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Zunes: Preparing The Nation For War
Znet Article, March, 18 2003
Stephen Zunes
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"My fellow citizens, events in Iraq have now reached the final days of decision. For more than a decade, the United States and other nations have pursued patient and honorable efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime without war."This is patently false....
Albert: Support Our Troops
Znet Article, March, 17 2003
Michael Albert
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If war comes even despite the historic, tenacious, and comprehensive opposition now raging across the planet, the U.S. government will proclaim triumphantly that everyone who isn’t a traitor needs to rally around Washington to “sup...
Bond: Commodification: Kyoto threatens, WSF inspires resistance
Commentary, March, 05 2003
Patrick Bond
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The surgical counter-attack from the international left which impressed me most at Porto Alegre, was bullshit detection in relation to two Kyoto deals: the 1997 Protocol of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; and the upcoming World Wate...
Blum: The Empire Does What It Wants
Znet Article, March, 04 2003
William Blum
Blum's ZSpace page
CBS has reported that barely five hours after the attacks on Washington and New York, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is quoted shorthand by aides saying, in reference to Saddam Hussein, “Judge whether good enough to hit S.H. at same tim...
Cook: No White Flags
Znet Article, March, 02 2003
Jonathan Cook
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The streets of Ramallah, unlike those of most other West Bank cities, are usually free of Israeli soldiers. Despite appearances, however, the army has stamped its control on the West Bank's capital as certainly as its tanks have left deep tread ma...
Albert: Interview About Parecon
Znet Article, February, 17 2003
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book, Parecon: Life After Capitalism, is about? What is it trying to communicate? Parecon: Life After Capitalism is about an economic system called Participatory Economics that seeks to accomplish producti...
Blum: What Do the Imperial Mafia Really Want?
Znet Article, February, 17 2003
William Blum
Blum's ZSpace page
Which is the more remarkable -- that the United States can openly announce to the world its determination to invade a sovereign nation and overthrow its government in the absence of any attack or threat of attack from the intended target? Or that ...
Shalom: Antiwar Questions and Answers
Znet Article, February, 12 2003
Stephen1 Shalom
Shalom's ZSpace page
1. As anti-war sentiment grows and the anti-war movement gains momentum, what are the most important priorities for peace and justice organizations? To build a movement able to marshal sufficient numbers of sufficiently informed and committed peo...
Albert: Organize, Demonstrate!
Znet Article, February, 09 2003
Michael Albert
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I hate apocalyptic politics. I was radicalized by the civil rights movement and Vietnam. People shouted all kinds of furor about the environment imploding, about fascism rising, and about imminent Armageddon. The hollering had provocation. We ...
Albert: WSF: Where To Now?
Znet Article, February, 03 2003
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
[This is an essay in progress...modest changes will be incorporated until its final version appears in Z Magazine, in March 2003. Ideas for improvements are welcome -- mail to sysop@zmag.org -- most recent changes 02/05] The worldwide...
Hoodbhoy: Is It A War On Islam?
Commentary, February, 03 2003
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Hoodbhoy's ZSpace page
Street opinion in Pakistan, and probably most Muslim countries, holds that Islam is the sole target of America's new wars. Even moderate Muslims are
Bond: Cultivating African Anti-Capitalism
Zmag Article, February, 01 2003
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
W hen it comes to anti-capitalist resistance, the most economically marginalized sites are among the most interesting. Not because the greatest number of militant activists are out in force&mda...
Amin: For Struggles Global And National
Znet Article, January, 31 2003
Samir Amin
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The antecedents of the World Social Forum (WSF) can be traced to January 2000 when a small group of about 50 activists, representing trade unions, intellectuals, peasant organisations and other social groups, gathered in Davos. Samir Amin, an inte...
Zunes: A US Invasion Of Iraq Can Be Stopped
Znet Article, January, 17 2003
Stephen Zunes
Zunes's ZSpace page
Despite increased preparation for war, there is a growing perception that a U.S. invasion of Iraq can be stopped. There is little question that were it not for the anti-war movement, the United States would have gone to war against Iraq already. ...
Bond: "Deglobalization"? Sure, but...
Commentary, January, 13 2003
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
My favorite haunt, Zimbabwe, is the delight of aggressive bourgeois commentators, one of whom wrote a month ago about that country's meltdown in the Economist (30 November 2002):
Cook: Crossing Which Borders?
Znet Article, January, 02 2003
Jonathan Cook
Cook's ZSpace page
Earlier this year the Israeli novelist A B Yehoshua wrote at length about Zionism, the Jewish nation- building ideology formulated by Theodor Herzl, explaining that at its core lay the concept of a border. Jewish identity in the diaspora, he obser...
Shiva: On Pests, Weeds And Terrorists: Weaving Harmony Through Diversity
Commentary, December, 03 2002
Vandana2 Shiva
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Lack of harmony characterizes our times -- There is disharmony between humans and nature, between religions, between cultures, between genders. Non-sustainability, injustice, war are different expressions of disharmony which has its roots in a wo...
