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Hoyano: Nagano: Japan's First Citizens' Revolution

Znet Article, December, 04 2002 Hatsuko Hoyano
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Nagano Prefecture, a few hours by bullet train northwest of Tokyo on Japan's main island, is famed for its rugged mountains and was the site of the 2000 winter Olympics. On 1 September 2002 the Nagano Prefecture gubernatorial election attracted na...

Monbiot: The Covert Biotech War

Commentary, November, 24 2002 George Monbiot
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The president of Zambia is wrong. Genetically modified food is not, as far as we know, "poison". While adequate safety tests have still to be conducted, there is, as yet, no compelling evidence that it is any worse for human health than convention...

Shiva: In Praise Of Cowdung

Commentary, November, 17 2002 Vandana2 Shiva
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In India we worship cow dung as Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. Gobur-dhan puja is literally the worship of gobur (cowdung) dhan (wealth).

Medoruma: The Okinawa Peace Prize Fraud

Znet Article, November, 10 2002 Shun Medoruma
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On July 3rd, Inamine Keiichi, Governor of Okinawa Prefecture, announced that the non-governmental organization "Peshawar-Kai" had been selected as the first recipient of the Okinawa Peace Prize. ...

Moyer: Japan: Islands at Risk

Znet Article, November, 10 2002 Jack Moyer
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Many years ago, while doing research related to environmental assessments of the Shiraho coral reef on Ishigaki Island, I witnessed an extreme example of a destructive human impact on a pristine, unspoiled reef.Beautiful rice fields on Sado Island...

Prashad: ZNet Interviews Vijay Prashad about

Znet Article, October, 18 2002 Vijay Prashad
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1) What is Fat Cats and Running Dogs about? By now we have all read enormous amounts about the shenanigans of Enron, the excesses of the CEO class and the waste that is capitalism. But this rendition of the story fails to address at least two ele...

Brecher: The Trajectory of Change

Zmag Article, July, 01 2002 Jeremy Brecher
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Michael Albert Cambridge: South End Press, 2002 Review by Jeremy Brecher In the 1960s student activists used to say, “Don’t trust ...

Street: Towards A Decent Left?

Zmag Article, July, 01 2002 Paul Street
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Paul Street Among the many disagreeable parts of the aftermath of September 11, we might include the intensification of internal unpleasantness within an American...

Pacitti: Against "This" Globalization

Zmag Article, July, 01 2002 Domenico Pacitti
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Vittorio Agnoletto recently represented the Italian movement at the international council of the World Social Forum. In 1987, just two years after graduating in industrial medicine at Milan’s st...

Desantis: Genetically Modified Organisms Threaten Indigenous Corn

Zmag Article, July, 01 2002 Sara Desantis
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In November 2001, Ignacio Chapela and David Quist, scientists from the University of California at Berkeley, published an article in the scientific journal Nature revealing that indig...

Bacon: Teaching Peace In A Time Of War

Zmag Article, July, 01 2002 David Bacon
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On May 26, Colombian voters elected the former mayor of Medellin, Alvaro Uribe, president. The candidate of the right, Urib president e has long-standing ties to paramilitaries, who are accused of th...

Sperber: As'ad AbuKhalil

Zmag Article, July, 01 2002 Joshua Sperber
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As'ad AbuKhalilÂ Seven Stories Press; 106 pp.Â Review by Joshua SperberÂ The salient contradiction characterizing the mainstream media ha...

Berkowitz: Bush & Bennett

Zmag Article, June, 01 2002 Bill Berkowitz
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While William Bennett is busy forming Americans for Victory Over Terrorism, the Bush administration has come up with a new catch phrase that sums up part of its strategy for the “War on Drugs.&#...