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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...
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...
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
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 ...
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 ...
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...
Sargent: The Chick Was In the Way
Zmag Article, June, 01 2003
Lydia Sargent
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The Chick Was In the Way
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...
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...
Barsamian: The Rise of Militant Islam
Zmag Article, June, 01 2003
David Barsamian
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The Rise of Militant Islam
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...
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. ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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,...
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, ...
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-...
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 ...
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


