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Raptis: Anatomy of the Clinton visit to Athens (Part 1)
Commentary, September, 23 2000
Nikos Raptis
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Can a rather routine visit of a US President to a small country be so important to deserve an "anatomy"? I think that an analysis of the events and the behaviors of the participants in these events before, during, and after the Clinton visit to At...
Bond: South-South-North alliances
Commentary, September, 22 2000
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
Here are two sentences in the concluding paragraph of Chomsky's September 17 ZNet Commentary (`Summits');, in which he champions the Havana South-South Summit of `G77' country leaders that took place in April: "African leaders pointed out that the...
Naiman: An "Underground Railroad" for Patented Drugs?
Commentary, September, 21 2000
Robert Naiman
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September 18th was the 150th anniversary of an infamous Act. In 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, making the federal government responsible for tracking down escaped slaves in the North and sending them back to slavery. The Act galvani...
Pond-mcpherson: Communist Cooties
Graphic, September, 19 2000
Scott Pond-mcpherson
Pond-mcpherson's ZSpace page
Bush, Gore, Castro, election, Clinton, press
Randall: A CULTURE OF RAGE
Commentary, September, 19 2000
Margaret Randall
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This weekÕs mail brought a letter quite suddenly and unceremoniously informing me that my health insurance provider is discontinuing my group policy. "Your existing QualMed health care coverage will end on October 31, 2000. . . this is the only no...
Chomsky: Summits
Commentary, September, 17 2000
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
The United Nations Summit in New York in September was the second major gathering of government leaders marking the millennium. The first was the South Summit in Havana in April. The UN Summit received considerable national publicity, while the So...
Glick: On Burnout and Recruitment
Commentary, September, 17 2000
Ted Glick
Glick's ZSpace page
I've been thinking about these two, opposite aspects of an activist's life and work while on vacation in the mountains of western North Carolina. It seemed appropriate that I spend some vacation time, in particular, considering the issue of "burno...
Mokhiber: Killing Africa with Kindness
Commentary, September, 16 2000
Russell Mokhiber
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With the announcement of a billion-dollar-a-year U.S. government loan program for African countries to buy AIDS drugs, the fight to deliver affordable drugs to people with HIV/AIDS in Africa and elsewhere in the developing world has entered its th...
Author: Let the Palestinians Go Home
Commentary, September, 15 2000
Guest Author
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President Clinton's renewed efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations focussed attention once again on what is conventionally held to be the key sticking point in the talks: the future of Jerusalem.
Hoodbhoy: THE MENACE OF EDUCATION
Commentary, September, 14 2000
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Hoodbhoy's ZSpace page
From brain size and hair colour to the shape and texture of toe-nails, every characteristic of an individual is totally determined by just two twisted strands of human DNA. A similar cultural DNA - a society's education system - contains within it...
Herman: THE MONEY, MEDIA, AND LIBERAL-LEFT ROLE IN PLUTOCRATIC ELECTIONS
Commentary, September, 13 2000
Edward Herman
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In many ways the system is working beautifully right now. First of all, money dominates the initial selection and weeding out of presidential candidates, so that only those who will serve the corporate interest on the basics--advancing "free trade...
Deutsch: Lesser Evil Funnies!
Graphic, September, 12 2000
Barry Deutsch
Deutsch's ZSpace page
George W. Bush, Al Gore, Bush, Gore, election, elections, third parties, lesser evil, media, democrats, liberals
Guellec: Healthcare according to Ralph Nader
Commentary, September, 12 2000
Dorothy Guellec
Guellec's ZSpace page
Ralph Nader is the only candidate who supports Universal Healthcare for all as a human right. Health, not merely illness should be a public concern. We could save at least $36 billion a years if we had a "paperless hospital system." As Business We...
Georgakas: Previewing Kosovo
Commentary, September, 12 2000
Dan Georgakas
Georgakas's ZSpace page
The only constant in American and NATO policy in the Balkans has been the breakup of a socialist, multi-ethnic state into a series of small, capitalist-oriented states based on narrowly defined religious/ethnic identity. Given that pattern, it is ...
Marable: Escaping From Blackness: Racial Identity and Public Policy
Commentary, September, 11 2000
Manning Marable
Marable's ZSpace page
The greatest struggle of any oppressed group in a racist society is the struggle to reclaim collective memory and identity. At the level of culture, racism seeks to deny people of African, American Indian, Asian and Latino descent their own voices...
Bonpane: The Death of the Dinosaur, the Saber Tooth Tiger, and Militarism
Commentary, September, 10 2000
BlasŽ Bonpane
Bonpane's ZSpace page
Take a look at the La Brea Tar Pits numerous millennia ago. The saber tooth tiger attempts to attack a wild horse. The tiger gets stuck in the tar. The most ferocious animals are generally on the endangered species list, the lions the tigers, the ...
Pond-mcpherson: Product Placement
Graphic, September, 09 2000
Scott Pond-mcpherson
Pond-mcpherson's ZSpace page
economics, advertising, youth, sales,corporation,
Landau: Pinochet naked -- at last!
Commentary, September, 09 2000
Saul Landau
Landau's ZSpace page
Picture Homer Simpson's boss, naked, a scrawny figure bent with age, covering his genitals with his general's hat. The caption: "You've stripped me, but don't take my hat!" Augusto Pinochet, former President, Generalissimo, King of the world, now ...
Author: Violence, Gender and Health
Commentary, September, 08 2000
Guest Author
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If one bothered to notice, we would see that most reports about "violence" are really stories about "violent males." That is not to say that females aren't violent. It is just that the male predominance is overwhelming. Yet we speak of these event...
Weisbrot: World Bank Can't Seem to "Think Different"
Commentary, September, 07 2000
Mark Weisbrot
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The World Bank spends millions of dollars each year on public relations, promoting the idea that the organization is well-run, accountable, transparent, and working for "a world free of poverty" (the slogan on their web site). This effort has grow...
