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Blum: American Empire For Dummies
Znet Article, October, 21 2002
William Blum
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Part One Go To Part Two Good evening, it's very nice to be here, especially since the bombs have not yet begun to fall; I mean in Iraq, not Boulder; Boulder comes after Iraq and Iran if you folks don't shape up and stop inviting people like me t...
Weisbrot: Venezuelan Democracy Under Siege
Znet Article, October, 18 2002
Mark Weisbrot
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Twelve years ago a populist priest named Jean-Bertrand Aristide became President of Haiti, in the country's first democratic elections. A businessman summed up the attitude of Haiti's small but stubborn elite: "Everybody who is anybody is against ...
Prashad: ZNet Interviews Vijay Prashad about
Znet Article, October, 18 2002
Vijay Prashad
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1) What is Fat Cats and Running Dogs about? By now we have all read enormous amounts about the shenanigans of Enron, the excesses of the CEO class and the waste that is capitalism. But this rendition of the story fails to address at least two ele...
Monbiot: The Rich World's Veto
Znet Article, October, 17 2002
George Monbiot
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There was no announcement, no press release, not even an off-the record briefing. But last week the government revealed that it was proposing to rule out forever the re-nationalisation of the railways. If you missed this, you're in good company: s...
Albert: Interviewing Michael Albert
Znet Article, October, 14 2002
Michael Albert
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Michael Albert is interviewed for The Bookpress by Satya Mohanty and Lourdes Beneria, professors at Cornell and members of the Cornell Forum for Justice and Peace. Albert will visit Ithaca November 22nd and 23rd to participate in the Ithaca ...
Chien: Iraq: Is It About Oil?
Znet Article, October, 13 2002
A.j Chien
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Institute for Health and Social Justice Those who question the stated motives of the US administration for threatening war against Iraq - to strike at dictatorship, or to eradicate its alleged weapons of mass destruction - have good reason for sk...
Bricmont: Just Say No-to Imperialism
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Jean Bricmont
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Neither Iraqi concessions nor objections from leaders of traditionally friendly countries seem able to deter the United States government from its determination to take to the warpath against Iraq to impose "regime change". This unprecedented defi...
Bullard: Before they killed us with guns, now they kill us with hunger
Znet Article, October, 08 2002
Nicola Bullard
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Past and present were never far away from each other at the Argentina Social Forum and sometimes they collided in such incandescent moments of poignancy and hope that anything seemed possible: even the revolution itself. This is my attempt to desc...
Klein: Don' Fence Us In
Znet Article, October, 06 2002
Naomi Klein
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A few months ago, while riffling through my clippings searching for a lost statistic, I noticed a recurring theme: the fence. The image came up again and again: barriers separating people from previously public resources, locking them away from mu...
Engler: From The Quarantine Against Greed
Znet Article, October, 01 2002
Mark Engler
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I. Even without our protests telling them so, it must be obvious to the finance ministers who attend the annual meetings of the IMF/World Bank that their institutions are sick. Those inside the Washington, D.C., headquarters can't feel so healthy...
Roy: Come September
Znet Article, September, 29 2002
Arundhati Roy
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Howard Zinn: Well, thank you. [Applause]. This is a very nice crowd. [Laughter] Thank you Patrick Lannan for that introduction. I almost recognized myself. [Laughter] I'm here to introduce Arundhati Roy. I say this in hushed tones. Really, I never...
Parrish: A Moment Of Deep Hope
Znet Article, September, 21 2002
Geov Parrish
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Recently I had the tremendous honor, and pleasure, of sitting down for a conversation with one of the true heroes of global efforts to create a more equitable and sustainable world. Indian physicist Vandana Shiva is one of the most renowned and re...
Galeano: SOS
Znet Article, September, 17 2002
Eduardo Galeano
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[translated by Francisco Gonzalez] Who gets the water? The monkey with the stick does. The unarmed monkey dies of thirst. This prehistory lesson opens the film "2001: A Space Odyssey". Now, for the 2003 odyssey, President Bush announces a militar...
Lemoine: Venezuela's Press Power
Znet Article, September, 11 2002
Maurice Lemoine
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"We had a deadly weapon: the media. And now that I have the opportunity, let me congratulate you." In Caracas, on 11 April 2002, just a few hours before the temporary overthrow of Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez, Vice-Admiral Victor RamÃrez P...
Harnecker: Rebick Interviews Marta Harnecker
Znet Article, September, 10 2002
Marta Harnecker
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Last April, a failed military coup took place in Venezuela. The news coverage was confusing. First there was a coup, and, then, Venezuela’s populist president, Hugo Chávez, was back in power. To find out what really happened rabbleâ€...
Roughneen: Office Of Global Communications: A New Departure Or More Of The Same?
Znet Article, September, 07 2002
Simon Roughneen
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After September 11, the Bush administration posed the question, "Why do they hate us?" The answer to this is elusive, the permutations vary in tenor and make-up as one moves along the political spectrum from left to right, or along the geo-econo...
Edwards: "Just One Of Those Things"
Znet Article, September, 05 2002
David Edwards
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A rule of thumb for the mainstream media is that the reporting of ideas that are damaging to powerful interests will tend to begin and end at 'square one' - investigation and discussion rarely proceed beyond the superficial. The more influential t...
Edwards: "Just One Of Those Things"
Znet Article, September, 04 2002
David Edwards
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A rule of thumb for the mainstream media is that the reporting of ideas that are damaging to powerful interests will tend to begin and end at 'square one' - investigation and discussion rarely proceed beyond the superficial. The more influential t...
Edwards: "Just One Of Those Things"
Znet Article, September, 04 2002
David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page
A rule of thumb for the mainstream media is that the reporting of ideas that are damaging to powerful interests will tend to begin and end at 'square one' - investigation and discussion rarely proceed beyond the superficial. The more influential t...
Adamovsky: Argentina's Social Movement Goes Global
Znet Article, September, 03 2002
Ezequiel Adamovsky
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The first thematic meeting of the World Social Forum in Argentina was held from the 22nd to the 25th of August in Buenos Aires, to discuss the theme of “The Crisis of Neo-Liberalism in Argentina and the Challenges for the Global Move...
