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Commentary Cromwell: Silent Democracy

Commentary, October, 24 2000 David Cromwell
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"It's sociologically interesting, though scary", said the actor Anthony Sher in a recent interview, "that you can be inside an evil system and be somehow unaware of it." South African by birth, Sher was talking about the former system of apartheid...

Commentary Reinhart: GREEN LIGHT TO SLAUGHTER

Commentary, October, 23 2000 Tanya Reinhart
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In the Sharm-al-Sheikh summit last week, Barak got from the US his green light to slaughter. To judge by the Israeli media, what we have seen so far is just the prelude. "The most important will come in the middle of next week, when...Israel will ...

Commentary Mokhiber: Oversight?

Commentary, October, 22 2000 Russell Mokhiber
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The American Political Science Association's annual convention recently came through town, filling up Washington, D.C. hotels with thousands of academics ready to present their latest research findings.Browsing through the convention's program, we...

Commentary Scipes: Building Labor Solidarity

Commentary, October, 21 2000 Kim Scipes
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To many people in the United States, the AFL-CIO is a progressive organization, joining unions across the country to fight for higher wages, better working conditions and progressive social programs for workers and people in our communities. Howe...

Commentary Bond: The African grassroots and the global movement

Commentary, October, 19 2000 Patrick Bond
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In a ZNet commentary last month, Noam Chomsky observed South-South-North alliances "taking shape at the grassroots level--an impressive development, rich in opportunity and promise, and surely causing no little concern in high places." I want to f...

Graphic Deutsch: Do Not Anger the Great TV God

Graphic, October, 18 2000 Barry Deutsch
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presidential campaign, media, Bush, George W. Bush, Gore, Al Gore, George Bush

Commentary Ratner: Labor Rights, Free Trade Zones & The Chentex Struggle in Nicaragua

Commentary, October, 18 2000 Michael Ratner
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(see: www.humanrightsnow.com) In mid-September I traveled to Nicaragua as part of a delegation organized by the National Labor Committee (NLC), an organization that fights sweatshops and supports labor rights around the world. Charles Kernaghan a...

Graphic Pond-mcpherson: Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Graphic, October, 17 2000 Scott Pond-mcpherson
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Bush, Gore, Nader, election, vote,

Commentary Gonsalves: Selling with Shrink Think

Commentary, October, 17 2000 Sean Gonsalves
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Life is good. Psychologists are supposed to make it better, or at least help individuals reach a certain level of maturity. Much has been written about psychology and much of that is simply verbose foolishness. I'm especially turned off by those ...

Commentary Guellec: Billions Spent Marketing Drugs to Consumers

Commentary, October, 16 2000 Dorothy Guellec
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In the two years since the FDA began an experiment to let the mass media broadcast the prescription-drug message directly to consumers, the pharmaceutical industry has shelled out a whopping $1.3 billion per year on consumer ads. That dwarfs the $...

Commentary Schechter: RED STAR OVER THE UN: The Media Downplays Human Rights in China

Commentary, October, 15 2000 Danny Schechter
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As the United Nations opens its Millennial Summit in New York September 6 with an expected 150 heads of state in attendance, the world organization is trying to refocus its mission and revive its credibility. (Never mind the cost of staging the wo...

Commentary Solomon: MEDIA SPIN REMAINS IN SYNC WITH ISRAELI OCCUPATION

Commentary, October, 14 2000 Norman Solomon
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The formula for American media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is simple: Report on the latest developments in the fragile "peace process." Depict U.S. officials as honest brokers in the negotiations. Emphasize the need for restraint ...

Commentary Bronski: Heterosexuality: A Romance of the Right

Commentary, October, 13 2000 Michael Bronski
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Imagine my appalled surprise when I discovered that I was quoted as a "radical advocate of same-sex marriage" in, of all places, this month's Commentary -- the last place where I expect to be noticed. Also Ð and this is a telling detail Ð I am not...

Commentary Chomsky: Chomsky Comments on Milosevic Ouster, etc.

Commentary, October, 12 2000 Noam Chomsky
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A number of people in the ZNet forum system and elsewhere have raised questions about the prominent role they see assigned to US-NATO in the flood of commentary on recent events in Yugoslavia, "gloating over the victory of the opposition in Yugosl...

Graphic Deutsch: Why the Average American Goes to Hell

Graphic, October, 11 2000 Barry Deutsch
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iraq, israel, palestine, palestians, iraqis, sanctions, colombia, foreign policy, apathy

Commentary Mchombo: ROUNDING UP HOKERS IN MALAWI

Commentary, October, 11 2000 Sam Mchombo
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Sam Mchombo It is a matter of fact that AIDS has taken its toll on human life, with various African countries amongst the worst hit. It has also placed incredible economic burdens on most of those countries which, given the soaring costs of avail...

Commentary Shalom: Turmoil in Palestine: The Basic Context

Commentary, October, 10 2000 Stephen1 Shalom
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As the occupied Palestinian territories suffer their worst paroxysm of violence in years, with the casualties, as always, overwhelmingly Palestinian, the mainstream media, also as always, focus on peripheral questions, offer misleading answers, an...

Commentary Author: Time to Take a Critical Look at Depo-Provera

Commentary, October, 09 2000 Guest Author
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My first experience with Depo-Provera was as a young welfare mother. I had just finished my first post-partum check-up after having had my second child. The doctor pronounced me in great health and then pulled out a syringe and a vial. I am just g...

Commentary Russell: Social Security, Work and Poverty

Commentary, October, 08 2000 Marta Russell
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It is a tight labor market and tight labor markets traditionally threaten to give workers more bargaining power from which to secure significant wage increases. Wall Street and investors get nervous about tight labor markets. They reckon that the ...

Graphic Pond-mcpherson: Death Takes a Vacation

Graphic, October, 07 2000 Scott Pond-mcpherson
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death penalty, capital punishment, murder, dna testing, justice, guilt, illinois

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