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Monbiot: Who Guards the Guards?
Znet Article, December, 10 2002
George Monbiot
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If there is a characteristic which unites all human societies, past or present, it is surely an inordinate fondness for violence. Those who can force others to submit to their demands will do so until they meet a greater force. We tend, in the s...
Podur: Venezuela's 'National Strike'
Znet Article, December, 10 2002
Justin Podur
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The 'general strike' called by the opposition in Venezuela is now on its eighth day. The strike is the fourth called by the opposition over the past year, including the failed coup attempt in April. The economy is suffering. Ther...
Rishmawi: International Solidarity Movement
Znet Article, December, 10 2002
George Rishmawi
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In November 2002, two of the founders of the International Solidarity Movement toured North America to build support for the ISM (www.palsolidarity.org). Here is part of the talk they gave in Toronto on November 20, 2002. George Rishmawi: ...
Vaeth: A Sacred Day In New York
Znet Article, December, 10 2002
Chris Vaeth
Today the faith-based revolt against the impending war in Iraq poured out of hallowed halls and into the streets. Joining people in 120 other cities and towns under the banner of United for Peace, New York's religious leaders celebrated Internatio...
Johnson: Phillip Berrigan Anti War Activist Dies
Znet Article, December, 09 2002
Becky Johnson
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BALTIMORE - December 6 - Phil Berrigan died December 6, 2002 at about 9:30 PM, at Jonah House, a community he co-founded in 1973, surrounded by family and friends. He died two months after being diagnosed with liver and kidney cancer, and one mont...
Herman: Answering The Cruise MIssile Left On Iraq
Znet Article, December, 09 2002
Edward Herman
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It is pretty depressing to see how frequently liberals and some leftists have been unable to maintain a principled opposition to the U.S. policies toward Iraq, which, following more than a decade of "sanctions of mass destruction" are now rushing ...
Berube: Real Problems On The Real Left
Znet Article, December, 09 2002
Michael Berube
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Real Problems on the Real LeftI want to thank Michael Albert for the chance to reply to Edward Herman’s characterization of the “cruise missile left†in the November issue of Z. I have criticized Christopher Hitchensâ...
Niaz: Spiking Stereotypes
Znet Article, December, 09 2002
Anjum Niaz
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Bang in the middle of New York's busiest bus terminal, the Port Authority, two women attendants at a news-stand share dates as they break their fast. One is Pakistani and the other Bangladeshi. Their boss is a man from India. Between the three, th...
Ngugi: Africa and the War on Terror
Znet Article, December, 09 2002
Mukoma Ngugi
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Introduction President Bush, as if to settle the debate once and for all over what form a terrorist exactly takes stated, “you are with ...
Wilpert: Chavez Hangs On
Znet Article, December, 09 2002
Gregory Wilpert
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The OAS-Mediated Negotiations, the Strike, and other recent events César Gaviria, the General Secretary of the OAS, has the unenviable job of mediating negotiations between Venezuela's government and its opposition, while the political situation...
Herman: Much More Severe Problems On The Cruise Missile Left
Znet Article, December, 09 2002
Edward Herman
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I am happy to have this opportunity to reply to Michael Berube, partly because it will allow me to introduce Z Net readers to his article "Toward an Ideal Antiwar Movement: Mature, Legitimate, and Popular," in The Chronicle of Higher Education of ...
Parrish: A List
Znet Article, December, 09 2002
Geov Parrish
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I want a full accounting of every weapon in the country. Not Iraq; I could give a fig about Iraq. It's halfway around the world, it has no means of threatening the United States from its territory, its economy is decimated, it has been disarmed mo...
Dieterich: Why are the coup plotters so impatient?
Znet Article, December, 09 2002
Hans Dieterich
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[translated by narconews.com] The constitutional government of Hugo Chávez faces its fourth assault in eight months. The April 11th coup d’etat launched a chain of mob acts that were repeated under the banner of “civic†o...
Shepphard: Is Anarchism Suitable For Complex Societies
Znet Article, December, 08 2002
Brian Oliver Shepphard
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The charge has often been made that the anarchist economic model is ill suited for complex societies. The multi-faceted nature of advanced industrial economies; their scope of operation and breadth of distribution; the extensive refinement in thei...
Jensen: Bob Woodward And The Bush At War Hagiography
Znet Article, December, 08 2002
Robert Jensen
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Bob Woodward's latest travelogue through the minds of the powerful, "Bush at War," has been widely praised as a compelling account of the Bush administration post-9/11. The book is, in one sense, quite an accomplishment: Woodward manages to make ...
Edwards: Just War and A Dissident's Role
Znet Article, December, 07 2002
David Edwards
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In response to our recent Media Alert Update, "George Monbiot Responds on Iraq and 'Just War'" (December 2, 2002), Monbiot has sent the following response: Dear MediaLens, Two issues appear to divide us, one philosophical, one practical. The ph...
Giacaman: Schooling At Gunpoint
Znet Article, December, 07 2002
Rita Giacaman
Giacaman's ZSpace page
Rita Giacaman, Anita Abdullah, Rula Abu Safieh and Luna ShamiehInstitute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University Introduction/background The new school year was scheduled to begin on August 31st 2002 for over one million Palestinian c...
Ali: The Ignoble Nobel
Znet Article, December, 07 2002
Tariq Ali
Ali's ZSpace page
On Tuesday, former US president Jimmy Carter will fly to Oslo and receive the Nobel Peace Prize from the unassuming bicycling monarch of Norway. Why him? Why now? And what is the real aim of the peace prize? When it was first established in 1900...
Bond: Relic Of Past Overstayed His Welcome
Znet Article, December, 06 2002
Julian Bond
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What would you say about a man who once ran for president on a platform promising to end "social intermingling of the races"? Or who wrote a manifesto decl...
Fisk: With Runners And Whispers, Al-Qai'da Outfoxes US Forces
Znet Article, December, 06 2002
Robert Fisk
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The Americans take them shackled and hooded on to transport aircraft to Kandahar. They live in pens of eight or 10 men. They are given cots with blankets but no privacy. They are forced to urinate and defecate publicly because the Americans want t...
