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Commentary Bond: Globalization from Below

Commentary, March, 18 2001 Patrick Bond
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(Review of `Globalization from Below: The Power of Solidarity,' by Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello and Brendan Smith, Cambridge, MA, South End Press.) There are more than a dozen new english- language books aimed mainly at an audience of internation...

Graphic Rosenberg: Killing Smithfields

Graphic, March, 17 2001 Martha Rosenberg
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worker's rights, slaughter

Commentary Ali: Porto Alegre

Commentary, March, 17 2001 Tariq Ali
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The social summit held recently in Porte Allegre Brazil seems to have inspired everyone who attended that, in the slogan of the conference, a better world is possible.

Commentary Raptis: The Archbishop

Commentary, March, 16 2001 Nikos Raptis
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The Greek word "orthodox" is a compound word from "orthos" (meaning : right) and "doxa" (meaning : opinion). Therefore, an "orthodox" is a person that has the "right opinion", as opposed to the rest of humanity who have the "wrong opinion".

Commentary Solomon: OBSTINATE MEMORY AND PURSUIT OF THE PRESENT

Commentary, March, 15 2001 Norman Solomon
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Henry Kissinger usually has an easy time defending the indefensible on national television. But he faced some pointed questions during a recent interview with the PBS "NewsHour" about the U.S. role in bringing a military dictatorship to Chile. ...

Graphic Anderson: AIDS drug patents

Graphic, March, 14 2001 Kirk Anderson
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AIDS, south africa, patent, drug companies

Graphic Anderson: Cluster bombing Iraq

Graphic, March, 14 2001 Kirk Anderson
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iraq, cluster bomb

Graphic Anderson: Tax cut canyon jump

Graphic, March, 14 2001 Kirk Anderson
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tax cut, bush, budget, tax

Commentary Choudry: New Zealand Plays “Follow the Leader” on spylaws

Commentary, March, 14 2001 Aziz Choudry
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New Zealanders often brag that their country is a world leader. They claim it was first to create a welfare state and give suffrage to women. The 1984-1990 Labour Government declared the country nuclear-free, while, according to the Economist, it ...

Commentary Choudry: New Zealand Plays ÒFollow the LeaderÓ on spylaws

Commentary, March, 14 2001 Aziz Choudry
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New Zealanders often brag that their country is a world leader. They claim it was first to create a welfare state and give suffrage to women. The 1984-1990 Labour Government declared the country nuclear-free, while, according to the Economist, it ...

Graphic Rosenberg: Cheney's Health

Graphic, March, 13 2001 Martha Rosenberg
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politician's health

Graphic Deutsch: Corporate Humor

Graphic, March, 13 2001 Barry Deutsch
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sweatshops, Nike, third world

Commentary Peters: Punishing and Prescribing Sexuality

Commentary, March, 13 2001 Cynthia Peters
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ItÕs practically clichŽ to say that the marketplace uses sex to sell. Not only do the commercials feature attractive female hands caressing gear shifts, but the shows themselves feature instant sexual gratification, without so much as a nod toward...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Globalization and Russia

Commentary, March, 12 2001 Boris Kagarlitsky
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As often happens with such terms, the word ÒglobalisationÓ has become popular in our country (Russia) only belatedly. To be exact, it has become popular among us at the very moment when people around the world have ceased talking about the rise of...

Commentary Shalom: The Sinking of the Ehime Maru and U.S. Bases in Okinawa

Commentary, March, 11 2001 Stephen1 Shalom
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On February 9, the U.S. nuclear attack submarine, the USS Greeneville, with visiting civilians in the control room, surfaced rapidly under a Japanese fishing vessel, the Ehime Maru, sinking it, apparently with the loss of nine lives. The Japanese ...

Commentary Guellec: Violence is a Public Health Problem

Commentary, March, 10 2001 Dorothy Guellec
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According to the FBI there are 240 million firearms in America today. Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop identified violence as a public health issue in 1991. The Centers for Disease Control tells us "the United States may be a more viole...

Commentary Landau: THE PINOCHET CASE: LEGAL COURAGE; POLITICAL COWARDICE

Commentary, March, 09 2001 Saul Landau
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It finally happened. On January 29, Judge Juan Guzman Tapia charged Geralissimo Augusto Pinochet, former dictator, President, chief of the armed forces, with 75 counts of murder and kidnapping. Five years ago, even most optimists had abandoned hop...

Graphic Pond-mcpherson: Same Old New Economy

Graphic, March, 08 2001 Scott Pond-mcpherson
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economy, unions, homeless, recession, technology, poverty, unemployment, employment

Commentary Said: The only alternative

Commentary, March, 08 2001 Edward Said
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I first visited South Africa in May 1991: a dark, wet, wintry period, when Apartheid still ruled, although the ANC and Nelson Mandela had been freed. Ten years later I returned, this time to summer, in a democratic country in which Apartheid has b...

Graphic Deutsch: Military Intelligence At Work

Graphic, March, 07 2001 Barry Deutsch
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Star Wars, NMD, Missiles, National Missile Defense, Missile Defense, army

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