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Leopold: Halliburton
Znet Article, February, 25 2004
Jason Leopold
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Halliburton and its former chief executive, Vice President Dick Cheney, could become President Bush's Achilles heel come the November presidential election. On Monday, the Pentagon said it launched a criminal investigation into allegations that ...
Docena: Occupation, Inc.
Znet Article, February, 17 2004
Herbert Docena
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The giant steam turbine at the Najibiya power plant is quiet. If the Russian engineers who built the original equipment over 30 years ago stopped by to take a look, they might have a hard time recognizing the machinery: over the years Iraqi engine...
Tiwari: Letter to a Chicken
Znet Article, February, 13 2004
Pranjal Tiwari
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Several million pink slips of paper were recently discovered at the site of a disused chicken farm. Witnesses we interviewed say the messages were dropped by military aircraft apparently patrolling the area before a general quarantine was called d...
Ssoldz: Security, Terror, and the Psychodynamics of Empire
Znet Article, February, 07 2004
Stephen Ssoldz
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Security, Terror, and the Psychodynamics of Empire
Loewenstein: Israel's Crossroads
Znet Article, February, 01 2004
Antony Loewenstein
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Anti-Semitism is a scourge that never washes away. Anti-Israel hatred is rising throughout the world, especially in the Middle East and Europe. This was proven by a recent opinion poll in the European Union where respondents claimed Israel was the...
Scholl: Argentina's Forgotten People
Znet Article, January, 22 2004
Ann Scholl
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Monica Romero remembers how back in 1964, her family and neighbours were evicted from their farms, and their homes burnt down by Patrón Costa, to make way for sugar plantations and a refinery. With no land, her family could no longer cultivate th...
Hinchcliffe: Veterans for Peace
Zmag Article, January, 01 2004
Ellen Hinchcliffe
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S upport Our Troops remains the favorite cliché to haul out during every war to silence dissent. A review of the facts, however, exposes the expression for the bankrupt rhetoric that it is. Ju...
Raju: Our Troops and Theirs
Znet Article, December, 27 2003
Suvrat Raju
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Nicholas Kristof tabulated the casualties of the war in the New York Times on Nov 19: "... at a cost so far of 400 American lives and (one study suggests) at least 11,000 Iraqi lives".(1) I was struck by the obvious racism. Kristof does not mentio...
Docena: Reconstruction's Bottom Line
Znet Article, December, 26 2003
Herbert Docena
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Nine months after the invasion, deteriorating living conditions marked by constant lack of electricity, a severe gasoline shortage, and massive unemployment highlight the failure of the US-led reconstruction of Iraq. While insecurity and incompete...
Barghouti: Relative Humanity
Znet Article, December, 16 2003
Omar Barghouti
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‘[A] Conquest may be fraught with evil or with good for mankind, according to the comparative worth of the conquering and conquered peoples.’1 Theodore Roosevelt 1. Introduction Good riddance! The two-state solution for the Pales...
Bezruchka: Health and Poverty in the US
Znet Article, December, 09 2003
Stephen Bezruchka
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I want to talk about how healthy the people are in the United States of America, why we are less healthy now than we should be, how we used to be much healthier, in comparison to other countries, and what we need to do to regain our health ranking...
Loewenstein: 'There is no space for news'
Znet Article, December, 03 2003
Antony Loewenstein
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In an age of worldwide mass internet usage, a common misconception suggests that the public has never been so well informed and is therefore in touch with current affairs, news events and goings-on. If only this were the case. The opposite is in f...
Ingalls: Buying Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan: U.S. efforts to maintain imperial credibility
Zmag Article, December, 01 2003
James Ingalls
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The Christian Science Monitor (September 8, 2003) calls it “Nation Building, Redoubled.” A desperate new push by the Bush administration to bring positive attention to its camp...
Pandya: The Chavez Government's Economic Policies
Znet Article, November, 21 2003
C.p. Pandya
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Despite attempts by the Venezuelan opposition and the US business press to paint the Chavez government as the cause of Venezuela's economic problems, the economic crisis in Venezuela, and indeed throughout the poor countries, is more widespread, d...
Loewenstein: Why the War Was Wrong
Znet Article, November, 20 2003
Antony Loewenstein
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The Coalition is bogged down in Iraq and the mounting death toll of Westerners suggests a growing resistance to the occupation. In light of the continuing problems in post-Saddam Iraq, seven Australian academics and commentators have laid out thei...
Docena: Critical Collaboration
Znet Article, November, 17 2003
Herbert Docena
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NOVEMBER 17 - This week, in the aftermath of the bloodiest period of the occupation since the invasion, talk was rife that members of the US-handpicked Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) will soon be shown the door. Coalition Provisional Authority (CP...
Mate: Pillage Is Forbidden
Znet Article, November, 07 2003
Aaron Mate
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What are the US-UK's responsibilities as occupier of Iraq? On May 22 2003, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1483, abolishing sanctions against Iraq and recognising the United States and United Kingdom as the country's occupyi...
Pariseau: Goodies in Tokyo
Znet Article, November, 06 2003
Pierre Pariseau
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George Bush came to town two weeks ago. More than 9000 Tokyo police officers were out to greet him and assure his visit would be without any glitches. Choppers flying in formation at low altitude over the river west of the city, dozens of riot pol...
Sommers: Commissars, Consultants, And Catastrophe
Znet Article, November, 04 2003
Jeff Sommers
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This past month marks the tenth anniversary of Boris Yelstin shelling Russia's parliament. That dreadful event witnessed at least a hundred protesters killed, and brought to an end the period of open possibilities for Russia's future. ...
Talen: What Should I Do If Reverend Billy is in My Store?
Book, November, 01 2003
Reverend Billy is a revivalist preacher who leads the Church of Stop Shopping, an anti-consumerist communion devoted to putting the "Odd into God." Created by the actor Bill Talen, the Reverend first appeared alongside the sidewalk preachers in Ne...
