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Wise: Rebels Without a Clue: Neo-Confederacy and the Ironies of White Supremacy
Commentary, June, 06 2000
Tim Wise
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We Southerners are famous for wishful thinking: in fact, you could say it's something of a regional pastime. This should come as no surprise given our interminable heat in the summer which leaves nearly all wishing for rain to cool things down, an...
Author: Militant Mood Moving Black Youth To Fight For Change
Commentary, June, 05 2000
Guest Author
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On April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King was gunned down as he stood on a hotel balcony in Memphis. He was in Memphis to support a strike by sanitation workers who carried bold signs proclaiming, I AM A MAN. At the time of his
Bonpane: Delegation to Colombia
Commentary, June, 05 2000
BlasŽ Bonpane
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What does Medellin mean to a U.S. citizen? Narco-terrorists, sicarios (hired assassins) and drug lords. It is actually a beautiful and mountainous city located at many altitudes, all of them comfortable.
Solomon: U.S. NEWS MEDIA: A SECURITY ZONE FOR ISRAEL
Commentary, June, 03 2000
Norman Solomon
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One phrase -- "security zone" -- sums up an entire era of media spin about Israel's 22-year occupation of southern Lebanon.
Hightower: HUNGER REPORT BITES BUSH ON BUTT
Commentary, June, 02 2000
Jim Hightower
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At the 1988 Democratic convention in Atlanta, I gave a podium-pounding speech in which I characterized George Bush the Elder as "a man who was born on third and thought he'd hit a triple."
Tokar: Gathering RAGE
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Brian Tokar
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One important feature of the actions in Seattle and Washington, DC was many activists’ focus on a serious new threat to our food and health: The rise of genetic engineering as the technology-of-choice in countless new areas of co...
Solomon: The Media Big Six
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Norman Solomon
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The push by federal regulators to break up Microsoft is big news. Until recently, the software giant seemed untouchable—and few people demanded effective anti-trust efforts against monopoly power in the software industry. Th...
Street: The Anti-Sweatshop Movement
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Paul Street
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For nearly three years now, American campuses have been experiencing a resurgence of student activism. This new college activism targets the $2.5 billion collegiate licensing industry, which includes companies like Nike, Champion...
Herman: Krugman On Economists As Hacks
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Edward Herman
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Following up his April attacks on the critics of the World Bank and IMF as economic illiterates, and after being criticized by them in turn as an establishment spokesperson, Paul Krugman offered readers of his New York Times colu...
Hahnel: Speaking Truth To Power: Speaking Truth To Ourselves
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Robin Hahnel
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First in December in Seattle and then in April in Washington, DC the movement against corporate sponsored globalization spoke truth to power. Thousands of young people said they were sick of corporate arrogance, greed, and callou...
Chomsky: The Colombia Plan: April 2000
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Noam Chomsky
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In 1999, Colombia became the leading recipient of U.S. military and police assistance, replacing Turkey (Israel and Egypt are in a separate category). The figure is scheduled to increase sharply with the anticipa...
Carter: Review Round-Up
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Sandy Carter
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From the first half of the year, some of the good and better releases not yet getting their due. Marianne Faithfull, Vagabond Ways (Instinct) For better and for worse, Marianne Faithfull’s best work usually d...
Bronski: Bully Pulpit Indeed
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Michael Bronski
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John Cardinal O’Connor, who died last month, was perhaps the most influential Catholic leader in America, known as much for his just-folks manner as his strongly worded moral leadership. People didn’t always agree with ...
Lazaroff: Steelworkers Face Off Against Kaiser
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Leon Lazaroff
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Like most workers at Kaiser Aluminum Corp.’s plant in Gramercy, Louisiana, Ray Scroggs never thought he’d still be out of work 20 months after talks between his union, the United Steelworkers of America, and company man...
Gardner: Lori Berenson
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Tom Gardner
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On November 30, 1995, Lori Berenson, an American citizen, was arrested while riding on a bus in downtown Lima, Peru. She was charged with treason against the state of Peru—a legal absurdity, since Lori is not a citizen of Pe...
Berkowitz: Revving Up the Christian Movement for Bush
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Bill Berkowitz
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George W. Bush is out on the campaign trail hotfooting his way to the political center. Almost every day he’s either hawking a new education proposal or health care plan, reassuring Catholics that his Bob Jones University sp...
Su: xa1Ni una bomba mxe1s! U.S. Navy Out of Vieques!
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Carlos Su
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On April 19, 1999, the practice bombings that the U.S. Navy has conducted on training camps in the small Puerto Rican Island of Vieques since 1941 killed, civilian security guard David Sanes. This incident sparked a series ...
Administrator: CEO Gravy Train Keeps On Rolling
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Site Administrator
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It’s getting harder to tell CEO paychecks from lottery payouts. Except that CEOs expect to win big even when the company loses. When Coca-Cola CEO Douglas Ivester announced his retirement, Bloomberg compensation a...
Administrator: Where Are All the Bodies Buried?
Zmag Article, June, 01 2000
Site Administrator
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In March 1999, NATO forces launched an 11-week nonstop aerial attack upon Yugoslavia that violated the UN charter, NATO’s own charter, the U.S. Constitution, and the War Powers Act. Yugoslavia had invaded no UN or NATO membe...
Anderson: Monoculture
Graphic, June, 01 2000
Kirk Anderson
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monoculture, urban sprawl, sprawl, farm
