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Commentary Pilger: Smile On The Face Of The Tiger

Commentary, June, 11 2009 John Pilger
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At 7.30 in the morning on 3 June, a seven-month-old baby died in the intensive care unit of the European Gaza Hospital in the Gaza Strip. His name was Zein Ad-Din Mohammed Zu'rob, and he was suffering from a lung infection which was treatable.

Znet Article Bix: The Israeli-U.S. Gaza War and Its Aftermath: the Hobbesian Test

Znet Article, June, 06 2009 Herbert Bix
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In a Hobbesian world, law and morality are ignored.

Zmag Article Chomsky: The Torture Memos

Zmag Article, June, 01 2009 Noam Chomsky
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A routine use of torture by the U.S., from its founding until today

Zmag Article Gibler: Mexico Unconquered

Zmag Article, June, 01 2009 John Gibler
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Review of a book by John Gibler on resistance to a neoliberal Mexico

Commentary Bond: Shell on trial while Nigerians are slaughtered

Commentary, May, 25 2009 Patrick Bond
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The state's most recent assault against the Delta left the villages of Opuye, Okerenkoro, Kurutie and Oporoza (site of the new documentary Sweet Crude - www.sweetcrudemovie.com ) burned to the ground in mid-May, with hundreds of Ijaw people - both...

Commentary Monbiot: The Barbarians at the Gate

Commentary, May, 24 2009 George Monbiot
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The principal cause of man's unhappiness is that he has learnt to stay quietly in his own room. If our needs are not met, if justice is not done, it is because we are not prepared to leave our homes and agitate for change. Blaise Pascal ("the sole...

Znet Article Goodman: Yoo's Views Make Philly News

Znet Article, May, 21 2009 Amy Goodman
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, one of that city's two major daily newspapers, is in the news itself these days after hiring controversial former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo as a monthly columnist.

Znet Article Barsamian: Human Rights in India and the Case of Binayak Sen

Znet Article, May, 20 2009 David Barsamian
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Satya Sivaraman is an independent journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist based in New Delhi. He is the author of “Asia Sees America and other Rants.”

Znet Article Cromwell: Beholden To The Big Powers: Israel, Gaza And The UN

Znet Article, May, 19 2009 David Cromwell
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Earlier this month, the UN announced the results of an inquiry into attacks on its buildings and personnel in Gaza.

Znet Article Cook: Israel Secret Prisons: How many secret prisons does Israel have?

Znet Article, May, 18 2009 Jonathan Cook
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The United Nation's watchdog on torture has criticised Israel for refusing to allow inspections at a secret prison, dubbed by critics as "Israel's Guantanamo Bay", and demanded to know if more such clandestine detention camps are operating.

Commentary Pilger: Sri Lanka: Distant Voices, Desperate Lives

Commentary, May, 14 2009 John Pilger
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In the early 1960s, it was the Irish of Derry who would phone late at night, speaking in a single breath, spilling out stories of discrimination and injustice. Who listened to their truth until the violence began? Bengalis from what was then East ...

Commentary Cohn: Stanford Anti-War Alumni, Students Call for Condi War Crimes Probe

Commentary, May, 09 2009 Marjorie Cohn
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During the Vietnam War, Stanford students succeeded in banning secret military research from campus. Last weekend, 150 activist alumni and present Stanford students targeted Condoleezza Rice for authorizing torture and misleading Americans into th...

Commentary Gordon: Israeli activist to be jailed for caring

Commentary, May, 07 2009 Neve Gordon
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Ezra Nawi was ridiculed and arrested for trying to protect people's homes. Only international attention can help him now.

Znet Article Ireland: Iraqi Gays Face Gruesome Torture/Murder Technique

Znet Article, May, 05 2009 Doug Ireland
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As the murder campaign targeting Iraqi gays intensifies, a leading Arabic television network last week revealed the use of a horrifying new form of lethal torture against Iraqi gay men

Zmag Article Bronski: "Showgirls" and Cultural Change

Zmag Article, May, 01 2009 Michael Bronski
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Tracking changing sensitivities through Midler's Vegas show

Zmag Article Gibler: Fight on the Border

Zmag Article, May, 01 2009 John Gibler
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The corporate-state seige of Lomas del Poleo

Zmag Article Bix: The Israeli-U.S. Gaza War and Its Aftermath

Zmag Article, May, 01 2009 Herbert P. Bix
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The causes and effects of the illegal Israeli attack on Gaza in January

Znet Article Goodman: Disclosure of "Secrets' in the '70s Didn't Destroy the Nation

Znet Article, April, 29 2009 Amy Goodman
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President Barack Obama promised “more transparent ... more creative” government. His release of the torture memos, and the Pentagon's expected release of more photos of detainee abuse, is a step in the right direction. Yet he assured the CIA t...

Commentary Engler: Canadian Mining

Commentary, April, 27 2009 Yves Engler
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Three weeks ago, the Harper government rejected a proposal to make diplomatic and financial support for resource companies operating overseas contingent upon socially responsible conduct. Under popular pressure, the Mining Association of Canada ag...

Znet Article Engelhardt: Killing Civilians

Znet Article, April, 26 2009 Tom Engelhardt
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We still have ceremonies for, and mourn, the dead of September 11, 2001. We haven't forgotten. We're not likely to forget. Why, when death rains down on our distant battlefields, should they?

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