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Klein: Freedom Fires
Znet Article, April, 05 2004
Naomi Klein
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I heard the sound of freedom in Baghdad's Firdos Square, the famous plaza where the statue of Saddam Hussein was toppled one year ago. It sounds like machine gun fire. On Sunday, Iraqi soldiers, trained and controlled by Coalition forces, opened ...
Klein: Let's Make Enemies
Znet Article, April, 03 2004
Naomi Klein
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Do you have any rooms?" we ask the hotelier. She looks us over, dwelling on my travel partner's bald, white head. "No," she replies. We try not to notice that there are sixty room keys in pigeonholes behind her desk--the place is empty. "W...
Klein: Iraq Under The U.s. Thumb
Znet Article, March, 25 2004
Naomi Klein
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Baghdad -- In London, they unfurled a protest sign on Big Ben; in Rome a million demonstrators filled the streets. Here in Iraq, there were no such spectacular markings of the one-year anniversary of the invasion -- a sign, the BBC speculated, tha...
Klein: The Year of the Fake
Znet Article, March, 20 2004
Naomi Klein
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The Year of the Fake
Klein: Feel Guilt. Then Move On
Znet Article, February, 20 2004
Naomi Klein
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It was Mary Vargas, a 44-year-old engineer in Renton, Washington, who carried US therapy culture to its new zenith. Explaining why the war in Iraq was no longer her top election issue, she told Salon, the online magazine, that "when they didn't fi...
Klein: Appointocracy
Znet Article, January, 23 2004
Naomi Klein
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'The people of Iraq are free," declared U.S. President George W. Bush in Tuesday's State of the Union address. The day before, 100,000 Iraqis begged to differ. They took to the streets of Baghdad shouting "Yes, yes to elections. No, no to selectio...
Klein: Not Neo-con, Just Plain Greed
Znet Article, December, 21 2003
Naomi Klein
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Contrary to all predictions, the heavy doors of Old Europe weren't slammed in James Baker's face as he asked forgiveness for Iraq's foreign debt. France and Germany appear to have signed on, and Russia is softening its line. Just last week, there...
Klein: The War on Dissent
Znet Article, November, 25 2003
Naomi Klein
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In December, 1990, U.S. President George Bush Sr. travelled through South America to sell the continent on a bold new dream: "a free-trade system that links all of the Americas." Addressing the Argentine congress, he said that the plan, later to b...
Klein: Iraq Is Not America's To Sell
Znet Article, November, 07 2003
Naomi Klein
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Bring Halliburton home. Cancel the contracts. Ditch the deals. Rip up the rules. Those are just a few of the suggestions for slogans that could help unify the growing movement against the occupation of Iraq. So far, activist debates have focused o...
Klein: Free Trade Is War
Znet Article, September, 13 2003
Naomi Klein
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Free Trade Is War
Klein: Stark Message Of The Mutiny
Znet Article, August, 16 2003
Naomi Klein
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What does it take to become a major news ...
Klein: An Olympic Land Grab
Znet Article, July, 23 2003
Naomi Klein
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In sport, as in life, "security" trumps peace. That's what happened when the International Olympic Committee chose Vancouver, Canada, over PyeongChang, South Korea, for the 2010 Winter Games. PyeongChang pitched itself as the peace candidate: w...
Klein: Bomb Before You Buy
Znet Article, July, 15 2003
Naomi Klein
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The military occupation of Iraq has not gone according to the plan made in Washington long before the war was launched against Saddam Hussein's government. Since President Bush declared major hostilities over in Iraq on May 1, more than 30 U.S. an...
Klein: Bush to NGOs: Watch your mouths
Znet Article, June, 24 2003
Naomi Klein
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The Bush administration has found its next target for pre-emptive war, but it's not Iran, Syria or North Korea -- not yet, anyway. Before launching any new foreign adventures, the Bush gang has some homeland housekeeping to take care of: It is go...
Klein: An American Hero?
Commentary, May, 23 2003
Naomi Klein
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Jessica Lynch and Rachel Corrie could have passed for sisters. Two all-American blondes, two destinies forever changed in a Middle East war zone. Private Jessica Lynch, the soldier, was born in Palestine, West Virginia. Rachel Corrie, the activist...
Klein: Elections vs. Democracy in Argentina
Znet Article, May, 14 2003
Naomi Klein
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In most of the world, it's the sign for peace, but here in Argentina it means war. The index and middle finger, held to form a V, means to his followers, Menem vuelve, Menem will return. Carlos Menem, poster boy of Latin American neoliberalism, pr...
Klein: Snapshot Of A Nation
Znet Article, April, 29 2003
Naomi Klein
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In 1812, bands of British weavers and knitters raided textile mills and smashed industrial machines with their hammers. According to the Luddites, the new mechanised looms had eliminated thousands of jobs and broken communities and deserved to be ...
Klein: Argentina's Luddite Rulers
Znet Article, April, 24 2003
Naomi Klein
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In 1812, bands of British weavers and knitters raided textile mills and smashed industrial machines with their hammers. According to the Luddites, the new mechanized looms had eliminated thousands of jobs, broken communities and deserved to be des...
Klein: Rebuilding Iraq?
Znet Article, April, 13 2003
Naomi Klein
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On April 6, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz spelled it out: There will be no role for the United Nations in setting up an interim government in Iraq. The US-run regime will last at least six months, "probably...longer than that."And by the...
Klein: Evicting Indymedia Argentina?
Znet Article, March, 27 2003
Naomi Klein
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When Argentina exploded in a popular uprising on December 19 and 20th 2001, overthrowing four presidents in two weeks, the mainstream international press reported on the news as the 'collapse' of a country. Frustrated, I went to Indymedia Argentin...
