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Prashad: The State of Well-Being: Welfare Fights in CT

Commentary, May, 17 2001 Vijay Prashad
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I hate authority. Whenever I'm in front of someone with power, and if I feel alone, I get awkward and silly. No wonder I hate the Connecticut State House, all opulent and aristocratic, with the lobbyists gathered like sharks in the stairwell, and ...

Deutsch: Happy Mother's Day!

Graphic, May, 16 2001 Barry Deutsch
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wage gap, feminism, mom, moms, mothers day, single mothers, second shift, George W. Bush, George Bush, Bush, Dubya, Freud

Gonsalves: Results we are after

Commentary, May, 16 2001 Sean Gonsalves
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When that U.S. spy plane was snooping around the coast of China, crashed into a Chinese military plane, killing its pilot, the "liberal" media swung into action and gave us constant coverage of the international incident.

Dowd: Down with the Bah Humbug of Taxes, Surpluses, Spending, and Deficits, up with What We Need and Can Do

Commentary, May, 15 2001 Douglas Dowd
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The flagrantly unjust and harmful policies for taxes, governmental spending and real and imagined surpluses in place or on their way had their beginnings in the last years of CarterÕs presidency Ñ prodded and facilitated by what Richard Du Boff te...

Shah: Lost in Translation On the Liabilities of Being an American Abroad

Commentary, May, 14 2001 Sonia Shah
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You get so used to walking around feeling like a big smart smartypants, understanding (and disapproving of) most things around you (come on, you know what I mean) and then something simple happens that shows you, in a flash, how fragile and circum...

Choudry: Market Missionaries Flock To The Pacific

Commentary, May, 12 2001 Aziz Choudry
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ÒYour nonsense spreads to Pacific beliefs like the plague bubonic/ speaking tongues parallel to concrete jungle mumbo.Ó Ê (Reverse Resistance, by King Kapisi) Samoan hiphop artist King Kapisi slams colonialism and missionary beliefs on his Savag...

Peters: Motherâ€™s Day, 2001

Commentary, May, 12 2001 Cynthia Peters
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The problem with Motherâ€™s Day rituals is that they reinforce what I call the telescope effect on Moms and their kids. Most days of the year, disproportionate blame is leveled at Moms for their kidsâ€™ shortcomings. On Motherâ€™...

Peters: MotherÕs Day, 2001

Commentary, May, 12 2001 Cynthia Peters
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The problem with MotherÕs Day rituals is that they reinforce what I call the telescope effect on Moms and their kids. Most days of the year, disproportionate blame is leveled at Moms for their kidsÕ shortcomings. On MotherÕs Day, they are privatel...

Herman: PUBLIC VERSUS POWER INTELLECTUALS, Part 1

Commentary, May, 11 2001 Edward Herman
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The conventional use of the term "public intellectual" has been a source of growing confusion and bombast of late. At a forum on "The Future of Public Intellectuals" held some months ago in New York City, Russell Jacoby of The Last Intellectuals f...

Herman: PUBLIC VERSUS POWER INTELLECTUALS, Part 1

Commentary, May, 11 2001 Edward Herman
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The conventional use of the term "public intellectual" has been a source of growing confusion and bombast of late. At a forum on "The Future of Public Intellectuals" held some months ago in New York City, Russell Jacoby of The Last Intellectuals f...

Rebick: Of Catapults and Teddy Bears

Commentary, May, 10 2001 Judy Rebick
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The teddy bear hurling catapult at the demonstrations in Quebec City may turn out to be the most effective piece of street theatre in protest history. Designed to mock the wall separating leaders at the Summit of the Americas from the people prote...

Albert: Anarchism?!

Commentary, May, 10 2001 Michael Albert
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Like most social movements anarchism is diverse. Most broadly an anarchist seeks out and identifies structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination throughout life, and tries to challenge them as conditions and the pursuit of justice permit. An...

Deutsch: Ya can't get more consistent than that!

Graphic, May, 09 2001 Barry Deutsch
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first amendment, abortion, pro-life, Wind Done Gone

Edwards: Media Mendacity and The Art of Self-Deception

Commentary, May, 09 2001 David Edwards
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On 27 January 1986, the O-ring task force of Morton Thiokol met to discuss the likely consequences of a proposed Space Shuttle launch the following day at a temperature of 18 degrees Fahrenheit. O-rings are designed to take up the slack in the Shu...