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Albert: What's Going On?
Commentary, September, 28 2001
Michael Albert
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The U.S. response to September 11 seeks to benefit elites in the U.S., and, to a lesser degree, around the world. There are various goals.
Albert: Peace Movement Prospects
Commentary, September, 21 2001
Michael Albert
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September 11 went well beyond tragic. Worse is possible. Much better is also possible. And to achieve better is why activists need to not only mourn, but also to educate and organize. But many people I encounter doubt peace movement prospects. I f...
Albert: Five Reasons Not to Go to War
Commentary, September, 19 2001
Michael Albert
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In the wake of the horrific attacks of September 11, many people find their feelings of sadness and shock mixed with anger and calls for war. But war would be horribly wrong for at least five reasons.
Albert: Perceiving the Situation
Commentary, September, 18 2001
Michael Albert
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Beyond Bush and his ilk predictably trying to use calamity to propel their reactionary agendas on every front they can, from repressive legislation about eavesdropping, to military expansion, and even to tax policy -- it is certainly also true and...
Hoodbhoy: BLACK TUESDAY: THE VIEW FROM ISLAMABAD
Commentary, September, 17 2001
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Samuel Huntington's evil desire for a clash between civilizations may well come true after Tuesday's terror attacks. The crack that divided Muslims everywhere from the rest of the world is no longer a crack. It is a gulf, that if not bridged, will...
Albert: What Are We For?
Zmag Article, September, 01 2001
Michael Albert
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What Are We For?
Albert: Responding to the Nation
Commentary, August, 29 2001
Michael Albert
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The NationÕs (Sept 3) unsigned editorial treats PacificaÕs management as if they have ÒworthyÓ aims but indulge in a bit too much coffee each morning. Yet PacificaÕs management has routinely lied, employed pink slips as a bludgeon, hired thugs, is...
Albert: The Trajectory Of Struggle
Zmag Article, June, 01 2001
Michael Albert
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The Trajectory Of Struggle
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...
Albert: New Targets
Commentary, May, 04 2001
Michael Albert
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We anti-globalists oppose imperial trade arrangements. We reject that the rich get richer. We repudiate that the poor get poorer. We laugh at pundits claiming that globalization positively entwines world centers via new modes of communication and ...
Hoodbhoy: OUR BLIND NUCLEAR PROPHETS
Commentary, April, 12 2001
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Having thrown away several hundred, I still have in my possession about a hundred newspaper articles on the nuclear issue written in Pakistan and India over the past decade. The authors, overwhelmingly, are establishment nuclear "experts" and "str...
Albert: Not Free Speech
Commentary, March, 24 2001
Michael Albert
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Ed Herman has laid waste the pretensions of those bleating over the plight of poor abused David Horowitz that they are sincerely concerned about free speech. But there is more to the situationÉso letÕs address another aspect. Setting aside mainst...
Albert: Stop Whining, Start Winning
Zmag Article, March, 01 2001
Michael Albert
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Stop Whining, Start Winning
Albert: Gloves Off
Commentary, February, 06 2001
Michael Albert
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February 2, in ÒResolving the Pacifica Crisis Revisted,Ó I argued that progressive organizations should employ participatory and self-managing rather than corporate structures. I urged that advocating self-managing structures has not only long-run...
Albert: Resolving the Pacifica Crisis Revisited
Commentary, February, 02 2001
Michael Albert
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When an institution like Pacifica devolves into dysfunctional infighting involving police interventions, lock outs, firings and protest resignations, rallies and recirminations, many possible causes invite investigation.Ê
Bello: When Davos Meets Porto Alegre: A Memoir
Commentary, February, 01 2001
Walden Bello
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Porto Alegre, Brazil "Hemingway said that the rich are different from you and me. How can anyone expect the people in Davos to understand the crisis that globalization has visited on the lives of people like those of us here in Porto Alegre?" Tha...
Kovel: Global Warming And Realo-Fundi Greens
Zmag Article, February, 01 2001
Joel Kovel
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The breakdown last November 25 of the Hague talks on ratifying the 1997 Kyoto protocols on global warming was bad news indeed. But it would have been worse had the U.S. gotten its way. Fortunately, Europe, chiefly France, Scandinavia, and Germany,...
Albert: Thinking About DU
Commentary, January, 16 2001
Michael Albert
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The past week has seen a steadily escalating rush of commentary about Depleted Uranium used in the Gulf War and the Balkans bombing. Particularly in England but in much of Europe and the U.S. as well, left journalists are condemning DUÕs use. E-ma...
Bello: 2000: The Year of Global Protest against Globalization
Commentary, January, 10 2001
Walden Bello
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The last year will probably go down as one of those defining Êmoments in the history of the world economy, like 1929. Of course, the Êstructures of global capitalism appear to be solid, with many in the global Êelite in Washington, Europe, and Asi...
Albert: Election Lessons
Zmag Article, December, 01 2000
Michael Albert
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Election Lessons
