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Kennis: Hundreds Protest Starbucks Union-Busting Efforts; Organizers Arrested
Znet Article, August, 29 2004
Andrew Kennis
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A rally in New York City today to protest Starbucks Coffee’s negative reaction to recent union organizing efforts ended with four arrests, including the detention of two Starbucks employees who are members of the Industrial Workers of the ...
Loewenstein: Bush Books
Znet Article, August, 24 2004
Antony Loewenstein
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Imperial Hubris: Why The West Is Losing The War On Terror Anonymous (Brassey's Inc, $49.95) / Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency Of George W. Bush John W. Dean (Constable & Robinson, $24.95) / Banana Republicans Sheldon Rampton and John S...
Schwartz: Gambling in Najaf:
Znet Article, August, 16 2004
Michael Schwartz
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Gambling in Najaf:
Loewenstein: Bush and Books
Znet Article, August, 10 2004
Antony Loewenstein
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"THERE is nothing that bin Laden could have hoped for more than the American invasion and occupation of Iraq," writes a senior serving CIA official with nearly 20 years' experience. Calling himself Anonymous, he recently published a damning cri...
Gberie: Liberia
Znet Article, August, 04 2004
Lansana Gberie
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There is a poignant moment in Howard French's excellent book, A Continent for the Taking: the Tragedy and Hope of Africa (2004) that, in its intensity and suspense, has the quality to stay forever in one's mind. French, a former New York Times Wes...
Leopold: Don't Believe the Hype
Znet Article, August, 03 2004
Jason Leopold
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It’s official. I’m a conspiracy theorist. I’m probably one of thousands—maybe tens of thousands—who believe President George W. Bush will do anything to retain control of the White House. It’s no...
Schwartz: The April Uprising in Falluja
Zmag Article, August, 01 2004
Michael Schwartz
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I n late April, the U.S. ended its effort to forcibly reconquer Falluja and brought to an end the April uprising there. For almost a month, perhaps 2,000 insurgents had fought an often pitch...
Mcrae: An Indigineous Party Threatens the Establishment
Znet Article, August, 01 2004
John Mcrae
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A couple of months ago Cabinet Minister Tariana Turia did what few imagined she would have the courage to do. The quietly spoken great-grandmother told the Prime Minister she was "getting off the bus." She and the Maori peop...
Smith: Bordering on the Fake
Znet Article, July, 29 2004
Stephen Smith
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Australia is one of the few to stick by George W. Bush in Iraq and push a set of messianic values to justify the occupation. But by the standards of the Geneva Conventions, this is feigning freedom. In Australia's case, this new reading of 'freedo...
Ssoldz: Iraq: What Went Wrong?
Znet Article, July, 26 2004
Stephen Ssoldz
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Iraq: What Went Wrong?
Schwartz: IS THE IRAQI INTERIM ADMINISTRATION CRACKING DOWN ON CRIME?
Znet Article, July, 18 2004
Michael Schwartz
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IS THE IRAQI INTERIM ADMINISTRATION CRACKING DOWN ON CRIME?
Gberie: Sierra Leone
Znet Article, July, 06 2004
Lansana Gberie
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So much for international humanitarian law and justice… On 3 June 2004, the UN-created Special Court for Sierra Leone began prosecution of those it alleged bear "the greatest responsibility" for war crimes, violations of humanitaria...
Schwartz: BUSH MAY BE AN ELECTORAL LOSER
Znet Article, July, 02 2004
Michael Schwartz
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BUSH MAY BE AN ELECTORAL LOSER
Gberie: The Crisis in Ivory Coast
Znet Article, June, 24 2004
Lansana Gberie
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In the early 1980s, the British writer V.S. Naipaul visited Ivory Coast. The country was then one of the most stable and prosperous in Africa. As everyone knows, Naipaul is a deeply cynical and unabashed Afro-pessimist. But in the piece that he su...
Hirsch: Left Politics and Posturing in the Presidential Race
Znet Article, June, 19 2004
Michael Hirsch
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Voting is a drag. John Kerry will get my vote in the November elections, and I’ll give it with the same grudging, wintry discontent that I did in the last two presidential elections, when I ba...
Jones: This won't hurt much
Znet Article, June, 18 2004
Terry Jones
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For some time now, I've been trying to find out where my son goes after choir practice. He simply refuses to tell me. He says it's no business of mine where he goes after choir practice and it's a free country. Now it may be a free country, but i...
Schwartz: Who's Sovereign Now?
Znet Article, June, 17 2004
Michael Schwartz
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Who's Sovereign Now?
Gberie: Diamonds Without Maps
Znet Article, June, 16 2004
Lansana Gberie
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Mr. Faulkner had won the uneasy respect of everyone in Liberia…he had spent all his money…in fighting president after president in the cause of reform. 'But no,' Mr. Nelson said… 'we don't like Faulkner.' After a while he f...
Miller: Media Apologies?
Znet Article, June, 15 2004
David Miller
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Media Apologies?
Joshi: Nepal in the WTO
Znet Article, June, 10 2004
Sushma Joshi
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The buzz of excitement around Nepal’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), its 147th member, has been tempered by a school of thought that warns of the dangers posed to Nepal’s economy by the new international membership....
