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Znet Article Asai: The Bush Strategy and Japan's War Contingency Laws

Znet Article, June, 02 2003 Motofumi Asai
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This article traces the fundamental shifts in Japanese contingency planning for war under pressure from the start of the Bush administration and particularly since 9/11. The author shows that the Koizumi administration's security policy, and parti...

Znet Article Leopold: Wolfowitz Admits Iraq War Was Planned Two Days After 9/11

Znet Article, June, 02 2003 Jason Leopold
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While the hawks in the Bush administration attempt to justify the logic behind a preemptive strike against Iraq now that its become clear the country’s alleged weapons of mass destruction are nowhere to be found, the true reasons for going...

Znet Article Rangwala: Evidence And Deceit: How The Case For War Became Unstuck

Znet Article, June, 02 2003 Glen Rangwala
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Evidence And Deceit: How The Case For War Became Unstuck

Znet Article Cronkite: Media Consolidation And Corporate Power

Znet Article, June, 02 2003 Walter Cronkite
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On June 2, the FCC will undertake the most massive reexamination of media ownership rules in the agency’s history. Their decisions will have profound implications on how Americans get their news and information, and from which sources. In ...

Znet Article Monbiot: Africa's Scar Gets Uglier

Znet Article, June, 02 2003 George Monbiot
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Perhaps the defining moment of Tony Blair's premiership was the speech that he gave to the Labour party conference in October 2001. In June, his party had returned to office with a monumental majority. In September, two planes were flown into the ...

Zmag Article Solomon: The Media, Gulf War II, & The FCC

Zmag Article, June, 01 2003 Norman Solomon
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A new poll tells us that—by a two-to-one margin—Americans “use clearly positive words in their descriptions of the president.” The Pew Research Center, releasing a nationwide survey on May...

Zmag Article Sargent: The Chick Was In the Way

Zmag Article, June, 01 2003 Lydia Sargent
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The Chick Was In the Way

Zmag Article Herman: Normalizing Godfatherly Aggression

Zmag Article, June, 01 2003 Edward Herman
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I t is fascinating to see how effectively the U.S. propaganda system has normalized and even put a very good face on its government’s straightforward aggression against—and conquest and...

Zmag Article Bronski: The Politics of Gay Pulp Fiction

Zmag Article, June, 01 2003 Michael Bronski
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W hen my editor at St. Martin’s Press asked me to do an anthology of pre-Stonewall gay male fiction, it seemed like an easy deal: how much could there be? Everyone knew—or at least I th...

Zmag Article Barsamian: The Rise of Militant Islam

Zmag Article, June, 01 2003 David Barsamian
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The Rise of Militant Islam

Zmag Article Bacon: Fear of Firing

Zmag Article, June, 01 2003 David Bacon
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I n a landmark opinion, Brooklyn judge, Steven Davis, a hearing officer for the National Labor Relations Board, ordered Extreme Building Services, an asbestos removal company, to stop “physic...

Zmag Article Albert: Cuba Controversy

Zmag Article, June, 01 2003 Michael Albert
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A controversy has arisen on the left in the U.S., and perhaps more widely as well, about recent events in Cuba. The Cuban government has enacted repressive legal measures against opponents. The U.S. ...

Zmag Article Templer: Teaching the Language of the Conqueror

Zmag Article, June, 01 2003 Bill Templer
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T he new handheld electronic device known as a Phrasealator, first tried by U.S. troops in Afghanistan, is a graphic emblem of the practical difficulties of diffusing American hegemonic power acros...

Zmag Article Sullivan: HMO’s Invade Patient Privacy

Zmag Article, June, 01 2003 Kip Sullivan
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T hanks to the Bush administration, a new federal rule took effect on April 14 that authorizes HMOs to take medical records from clinics, hospitals, and pharmacies without patient consent. The new ...

Zmag Article Staff: After the Marches

Zmag Article, June, 01 2003 Z Staff
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C overage of t he anti-war marches of early 2003 may have disappeared from the myopic mainst ream media, but the effects these unpa...

Zmag Article Mamoun: Wielding Weapons of Mass Persuasion

Zmag Article, June, 01 2003 Linda Mamoun
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R ecall the excitement on March 19, 2003 when U.S. and British forces launched, during prime-time television hours, their long-awaited sequel, Gulf War, Part II. After months of war promotion,...

Zmag Article Ginocchio: The Oakland Dock Protest

Zmag Article, June, 01 2003 Paul Ginocchio
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I was one of the hundreds of people who met Monday, April 7 at the Oakland Docks to peacefully picket in front of the APL shipping lines—which transports munitions that were used to kill men, ...

Zmag Article Berkowitz: African American Muslims

Zmag Article, June, 01 2003 Bill Berkowitz
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T he grenade attack in Iraq by an African American muslim, Sgt. Asan Akbar, that killed two and wounded several, set off a maelstrom of right-wing criticism against black Muslims in the U.S. Right-...

Zmag Article Beeton: Wildcats of Thai-Burma

Zmag Article, June, 01 2003 Dan Beeton
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F or shoppers in the U.S., the “Made in Thailand” label is becoming more common on clothes racks in shopping malls and discount stores. What shoppers in the U.S. and other countries on ...

Zmag Article Benjamin: Kurds at the Nexus of Global Politics

Zmag Article, June, 01 2003 Jesse Benjamin
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Kurds at the Nexus of Global Politics

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