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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....
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...
Krugman: Crony Capitalism, U.S.A.
Znet Article, January, 15 2002
Paul Krugman
Krugman's ZSpace page
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...
Bronski: Gays of Our Lives
Znet Article, January, 15 2002
Michael Bronski
Bronski's ZSpace page
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...
International: Criticism of POW Treatment
Znet Article, January, 15 2002
Amnesty International
International's ZSpace page
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 ...
Monbiot: Greens Get Eaten
Znet Article, January, 15 2002
George Monbiot
Monbiot's ZSpace page
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 ...
Moore: Friends in Need....
Graphic, January, 14 2002
Kevin Moore
Moore's ZSpace page
Enron, Kenneth Lay, George W. Bush
Cromwell: The public threat to private power
Commentary, January, 14 2002
David Cromwell
Cromwell's ZSpace page
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.
Parrish: White America Misuses MLK Day
Znet Article, January, 14 2002
Geov Parrish
Parrish's ZSpace page
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. ...
Wise: Rationalizing Racism
Znet Article, January, 14 2002
Tim Wise
Wise's ZSpace page
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...
Levy: A crime against the innocent
Znet Article, January, 14 2002
Gideon Levy
Levy's ZSpace page
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...
Levy: Crime Against the Innocent
Znet Article, January, 14 2002
Gideon Levy
Levy's ZSpace page
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...
Pilger: Blair's meeting with Arafat
Znet Article, January, 14 2002
John Pilger
Pilger's ZSpace page
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 ...
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 ...
Ashrawi: A Question of Conscience
Znet Article, January, 14 2002
Dr. hanan Ashrawi
Ashrawi's ZSpace page
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...
Mcmillan: Poisonous Lies
Graphic, January, 13 2002
Stephanie Mcmillan
Mcmillan's ZSpace page
Monsanto, PCBs, poison, Anniston, Alabama
Albert: Democracy Is Coming To Pacifica
Commentary, January, 13 2002
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
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...
Podur: Differing Agendas in South Asia
Znet Article, January, 13 2002
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
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...
Dominick: Towards An Anti-Capitlaist Globe
Znet Article, January, 13 2002
Brian Dominick
Dominick's ZSpace page
"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...
Guma: Enron, We Hardly Knew Ye
Znet Article, January, 13 2002
Greg Guma
Guma's ZSpace page
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....
