Zcom_simple

Back Search Results - New Search

Znet Article Ali: WSF in Pakistan

Znet Article, April, 01 2006 Tariq Ali
Ali's ZSpace page

While we were opening the World Social Forum in Karachi last weekend with virtuoso performances of sufi music and speeches, the country's rulers were marking the centenary of the Muslim League [the party that created Pakistan and has ever since be...

Znet Article Edwards: The Media And The Death Of Slobodan Milosevic

Znet Article, March, 20 2006 David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page

"If we don't know history, then we are ready meat for carnivorous politicians and the intellectuals and journalists who supply the carving knives. But if we know some history, if we know how many times presidents have lied to us, we will not be fo...

Znet Article Arnove: The Logic of Withdrawal

Znet Article, March, 20 2006 Anthony Arnove
Arnove's ZSpace page

We find ourselves in a remarkable situation today. Despite a massive propaganda campaign in support of the occupation of Iraq, a clear majority of people in the United States now believes the invasion was not worth the consequences and should neve...

Znet Article Fisk: The Farcical End Of The American Dream

Znet Article, March, 19 2006 Robert Fisk
Fisk's ZSpace page

It is a bright winter morning and I am sipping my first coffee of the day in Los Angeles. My eye moves like a radar beam over the front page of the Los Angeles Times for the word that dominates the minds of all Middle East correspondents: Iraq. In...

Znet Article Halimi: The America Not Made For You And Me

Znet Article, March, 15 2006 Serge Halimi
Halimi's ZSpace page

Robert Greenwald's documentary, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (1), opens in a huge room packed with shareholders attending the company's annual meeting. They greet the CEO, H Lee Scott, with an ovation as he takes the podium. He tells them...

Znet Article Herman: Uncle Chutzpah and His Willing Executioners on the Dire Iran Threat: With Twelve Principles of War Propaganda in Ongoing Service

Znet Article, March, 15 2006 Edward Herman
Herman's ZSpace page

Back at the time of a major Bush-1 "drug war" in 1989, Hodding Carter pointed out that with increasing attention to the newly declared "crisis" by the administration and media, the public's estimate of the importance of the drug problem rose spect...

Znet Article Bello: Military Radicalism in Venezuela: How Relevant for Other Developing Countries?

Znet Article, March, 15 2006 Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page

“An Army of the People” That something interesting and unusual is taking place in Venezuela first really struck me when, in response to a sarcastic comment about an anti-war meeting of the 2006 World Social Forum taking place in a...

Znet Article Chomsky: The Long View

Znet Article, March, 08 2006 Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page

Staunton: First of all, I wanted to clear something up. I understand that some remarks you made about Bertie Ahern and "shoe shining" may have been reported inaccurately.Chomsky: The Press Association story on December 26th said that on his way to...

Znet Article Lendman: Closing Haiti's Open Veins

Znet Article, March, 04 2006 Stephen Lendman
Lendman's ZSpace page

On February 7, 2006 (and with due homage to the great Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano) the people of Haiti were not to be denied. Few people anywhere have endured more oppression and human misery or for a longer period of time (with all too few p...

Znet Article Gibler: Notes from the Other Oaxaca

Znet Article, February, 28 2006 John Gibler
Gibler's ZSpace page

Walking across the central plaza in Oaxaca City time slows down. Stepping into the expanse of cobblestone walkways that weave through trees and flower beds, surrounded by old colonial government buildings and sidewalk cafes, one feels one's hurry ...

Znet Article Chomsky: Korea and International Affairs

Znet Article, February, 22 2006 Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page

SUN WOO LEE: How is your health? NOAM CHOMSKY: I am fine, as you can see. SUN WOO LEE: Is there any recent issue of interest related to Korea which you have been following? NOAM CHOMSKY: Korea is playing a very significant role in world affa...

Znet Article Gordon: The Unholy Alliance Strikes Back

Znet Article, February, 20 2006 Neve Gordon
Gordon's ZSpace page

It was a beautiful winter day. I was among approximately 80 Israeli activists who set out to plant trees in the South Hebron region, home to hundreds of Palestinian cave-dwellers. The desert air was chilly, the land moist after the rains, and the ...

Znet Article Podur: A Dishonest Case for a Coup

Znet Article, February, 16 2006 Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page

I was convinced, reluctantly, into replying to Deibert.

Znet Article Podur: Kofi Annan's Haiti

Znet Article, February, 10 2006 Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page

In the vast corrugated-iron shanty town of Cité Soleil, home to quarter of a million people, all the schools are shut down and the one hospital closed. White armoured UN personnel carriers patrol the perimeter, half a dozen blue-helmeted heads po...

Znet Article Gordon: Why Hamas Won and What it Means

Znet Article, February, 07 2006 Neve Gordon
Gordon's ZSpace page

 Although it is still unclear what the future holds for Israelis and Palestinians, a few things can be said about the processes that enabled Hamas to win a landslide victory in the January 25 democratic elections and how the organization’s...

Znet Article Gibler: The Politics of Listening

Znet Article, February, 05 2006 John Gibler
Gibler's ZSpace page

In the city of Campeche, under the slow-turning ceiling fans of a converted carport behind a pastry shop, 66-year old Emiliano Centurron picked up a microphone for the first time. He stood between a crowd of 200 people packed under the shade, fann...

Znet Article Edwards: Paved With Good Intentions - 1

Znet Article, January, 27 2006 David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page

On the rare occasions when the issue of civilian casualties is discussed in the mainstream media three words are invariably mentioned: Iraq Body Count (IBC). IBC describes itself as a project which maintains "the world's only independent and com...

Znet Article Bello: Humanitarian Intervention

Znet Article, January, 25 2006 Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page

(Revised version of a speech delivered at the Conference on Globalization, War, and Intervention sponsored by the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, German Chapter, Frankfurt, Germany, January 14-15, 2006.) As war clouds ...

Znet Article Chomsky: Irish Times Interview

Znet Article, January, 24 2006 Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page

Q First of all, I wanted to clear something up. I understand that some remarks you made about Bertie Ahern and “shoe shining ” may have been reported inaccurately. A The Press Association story on December 26th said that on his wa...

Znet Article Chomsky: Chomsky: 'There Is No War On Terror'

Znet Article, January, 16 2006 Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page

Geov Parrish: Is George Bush in political trouble? And if so, why? Noam Chomsky: George Bush would be in severe political trouble if there were an opposition political party in the country. Just about every day, they're shooting themselves in the...

Loading_border