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Kagarlitsky: A French Lesson
Znet Article, April, 30 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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No-one was particularly excited about the presidential elections in France. The differences between the leading candidates were so minuscule that the victory of one or the other could have significance only for the candidate himself and for people...
Monbiot: Black Shirts in Green Trousers
Znet Article, April, 30 2002
George Monbiot
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The polling stations had scarcely closed before Le Pen's success was being blamed on the greens and the new left. The leader of France's Front National, commentators on both sides of the Channel agree, had done so well because the radicals first e...
Poulshock: Anti War Demos
Znet Article, April, 30 2002
Michael Poulshock
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It would be understandable if one had the impression that American Jews were united in their support for Israel, particularly given the events of the past month. However, the escalation of the conflict in the last few weeks is jarring many America...
Siergey: When Sharks Attack!
Graphic, April, 29 2002
Jim Siergey
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oil, drugs,pollution,constitution
.: Bush Meant What He Said
Graphic, April, 29 2002
Kai .
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Bush, I meant what I said, Saddam Hussein, Iraq, War on Terrorism
Russell: Affordable Accessible Housing Needs to Be on Housing Advocates' Radar Screen
Commentary, April, 29 2002
Marta Russell
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Affordable housing was already at a crisis point pre-S11 during the economic "boom." Now in the recession, people are being pink-slipped and losing their jobs by the tens of thousands. The Bush economic stimulus bail out plan does nothing for laid...
Mondragon: What Are These 'other Threats To Colombia's Security'?
Commentary, April, 29 2002
Hector Mondragon
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On April 18, 2002, the US Congress announced a new bill intended to raise the
Wise: Anti-Semitism, Real and Imagined
Znet Article, April, 29 2002
Tim Wise
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Watching former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak to Congress a few weeks ago, I must admit, I was almost sucked in. No, not by his distorted version of reality in the Occupied Territories, nor by his opportunistic and transparently ...
Moore: Scapegoat Season
Graphic, April, 28 2002
Kevin Moore
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homosexuality, gay rights, gay priests, Catholicism, the Vatican, the Catholic League, William Donahue
Roy: Democracy
Znet Article, April, 28 2002
Arundhati Roy
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Last night a friend from Baroda called. Weeping. It took her fifteen minutes to tell me what the matter was. It wasn't very complicated. Only that Sayeeda, a friend of hers, had been caught by a mob. Only that her stomach had been ripped open and ...
Rugene: Kenyan MPs Rebel Against WB and IMF
Znet Article, April, 28 2002
Njeri Rugene
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An attempt to broker better understanding between Parliament and donors fell flat on its face after MPs rebelled and accused lenders of imposing policies which hurt ordinary people. Members of Parliament were meeting officials of the International...
Dwyer: Moon over Palestine
Graphic, April, 27 2002
Hank Dwyer
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Bush, Blair, UN, Sheron, Israel, Palestine, human rights, compassionate conservitism, world leadership, terrorism, war crimes
Rebick: French Election Has Lessons For Us All
Commentary, April, 27 2002
Judy Rebick
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The results of the French Presidential election are the latest, and perhaps most significant sign, that the shifts in global politics following September 11 are much greater than anyone on the left predicted. The failure of the French left to move...
Hoyt: Concerns Over Possible AFL-CIO Involvement in Venezuela Coup Led to February Picket
Znet Article, April, 27 2002
Katherine Hoyt
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Could the bad old days be returning to the AFL-CIO’s operations in other countries? Fear that in Venezuela the AFL-CIO was supporting both a right-wing union federation and a U.S.-backed coup led some solidarity activists to mount a picket...
Bunzl: Le Pen is Chief Beneficiary of Corporate Globalization
Znet Article, April, 27 2002
John Bunzl
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The rise of the far-right across Europe and elsewhere, of which Le Pen is but the latest and most high-profile example, has met with a predictable barrage of outrage and political hand-wringing amongst Europe’s mainstream politicians. Tony...
Fisk: They are coming
Znet Article, April, 27 2002
Robert Fisk
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They are coming. That's what most Gazans tell you. The Israelis are coming. But the sand barricades are pathetic. Even a mile from the Erez "safe crossing'' point constructed during the early days of the mad dream of Oslo, the best that Yasser Ara...
Bishara: A Strange Case Of Casting
Znet Article, April, 27 2002
Azmi Bishara
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At the very moment the Arab masses were being transformed into a collective movement, taking to the streets in order to exercise just one aspect of their rights as citizens, demanding that their leaders should act as leaders and take resolute deci...
Galeano: The Machine
Znet Article, April, 27 2002
Eduardo Galeano
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[Translated by Francisco González] Sigmund Freud had learned it from Jean-Martin Charcot: ideas can be implanted by hypnosis in the human mind. More than a century has gone by since then, and the technology of manipulation has made great...
Mondragon: What are these 'other threats' to Colombia's Security?
Znet Article, April, 27 2002
Hector Mondragon
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On April 18, 2002, the US Congress announced a new bill intended to raise the amounts and the involvement of military aid to the government of Colombia. The text of the bill, released with the visit of Colombian President Andres Pastrana to Washin...
Avnery: The Real Aim
Znet Article, April, 27 2002
Uri Avnery
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The real aim of “Operation Defensive Shield†was not to “destroy the infrastructure of terrorismâ€. This was merely a good slogan for uniting the people of Israel, who are angry and afraid after the suicide bombings....
