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Burchill: Australia's Nightmare
Commentary, January, 24 2002
Scott Burchill
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When US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz announced recently that "going after al Qaeda in Indonesia is not something that should wait until after Al Qaeda has been uprooted from Afghanistan", a shiver must have gone up the collective spine ...
Hutchinson: The Mighty N-Word
Znet Article, January, 24 2002
Earl ofari Hutchinson
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When I saw the title of Randall Kennedy’s book, Nigger, I immediately thought of a conversation I had with my son some months earlier. I had overheard him greet one of his buddies who had called with, "Yo nigger, what's up." It wasn't the ...
Edwards: CLUSTER BOMBS AND "CALAMITY CONDITIONS" IN AFGHANISTAN
Znet Article, January, 24 2002
David Edwards
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Marjan the one-eyed lion is getting "better day by day" according to the latest ITN TV news report - the third so far this year - from Kabul zoo (ITN Evening News, 22 January, 2002). Also doing well is an Asiatic black bear, "the other main casual...
Administrator: As war cries ring out, U.S. silence may signal rare free hand for Israeli military moves
Znet Article, January, 24 2002
Site Administrator
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With talk of all-out war resounding in the Holy Land, the Bush administration has granted Israel its widest military freedom of action since - in an ominous precedent - a Republican administration turned a blind eye to Ariel Sharon's 1982 invas...
Fisk: Turkey Targets Chomsky
Znet Article, January, 24 2002
Robert Fisk
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Noam Chomsky, one of America's greatest philosophers and linguists, has become the target of Turkey's chief of "terrorism prosecution". Scarcely two months after the European Union praised Turkey for passing new laws protecting freedom of expres...
Solomon: Ashcroft's Media Scam
Znet Article, January, 24 2002
Norman Solomon
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Even by Washington's standards, the ability of John Ashcroft to reinvent himself has been a wonder to behold. Just a year ago, squeaking through Senate confirmation as attorney general, Ashcroft found himself shadowed by his own praise for leaders...
Rosenberg: "Last Tried"
Graphic, January, 23 2002
Martha Rosenberg
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Racial justice, law
Deutsch: Valuing American Lives Equally
Graphic, January, 23 2002
Barry Deutsch
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bin laden, afghanistan, civilian, casualties, death, mcveigh, collateral damage
Author: Argentina: The demise of neoliberal economics?
Commentary, January, 23 2002
Guest Author
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The explosive events of mid December 2001 that toppled two presidents and left 30 dead in Argentina represent the culmination and logical outcome of almost 26 years of neoliberal economic policies. The common demand among the looters, the looted, ...
Balzar: Enron: A Scandal So Good That It Hurts
Znet Article, January, 23 2002
John Balzar
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"This just keeps getting better and better," Liisa sputters. By that, my wife means worse and worse. Which is what we're all thinking, isn't it? ...
Edwards: HISTORY WILL NOT END HERE
Znet Article, January, 23 2002
David Edwards
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"Ha ha ha to the pacifists", wrote Christopher Hitchens in November, as Kabul fell to the combined might of U.S. bombers, the Northern Alliance, and the BBC's 'Simpson of Kabul'. A month later, the victory celebrations continue tirelessly (almost ...
Mastrolonardo: Trade Unions, Berlusconi and the Italian press
Znet Article, January, 23 2002
Raffaele Mastrolonardo
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In a lucid article appeared on January 15th's edition of la Repubblica, the second largest Italian newspaper, sociologist Luciano Gallino analyzed the strategies employed by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to limit trade unions' power....
Edwards: In The Land Of The Blind A One-eyed Lion Is News
Commentary, January, 22 2002
David Edwards
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After weeks of silence, ITN has finally acknowledged some of Afghanistan's terrible suffering in its TV broadcasts.
Krugman: A Fiscal Fantasy
Znet Article, January, 22 2002
Paul Krugman
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I want to share a fantasy with you. Trust me: it will explain everything you need to know about the budget debate. ...
Mackinnon: Warlords imperil Afghan peace
Znet Article, January, 22 2002
Mark Mackinnon
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Kandahar, Afghanistan -- The fragile peace in Afghanistan was in jeopardy last night, as warlords in the south and west of the country massed troops for battle and the threat of inter-ethnic violence loomed large. ...
Publisher*: CONSPIRACY AND CRISIS
Znet Article, January, 22 2002
Aram Publisher*
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At the dawn of the year 2002, there are many indications to the effect that the Kurdish question is once again about to become a prominent issue in international mediatic discourse. Talk of an imminent US attack on Iraq has now made the Kurdish fa...
Fisk: Congratulations, America.
Znet Article, January, 22 2002
Robert Fisk
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Taken to a remote corner of the world where they may be executed, where the laws of human rights are suspended. Sounds to me like the Middle East. Shackled, hooded, threatened with death by "courts" that would give no leeway to defence or innocenc...
Bacon: The Coca-Cola Killings:
Znet Article, January, 22 2002
David Bacon
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After the leader of their union was shot down at their plant gate in late 1996, Edgar Paéz and his co-workers at the Coca-Cola bottling factory in Carepa, Colombia, tried for more than four years to get their government to take action against the...
