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Fatah: Stop the deportation of Palestinian Peace activist Issam Al Yamani from Canada
Znet Article, April, 16 2006
Tarek Fatah
Fatah's ZSpace page
April 11, 2006The Right Honourable Stephen HarperPrime Minister of Canada,Office of the Prime Minister,80 Wellington Street,Ottawa, OntarioK1A 0A2 Re: The deportation from Canada of Palestinian peace activist Issam Al Yamani Dear Prime Minister...
Barker: Fidel Ramos and the Australian Centre for Democratic Institutions
Znet Article, April, 16 2006
Michael Barker
Barker's ZSpace page
CANBERRA – On 26 November 1998, Fidel Ramos (former president of the Philippines) was invited to Australia to give the Inaugural Annual Address at the newly created “democracy promoting†organisation - the Australian Centre...
Barghouti: When is Killing Arab Civilians Considered a Massacre?
Znet Article, April, 10 2006
Omar Barghouti
Barghouti's ZSpace page
Recent reports from Iraq indicate beyond doubt that the U.S. occupation army has embarked on a new “tactic†from its menu of atrocities, in an attempt to counter the burgeoning Iraqi resistance attacks against its soldiers. â€...
Gberie: Charles Taylor on Trial
Znet Article, April, 04 2006
Lansana Gberie
Gberie's ZSpace page
Inside the UN-Sierra Leone Special Court’s massive fortification, at a spot close to its small detention centre, is a helicopter landing strip. The strip was furtively constructed about two years ago. When a foreign visitor wondered aloud ...
Barghouti: The Israeli Elections
Znet Article, April, 03 2006
Omar Barghouti
Barghouti's ZSpace page
Israel votes for disengagement and final borders" and "Israelis abandon the dream of Greater Israel" were the main themes in the spin that characterized mainstream, even some progressive, media coverage of the Israeli parliamentary elections which...
Emersberger: Haiti and Human Rights Watch
Znet Article, March, 29 2006
Joe Emersberger
Emersberger's ZSpace page
In a world dominated by the wealthy the temptation will always exist for NGOs to acquire funds, and respectability, by saying at least some of what the powerful want to hear. It's an understandable temptation. Nobody should seek out oblivion - es...
Schwartz: Does the Media Have It Right on the War?
Znet Article, March, 28 2006
Michael Schwartz
Schwartz's ZSpace page
The media loves anniversaries, the grimmer the better. On the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, our newspapers and TV news were filled to the brim with retrospectives on the origins of the Iraq war, reassessments of how it was conducted b...
Docena: The Economic Restructuring Of Iraq
Znet Article, March, 27 2006
Herbert Docena
Docena's ZSpace page
Three years after the invasion, Iraq remains a living nightmare for many Iraqis. Up to half of Iraq's labor force are unemployed; more than 60 per cent of the population depend on government rations to survive; over 20 per cent live below the pove...
Ssoldz: Sending mentally ill soldiers back to Iraq:
Znet Article, March, 26 2006
Stephen Ssoldz
Ssoldz's ZSpace page
As the US military has difficulties recruiting and retaining soldiers for its never-ending war of occupation in Iraq, the armed services are resorting to increasingly desperate means of coping. The Stop-Loss option in soldiers' contracts has allow...
Leopold: GOP Bids to Take ANWR While Region was Ravaged by Major Oil Spill
Znet Article, March, 19 2006
Jason Leopold
Leopold's ZSpace page
The Senate passed approved a measure in a budget bill Thursday that included a provision to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling - just as the region suffers through one of the worst oil spills in history. The provision to perm...
Ariel: Amateur Activist Starter Kit
Znet Article, March, 17 2006
Tal Ariel
Ariel's ZSpace page
So I'm driving to work this morning, nauseatingly contemplating how screwed the world is, how my excruciatingly long commute was contributing to environmental devastation, how I should be doing more, and how contrary to my self-image I wasn't a se...
Schweickart: I Still Think It's Nonsense
Znet Article, March, 15 2006
David Schweickart
Schweickart's ZSpace page
I Still Think It's Nonsense
Ssoldz: The Avian Flu Threat is Real
Znet Article, March, 13 2006
Stephen Ssoldz
Ssoldz's ZSpace page
One of the many serious dangers arising from the Bush administration's persistent record of lies and distortions is that, for many, whatever visceral faith they had that the government would attempt to deal sensibly with emergencies has dissipated...
Schwartz: The Campaign to Pacify Sunni Iraq
Znet Article, March, 12 2006
Michael Schwartz
Schwartz's ZSpace page
The December elections in Iraq did not initiate a period of state building, but instead marked an expanding, many-sided conflict whose latest major horror was the bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra and the carnage it triggered. All the con...
Schwartz: A Government with No Military and No Territory
Znet Article, March, 10 2006
Michael Schwartz
Schwartz's ZSpace page
President Bush marked the Iraqi election of December 2005 as the beginning of a new era. A freely selected permanent government would begin asserting its sovereignty over the country, building an administrative infrastructure, and rising to the ch...
Gberie: Sierra Leone
Znet Article, March, 10 2006
Lansana Gberie
Gberie's ZSpace page
The UN-Sierra Leone Special Court began work nearly four years ago, and it has already spent more than $80 million dollars. This is mostly as salary for its mainly expatriate staff, amounting to $16 million a year – more than that for the ...
Lindsay: Bordering On Apartheid
Znet Article, March, 08 2006
Hillary Lindsay
Lindsay's ZSpace page
Abdelkader Belaouni is telling me about his day. "Every day I wake at seven," he begins. "Ten after seven at the latest. I make my bed, listen to the news. Around seven twenty or seven thirty I head down to the kitchen." He methodically lists his...
Loewenstein: Spinning us to war in Iran
Znet Article, March, 08 2006
Antony Loewenstein
Loewenstein's ZSpace page
During former US President Bill Clinton’s recent trip to Australia, he said the two greatest threats facing the 21st century were terrorism and global warming. The Age welcomed Clinton’s presence in Melbourne as the coming of an al...
Docena: State of Emergency in the Philippines:
Znet Article, March, 05 2006
Herbert Docena
Docena's ZSpace page
MANILA -- ON THE VERY DAY WHEN FILIPINOS were to mark the 20th anniversary of the 'People Power' uprising which ended Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorship, Marcos-style dictatorship sprang a come-back: this time, in an attempt to prevent another 'People...
Ssoldz: Why Leave Iraq: A Brief Summary
Znet Article, March, 05 2006
Stephen Ssoldz
Ssoldz's ZSpace page
The invasion of Iraq was justified as an attempt to protect our country by removing weapons of mass destruction. As former government officials have spoken out and secret documents have been leaked, we now know that this justification was but an e...


