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Bonpane: Office of the Americas Delegation Visits Lori Berenson
Commentary, June, 24 1999
BlasŽ Bonpane
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"Put off your visit until the Organization of American States leaves Peru," said the U.S. Embassy in Peru. But we decided to go anyway.
Mokhiber: Laurence Summers, The World Bank, and Humanity
Commentary, June, 18 1999
Russell Mokhiber
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"Just between you and me, shouldn't the World Bank be encouraging more migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [least developed countries]?" So wrote Treasury Secretary-designee Lawrence Summers, then the chief economist at the World Bank, i...
Landau: Remember Angola
Commentary, June, 17 1999
Saul Landau
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As Kosovo atrocities dominate the headlines, I wait for some former national security maven to confess to US government crimes committed during the Cold War. We know the CIA assassinated people, fomented coups and destabilized countries we claimed...
Raptis: U.S. Occupation
Commentary, June, 16 1999
Nikos Raptis
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In the core of this "sophisticated and careful" planning one finds the need for a US occupation of the "Grand Area." The dictionary "definition" of occupation is: "The holding and control of an area by a foreign military force."
Herman: Kosovo and Doublespeak
Commentary, June, 15 1999
Edward Herman
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War, propaganda, and the proliferation of doublespeak have always gone hand-in-hand. As was the case during the Persian Gulf war, the NATO war against Yugoslavia witnessed a collapse of mainstream media integrity and a new surge of doublespeak in ...
Burchill: The Transition to Democracy in Indonesia: Australian Perspectives
Commentary, June, 14 1999
Scott Burchill
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By propping up the Suharto dictatorship for over three decades, both sides of Australian politics clearly demonstrated what they thought about the prospect of democracy in Indonesia.
Glass: Top Drawer
Commentary, June, 13 1999
Charles Glass
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Diana is dead. Tony lives. Miracles have begun. The first on record comes, as so often with the Bible and Lives of the Saints, in the form of a cure.
Herman: 'Balance' Sickness at The Nation
Commentary, June, 05 1999
Edward Herman
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The Nation has not distinguished itself in its coverage of the Kosovo crisis. It has had some good editorials and articles, but these are nicely balanced by pro-war pieces. It should embarrass the editors that its UN Correspondent Ian Williams is ...
Albert: Lend Me Your Ear
Zmag Article, June, 01 1999
Michael Albert
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Lend Me Your Ear
Herman: Bomb the NYT
Commentary, May, 31 1999
Edward Herman
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NATO spokespersons have justified the bombing of Serbian TV and radio on the grounds that these broadcasters are an "instrument of state propaganda," tell lies, spew forth hatred, provide no "balance" in their offerings, and thus help prolong the ...
Shalom: The Milosevic Indictment
Commentary, May, 29 1999
Stephen1 Shalom
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Following World War II, a war crimes tribunal was held in Tokyo to try Japanese political and military leaders. There is no doubt that the defendants were responsible for appalling atrocities, but, as the Indian judge on the tribunal wrote in his ...
Solomon: Three On Kosovo
Commentary, May, 28 1999
Norman Solomon
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A few days ago, the president of the United States openly violated the War Powers Act -- and the national media yawned.
Dominick: That's Some Catch
Commentary, May, 26 1999
Brian Dominick
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As the NATO rampage continues in Yugoslavia, Western military and political leaders seem to be drifting slowly away from what can be fully explained by institutional analysis.
Zinn: Whose Atrocity Is Bigger
Commentary, May, 25 1999
Howard Zinn
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Milosovic has committed atrocities. Therefore it is okay for us to commit atrocities. He is terrorizing the Albanians in Kosovo. Therefore we can terrorize the population of cities and villages in Yugoslavia.
Solomon: When Will the Media Call It War
Commentary, May, 19 1999
Norman Solomon
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Nearly two months have passed since the beginning of NATO's air war against Yugoslavia. After a shaky start, Washington's spin machinery has done much to promote a war agenda -- with crucial assistance from major U.S. news media.
Reinhart: The Israeli Elections
Commentary, May, 18 1999
Tanya Reinhart
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This is a translation of a column that appeared in the Israeli daily 'yediot' on May 16, 1999 (a day before the elections).
Brecher: Letter to Bernie Sanders
Commentary, May, 17 1999
Jeremy Brecher
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Dear Bernie -- This letter explains the matters of conscience that have led me to resign from your staff.
Lusane: Jackson and the Contradictions of War
Commentary, May, 13 1999
Clarence Lusane
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Into the storm's eye of the Balkin war stepped Rev. Jesse Jackson, and, once again, he emerges with prisoners of war.
Raptis: The Greeks, Kosovo, Etc.
Commentary, May, 12 1999
Nikos Raptis
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As already mentioned, during the night of April 27 to April 28, '99, Greek demonstrators forced a train carrying British troops and tanks to Macedonia to return to the terminus of the port of Salonica and not leave for Macedonia.
Schechter: Covering Wars at Home and Abroad
Commentary, May, 11 1999
Danny Schechter
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Had the Marine Corps recruiter not gotten hung up on the fact that Columbine H.S. student Eric Harris lied about taking an anti-depressant, he may very well have been on his way by now to the front lines of Kosovo, the real war he reportedly prefe...
