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Znet Article Olman: Why War With Iraq? Why Now?

Znet Article, February, 23 2003 Bertell Olman
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Has America ever gone to war with less public understanding of what the war is about? Why is our Government so determined to attack Iraq? And why the rush to do it now? War is a very serious business. So I am not going to insult your intelligence ...

Znet Article Wise: Whites Swim In Racial Preference

Znet Article, February, 23 2003 Tim Wise
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Ask a fish what water is and you'll get no answer. Even if fish were capable of speech, they would likely have no explanation for the element they swim in every minute of every day of their lives. Water simply is. Fish take it for granted. So to...

Znet Article Tomchick: What If Turkey Agrees?

Znet Article, February, 23 2003 Maria Tomchick
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So, what will happen if Turkey eventually strikes a deal with the United States to let it use Turkish bases? Once war starts, this deal could mean disaster for everyone involved. Turkish bases are key to U.S. war plans, which rely on a two-front ...

Znet Article Engler: New York Against The War

Znet Article, February, 22 2003 Mark Engler
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Starting from within view of the United Nations' headquarters, a wall of faces stretched some twenty blocks up Manhattan's First Avenue on Saturday. The antiwar rally then widened to cover over large sections of Second and Third Avenues as well. W...

Znet Article Huggler: Bodies Piling Up in Gaza

Znet Article, February, 22 2003 Justin Huggler
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The question hung over the concrete rubble and twisted iron support rods, the ruined buildings where Palestinians said three young men were killed when the Israeli army demolished them this week. Is the Israeli military taking advantage of a tim...

Znet Article Marcos: November

Znet Article, February, 22 2003 Subcomandante Marcos
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[translated by irlandesa](History, tired of journey, is repeated above and below) History takes the hand and takes the eyes.  With both of them it turns another page in the now slim calendar.  There is November, of the Day of the Dead, a...

Znet Article Shalom: Warmongers' Last Hope

Znet Article, February, 22 2003 Stephen1 Shalom
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The warmongers in Washington are not doing very well. France, China, and Russia - all veto-wielding members of the Security Council - along with Germany are opposed to war, their spines strengthened by the massive peace demonstrations of Feb. 15...

Znet Article Amcc: Migrant Workers in Hong Kong

Znet Article, February, 22 2003 Amcc
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[by the Asia Migrants Coordinating Body] Yesterday, migrant workers made their mark on the history of Hong Kong. A rally organized by the Asian Migrants Coordinating Body was joined by 12,000 people who marched through the busy streets of Cause...

Znet Article Bacon: Global Labor Rejects War

Znet Article, February, 21 2003 David Bacon
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (2/19/03) -- After a weekend of demonstrations involving over 10 million people worldwide, protesting an impending US war on Iraq, opposition to the Bush plan in many countries is hardly a question. But US military action may hav...

Znet Article Azulay: Mobilize For The Next Phase

Znet Article, February, 21 2003 Jessica Azulay
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Unprecedented in size, breadth and diversity, the world-wide February 15 demonstrations proved invaluable to the campaign against renewed war on Iraq. The millions of us who rallied and marched for peace in well over 600 cities from New York to Ro...

Znet Article Authors: Open Letter On Movement Building

Znet Article, February, 21 2003 Numerous Authors
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Dear Sisters and Brothers in the anti-war movement, Attached is an open letter raising issues of racism in the anti-war movement. In it, we identify racist practices that have hindered our ability to work together and will continue to do so, unle...

Znet Article Podur: Another Modest Proposal

Znet Article, February, 21 2003 Justin Podur
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There are several proposals floating about how to deal with the “Iraq Problem”. One wrong-headed one was released in December 2002. It suggested that the US arm and support Iran to engage in regime change in Iraq. It argued that b...

Znet Article Street: Who is

Znet Article, February, 20 2003 Paul Street
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“We Saved Their Butts” It is difficult to imagine the bitter irony with which many French people must be receiving the American charge of “ingratitude.” For the last two weeks at least, leading United States Congre...

Znet Article Schulte: Taking Aim At The Most Vulnerable

Znet Article, February, 20 2003 Elizabeth Schulte
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  THE REPUBLICAN steamroller is running at full throttle--and it’s aimed at America’s poor. Last week, House Republicans voted overwhelmingly in favor of legislation that will heap further restrictions on welfare recipients. ...

Znet Article Scahill: UN Plans For Post Saddam Iraq

Znet Article, February, 20 2003 Jeremy Scahill
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Iraq has become one bizarre series of contradictions. Construction of what the government boasts will be one of the world's largest mosques continues in Baghdad, as does work on a new presidential palace, described by one official as being "like o...

Znet Article Solomon: Globalization And It's Malcontents

Znet Article, February, 20 2003 Norman Solomon
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One of the big media buzzwords to emerge in recent years is "globalization." By now, we're likely to know what it means. That's unfortunate -- because at this point the word is so ambiguous that it doesn't really mean much of anything. News outle...

Znet Article Oliveri: This Is Only The Beginning

Znet Article, February, 20 2003 Adele Oliveri
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I am not into self-celebrations, but maybe this time I ought to make an exception. Those of us who took part to last weekend's massive anti-war demonstrations have got every reason to congratulate themselves. If anything, it looks like to have suc...

Znet Article Mahdi: Iraqis will Not Be Pawns

Znet Article, February, 20 2003 Kamil Mahdi
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Having failed to convince the British people that war is justified, Tony Blair is now invoking the suffering of the Iraqi people to justify bombing them. He tells us there will be innocent civilian casualties, but that more will die if he and Bush...

Znet Article Hacher: The Vandalism of the Bolivian Media

Znet Article, February, 20 2003 Sebastian Hacher
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[translated by Justin Podur] On Friday afternoon President Sanchez de Losada met with the directors of the media, in his office, to ratify his denunciation of the ‘effort to destabilize democracy’. He spoke of an attempt on his li...

Znet Article Novelli: Privatizing EMCALI

Znet Article, February, 20 2003 Mario Novelli
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Internationalists and activists will remember with pride the heroic 36- day occupation carried out by public service workers in Cali, Colombia against the privatisation of EMCALI. One year after the agreement signed by the Colombian government and...

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