This is the final chapter of Road Map to Nowhere – ...
Podur: The May 15 Mobilizations in Colombia
Znet Article, May, 17 2006
Justin Podur
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Colombia's peasant, indigenous, and union organizations called for a major mobilization on May 15, 2006. With elections on May 28, 2006, the organizations sought to demonstrate their opposition to the Colombian regime's Free Trade Agreement with t...
Arnove: "Out Now"
Znet Article, May, 15 2006
Anthony Arnove
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The following chapter is excerpted from Anthony Arnove's new book Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal (The New Press), which features a foreword and afterword by Howard Zinn. To read more about the book and the End the War Tour, visit http://www.endth...
Olson: Commencement 2006
Znet Article, May, 15 2006
Gary Olson
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(Note: Each year, Moravian College's senior class selects a faculty member to give the Commencement address. The following remarks were offered on May 13, 2006). President Rokke, Pam Rokke, honored guests, faculty colleagues, friends, parents, ...
Hayden: Who Are You Calling An Immigrant?
Znet Article, May, 04 2006
Tom Hayden
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I wore the multicolored Aymaran flag of Bolivia to the May Day march in Los Angeles, the same day that Evo Morales, the first indigenous president of Bolivia, nationalized the oil and gas fields. It seemed right to recognize the reappearance of th...
Podur: Free Software and ZNet
Znet Article, May, 01 2006
Justin Podur
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For several months ZNet, an activist website, has been exploring the possibility of converting to free software and so joining the 'free software movement', a movement that advocates for certain fundamental freedoms for computer users. Both ZNet a...
Roy: A Fury Building Up Across India
Znet Article, April, 29 2006
Arundhati Roy
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In this interview, Arundhati Roy updates her essay on the Narmada issue, The Greater Common Good, published in 1999 in Frontline. It was conducted by Shoma Chaudhuri over a period of several days in person and on email. Chaudhuri: The media has ...
Gibler: No Choice for Migrants
Znet Article, April, 29 2006
John Gibler
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No Choice for Migrants
Chomsky: Afterword: Failed States
Znet Article, April, 26 2006
Noam Chomsky
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We began by considering four critical issues that should rank high on the agenda of those concerned with the prospects for a decent future. Two of them are literally matters of survival: nuclear war and environmental disaster. The first danger is ...
Podur: Six Nations Does Not Stand Alone
Znet Article, April, 24 2006
Justin Podur
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On Thursday April 20, Hazel Hill, one of the Six Nations Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) leaders on the blockade at the Douglas Creek Estates near Caledonia, told me about her beating at the hands of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) hours before. Early t...
Street: Iraq Is Not Vietnam
Znet Article, April, 22 2006
Paul Street
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Making historical analogies is often like eating a thin bowl of soup with a fork: you might catch something nutritious if you're lucky but much of the substance gets lost. The strong analogy that many commentators and authorities r...
