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Tiwari: 'Tell the truth or you will be killed'
Znet Article, November, 13 2002
Pranjal Tiwari
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An old, despairing joke has made the rounds over the years in many parts of South Asia. It relates the story of a businessman whose wallet has disappeared. He reports the incident to his local police station, then goes home to lament his los...
Dunne: Nice Dissent From Ireland
Zmag Article, November, 01 2002
Sean Dunne
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On December 11, 2000, an important European Treaty was nearing completion. On this day, the political leaders of the European Union were gathered in secret meetings in the city of Nice...
Reynolds: The New Eugenics
Zmag Article, November, 01 2002
Jesse Reynolds
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As this article is being written, delegates from nearly every country are meeting at the UN to take the next steps towards an international convention banning human reproductive cloning. ...
Ingalls: Afghanistan: The First Puppet Regime in the Post Sept 11 World
Znet Article, October, 30 2002
James Ingalls
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As the United States government and the United Nations Security Council debate the invasion, occupation, and "regime change" of Iraq, it makes sense to assess the first US exercise of power after Sept 11, namely the invasion and occupation of Afgh...
Tiwari: Article 23
Znet Article, October, 21 2002
Pranjal Tiwari
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The government of Hong Kong has recently announced its desire to enact, as soon as possible, a set of repressive new laws aimed at criminalizing such vagaries as "sedition, subversion, and treason". Passing the legislation, according to the territ...
Curtis: US And British Complicity In Indonesia 1965
Znet Article, October, 21 2002
Mark Curtis
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US officials at the time called a “reign of terror†and British officials “ruthless terrorâ€. However, unlike the terrorists responsible for the outrage of September 11, precisely nothing has ever been done to bring ...
Bello: Deglobalization: Ideas for a New World Economy
Book, October, 15 2002
In this short and trenchant history of those bodies which have promoted this economic globalization, Walden Bello argues for a much more fundamental shift towards a decentralized, pluralistic system of global economic governance.
Sammonds: Israeli WMD
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Neil Sammonds
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The tenth anniversary of the crash of El Al flight LY1862 in the Netherlands passed virtually unnoticed by the world’s media. On 4 Octob...
Barghouti: On Refugees, Creativity and Ethics
Znet Article, September, 28 2002
Omar Barghouti
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On the second anniversary of the second Palestinian intifada, I would like to focus not on the pain, the destruction and the calamitous loss of life that accompanied it, but on what I consider the most momentous of its achievements: its resurrecti...
Brown: Killings Of Dozens Once Again Called Period Of Calm By US Media
Znet Article, September, 20 2002
Michael Brown
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Many US media reports were quick to declare that two suicide bombings in Israel on September 18 and 19, in which eight Israelis were killed, had brought an end to a period of "calm" simply because there had been no similar attacks for six weeks an...
Mate: Attacking Iraq
Znet Article, September, 04 2002
Aaron Mate
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A year ago this month we witnessed a horrendous terrorist attack. Sadly, we may soon witness another, should the Bush administration go ahead with its plans to bomb Iraq. Of course, it is misleading to say that the tragedy is in the works, when ...
Ingalls: The United States and the Afghan Loya Jirga
Zmag Article, September, 01 2002
James Ingalls
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James Ingalls The June 2002 loya jirga, or grand council, is considered to be the start of a new era in Afghanistan, if only because the country is finally engaging in a politica...
Colman: Crisis and Creation in Oaxaca
Znet Article, August, 26 2002
George Colman
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Oaxaca's reputation as a unique center of the arts, prehispanic ruins, colonial architecture and indigenous culture gathered international momentum in 1987, the year the United Nations designated the city part of the "patrimony of humanity". That ...
Smith: The Scotsman on Iraq
Znet Article, August, 16 2002
Darren Smith
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From the day we are born we are trained to be in awe of the rich and famous and powerful - they are the 'stars' and 'starlets', the 'screen goddesses' and 'pop idols' floating far above the heads of us 'ordinary people on the street'. Like childre...
Patel: Faulty Shades Of Green
Znet Article, July, 22 2002
Raj Patel
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I - An Environmental Looking Glass The world's environmentalists are bracing themselves for the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg later this year. Among the tree-huggers, guerrilla gardeners, and jaded policy wonks,...
Mate: Trip to Palestine
Znet Article, June, 30 2002
Aaron Mate
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I've just returned from a two-week visit to Israel and the Occupied Territories, a land dear to me. As a Jewish person, it is a part of the world that I have long felt an inherent connection to, a connection that has only been strengthened through...
Sammonds: The Ending Of History
Znet Article, June, 14 2002
Neil Sammonds
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In 1989 Francis Fukuyama argued in ‘The End of History’ that ‘communism’ was defeated and liberal capitalist democracies were the natural end-point of political evolution. In Palestine/Israel Fukuyama’s over...
Lenzer: Drug Advertising
Zmag Article, June, 01 2002
Jeanne Lenzer
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When drug company executives in gray suits shout, “Power to the People!” in defense of their new ad strategy, something’s fishy. But if the smell is bad, it hasn’t stopped direct-...
Barghouti: On Dance, Identity and War
Znet Article, May, 15 2002
Omar Barghouti
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In the middle of our regular dance rehearsal, our second after the end of the latest Israeli assault, a group of Belgian artists quietly sauntered into our well-lit, yet cozy, studio in Ramallah, some for the first time. Unmistakably surprised by ...
