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Znet Article Nakamura: Words on Receiving The Okinawa Peace Prize

Znet Article, September, 24 2002 Tetsu Nakamura
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NAKAMURA Tetsu, a Japanese physician, has worked in Afghanistan and Pakistan for nineteen years as head of the Peshawar Medical Association, an NGO that he founded and heads. PMA initially provided medical care. Activities center on the main hospi...

Znet Article Abunimah: Artificial Crisis, Artificial Response

Znet Article, September, 24 2002 Ali Abunimah
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If it were to be judged only by its text, Palestinians should be largely satisfied with UN Resolution 1435 passed early on September 24 by 14 votes to 0 with the US abstaining. The resolution demanded that "Israel immediately cease measures in and...

Znet Article Fisk: Prosecute Sharon For War Crimes, Israeli Women Say

Znet Article, September, 24 2002 Robert Fisk
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    In an astonishing letter to the Palestinian survivors of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila camps massacres, nine Israeli women's peace groups have told Palestinians in Beirut that they support their efforts to indict the Israeli Prime Min...

Znet Article Hass: Ramallah Diary

Znet Article, September, 23 2002 Amira Hass
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Suddenly, at about 11 P.M. on Saturday night, people started calling one another to ask with disbelief if it was true there was demonstrating in the streets. "Is it true what Al Jazeera is reporting - that dozens of young people are demonstrating ...

Znet Article Rights bulletin: Emergency Continues To Grip Aceh

Znet Article, September, 23 2002 Human Rights bulletin
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Since July a political issue constantly on the front pages in Jakarta has been the likelihood that a civil or military emergency/martial law will be declared in Aceh. The idea was first floated by retired Lt. General Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the ...

Znet Article Nakamura: An Omen

Znet Article, September, 23 2002 Tetsu Nakamura
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It all began on July 18th, 2001, when I made a visit to reconstruct the clinic in Darya-ye Nur. It was the first time for me to enter Afghanistan since the Taliban had come into power. It had been a while since I last crossed the Khyber Pass. I we...

Znet Article Arnove: The Case Against Bush's War

Znet Article, September, 23 2002 Anthony Arnove
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Once again, the U.S. government is gunning for Iraq. After twelve years of imposing the most comprehensive and deadly sanctions in history, after destroying much of the country and killing tens of thousands of civilians in the 1991 Gulf War, and a...

Znet Article Mondragon: Colombia: The Struggle Against Uribe Begins

Znet Article, September, 22 2002 Hector Mondragon
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[translated by Justin Podur] The new Colombian government's program includes: -A labor reform that reduces overnight and overtime wages-A pension reform that increases the retirement age by 1/3 -The reduction of public sector salaries by 30%, ov...

Znet Article Baskin: "Force The Palestinians To Surrender"

Znet Article, September, 22 2002 Gershon Baskin
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"Force the Palestinians to Surrender and End the War" - the streets of Israel have been placarded with this slogan that correctly paraphrases the sentiments of the average Israeli. The Israeli public has been blinded or chooses not to see the true...

Znet Article Herman: Christopher Hitchens And The Uses Of Demagoguery

Znet Article, September, 22 2002 Edward Herman
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In his latest phase as flack for the war party, Christopher Hitchens has taken on some of the qualities of his leader George W. Bush. A notable similarity is in his demagogic statement of the issues "we" face since 9/11--in W's words, an "evil" en...

Znet Article Parrish: A Moment Of Deep Hope

Znet Article, September, 21 2002 Geov Parrish
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Recently I had the tremendous honor, and pleasure, of sitting down for a conversation with one of the true heroes of global efforts to create a more equitable and sustainable world. Indian physicist Vandana Shiva is one of the most renowned and re...

Znet Article Mokhiber: The Bush Victory In Iraq

Znet Article, September, 21 2002 Russell Mokhiber
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George Bush has already won a victory in Iraq, and we're not talking about weapons inspectors' access inside the country. The administration's beating of the war drums has drowned out the dominant stories of two months ago -- the corporate scand...

Znet Article Arquimedes vitonás: Direct Democracy In Colombia

Znet Article, September, 20 2002 Alirio arroyave Arquimedes vitonás
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Colombian community leaders Alirio Arroyave and Arquimedes Vitonás were in Toronto last month to give talks, part of the Canada-Colombia Solidarity Campaign. rabble interviewer Justin Podur caught up with both men during their stay and spoke with...

Znet Article Brown: Killings Of Dozens Once Again Called Period Of Calm By US Media

Znet Article, September, 20 2002 Michael Brown
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Many US media reports were quick to declare that two suicide bombings in Israel on September 18 and 19, in which eight Israelis were killed, had brought an end to a period of "calm" simply because there had been no similar attacks for six weeks an...

Znet Article Sustar: Employers Attack: Unions Blink

Znet Article, September, 20 2002 Lee Sustar
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WITH THE Bush administration firmly behind them, employers are aggressively moving to break the strength of some of the historically most powerful unions in the U.S.--on the West Coast docks, in the airlines, and beyond. Yet rather than prepare u...

Znet Article Pilger: Diplomacy?

Znet Article, September, 19 2002 John Pilger
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The making of a United Nations fig leaf, designed to cover an Anglo-American attack on Iraq, has a revealing past. In 1990, a vers...

Znet Article Edwards: Power, Fear, And Silence

Znet Article, September, 19 2002 David Edwards
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It is ironic that when politicians hail the urgent need to defend ourdemocratic traditions, their words are generally communicated by giantmedia corporations, which are essentially totalitarian structures ofpower. There is not even a pretence of d...

Znet Article Cromwell: Mass Media Stoke The Fires Of War

Znet Article, September, 18 2002 David Cromwell
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News broadcasts and column inches are rapidly saturating with the rhetoric of war. The fate of the Iraqi people hangs in the balance. Iraq has now backed down in the face of overwhelming US/UK threats to launch a massive attack on that devastated ...

Znet Article King-irani: Massacres Don't Just Happen

Znet Article, September, 18 2002 Lauri King-irani
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Twenty years ago today, on a hot and muggy Saturday morning, a shocking reality came to light in Lebanon. Some people approaching the contiguous refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila in the outskirts of Beirut had their suspicions that dark deeds had...

Znet Article Ritter: A Semantic Game

Znet Article, September, 18 2002 Scott Ritter
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-> Your 1999 book on Iraq was entitled Endgame: Solving the Iraq Problem Once and For All. What about the game now, has it come to an end? Personally I never played any game. Endgame is a term used by political scientists when they speak of ...

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