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Commentary Choudry: All This "civil Society" Talk Takes Us Nowhere

Commentary, January, 15 2002 Aziz Choudry
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If there's one phrase I could do with hearing less of during 2002, it's "civil society". I'm not alone. Many of my friends, community activists and organisers in a number of countries also cringe at the ritualized, ubiquitous usage of the phrase....

Znet Article Said: Emerging Alternatives in Palestine

Znet Article, January, 15 2002 Edward Said
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Since it began 15 months ago the Palestinian Intifada has had little to show for itself politically, despite the remarkable fortitude of a militarily occupied, unarmed, poorly led, and still dispossessed people that has defied the pitiless ravages...

Znet Article Krugman: Crony Capitalism, U.S.A.

Znet Article, January, 15 2002 Paul Krugman
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Four years ago, as Asia struggled with an economic crisis, many observers blamed "crony capitalism." Wealthy businessmen in Asia didn't bother to tell investors the truth about their assets, their liabilities or their profits; the aura of invincib...

Znet Article Bronski: Gays of Our Lives

Znet Article, January, 15 2002 Michael Bronski
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There are so many things wrong with this story. On October 11th a photograph was transmitted by the Associated Press that featured a bomb on he deck on the USS Enterprise flight deck stationed in the Arabian Sea. An unidentified sailor had scrib...

Znet Article International: Criticism of POW Treatment

Znet Article, January, 15 2002 Amnesty International
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News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International Amnesty International urged the United States to ensure respect for the human rights of all people who have been or may be transferred from Afghanistan to a US military ...

Znet Article Monbiot: Greens Get Eaten

Znet Article, January, 15 2002 George Monbiot
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Environmentalism as an argument has been comprehensively won. As a practice it is all but extinct. Just as people in Britain have united around the demand for effective public transport, car sales have broken all records. Yesterday the superstore ...

Graphic Moore: Friends in Need....

Graphic, January, 14 2002 Kevin Moore
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Enron, Kenneth Lay, George W. Bush

Commentary Cromwell: The public threat to private power

Commentary, January, 14 2002 David Cromwell
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ÔThe single greatest threat to the multilateral trade system is the absence of public support.Õ Thus spoke Charlene Barshefsky, ClintonÕs U.S. trade representative, in the run-up to the 1999 WTO summit in Seattle.

Znet Article Parrish: White America Misuses MLK Day

Znet Article, January, 14 2002 Geov Parrish
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On Jan. 15, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would be 72. If he had survived. And in every conceivable sense of the word, he has not. At least, not in White America. ...

Znet Article Wise: Rationalizing Racism

Znet Article, January, 14 2002 Tim Wise
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Random security checks. That’s what they’re called anyway: those extra bag searches and body scans being done at airports across the U.S., presumably to deter a new round of terrorist attacks. On each flight, a handful of passenger...

Znet Article Levy: A crime against the innocent

Znet Article, January, 14 2002 Gideon Levy
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The punitive action executed by Israel at the weekend in the Gaza Strip, and in particular the mass demolition of homes in Rafah on Thursday morning, constitute a war crime. There is no other way to describe and define the collective punishment of...

Znet Article Levy: Crime Against the Innocent

Znet Article, January, 14 2002 Gideon Levy
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 Monday, January 14, 2002   The punitive action executed by Israel at the weekend in the Gaza Strip, and in particular the mass demolition of homes in Rafah on Thursday morning, constitute a war crime. There is no other way to describe a...

Znet Article Pilger: Blair's meeting with Arafat

Znet Article, January, 14 2002 John Pilger
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Tony Blair's heroic peacemaking is not as it seems. Take the Middle East. When Blair welcomed Yasser Arafat to Downing Street following 11 September, it was widely reported that Britain was backing justice for the Palestinians. Editorialists drew ...

Znet Article Pilger: Blair's Disguised Support for Sharon and the Zionist Project

Znet Article, January, 14 2002 John Pilger
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Tony Blair's heroic peacemaking is not as it seems. Take the Middle East. When Blair welcomed Yasser Arafat to Downing Street following 11 September, it was widely reported that Britain was backing justice for the Palestinians. Editorialists drew ...

Znet Article Ashrawi: A Question of Conscience

Znet Article, January, 14 2002 Dr. hanan Ashrawi
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Jerusalem - Although the oft lamented, near demise of the peace camp in Israel has become the subject of current debate-whether in disappointment, anger or in horror, some heroic stories still persist in defying the prevailing "wisdom." The ilks o...

Graphic Mcmillan: Poisonous Lies

Graphic, January, 13 2002 Stephanie Mcmillan
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Monsanto, PCBs, poison, Anniston, Alabama

Commentary Albert: Democracy Is Coming To Pacifica

Commentary, January, 13 2002 Michael Albert
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PacificaÕs struggle is in a new phase, about to take a big leap forward. Countless activists have pursued diverse strategies and have resisted recriminations and have now finally overcome reactionary obstacles. A majority progressive interim board...

Znet Article Podur: Differing Agendas in South Asia

Znet Article, January, 13 2002 Justin Podur
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A Difficulty Criticizing Third World States For a leftist from the third world, living in the first world, there is a certain difficulty in criticizing the administration of a third world country, like India or Pakistan.  First, such...

Znet Article Dominick: Towards An Anti-Capitlaist Globe

Znet Article, January, 13 2002 Brian Dominick
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"EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED. NOTHING HAS CHANGED." I cannot say how many times I've heard that sentiment expressed by leftists since September 11. We all know it. The elites' aspirations are exactly the same as before. They have found a way to use Sep...

Znet Article Guma: Enron, We Hardly Knew Ye

Znet Article, January, 13 2002 Greg Guma
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Until it imploded last October, Enron -- long known as End-Run by its critics -- was often described as just another aggressive corporation eager to expand its portfolio and open routes into new markets, albeit sometimes with "strong arm" tactics....

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