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Jensen: Bush's Contempt For Democracy
Znet Article, March, 03 2003
Robert Jensen
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Many around the world are skeptical when George Bush says he wants to use war to help create democracy in Iraq. As a step toward bolstering his credibility, Bush might start taking seriously democracy in the rest of the world, and at home. U.S. r...
Street: Serving Power
Znet Article, March, 03 2003
Paul Street
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Downplaying Dissent USA TODAY calls itself "The National Newspaper." America does not in fact possess a single national paper, thankfully, but anyone who travels regularly in the United States can tell you that USA TODAY has certainly become the...
Naijaman: The Future of Nigeria
Znet Article, March, 03 2003
Ike Naijaman
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The defining geographical feature of Nigeria is the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers. It is the first thing that grabs your eye when you look at any map of the country. Two of the biggest and most important rivers in Africa, linking togeth...
Mcbryde johnson: Unspeakable Conversations
Znet Article, March, 02 2003
Harriet Mcbryde johnson
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He insists he doesn't want to kill me. He simply thinks it would have been better, all things considered, to have given my parents the option of killing the baby I once was, and to let other parents kill similar babies as they come along and there...
Cook: No White Flags
Znet Article, March, 02 2003
Jonathan Cook
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The streets of Ramallah, unlike those of most other West Bank cities, are usually free of Israeli soldiers. Despite appearances, however, the army has stamped its control on the West Bank's capital as certainly as its tanks have left deep tread ma...
Oliveri: Stop That Train!
Znet Article, March, 02 2003
Adele Oliveri
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Italy is already at war. Nobody would have noticed, had it not been for a handful of trains carrying US military equipment from the military base of Ederle (north-eastern Italy) to Camp Darby (Tuscany); and had it not been, of course, for the mobi...
Podur: The other kind of violence
Znet Article, March, 02 2003
Justin Podur
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“Violence in Colombia†is such a popular topic of study that there are hundreds of articles, books, and essays with that title. Some, written by people who call themselves ‘violentologists’, are very good, and very ...
Vasallo: In the name of life
Znet Article, March, 02 2003
Marta Vasallo
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MarÃa del Carmen is a girl from Tucumán who, at the age of 19, has already had five children with a man 18 years older than herself. However, she was not in the news for her stolen puberty, her prematurely aged body or the situation of chroni...
Vulliamy: Dirty Tricks Revealed
Znet Article, March, 02 2003
Ed Vulliamy
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The United States is conducting a secret 'dirty tricks' campaign against UN Security Council delegations in New York as part of its battle to win votes in favour of war against Iraq. Details of the aggressive surveillance operation, which involv...
Fisk: America Uses Israel's Words To Justify Occupation
Znet Article, March, 01 2003
Robert Fisk
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Ah, to be a "viable" state! The word "viable" has now become the be-all and end-all of American policy towards Palestine. "For its part," George Bush told us, "the new government of Israel, as the terror threat is removed and security improves, wi...
Hudson: Why I am going to Iraq
Znet Article, March, 01 2003
Wade Hudson
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On March 5, I head for Baghdad to join the Iraq Peace Team (IPT), a project of Voices in the Wilderness. About twenty IPT members, including myself, will stay in Iraq indefinitely, even if President Bush invades Iraq. We will not deploy ourselves...
Edwards: Outrageous Omissions
Znet Article, March, 01 2003
David Edwards
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The Bush and Blair governments are dragging the public kicking and screaming into a war that threatens to plunge the world into chaos and which almost nobody wants. Like an occupying force, British politicians representing elite interests from bot...
Marcos: December (II)
Znet Article, March, 01 2003
Subcomandante Marcos
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translated by irlandesa DECEMBER: the Federal District, the Twelfth Etapa (Second Image: Mexico DF, the December of Acteal, or Why the Basque Question) Stone and cloud continue traveling throughout the city and those projects which, o...
B. kelly: Inspiration
Znet Article, March, 01 2003
John B. kelly
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Katie Lynch, 28 inches tall and a wheelchair user all her life, was an inspiration. After her death last fall at the age of 27, her Boston Globe obituary described her as "a tiny woman who inspired thousands when she overcame dramatic physical lim...
Lowenstein: Bound By Terror
Znet Article, March, 01 2003
Jennifer Lowenstein
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I’ve said it myself many times. I need a break from this awful business I can’t watch any more news about Iraq or Palestine. I’m dreading this bloody war and want an escape. Spare me the euphemisms and lies, the blasé mann...
Kiesling: U.S. Diplomat's Letter of Resignation
Znet Article, February, 28 2003
John brady Kiesling
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U.S. Diplomat's Letter of Resignation
Klein: So, Bush Wants Civil Disobedience?
Znet Article, February, 28 2003
Naomi Klein
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The U.S. President is urging Iraqis to rise up against Saddam Hussein. It's time to turn the domestic tables and -- voilà ! -- escalate the war against the war At the Pentagon, they call it the Voilà Moment. That's when Iraqi soldiers and civil...
Avnery: War Crimes and Ariel Sharon: It's OK to Eat Belgian Cholocate
Znet Article, February, 28 2003
Uri Avnery
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"Don't eat Belgian chocolate," the Israel consul in Florida ordered the large Jewish community there. In Israel, anti-Belgian curses reached an ear-splitting new crescendo. Miserable Belgium! Mad Belgium! Megalomaniac Belgium! And again and agai...
Pilger: Blair Hypocrisy
Znet Article, February, 28 2003
John Pilger
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Having failed to fabricate a link between Iraq and al-Qaeda, and prove that Iraq has a secret armoury of banned weapons, the warmongers have fallen back on the "moral case" for an unprovoked attack on a stricken country. Farce has arrived. We want...
Gerson: In this fateful hour
Znet Article, February, 28 2003
Joseph Gerson
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Friends, I want to thank Gensuikyo for the privilege of being invited to join in these Bikini Day commemorations. It remains rare that a U.S. American can learn so directly from Marshall Islanders, from the crew of the Fukuryu-maru, and from the...
