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Cook: Matrix Reloaded- Yet Again
Znet Article, November, 16 2003
Jonathan Cook
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Israeli academic Jeff Halper has coined the phrase "the matrix of control" to describe the system of settlements, outposts, bypass roads, confiscated land masquerading as national parks, military zones, checkpoints and now hundreds of kilometres o...
Albert: The Joyous Potential Of Economic Vision
Znet Article, November, 10 2003
Michael Albert
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I recently had an opportunity to read an essay criticizing Participatory Economics from Odessa Steps, titled The Sad Conceit of Participatory Economics. My reactions to what appeared in it, trying to correct strange readings, mostly, lead me to wa...
Albert: Parecon Query and Reply
Znet Article, November, 07 2003
Michael Albert
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Below are ten frequently asked questions that I try to succinctly answer. 1. Why do we need vision at all? Why should we worry about the shape of a future society? Isn't it sufficient to reject current injustice? People throughout society k...
Albert: Parecon Query and Reply
Znet Article, November, 07 2003
Michael Albert
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Below are ten frequently asked questions that I try to succinctly answer. 1. Why do we need vision at all? Why should we worry about the shape of a future society? Isn't it sufficient to reject current injustice? People throughout society k...
Albert: Guns and Alternative Media?
Commentary, November, 04 2003
Michael Albert
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There are about 30,000 gun related deaths in the U.S. per year, plus a huge number of lesser violations ranging from minor wounds to lasting disabilities. Gun control of diverse sorts could hugely diminish these losses, yet U.S. gun control is ine...
Zunes: The Syrian Accountability Act And The Triumph Of Hegemony
Znet Article, October, 31 2003
Stephen Zunes
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On October 15, the U.S. House of Representatives--with an overwhelming bipartisan majority--passed the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003, which imposes strict sanctions against the Syrian government. (A simil...
Albert: Albert Rejoins Green
Znet Article, October, 30 2003
Michael Albert
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Hi Joe, I wonder where this piece is appearing. I am replying to you, here, but it would be nice if you could convey this to wherever you put your response... I thank you, of course, for you ample interest! There is only so much time I can give ...
Albert: Albert Replies to Green
Znet Article, October, 30 2003
Michael Albert
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I recently was directed to a serious essay by Joseph Green about participatory economics. I don't know how to engage with him and the essay, but will offer some reactions and hope that they find their way to the relevant audiences, and to Green hi...
Shiva: Victory In Cancun
Commentary, October, 18 2003
Vandana2 Shiva
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Cancun stands as a victory of democracy over dictatorship, of fairness over injustice, of the South over the North, of the poor over the rich, of people over profits, and of life over death.
Albert: Elena Molinari Interviews Michael Albert
Znet Article, October, 09 2003
Michael Albert
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(1) Many mainstream economists and historians claim that there is only one economic system viable in the world in the XXI century, and that is capitalism. Is the system of Participatory economy alternative to both capitalism and socialism? How and...
Albert: Iqtidar Interviews Albert
Znet Article, October, 06 2003
Michael Albert
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Iqtidar Interviews Albert
Shiva: Coke : Hazardous Even Without Pesticides
Commentary, September, 26 2003
Vandana2 Shiva
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Coke : Hazardous Even Without Pesticides
Bello: Implications of Cancun
Znet Article, September, 23 2003
Walden Bello
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The collapse of the Fifth Ministerial of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Cancun, Mexico, last Sunday, Sept. 14, was an event of historic proportions. Cancun has several massive implications. First, the collapse represented a victory for ...
Albert: Help Me Out
Znet Article, September, 11 2003
Michael Albert
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Perhaps this is a bit unorthodox, but I would like to ask certain potential...
Shiva: W.t.o. Agreement On Agriculure
Commentary, September, 11 2003
Vandana2 Shiva
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The Agreement on Agriculture should be called a Cargill Agreement. It was former Cargill Vice-President, Dan Amstutz, who drafted the original text of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture. Opening Southern markets and converting peasant agri...
Blum: Myth and Denial in the War Against Terrorism
Znet Article, August, 19 2003
William Blum
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It dies hard. It dies very hard. The notion that terrorist acts against the United States can be explained by envy and irrational hatred, and not...
Cook: Absent Voices
Znet Article, August, 18 2003
Jonathan Cook
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As Sharon manoeuvers in the shadow of the roadmap, the shortcomings of the mainstream Israeli peace camp have never been more evident, writes Jonathan Cook from Nazareth This Saturday a convoy of Jewish and Arab Israeli peace activists will vent...
Albert: Election Plan?
Znet Article, August, 12 2003
Michael Albert
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Between now and U.S. election day, and for some time thereafter, there will be an intermittent stream of leftist discussion, debate, exhortation, and sometimes recrimination about what to do, when to do it, and with what methods and means. I thi...
Albert: Election Plan?
Znet Article, August, 12 2003
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Between now and U.S. election day, and for some time thereafter, there will be an intermittent stream of leftist discussion, debate, exhortation, and sometimes recrimination about what to do, when to do it, and with what methods and means. ...
Cook: Racism Reinforced
Znet Article, August, 09 2003
Jonathan Cook
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Click to view caption Farahti with three of their four children. Ahmed Farahti is facing deportation back to West Bank even though he has been married to Samar for eight years Morad as-Sana and his wife Abir returned home from their honeym...
