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Peterson: The Global Media
Zmag Article, October, 01 1997
David Peterson
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David Peterson Edward S. Herman and Robert W. McChesney are two of the most important critics of the global media scene. A Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and...
Chomsky: What Makes Mainstream Media Mainstream
Zmag Article, October, 01 1997
Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky Part of the reason why I write about the media is because I am interested in the whole intellectual culture, and the part of it that is easiest to study is the media. It comes out every day. You can d...
Herman: Pol Pot And Kissinger
Zmag Article, September, 01 1997
Edward Herman
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Edward S. Herman The hunt is on once again for war criminals, with ongoing trials of accused Serbs in The Hague, NATO raids seizing and killing other accused Serbs, and much discussion and enthusiasm in the media for bringi...
Chomsky: Market Democracy in a Neoliberal Order: Doctrines and Reality
Zmag Article, September, 01 1997
Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky I have been asked to speak on some aspect of academic or human freedom, an invitation that offers many choices. I will keep to some simple ones. Freedom without opportunity is a devil’s gift, and...
Solomon: Clinton And JFK -- Media Myth, R.I.P.
Zmag Article, September, 01 1997
Norman Solomon
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Clinton And JFK -- Media Myth, R.I.P.
Howe: none
Zmag Article, September, 01 1997
Genevieve Howe
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The American Association of World Health released an extensive study in March 1997 of the impact of the U.S. government’s embargo on public health and nutrition in Cuba. Through hundreds of examples, the study provides an ...
Harris: Where's There's Smoke... Someone's Getting Burned
Zmag Article, September, 01 1997
Bob Harris
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Harris OK, so the big tobacco companies and their lobbyists have cobbled together a backroom deal to save their hides. And now the various state Attorneys General can return to their respective capitals and gran...
Gibson: In Memory: Paulo Freire
Zmag Article, July, 01 1997
Rich Gibson
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Gibson Paulo Freire, the radical Brazilian "Vagabond of the Obvious" and the most widely known educator in the world, died on May 2, 1997 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was 75. Freire drew on humanis...
Herman: Word Tricks & Propaganda
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Edward Herman
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Edward S. Herman The mainstream media carry out their propaganda service on behalf of the corporate and political establishment in many ways: by choice of topics addressed (government rather than corporate abuses,...
Johnson: Human Rights Watch World Report 1997: Events Of 1996
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Tom Johnson
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In January 1997, the international human rights organization, Human Rights Watch, released its seventh annual report on the worldwide condition of human rights. The report, overall, finds human rights’ cond...
James: Haiti: The Roof Is Leaking
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Clara James
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Clara James On April 6, Haiti held elections to fill one-third of the Senate seats and positions on over 500 communal and town councils. The only problem was, most Haitians did not go to the polls. Only about 5 pe...
Wright: Mobuto Was Chaos
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
George Wright
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George Wright As this article is being written in early May, the 32-year regime of Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko is coming to an end. A guerrilla offensive carried out by the Alliance of Democratic Forces for...
Chomsky: Expanding the Floor of the Cage, Part IIl
Zmag Article, June, 01 1997
Noam Chomsky
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This essay is part of the ZNet Classics series. Three times a week we will re-post an article that we think is of timeless importance. This one was first published June, 1997.
Chomsky: The Passion for Free Markets
Zmag Article, May, 01 1997
Noam Chomsky
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For more than half a century, the United Nations has been the main forum for the United States to try to create a world in its image, maneuvering with its allies ...
Johnson: Nuclear Politics All MOXed Out
Zmag Article, May, 01 1997
Tom Johnson
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On January 14, 1997, representatives from 171 medical, environmental, and activist organizations in the United States and 18 other countries—including every major ...
Wallace: UMass Student Movement
Zmag Article, May, 01 1997
Dickie Wallace
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Something was up—that was the word around campus. Returning from winter break at the end of January, the talk was of some kind of student protest that would wake peopl...
Albert: My Generation
Zmag Article, May, 01 1997
Michael Albert
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 How would a person in your school, workplace, or neighborhood saying "we need a revolution" or "I am a revolutionary" or "justice requires a revolution," sound...
Chomsky: Expanding the Floor of the Cage, Part II
Zmag Article, April, 01 1997
Noam Chomsky
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As far as I know Clinton and Dole are moderate Republicans, more or less interchangeable representatives of the business community, old-time government insiders. Maybe there were personality differences. They have somewhat different constituencies...
Herman: The Inky and Me
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Edward Herman
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The Philadelphia Inquirer (Inky) is widely regarded as a very good newspaper. This reputation derives in part from its great superiority over its predecess...
Bacon: Korean Workers Shut Down the Chaebols
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
David Bacon
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David Bacon Since January 14, pitched battles have raged in the streets of Seoul. Outside the Myongdong Cathedral, union leaders have been directing the general strike paralyzing South Korea, and phalanxes of poli...
