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Brutus: US election debacle
Commentary, November, 16 2000
Dennis Brutus
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The world still anxiously awaits the outcome of elections in the United States. But really, will it matter to the way we conduct our business, in a world economy that still imposes misery and inequality in the course of corporate-dominated trade, ...
Deutsch: Facinating Like A Train Wreck
Graphic, November, 15 2000
Barry Deutsch
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election, presidential election, Bush, Gore, George W. Bush, Al Gore, Florida
Prashad: Betrayed Redemption in Chile
Commentary, November, 15 2000
Vijay Prashad
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On Friday, 10 November, the Santiago (Chile) Court of Appeals refused to grant parole to retired army General Torres Silva. A few hours later, Judge Sergio Munoz indicted a general on active duty, Hernan Ramirez for the same crime. Both these lead...
Anderson: Nader factor
Graphic, November, 14 2000
Kirk Anderson
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election, nader, gore
Monbiot: Reality Re-Asserts ItselfT
Commentary, November, 14 2000
George Monbiot
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Just as floods and tornadoes were laying waste to our homes, we earthlings watched the launch of an exciting new venture. Three cosmonauts were blasted into orbit, to pioneer the permanent inhabitation of space. Humanity is already making plans fo...
Anderson: Election relay
Graphic, November, 13 2000
Kirk Anderson
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election, gore, bush
Albert: Election Issues
Commentary, November, 13 2000
Michael Albert
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The election fiasco is an unexpected spur to progressive prospects. Lots of people are thinking hard about what good government is. This could yield positive political vision, not just a list of things we donÕt like.The coming assault on the Elec...
Raptis: Yugoslavia: The Birth of a U.S Client State
Commentary, November, 12 2000
Nikos Raptis
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"Client state: a country that is economically, politically, or militarily dependent on another country" (Webster's 10th). That was a rather polished definition by the political elite around 1918. In today's real world the expressions "vassal state...
Herman: NADER, OR DISENFRAN-
Commentary, November, 11 2000
Edward Herman
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It is well understood that this electoral system is sick for reason of the great importance of money. The two dominant parties are even recognized in the mainstream media to have two conventions: the nominal and heavily featured one where the publ...
Wise: No More Mister Fall Guy
Commentary, November, 09 2000
Tim Wise
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Well, the long knives are out. Media pundits, Democratic Party officials, and I would suspect Al Gore himself before long, have or will soon begin to do the predictable: search out a scapegoat for why the Presidential election turned out the way i...
Anderson: Half a mandate
Graphic, November, 08 2000
Kirk Anderson
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election, bush, gore
Deutsch: They'll Wake Up Any Decade Now
Graphic, November, 08 2000
Barry Deutsch
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election, Bush, Gore, George W. Bush, Al Gore, IRV, Instant Runoff Voting, Electoral College, presidential election
Reinhart: DON'T SAY YOU DIDN'T KNOW
Commentary, November, 08 2000
Tanya Reinhart
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As the media keeps us busy with reports on cease-fire, peace initiatives, and 'reduction of violence', Israeli crimes in the occupied territories continue undisturbed. To understand the extent of these daily crimes we should look at the injuries, ...
Group: Choice!
Graphic, November, 07 2000
Contagion Media Group
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election, Bush, Gore, media
Solomon: NEW DEMOCRATS: MAYBE THE JIG IS UPBy
Commentary, November, 07 2000
Norman Solomon
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The New Democrats may have outsmarted themselves. A couple of months ago, the current Democratic Party leadership seemed to be firmly in control. The succession was orderly. The party's new ticket of "moderates" -- Al Gore and Joseph Lieberman --...
Anderson: Election winners
Graphic, November, 06 2000
Kirk Anderson
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election, gore, bush, business, money in politics
Weisbrot: Still Hasn't Found What He's Looking For
Commentary, November, 06 2000
Mark Weisbrot
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Star power had boosted the movement to cancel the debt of the world's poorest countries, even if there is still little to show for its efforts. At the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Prague last month, the most interesting s...
Georgakas: Voting Without Illusion
Commentary, November, 06 2000
Dan Georgakas
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Every time there is a major election, some of my closest political friends decide not to vote. The most obvious reason they give, of course, is that there are no candidates worth voting for.
Mokhiber: Ford/Firestone: Homicide?
Commentary, November, 04 2000
Russell Mokhiber
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In 1998, in Corpus Christi, Texas, 17-year-old Matthew Hendricks was on his way to pick up his girlfriend. He was driving a Ford Explorer. The tread ripped off one of the Ford's Firestone's tires, causing him to lose control. He was thrown from th...
