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Hylton: The Weight Of Forgetting
Znet Article, February, 03 2003
Forrest Hylton
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Though they are usually the first to speak in the name of tradition, Conservatives tend to ignore history when evaluating the present, and if anything has been missing in current debates about violence, democracy, human rights, and authoritarianis...
Young: Dreaming of World War II, living with Vietnam
Znet Article, February, 02 2003
Marilyn b. Young
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The last time the U.S. fought a war against Iraq, the Vietnam War shadowed its every step. President Bush the First declared that, with the war in the Gulf, the U.S. would "kick the Vietnam syndrome." To ensure a cure, the administration dre...
Rai: Oil and War
Znet Article, February, 01 2003
Milan Rai
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Is the projected war on Iraq intended to reinforce US domination of the energy resources of the Middle East? This explanation has such force that the Daily Telegraph featured a rebuttal by a former speechwriter for President Bush, David Frum. Frum...
Bronski: War and Gays
Znet Article, February, 01 2003
Michael Bronski
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War and Gays
Urbina: The Tribal Rites of America's Military Leaders
Znet Article, February, 01 2003
Ian Urbina
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This Saturday, more than a thousand of America's top military and government leaders and their guests are scheduled to gather at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., for a secretive tribal rite called the 103rd Annual Wallow of the Militar...
Chomsky: Confronting the Empire
Znet Article, February, 01 2003
Noam Chomsky
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We are meeting at a moment of world history that is in many ways unique - ...
Aram: Turkish Army Threats Peace In Turkey
Znet Article, February, 01 2003
Aram Aram
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"This document was sent to ZNet by ARAM, a publishing house in Turkey. We are posting it to alert our readers to another possible consequence of a US war on Iraq." Background Information In 1998, the leader (Mr. Abdullah Ocalan) of Kurdish Liber...
Mokhiber: Stealing Money from Kids
Znet Article, February, 01 2003
Russell Mokhiber
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If there's one thing that brings together the right and the left, and citizens and corporations, it is the importance of education -- for stimulating the intellect, developing a moral sensibility, enhancing the civic culture, enabling a skilled w...
Weisbrot: Another World Is Possible-- And Necessary
Znet Article, February, 01 2003
Mark Weisbrot
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PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL -- "I will tell the people at Davos that the world does not need war, the world needs peace and understanding," said President Lula da Silva to a cheering crowd of tens of thousands in this sunny port city in Southeastern Braz...
Pilger: Betrayal Of A Noble Legacy
Znet Article, February, 01 2003
John Pilger
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The Palestinian writer Ghada Karmi has described "a deep and unconscious racism [that] imbues every aspect of western conduct toward Iraq". She wrote: "I recall that a similar culture prevailed in the UK during the 1956 Suez crisis and the 1...
King-irani: Democracy Under Threat
Znet Article, January, 31 2003
Laurie King-irani
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I know you've heard it's over now And war must surely come. The cities, they are broke in half And the middlemen are gone. But let me ask you one more time O children of the dust: These hunters who are shrieking now, Do they speak for us? --Leona...
Klein: Out Of The Ordinary
Znet Article, January, 31 2003
Naomi Klein
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In late 2001, the people of Argentina took to the streets, driven to despair by the economic chaos into which their leaders had dragged them. Among them was Gustavo Benedetto, a 23-year-old killed on his first ever protest. Naomi Klein reports on ...
Amin: For Struggles Global And National
Znet Article, January, 31 2003
Samir Amin
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The antecedents of the World Social Forum (WSF) can be traced to January 2000 when a small group of about 50 activists, representing trade unions, intellectuals, peasant organisations and other social groups, gathered in Davos. Samir Amin, an inte...
Ellsberg: Daniel Ellsberg On Iraq
Znet Article, January, 31 2003
Daniel Ellsberg
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Daniel Ellsberg answers questions on Iraq for Metall (Germany Metalworkers Union newspaper) and Freitag 1. "What threat does Iraq now pose or could pose in the future to essential US objectives in the Middle East or globally?" No threat at all,...
Smith: Bush's One Sided Class War
Znet Article, January, 30 2003
Sharon Smith
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GEORGE W. BUSH’S handlers hope that they have come up with a strategy to prop up their boss’s plunging approval ratings. As Socialist Worker went to press a day before the State of the Union address, leaks from the White Ho...
Tanter: Against A Security Council War In Iraq
Znet Article, January, 30 2003
Richard Tanter
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The attention of the world is understandably centred on persuading the United States to wait for UN Security Council approval before invading Iraq. Such a resolution might render such a US attack legal under existing international law. More import...
Edwards: Lie And Rely
Znet Article, January, 29 2003
David Edwards
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Goebbels - A Beginner's Guide "If war is to be averted, then Saddam Hussein and his scientists have to do much more to satisfy the United Nations." (ITN, 11:00 News, January 24, 2003) So argues ITN's Kevin Dunn. It is certainly one interpretatio...
Pilger: Blood On Their Hands
Znet Article, January, 29 2003
John Pilger
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William Russell, the great correspondent who reported the carnage of imperial wars, may have first used the expression "blood on his hands" to describe impeccable politicians who, at a safe distance, order the mass killing of ordinary peop...
Engler: CAFTA
Znet Article, January, 29 2003
Mark Engler
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Earlier this month, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick met with foreign ministers from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua to launch official negotiations for the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), a treat...
Monbiot: Fired Up
Znet Article, January, 29 2003
George Monbiot
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Mr Bush and Mr Blair might have a tougher fight than they anticipated. Not from Saddam Hussein perhaps -- although it is still not obvious that they can capture and hold Iraq's cities without major losses -- but from an anti-war movement that is b...


