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Zmag Article Ott: On Capitalism, Europe, and the World Bank

Zmag Article, January, 01 2007 Dennis Ott
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OTT: In an interview you quoted Thorstein Veblen, who contrasted “substantial people” and “underlying population.” At a shareholder’s meeting of Allianz AG, major shareholder Hans-Marti...

Zmag Article Jimenez: History Handbook

Zmag Article, January, 01 2007 Arturo Jimenez
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S eptember 21, 2006 marked the 30th anniversary of the first car bomb ever to explode on U.S. soil. It exploded in the streets of Washington, DC killing the former Chilean ambassador to the United Nations, Orla...

Znet Article Emersberger: Canada's Haitian Political Prisoner

Znet Article, December, 27 2006 Joe Emersberger
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Jean Candio has been imprisoned in Windsor, Ontario since December 13, 2006. He left Haiti in March, 2004, following the Coup d'etat which culminated in the kidnapping of democratically elected Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. He left a...

Znet Article Barker: Catalyst for Iranian Resistance

Znet Article, December, 18 2006 Michael Barker
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The Iranian question is on everyone’s lips at the moment, and judging by the ongoing discussions in both the mainstream and alternative (progressive) media, it is apparent that, one way or the other, the US (and its coalition of willing cr...

Znet Article Leopold: Army Targets Truthout for Subpoenas in Watada Case

Znet Article, December, 18 2006 Jason Leopold
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In a case that cuts right to the heart of the First Amendment, a US Army prosecutor has indicated he intends to subpoena Truthout Executive Director Marc Ash, a Truthout reporter, and two of the nonprofit news organization's regular contributors, ...

Znet Article Grosso: The Devil is in the Details: the foolish cult of Giuliani

Znet Article, December, 17 2006 Joseph Grosso
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    One of Shakespeare’s most oft-quoted phrases (probably second only to “To be or not to be…”) comes out of the mouth of Malvolio when speaking to Olivia in Twelfth Night: “Be not afraid of greatness: so...

Znet Article Carlson: Democracy: Washington's Real Enemy in Venezuela

Znet Article, December, 15 2006 Chris Carlson
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Hugo Chavez isn't the only Venezuelan leader to ever challenge and anger the United States. Cipriano Castro, president of Venezuela from 1899 to 1908, was probably as big of an adversary to Washington as Hugo Chavez is today. Throughout Castro's r...

Znet Article Schwartz: Why Withdrawal Is Unmentionable

Znet Article, December, 14 2006 Michael Schwartz
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The report of James A. Baker's Iraq Study Group has already become a benchmark for Iraq policy, dominating the print and electronic media for several days after its release, and generating excited commentary by all manner of leadership types from ...

Znet Article Ash: Whither Israel?

Znet Article, December, 12 2006 Gabriel Ash
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Israel is in crisis. The recent Lebanon War has heightened all its internal and external contradictions. Gabriel Ash looks at the economic and political foundations of this deeply militaristic and ideological state. The recent military defeat, bre...

Znet Article Winter: Canada's Media Wannabe Americans

Znet Article, December, 08 2006 James Winter
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We Canadians like to think of ourselves as more than friendly neighbours, as global citizens with a penchant for peacekeeping. Since former prime minister Lester Pearson won a Nobel Peace prize in 1957, we have opposed U.S. international aggressio...

Znet Article Schwartz: The Myth of More

Znet Article, December, 07 2006 Michael Schwartz
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The midterm elections in the U.S. launched a new era in Iraq policy, including a new assertiveness by the ascending Democrats and visible soul-searching among at least some descending Republicans. The news is filled with a sense of impending chang...

Znet Article Ssoldz: The systematic destruction of Jose Padilla

Znet Article, December, 07 2006 Stephen Ssoldz
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The New York Times today gives a glimpse of the systematic destruction of a human being as they describe the routine treatment of U.S. citizen Jose Padilla,...

Znet Article Fox: Venezuela's Secret Grassroots Democracy

Znet Article, November, 30 2006 Michael Fox
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  With all international eyes on the December 3rd Venezuelan presidential elections, a totally new and revolutionary experience of Venezuelan grassroots democracy has completely slipped below international radar.  An experience that has already...

Znet Article Ssoldz: Letter to the CEO of the American Psychological Association

Znet Article, November, 29 2006 Stephen Ssoldz
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Letter to the CEO of the American Psychological Association

Znet Article Carlson: Coup D'etat in Venezuela: Made in the USA

Znet Article, November, 24 2006 Chris Carlson
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In 1999, when the U.S.-led bombing campaign in Serbia didn't get rid of Slobodan Milosovic, Washington changed its strategy.  U.S. intelligence organized a $77 million effort to oust Milosovic through the ballot box.  They sent in CIA front organi...

Znet Article Du boff: Milton Friedman 1912-2006: A Short Appreciation

Znet Article, November, 20 2006 Richard Du boff
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The core of Milton Friedman's economic philosophy, from which all else flowed, was the proposition that "inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon." Tell me how fast the government is allowed to increase the supply of money, and I'l...

Znet Article Carlson: Venezuela: Another Coup In The Making?

Znet Article, November, 17 2006 Chris Carlson
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On April 11th, 2002, a group of businessman, politicians, and military officers, in conjunction with the cooperation of the major national media, kidnapped the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, and took over the national government.  Two days a...

Znet Article Colman: Teachers and APPO in Oaxaca and Mexico

Znet Article, November, 09 2006 George Colman
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     In  the summer and fall of 2006, 70,000 public school teachers and approximately 350 organizations united in a new Asemblea Popular Pueblo Oaxaca (APPO) occupied the center of the city, took over local radio and television stations, blocked t...

Znet Article Fox: Venezuelan Ties to US Voting Machines? What About the Others?

Znet Article, November, 07 2006 Michael Fox
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With the United States November congressional elections, electronic voting machines are back in the news.  HBO aired it’s new documentary entitled, “Hacking Democracy” last Thursday, which asked the question, “are e...

Znet Article Ramanathan: Reservation in India: History, Challenges and Lessons

Znet Article, November, 06 2006 Karthik Ramanathan
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"It seems in the social realm, some kind of  a counter-revolution is taking place in India.... [among other things] our privileged classes are getting tired of (the) affirmative action..."                     - K R Narayanan, President of India, ...

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