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Znet Article Feakins: Good News in Guatemala?

Znet Article, June, 09 2004 Thomas Feakins
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El Maguey sits less than 20 miles south of sprawling Guatemala City, but it has been home to a fight for land that many associate with isolated indigenous communities. This rich 300 hectares has been worked and nurtured for many years by approxima...

Znet Article Leopold: Enron's Trading Schemes

Znet Article, June, 07 2004 Jason Leopold
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Federal energy regulators have just released more than 400 pages of documents that suggest former Enron chairman Ken Lay and former chief executive Jeff Skilling were aware that Enron's west coast traders may have broken the law by using manipulat...

Znet Article Pandya: The Jobs for Food Program

Znet Article, June, 01 2004 C.p. Pandya
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This piece originally appeared in Samar 17: Summer, 2004 In US congressional offices during the final months of 2003, election-year strategies were being developed and platforms laid out. For the Democrats, eager to wrest control of the White Hou...

Znet Article Ssoldz: Retribution or Reflection

Znet Article, May, 20 2004 Stephen Ssoldz
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The last few weeks were deeply disturbing for most Americans. Most were shocked by the pictures out of Abu Ghraib, pictures of scenes that are usually viewed only in pornographic movies. These pictures raised the question for many as to how Americ...

Znet Article Leopold: Schwarzenegger's Energy Team and the Recall Campaign

Znet Article, May, 13 2004 Jason Leopold
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One of the many missteps that led to the unraveling of Gray Davis' decades long political career was the way in which the former governor of California handled the state's energy crisis. Sure, Davis may have publicly vilified energy companies such...

Znet Article Schwartz: WHY THE ABU GHRAIB TORTURE SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE

Znet Article, May, 11 2004 Michael Schwartz
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The fundamental verity of the Abu Ghraib scandal  is this: occupying powers fighting an insurgency that has the tacit or active support of the local population will inevitably resort to torture.  ...

Znet Article Miller: Justice... When?

Znet Article, May, 08 2004 John Miller
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As Indonesia's election season heated up, Indonesian General Wiranto's presidential campaign brought renewed attention to his status as an indicted human rights violator in East Timor. ETAN's statement demanding that Wiranto stand trial, not stand...

Znet Article Leopold: California Energy Plan

Znet Article, May, 03 2004 Jason Leopold
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A few days before Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as the 38th Governor of California last year he stood on the steps of t...

Znet Article Ssoldz: Abuse at Abu Ghraib, the Psychodynamics of Occupation, and the Responsibility of Us All

Znet Article, May, 01 2004 Stephen Ssoldz
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Abuse at Abu Ghraib, the Psychodynamics of Occupation, and the Responsibility of Us All

Znet Article Adve: Demolishing Lives and Livelihoods in Delhi

Znet Article, April, 27 2004 Nagraj Adve
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Even as India goes to the polls, over 50,000 people have been effectively disenfranchised in the heart of the nation's capital, Delhi. This has happened following the destruction of over 15,000 jhuggis (slum dwellings) since mid-February. Demoliti...

Znet Article Feakins: Fear and Loathing in El Salvador

Znet Article, April, 26 2004 Thomas Feakins
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The memory of Archbishop Romero still resonates in El Salvador, even with 24 years passing since his death. Leading the candle-light procession of thousands who marked his anniversary was a banner that stretched across the main thoroughfare in the...

Znet Article Leopold: Got Juice?

Znet Article, April, 17 2004 Jason Leopold
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Get ready for another jolt this summer. California energy officials are expected to issue a startling report next week warning that t...

Znet Article Jones: Blair must try harder

Znet Article, April, 14 2004 Terry Jones
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Dear Mr and Mrs Blair, I have just had to mark Tony's essay, Why We Must Never Abandon This Historic Struggle in Iraq, and I am extremely worried. Your son has been in the sixth form now for several years, studying world politics, and yet his re...

Znet Article Schwartz: What Triggered the Shia Insurrection?

Znet Article, April, 12 2004 Michael Schwartz
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What Triggered the Shia Insurrection?

Znet Article Loewenstein: Australian Refugees

Znet Article, April, 10 2004 Antony Loewenstein
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Why does [Australia] only follow USA for going to war and other matters against human beings but does not follow USA regarding humane matters? I don't know, are you aware that USA governments have given 10 million visas to people who were living i...

Znet Article Simon: Australia's Job Network

Znet Article, March, 24 2004 George Simon
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As an employee of a particular Job Network Member (JNM) throughout most of last year, I have been given a particularly interesting perspective on the Howard government's ability to manage unemployment and other social issues. Many Australians ar...

Znet Article Ingalls: The New Afghan Constitution

Znet Article, March, 13 2004 James Ingalls
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On January 4, 2004, 502 delegates agreed on a Constitution for Afghanistan , an act many have described as a positive step toward democracy. U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad wrote: “Afghans have seized the opportunity provid...

Znet Article Skerrett: Regime Change By Social Collapse

Znet Article, March, 02 2004 Kevin Skerrett
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In March of 2003, Canada's federal Liberal government broke with its traditional support for US foreign policy by refusing significant pressure to join the illegal bombing, invasion, and occupation of Iraq.  Today, in early 2004, the new Mart...

Zmag Article Johnson: The New Unity Partnership

Zmag Article, March, 01 2004 William Johnson
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W ith union membership and density down, current wisdom among the major U.S. unions seems to boil down to one mantra: organize, organize, organize. Increasingly, unions are focusing their resources...

Znet Article Scholl: The Human Face Of Economics

Znet Article, February, 27 2004 Ann Scholl
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Returning to Argentina last year was like coming back to a different country. Everything was worn, tattered, older, poorer. Buses, paving stones, paint on school buildings, people's faces, the taste of ice-cream. Now Argentina had become a 'proper...

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