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Podur: The Congo Conflict
Znet Article, March, 05 2004
Justin Podur
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Reviewing Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja. The Congo From Leopold to Kabila: A People's History. Zed Books, London, 2002. Nzongola-Ntalaja was interviewed in preparation for the review on Jan 29, 2004. John F. Clark. The African Stake...
Podur: Palestinian Child Prisoners
Znet Article, February, 11 2004
Justin Podur
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Review of: Stolen Youth: The Politics of Israel's Detention of Palestinian Children. Catherine Cook, Adam Hanieh, and Adah Kay. Pluto Press, London, 2004. 197 pages. Three more people in masks came into the room. They bli...
Podur: Third World Models for the Bush Regime (satire)
Commentary, January, 24 2004
Justin Podur
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People argue that the first world imposes its models on the third world. But sometimes the influence runs in the other direction...
Podur: Another Turn of the Spiral
Znet Article, January, 15 2004
Justin Podur
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Tom Hurndall died on January 13, 2004 at 7:45pm, in a hospital in his country, the UK, after spending over 8 months in a coma. He was shot in the head in April 2003, in Rafah, the Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestine, while accompanying a group of...
Podur: Ten Years On In Chiapas
Commentary, January, 02 2004
Justin Podur
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January 1, 2004 will be the 10th anniversary of the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico. In 2004, it will be 20 years since the founding of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, or EZLN (1).
Podur: Pardoning the Paramilitaries in Colombia
Znet Article, December, 23 2003
Justin Podur
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Colombia's paramilitary killers were dramatically 'pardoned' on national television in late November, and are now in 'negotiations' with the government to 'demobilize'. The Colombian army, meanwhile, no longer having to worry about the param...
Podur: A Multifaceted Fraud, Part 2
Znet Article, December, 05 2003
Justin Podur
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Back to Part I Manji the searching moral critic Manji says she wants to revive the idea of 'ijtihad', of self-criticism and reformation, from the Islamic tradition. She probably got the idea from Ziauddin Sard...
Podur: A Multifaceted Fraud
Znet Article, December, 05 2003
Justin Podur
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Irshad Manji, according to the jacket of her book, is "a broadcaster, author, public speaker, and media enterpreneur, born in East Africa and raised on the west coast of Canada." She was the producer and host of QueerTelevision and calls her...
Podur: Letter to a Zionist
Znet Article, November, 20 2003
Justin Podur
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It's been almost a year. Do you remember it? It was a speaking event like any other but it sticks out in my mind even now. A friend from the International Solidarity Movement had come back from the Occupied Territories and was giving his report. O...
Podur: Colombia's Referendum
Znet Article, October, 27 2003
Justin Podur
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On October 25, 2003 Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez placed before the people of Colombia a referendum of questions that he hoped would endorse his leadership and increase his power. Presented as an ‘anti-corruption’ initiati...
Podur: Q & A on Bolivia
Znet Article, October, 17 2003
Justin Podur
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What is happening in Bolivia? A massive popular mobilization is demanding the resignation of the President, Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, and several ministers, including the Minister of Defense. On October 16 hundreds of thousands of demonstr...
Podur: After the Common Sense Revolution
Commentary, October, 16 2003
Justin Podur
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After 8 years in office, the Ontario Tories were finally thrown out on October 2, 2003. They were replaced by a Liberal majority government that won 72 seats to the Tories's 24. The social democratic NDP, after a strong campaign, won 7 seats. As i...
Podur: When Terrorists Talk of Human Rights
Znet Article, September, 18 2003
Justin Podur
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On September 8, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez said "when terrorists start feeling weak, they immediately send their spokesmen to talk about human rights." He said while some human rights groups were "respectable", others were "polit...
Podur: When Terrorists Talk of Human Rights
Znet Article, September, 18 2003
Justin Podur
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On September 8, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez said "when terrorists start feeling weak, they immediately send their spokesmen to talk about human rights." He said while some human rights groups were "respectable", others were "polit...
Podur: From Aguascalientes to Caracoles
Commentary, September, 13 2003
Justin Podur
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For some 10 years, the Zapatistas have inspired people all over the world. The Zapatistas' 'Autonomous Municipalities', in particular, have been models of community organization and democratic self-governance. These municipalities managed to provi...
Podur: To a (Social Democratic) Youth
Znet Article, August, 18 2003
Justin Podur
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It is a pleasure to have the chance to speak to you. I suspect that there is a lot that we share. As the young activists of the NDP, you are a part of this party because you have some progressive ideals. If you just wanted a tast...
Podur: Road Map Theatrics
Commentary, August, 12 2003
Justin Podur
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On August 3, 2003, the Associated Press reported on the progress of the road map. Some of the 'wanted men' of Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades were to be packed off to Jericho from Arafat's compound in Ramallah. It is not always clear what a Palestinian ...
Podur: Two Venezuelan Mayors
Znet Article, August, 03 2003
Justin Podur
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A recent Human Rights Watch report, which was harshly criticized by supporters of Venezuela's 'Bolivarian Revolution', said that "there are few obvious limits on free expression in Venezuela. The country's print and audiovisual media operate witho...
Podur: Revolutionizing Culture Part One
Znet Article, July, 15 2003
Justin Podur
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Revolutionizing Culture Part One
Podur: Uribe's Onslaught
Znet Article, June, 30 2003
Justin Podur
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At the end of May, the 'Rio Group' of Latin American countries discussed how to handle Colombia's civil war. Colombia's president, Alvaro Uribe Velez, was seeking a declaration from the group that asked Kofi Annan to give the FARC-- the main...
