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Zmag Article Ellner: President Hugo Chavez Of Venezuela

Zmag Article, December, 01 1999 Steve Ellner
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Ellner Venezuela’s president Lt. Col. Hugo Chávez frequently makes public appearances in military fatigues and tells his audience that he is "dressed for battle." He adds that his words are ammunition and his targets are those a...

Zmag Article Bolsen: The Pakistan Coup

Zmag Article, December, 01 1999 Shahid Bolsen
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Shahid Bolsen Pakistan has the bomb. It also has an antagonizing enemy, which also has the bomb. It has a passionately disputed territory which it dearly wants to see liberated from its enemy. Now, Pakistan has a new military leader who has pr...

Commentary Herman: Questioning Henwood on Globalization

Commentary, December, 01 1999 Edward Herman
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For some reason Doug Henwood feels called upon to play down globalization. Others on the left, some associated with MONTHLY REVIEW, have done the same, warning that any acceptance of the globalization thesis will discourage leftists and breed "def...

Commentary Henwood: What is Globalization, Anyway

Commentary, November, 26 1999 Doug Henwood
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If there's one thing that analysts and activists across the political spectrum agree on today it's that we live in an era of economic globalization. This is taken by both critics and cheerleaders as self-evident and largely unprecedented. We shoul...

Commentary Zinn: On Rewarding People for Talents and Hard Work 

Commentary, November, 25 1999 Howard Zinn
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There are two issues here: First, why should we accept our culture's definition of those two factors? Why should we accept that the "talent" of someone who writes jingles for an Advertising agency advertising dog food and gets $100,000 a year is s...

Commentary Zinn: On Rewarding People for Talents and Hard WorkÊ

Commentary, November, 25 1999 Howard Zinn
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There are two issues here: First, why should we accept our culture's definition of those two factors? Why should we accept that the "talent" of someone who writes jingles for an Advertising agency advertising dog food and gets $100,000 a year is s...

Commentary Brecher: There's An Alternative

Commentary, November, 20 1999 Jeremy Brecher
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When world leaders meet in Seattle after Thanksgiving for the "pre-millennial" session of the World Trade Organization, many will sincerely believe that there is no alternative to the present direction of globalization. But all over the world, act...

Commentary Guellec: Health Care Shouldn't Be Commercial

Commentary, November, 10 1999 Dorothy Guellec
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Certain things should be "off limits to commerce" Healthcare in my view can be compared to Education which, so far, has not been totally privatized. If shareholders must be satisfied, then patients' interests will be compromised. The way managed c...

Commentary Solomon: When Online Trading Offers a Reason to Believe

Commentary, November, 09 1999 Norman Solomon
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If you're watching much television these days, you've probably seen a lot of commercials for online investing. Many large brokerage firms are now urging people to play the stock market via the Internet. So, in routine fashion, TV spots dramatize c...

Commentary Naiman: Clinton's Debt Relief: Too Generous or Too Stingy

Commentary, November, 06 1999 Robert Naiman
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After President Clinton announced that he supports 100% cancellation of the debts owed by the poorest countries to the United States, some poll data suggested that people thought Clinton was being too generous.

Commentary Prashad: I'm Part of Today's Unions, Ask Me Why

Commentary, November, 03 1999 Vijay Prashad
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I'm Part of Today's Unions, Ask Me Why

Commentary Russell: The Private Health Care Juggernaut Needs Jilting

Commentary, November, 02 1999 Marta Russell
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Presidential hopeful Bill Bradley has placed health care reform on the national agenda as well it should be. However, the Bradley plan does not go far enough to resolve real need and it protects the insurance industry - the very culprit which is u...

Zmag Article Hahnel: Going To Greet The WTO In Seattle

Zmag Article, November, 01 1999 Robin Hahnel
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Going To Greet The WTO In Seattle

Zmag Article Pilger: Hidden Agendas

Zmag Article, November, 01 1999 John Pilger
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Pilger NY: New Press, 1999, pbk. 424 pp. Review by Anthony Arnove John Pilger is perhaps best known in the United States for his documentary Death of a Nation, a stunning expose on the genocide in East Timor. He has wri...

Commentary Mokhiber: The Criminal Element

Commentary, November, 01 1999 Russell Mokhiber
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The criminal element has seeped deep into every nook and cranny of American society. Forget about the underworld -- these crooks dominate every aspect of our market, culture, and politics. They cast a deep dark shadow over life in turn of the cent...

Commentary Weisbrot: Time to End Debt Slavery

Commentary, October, 31 1999 Mark Weisbrot
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It has become a truism that "there are no easy answers" to the world's most pressing economic and social problems. The phrase is often repeated by academics, policy wonks, and others whose occupation immerses them in the details of real or imagine...

Commentary Mokhiber: Keep the Public in Public Health

Commentary, October, 26 1999 Russell Mokhiber
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The great thing about the American Public Health Association (APHA) is in its name -- it's about public health -- what we as a society do to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy.

Commentary Weisbrot: Budget Baloney

Commentary, October, 20 1999 Mark Weisbrot
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How much falsehood and stupidity should the media allow to go unchallenged in public debate? At what point do journalists and the press have an obligation to step in and supply the necessary facts and explanations, so that the public can have a ch...

Commentary Guellec: Marketizing HMOs to Latin America

Commentary, October, 02 1999 Dorothy Guellec
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The number of for-profit health care organizations has quadrupled in the pas 17 years, a study by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation said. For-profit HMO's were 18% of all plans in 1981 but increased to 74% by 1998. The proportion of enrollees ...

Zmag Article Fitz: Genetic Engineering

Zmag Article, October, 01 1999 Don Fitz
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Fitz Monsanto claims that genetic engineering is necessary to feed the world’s growing population. But a growing coalition of environmentalists, farmers, and scientists is exposing this claim as a cover for grabbing control of world agri...

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