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Zarate-laun: The Forgotten War
Znet Article, September, 16 2002
Cecilia Zarate-laun
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Every day 20 persons are killed in Colombia and 1,000 are displaced. Here and there, I will use some examples.On January 19, 2002 more than 200 paramilitares entered the towns of Florida, Miranda and Corinto; they massacred 15 people, several disa...
Zarate-laun: The Forgotten War
Znet Article, September, 16 2002
Cecilia Zarate-laun
Zarate-laun's ZSpace page
Every day 20 persons are killed in Colombia and 1,000 are displaced. Here and there, I will use some examples.On January 19, 2002 more than 200 paramilitares entered the towns of Florida, Miranda and Corinto; they massacred 15 people, several disa...
Loewenstein: Yom Kippur in Palestine
Znet Article, September, 16 2002
Jennifer Loewenstein
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Yom Kippur in Palestine and the Palestinian people are atoning for Israel’s sin of occupation. The lockdown in Gaza and the West Bank is complete: for three days no Palestinian will travel past a checkpoint; no swimmers will be allowed on ...
Loewenstein: Yom Kippur in Palestine
Znet Article, September, 16 2002
Jennifer Loewenstein
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Yom Kippur in Palestine and the Palestinian people are atoning for Israel’s sin of occupation. The lockdown in Gaza and the West Bank is complete: for three days no Palestinian will travel past a checkpoint; no swimmers will be allowed on ...
Levy: A Passion For The Grave
Znet Article, September, 15 2002
Gideon Levy
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Here is the whole story in one grave: For those of us who were children in the 1950s and 1960, Rachel's Tomb was our heart's desire. In those days, nearly every home had one of the bronze sculptures or oil paintings that depicted the site, souveni...
Fisk: America's Case For War Is Built On Blindness, Hypocrisy And Lies
Znet Article, September, 15 2002
Robert Fisk
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Years ago, in a snug underground restaurant in downtown Tehran, drinking duq – an Iranian beverage of mint and yoghurt – Saddam Hussein's former head of nuclear research told me what happened when he made a personal appeal for the ...
Bhatia: Defending Freedom of Press in India
Znet Article, September, 15 2002
Sidharth Bhatia
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Indian journalists have watched with dismay and not some disgust at the ham-handed manner in which the Central Government has gone about trying to bring some of their colleagues to heel by methods that were perhaps not used even during Emergency. ...
Shehzad: What I Saw In Okara
Znet Article, September, 15 2002
Mohammed Shehzad
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Mohammad Shehzad of The News (Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi) interviewed Dr. Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy, professor of physics at Quaid-e-Azam University. Although scheduled for publication on 15 September, the interview did not appear in print. ------ ...
Lowenstein: Days Of Darkness, Days Of Awe
Znet Article, September, 15 2002
Jennifer Lowenstein
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Yom Kippur in Palestine and the Palestinian people are atoning for Israel’s sin of occupation. The lockdown in Gaza and the West Bank is complete: for three days no Palestinian will travel past a checkpoint; no swimmers will be allowed on ...
Dorfman: An Open Letter To America
Znet Article, September, 14 2002
Ariel Dorfman
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An Open Letter To America
Bellinghausen: Operation Against Paramilitaries in Chiapas Raises Questions
Znet Article, September, 14 2002
Hermann Bellinghausen
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[translated by irlandesa] The detention of members of Peace and Justice on Friday has raised some questions: Does the state government admit that paramilitary groups exist, or not? Are these the only ones whose existence is of...
Campbell: Relatives Protest At War Plans
Znet Article, September, 13 2002
Duncan Campbell
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Relatives Protest At War Plans
Edwards: We Cry. We Live. We Feel: September 11 - October 7
Znet Article, September, 13 2002
David Edwards
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Two possible options were immediately obvious in the aftermath of the appalling atrocities of September 11: we could seek to identify and address the true causes of the catastrophe in the real and perceived grievances of those who caused it; or we...
Jensen: Bush At The U.n.:
Znet Article, September, 13 2002
Robert Jensen
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In the age of American empire, this is what diplomacy looks like: After months of open expressions of contempt for international law and disregard for the opinions of other nations (allies and enemies alike), the U.S. president deigned to appear ...
Fisk: The Mantra That Means This Time It's Serious
Znet Article, September, 13 2002
Robert Fisk
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How small he looked in the high-backed chair. You had to sit in the auditorium of the UN General Assembly yesterday to realise that George Bush Jnr – threatening war in what was built as a house of peace – could appear such a littl...
Crispin miller: In the Wake of 9-11, the American Press Has Embraced a 'Demented Caesarism'
Znet Article, September, 13 2002
Mark Crispin miller
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Just after 9/11, I was one of those who thought, and said out loud, that the catastrophe might knock some sense into the gibbering "culture" of the US media. Now there would be no more prime-time seminars about the likely cruising style of Gary Co...
Steel: The Tortured Logic That Leads Iraq To This Memorial
Znet Article, September, 13 2002
Mark Steel
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After all that business yesterday, there must be dozens of celebrities devastated that no one asked them where they were when they heard the news. And they'd have a point, as most of them managed to get a piece in somewhere along the lines of "I'd...
Espada: Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100
Znet Article, September, 12 2002
Martin Espada
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Alabanza. Praise the cook with a shaven head and a tattoo on his shoulder that said Oye, a blue-eyed Puerto Rican with people from Fajardo, the harbor of pirates centuries ago.Praise the lighthouse in Fajardo, candle glimmering white to worship th...
Chomsky: Chomsky replies about Avoiding American Crimes
Znet Article, September, 12 2002
Noam Chomsky
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Chomsky replies about Avoiding American Crimes
Ali: Doing As The Romans Did
Znet Article, September, 12 2002
Tariq Ali
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The consequences of 11 September remain visible on several fronts. Psychologically, the American empire has constructed a new enemy: Islamic terrorism. Its practitioners were evil, the threat was global and, for that reason, bombs had to be droppe...
