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Cohn: The Legal Avenger
Znet Article, September, 28 2009
Marjorie Cohn
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On the legal front, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have few bigger enemies than Marjorie Cohn, a professor at San Diego's Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Cohn, president of the liberal National Lawyers Guild, is a leading voice demanding that memb...
Cook: Boycott Derails Jerusalem’s Transit System
Znet Article, September, 19 2009
Jonathan Cook
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Rail firm pays price for link to settlements...
Cook: Israel's Arab citizens call general strike
Znet Article, September, 09 2009
Jonathan Cook
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The increasingly harsh political climate in Israel under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government has prompted the leadership of the country's 1.3 million Arab citizens to call the first general strike in several years.
Weisbrot: IMF Gives $164 million to Coup Government in Honduras, Following Familiar Pattern
Znet Article, September, 03 2009
Mark Weisbrot
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The IMF is undergoing an unprecedented expansion of its access to resources, possibly reaching a trillion dollars. This week the European Union committed $175 billion, $67 billion more than even the $108 billion that Washington agreed to fork over...
Raina: For Aung San Suu Kyi
Znet Article, August, 15 2009
Badri Raina
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So, we ask, are the generals winning or losing Burma? Losing, we think.
Chatterji: Militarization with Impunity
Znet Article, August, 07 2009
Angana Chatterji
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The events in Shopian of May-July 2009 are contextualized within a continuum of past violences and violations by the Indian military and paramilitary, and reciprocal relations between heightened militarization and social and gendered violence in I...
Raina: Judge Not the Judge, or Thou Shalt Be Judged.
Znet Article, August, 07 2009
Badri Raina
Raina's ZSpace page
Now I say “god, let me be born a judge in a higher court in India.â€
Chatterji: Violent Gods
Znet Article, July, 30 2009
Angana Chatterji
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A Book Interview on Violent Gods: Hindu Nationalism in India's Present; Narratives from Orissa
Shalom: Question & Answer on the Iran Crisis
Znet Article, July, 07 2009
Stephen Shalom
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Right after the June 12 elections in Iran, the Campaign for Peace and Democracy issued a statement expressing our strong support for the masses of Iranians protesting electoral fraud and our horror at the ferocious response of the government. Our ...
Fletcher jr.: Meeting Agent Orange
Znet Article, July, 03 2009
Bill Fletcher jr.
Fletcher jr.'s ZSpace page
You mention “Agent Orange†and some people think that you are talking about a spy movie. For others, particularly those who know anything about the Vietnam War, they tend to think that it is something out of the distant past, perhaps an unfort...
Houtart: Proposal For A Universal Declaration On The Common Well-Being Of Humanity
Znet Article, June, 22 2009
Francois Houtart
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Confronted as we are by a financial crisis which is affecting the world economy and which combines with a food, energy and climate crisis that is leading to a social and humanitarian catastrophe, various reactions are being expressed.
Gibler: Indigenous Protest and State Violence in the Peruvian Amazon
Znet Article, June, 15 2009
John Gibler
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Before dawn on Friday, June 5, an estimated 650 Peruvian National Police and Special Forces officers attacked several thousand Awajun and Wambis indigenous people at their roadside blockade on the Fernando Belaunde Terry highway.
Podur: Uribe in Ottawa
Znet Article, June, 12 2009
Justin Podur
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So, Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe Velez came to Canada and spoke to Canadian politicians in order to try to resurrect the stalled CCFTA.
Barsamian: Human Rights in India and the Case of Binayak Sen
Znet Article, May, 20 2009
David Barsamian
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Satya Sivaraman is an independent journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist based in New Delhi. He is the author of “Asia Sees America and other Rants.â€
Goodman: Torturers Should Be Punished
Znet Article, April, 22 2009
Amy Goodman
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According to the American Civil Liberties Union, the OLC under Bush “became a facilitator for illegal government conduct, issuing dozens of memos meant to permit gross violations of domestic and international law.â€
Suggett: Human Rights and Police Reform in Venezuela: A Venezuelan Perspective
Znet Article, April, 17 2009
James Suggett
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Recent reports by Human Rights Watch and the U.S. State Department have put the issue of human rights in Venezuela under much international scrutiny. Seeking an experienced, nuanced, and Venezuelan perspective, Venezuelanalysis.com spoke with the ...
Roy: Binayak Sen
Znet Article, April, 08 2009
Arundhati Roy
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Press Statement by Arundhati Roy Issued at the Raipur Satyagraha for the Release of Dr Binayak Sen
Goodman: Supreme Court Denies Appeal for Death Row Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal
Znet Article, April, 07 2009
Amy Goodman
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The Supreme Court has denied an appeal from the journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal. On Monday, the court rejected without comment Abu-Jamal's bid to overturn his conviction for the 1981 killing of a white police officer following ...
Roy: The silence surrounding Sri Lanka
Znet Article, March, 31 2009
Arundhati Roy
Roy's ZSpace page
Given the government's stated objective of "wiping out" the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelan, this malevolent collapse of civilians and "terrorists" does seem to signal that the government is on the verge of committing what could end up being geno...
Podur: Two Leaps, Two Ironies, and a Joke
Znet Article, March, 09 2009
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Below are my annotations (notes in bold) to a memo written by Canadian Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff. Ignatieff's memo denounced a campus lecture series, Israeli Apartheid Week.
