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Zirin: Edge of Sports
Znet Article, July, 17 2005
Dave Zirin
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In High School, I was a 5' 10" inch center for the fearsome Friends Seminary Quakers in New York City. It wasn't pretty, but I lived for it and didn't care if the opposing center could spit on my head. I just loved sports. My walls were shrines to...
Pilger: From Iraq To The G8
Znet Article, July, 07 2005
John Pilger
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Over the past two weeks, the contrast between two related "global" events has been salutary. The first was the World Tribunal on Iraq held in Istanbul; the second the G8 meeting in Scotland and the Make Poverty History campaign. Reading the papers...
Monbiot: Africa's New Best Friends
Znet Article, July, 07 2005
George Monbiot
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I began to realise how much trouble we were in when Hilary Benn, the secretary of state for international development, announced that he would be joining the Make Poverty History march on Saturday. What would he be chanting, I wondered? "Down with...
Herman: The Politics of the Srebrenica Massacre*
Znet Article, July, 07 2005
Edward Herman
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"Srebrenica" has become the symbol of evil, and specifically Serb evil. It is commonly described as "a horror without parallel in the history of Europe since the Second World War" in which there was a cold-blooded execution "of at least 8,000 Musl...
Engler: Haiti and Media
Znet Article, June, 05 2005
Yves Engler
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Extra, extra, read all about it ... but only in ZNet. Here are just a few of the recent non- or under-reported stories involving Canada and Haiti. Did you read in your local paper that in mid-May, 250 people braved a rainy Sunday morning in downt...
Shalom: The Anti-War Movement and Iraq
Znet Article, May, 24 2005
Stephen1 Shalom
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Palast: Ecuadors' Debt
Znet Article, May, 16 2005
Greg Palast
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George Bush has someone new to hate. Only twenty-four hours after Ecuador's new president took his oath of office, he was hit by a diplomatic cruise missile fired all the way from Lithuania by Condoleezza Rice, then wandering about Eastern Europe ...
Solomon: News Media and "the Madness of Militarism"
Znet Article, May, 16 2005
Norman Solomon
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Media activism has achieved a lot. But I don't believe there's anything to be satisfied with -- considering the present-day realities of corporate media and the warfare state. War has become a constant of U.S. foreign policy, and media flackery f...
Morduchowicz: Manufacturing militants.
Znet Article, May, 08 2005
Daniel Morduchowicz
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The occupied factory movement in Argentina sprung out of the economic disaster that befell the country during the last decade - brought about by years of neoliberal policies and strict adherence to the dictates of the International financial insti...
Solomon: Nuclear Fundamentalism and the Iran Story
Znet Article, May, 05 2005
Norman Solomon
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Years from now, when historians look back at agenda-building for a missile attack on Iran, they should closely examine a story that took up the USA's most coveted space for media spin -- the upper right corner of the New York Times front page -- o...
Engelhardt: Iraq 'Uptick,' Superpower Downtick?
Znet Article, April, 25 2005
Tom Engelhardt
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Iraq 'Uptick,' Superpower Downtick?
Hahnel: Winnowing Wheat From Chaff
Znet Article, March, 26 2005
Robin Hahnel
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For the Political Economy Seminar at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst on March 8, 2005 Social Democracy: Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due I mean it as a great compliment when I say that capitalism functions poorly indeed without soc...
Bello: Iraq, the U.S., and the Challenges to the Global Peace Movement
Znet Article, March, 20 2005
Walden Bello
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Speech delivered in Vancouver, Canada, at an event sponsored by StopWar.ca, March 18, 2005, held on the occasion of the March 19-20 Global Protest against the War in Iraq. Over the next few days, millions of people throughout the world, from V...
Solomon: Why Iraq Withdrawal Makes Sense
Znet Article, March, 17 2005
Norman Solomon
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President Bush just told reporters that he has no intention of setting any timetable for withdrawal. "Our troops will come home when Iraq is capable of defending herself," he said. Powerful pundits keep telling us that a swift pullout of U.S. troo...
Mate: In the shadow of Aristide
Znet Article, March, 09 2005
Aaron Mate
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The one-year anniversary of the overthrow of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was marked by events all too familiar to the poorest nation in the hemisphere, events that should give Canadians pause to reflect on our role in its ongoing trag...
Achcar: WHITHER IRAQ?
Znet Article, February, 25 2005
Gilbert Achcar
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WHITHER IRAQ?
Barsamian: Media Censorship
Znet Article, February, 24 2005
David Barsamian
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Media Censorship
Churchill: What Did I Really Say? And Why Did I Say It?
Znet Article, February, 22 2005
Ward Churchill
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Thanks to Clarke Iakovakis for the transcription. Emma Perez: I'm Emma Perez; I'm the new chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies [applause]. I'm very proud to be the chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies; I'm very proud of my colleagues; I...
Ngwane: 10 Reasons Why The WSF 2007 Should Not Come To South Africa
Znet Article, February, 08 2005
Trevor Ngwane
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10 Reasons Why The WSF 2007 Should Not Come To South Africa
Achcar: Reply to Alex Callinicos
Znet Article, January, 19 2005
Gilbert Achcar
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Reply to Alex Callinicos
