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Commentary Marable: Why Diallo Had To Die

Commentary, May, 19 2000 Manning Marable
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For more than one year, the controversy surrounding the New York murder of Amadou Diallo has made headlines throughout the world. Most people have heard by now about the unarmed African immigrant who was fired on 41 times as he stood in the vestib...

Graphic Anderson: China trade punch-card

Graphic, May, 18 2000 Kirk Anderson
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china, trade, pntr, free trade, china trade, mfn, globalization

Graphic Deutsch: Is Too Much Thinking Bad for Grades?

Graphic, May, 18 2000 Barry Deutsch
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Nigeria, Shell, oil, guilt, divestment

Commentary Burchill: New Rules of Engagement

Commentary, May, 18 2000 Scott Burchill
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In the first weeks of September last year, 70% of all public buildings and private residences in East Timor were destroyed. At least 75% of the population of the territory was displaced, with over 260,000 people being driven across the border into...

Commentary Ali: London Defeats Tony Blair: The Consequences of Citizen Ken

Commentary, May, 17 2000 Tariq Ali
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In these times of political adversity for the left, Ken Livingstone's spectacular triumph against the culture and politics of New Labour marks an important turning point in English politics. Blair refused to accept Livingstone as the Labour candid...

Commentary Schechter: Rescuing The Children: Elián, AIDS, South Africa and Media

Commentary, May, 16 2000 Danny Schechter
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I can just hear some Hollywood exec wondering if it has "series potential" while watching the dramatic showdown in the latest episode of the Elián González tug-of-war. On April 22 federal agents in a long overdue and overdrawn response "rescued"...

Commentary Schechter: Rescuing The Children: Eli‡n, AIDS, South Africa and Media

Commentary, May, 16 2000 Danny Schechter
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I can just hear some Hollywood exec wondering if it has "series potential" while watching the dramatic showdown in the latest episode of the Eli‡n Gonz‡lez tug-of-war. On April 22 federal agents in a long overdue and overdrawn response "rescued" t...

Commentary Mokhiber: Sixteen Years for a Snickers Bar

Commentary, May, 15 2000 Russell Mokhiber
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Last month, a Texas jury recommended that Kenneth Payne, 29, spend 16 years in jail.Payne's crime? Stealing a Snickers bar from a Tyler, Texas grocery store on December 17, 1999. When Smith county Assistant District Attorney Jodi Brown was asked ...

Graphic Wagner: Corporate Media on Vietnam War

Graphic, May, 14 2000 Pete Wagner
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vietnam war coverage

Graphic Wagner: Vietnam War Hero

Graphic, May, 14 2000 Pete Wagner
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vietnam war, conscientious objector, militarism, history

Commentary Hightower: WHAT'S FOR DINNER?

Commentary, May, 14 2000 Jim Hightower
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Have you heard of the "Butterfly Effect?" Both a scientific concept and an ecological reality, its essence is that the flapping of a million butterfly wings in central Mexico can have consequences in New York City, Rome, or Hong Kong. The notion i...

Graphic Anderson: China PNTR

Graphic, May, 13 2000 Kirk Anderson
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china, trade, free trade, pntr, mfn, normal trade relations, most favored nation, foreign trade

Commentary Prashad: 'Just Say No to PepsiCo': So Say 101 Indian workers

Commentary, May, 13 2000 Vijay Prashad
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One hundred million people and sixty million cattle in India are in the midst of a crippling drought. The states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh have been hit with poor monsoon rain. According to the Union Minister...

Commentary Chomsky: Assaulting Solidarity -- Privatizing Education

Commentary, May, 12 2000 Noam Chomsky
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There has been a general assault in the last 25 years on solidarity, democracy, social welfare, anything that interferes with private power, and there are many targets. One of the targets is undoubtedly the educational system. In fact, a couple of...

Commentary Hoodbhoy: EQBAL AHMAD: POST-POKHARAN DAYS

Commentary, May, 11 2000 Pervez Hoodbhoy
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He fought for Kashmiri self-determination in 1948, against French imperialism in Algeria in the early 60's, roused students on American campuses in the early 70's against their government's immoral war in Vietnam, dodged arrest by the CIA in a cas...

Graphic Deutsch: The End of Racism?

Graphic, May, 10 2000 Barry Deutsch
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racism, statistical discrimination, race, white, whites, white people

Commentary Wise: "Seeing the System: Alan Greenspan, Unemployment, and the Validation of Radical Analysis

Commentary, May, 10 2000 Tim Wise
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"What's the difference between a radical and a liberal?" It is a question I'm regularly asked at lectures, usually by college students struggling with their own sense of the world, trying desperately to figure out where they stand on the seemingly...

Commentary Peters: Cure `em or Kill `em

Commentary, May, 09 2000 Cynthia Peters
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Disability rights activists have been waiting for Christopher Reeve to get over his ÒI-will-walk-againÓ thing. But itÕs been 5 years since the actor, best known for his role as ÒSuperman,Ó became a quadriplegic after a horse-riding accident, and h...

Commentary Landau: REPORT FROM SANTIAGO: DEJA VU

Commentary, May, 08 2000 Saul Landau
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History repeats itself, wrote Marx, first as tragedy and then again as farce. First time: Chile, November, 1970. In one photo, a helmeted officer just to the right of and behind Allende's car wears a bored, or maybe slightly pained, expression. Ge...

Graphic Anderson: Vieques

Graphic, May, 07 2000 Kirk Anderson
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vieques, puerto rico, navy, military

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