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Podur: A Way Out for Colombia
Zmag Article, September, 01 2001
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
A Way Out for Colombia
Author: IMF'S FOUR STEPS TO DAMNATION
Commentary, August, 24 2001
Guest Author
Author's ZSpace page
It was like a scene out of Le Carré: the brilliant agent comes in from the cold and, in hours of debriefing, empties his memory of horrors committed in the name of an ideology gone rotten.
Bond: Blue Planet targets PRIVATE commodification of world's water
Commentary, July, 28 2001
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
The July 5-8 "Blue Planet" conference in Vancouver opened with a call by Maude Barlow to promote "a global water revolution. This is the first of many international civil society meetings to take back control of our water." The host Council of Can...
Podur: Fumigation and worse in Colombia
Commentary, July, 27 2001
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
"Who in the US benefits from fumigating Colombians?" the man asked me pointedly in the crowded community hall. The community was in a paramilitary-controlled part of Putumayo. Putumayo is a southern department of Colombia where the guerrilla insur...
Solomon: DANCING - OR YAWNING - ON THE GRAVE OF CARLO GIULIANI
Commentary, July, 27 2001
Norman Solomon
Solomon's ZSpace page
After a police officer shot Carlo Giuliani in the head, Time magazine published a requiem of sorts -- explaining that the 23-year-old Italian protester pretty much got what he deserved.
Pilger: Trivial and Serious Violence
Commentary, July, 14 2001
John Pilger
Pilger's ZSpace page
The young people who have had the courage to take to the streets on every continent, and were among the 20,000 protesters at Gothenburg (June 25), should take satisfaction from the panic of new right politicians like Blair and Berlusconi. Abuse an...
Schwartz: Resistance in Peru
Zmag Article, June, 01 2001
Eric Schwartz
Schwartz's ZSpace page
Resistance in Peru
Bond: Ghana's hydro-class struggles
Commentary, May, 23 2001
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
ACCRA -- Notwithstanding the horrific soccer stadium disaster in which at least 165 people were killed in a police-incited stampede on May 9, the past week offered signs of genuine hope in Ghana.
Gonsalves: Results we are after
Commentary, May, 16 2001
Sean Gonsalves
Gonsalves's ZSpace page
When that U.S. spy plane was snooping around the coast of China, crashed into a Chinese military plane, killing its pilot, the "liberal" media swung into action and gave us constant coverage of the international incident.
Naini: Profits Over People: The FTAA’s Negative Impacts on the People of the Western Hemisphere
Commentary, April, 29 2001
Ali Naini
Recently, the leaders of thirty-four nations in the Americas, representing every country except Cuba, gathered to discuss the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), a proposed trade agreement encompassing 800 million people and eleven trillion do...
Naiman: Debt Cancellation, Not Corporate Trade Deals, Would Help the Poor
Commentary, April, 28 2001
Robert Naiman
Naiman's ZSpace page
The verbal flubs of President Bush in Quebec City were widely reported to the amusement of the educated. He referred to the language of Mexico (Spanish) as "Mexican" and called the Canadian leader "amigo" (rather than using the French "ami.")
Jenkins: Letter from Santiago
Zmag Article, March, 01 2001
Alan Jenkins
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Letter from Santiago
Jenkins: Letter from Santiago
Zmag Article, March, 01 2001
Alan Jenkins
Jenkins's ZSpace page
Letter from Santiago
Hahnel: Imperialism, Human Rights, and Protectionism
Zmag Article, February, 01 2001
Robin Hahnel
Hahnel's ZSpace page
Recently I was asked to answer some questions about tactical choices facing the movement against corporate sponsored globalization. Unfortunately, people and groups inside the movement differ in their answers to these questions, and those di...
Zarate-laun: Introduction To Putumayo
Zmag Article, February, 01 2001
Cecilia Zarate-laun
Zarate-laun's ZSpace page
Introduction To Putumayo
Author: CONNECTIONS OF CANF'S TREASURER
Commentary, December, 15 2000
Guest Author
Author's ZSpace page
The Cuban American National Foundation is well-represented on the GOP's list of presidential electors from Florida by CANF's treasurer, Feliciano M. Foyo, who happens to be a good friend of Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Foyo has another friend named...
Ellner: Venezuela's Foreign Policy
Zmag Article, November, 01 2000
Steve Ellner
Ellner's ZSpace page
Venezuela's Foreign Policy
Bond: The African grassroots and the global movement
Commentary, October, 19 2000
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
In a ZNet commentary last month, Noam Chomsky observed South-South-North alliances "taking shape at the grassroots level--an impressive development, rich in opportunity and promise, and surely causing no little concern in high places." I want to f...
Marquez: The Enigma of Chavez
Znet Article, October, 04 2000
Gabriel garcia Marquez
Marquez's ZSpace page
[Translated by Mark McHarry] On December 6, 1998, Hugo Chávez won the presidency of Venezuela, his sixth consecutive election victory. Who really is this man who has awakened as many hopes as fears? With his characteristic style, the author of On...
Landau: Pinochet naked -- at last!
Commentary, September, 09 2000
Saul Landau
Landau's ZSpace page
Picture Homer Simpson's boss, naked, a scrawny figure bent with age, covering his genitals with his general's hat. The caption: "You've stripped me, but don't take my hat!" Augusto Pinochet, former President, Generalissimo, King of the world, now ...
