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Author: Britain's Manmade BSE Disaster: Boundless and Without Borders
Commentary, May, 30 2001
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In 1985, a mystery disease now known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy [BSE or mad cow disease] first appeared in a dairy cow from Kent, England. Within the space of three years, the annual number of BSE-infected cattle in Britain rose to 731. B...
Weisbrot: Don't Cry for the IMF, Argentina
Commentary, May, 29 2001
Mark Weisbrot
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How many times can the most powerful financial institution in the world -- the International Monetary Fund -- make the same mistake? The answer seems to be: as many times as it wants to. As Argentina teeters on the brink of defaulting on its $150 ...
Moore: Give the People What They Want
Graphic, May, 28 2001
Kevin Moore
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Tim McVeigh, FBI, Oklahoma, death penalty
Moore: Give the People What They Want
Graphic, May, 28 2001
Kevin Moore
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Tim McVeigh, FBI, Oklahoma, death penalty
Author: Surprise Party
Commentary, May, 28 2001
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Like a zillion other Americans, I went to see Pearl Harbor on the first day of its release. As I sat there in the jammed bargain matinee, I kept assuring myself that as author of a radical history of WWII, I was merely doing research. Now, I could...
Pilger: The big threat in the Middle East is Israel, not Iraq
Commentary, May, 27 2001
John Pilger
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As George Bush escalates the new cold war begun by his father, the attention of his planners is moving to the Middle East. Stories about the threat of Iraq's "weapons of mass destruction" are again appearing in the American press, this time concen...
Ali: BLAIR AND BERLOSCUNI
Commentary, May, 27 2001
Tariq Ali
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I was in Turin at the Book Fair recently participating in a round-table to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the left-wing daily paper Il Manifesto, when I read that while the French and German governments were maintaining a certain cool, Tony Bla...
Bongard: Advantages of an Active Democracy – in numbers
Commentary, May, 26 2001
Christian Bongard
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In the West, we continuously confuse the terms “consumer†and “citizenâ€: what the Old Greeks used to know, we do not know anymore. When we speak of representative and other forms of democracy, namely a participative...
Bongard: Advantages of an Active Democracy Ð in numbers
Commentary, May, 26 2001
Christian Bongard
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In the West, we continuously confuse the terms ÒconsumerÓ and ÒcitizenÓ: what the Old Greeks used to know, we do not know anymore. When we speak of representative and other forms of democracy, namely a participative or active democracy, we only cr...
Author: Bush's Dangerous Star Wars Pipe Dream
Commentary, May, 25 2001
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President Bush's "Star Wars" speech reminded me of a conversation I had late in the Clinton era with Ezra Vogel, who served headed the State Department's Asia intelligence during the first Clinton Administration. He had returned to Harvard, but wa...
Podur: A few more moves ahead
Commentary, May, 25 2001
Justin Podur
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There is too much at stake for social change to be a game. But if it were a game, the side that had the ability to think many moves ahead, anticipate its opponents moves, know what its goal was and move toward it relentlessly, would have huge adva...
Author: Bush's Dangerous Star Wars Pipe Dream
Commentary, May, 25 2001
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President Bush's "Star Wars" speech reminded me of a conversation I had late in the Clinton era with Ezra Vogel, who served headed the State Department's Asia intelligence during the first Clinton Administration. He had returned to Harvard, but wa...
Edwards: HOW TO KILL THE TRUTH - Part 2
Commentary, May, 24 2001
David Edwards
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On December 22, 2000, I asked Alan Rusbridger, editor of the 'liberal' flagship newspaper, the Guardian, if he thought wealthy owners, parent companies, advertisers, flak machines, and allied political pressures compromised press reporting:
Drda: Uncle Sam Voted Off the Island
Graphic, May, 23 2001
Darrin Drda
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human rights, Uncle Sam, UN, United Nations
Deutsch: Our Tax Dollars at Work in Colombia
Graphic, May, 23 2001
Barry Deutsch
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drug war, Colombia, plan Colombia
Bond: Ghana's hydro-class struggles
Commentary, May, 23 2001
Patrick Bond
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ACCRA -- Notwithstanding the horrific soccer stadium disaster in which at least 165 people were killed in a police-incited stampede on May 9, the past week offered signs of genuine hope in Ghana.
Thrupkaew: A Letter from Cuba
Commentary, May, 22 2001
Noy Thrupkaew
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I recently traveled to Cuba as part of a U.S. women's delegation, sponsored by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Sojourner, and Hermanas, an organization dedicated to building solidarity between U.S. and Caribbean women. Away...
Mokhiber: Every Nook and Cranny
Commentary, May, 21 2001
Russell Mokhiber
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We've heard it said that commercialism will keep expanding its frontiers until every boundary has been smashed and non-commercial values are completely extinguished.
Raptis: A New Film
Commentary, May, 20 2001
Nikos Raptis
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In the late '40s and early '50s quite a few young Greek leftists had to flee their country to avoid at best torture and long prison terms and at worst execution in the hands of the US appointed local puppet Greek Government.
Wise: Breaking the Cycle of White Dependence: A Call for Majority Self-Sufficiency
Commentary, May, 19 2001
Tim Wise
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I think itÕs called Ôprojection.Õ When someone subconsciously realizes that a particular trait applies to them, and then attempts to locate that trait in others, so as to alleviate the stigma or self-doubt engendered by the trait in question.
