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Harris: Truth and Reconciliation
Znet Article, November, 03 2002
Verne Harris
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On a visit to South Africa in 1998 Jacques Derrida, arguably the world’s most eminent living philosopher, offended many South Africans by suggesting that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) needed to be understood as an exercise ...
Winer: South Africa is Losing its Memory
Znet Article, November, 03 2002
Stan Winer
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At the foot of Ngquza mountain in the rural Pondoland region of South Africa stands a monument to the "Forgotten Heroes" -- so named in honor of the Pondo warriors who were slaughtered in 1960 when they challenged the military might of the aparthe...
Plitnick: A Tale of Two Governments
Znet Article, November, 03 2002
Mitchell Plitnick
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In the space of a single day this week, some significant events transpired in both the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority. On the Israeli side, the unity government did not survive to its second birthday, as Labor, led by now-forme...
Shiva: Deconstructing Market Access
Znet Article, November, 02 2002
Vandana2 Shiva
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Deconstructing Market Access
Ruben: Protets In Quito
Znet Article, November, 02 2002
Justin Ruben
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Friends and Colleagues Please accept this [unedited] bulletin from the edge of consciousness. I don't know whether I feel like crying because I am so moved by what I saw today, because my mucous membranes are all shot to hell from too much tear g...
Weisbrot: It's A New Day And Brazil Wants A New Deal
Znet Article, November, 02 2002
Mark Weisbrot
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Last Sunday's election in Brazil should send a message to Washington's economists and policymakers that their prescriptions for economic progress are no longer viable. But these people are slow learners. The conventional wisdom among economists ...
Vulliamy: US In Denial As Poverty Rises
Znet Article, November, 02 2002
Ed Vulliamy
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The north wind cuts cold and sudden across the historic green of New Haven. It blows through the 'tent city' where the homeless huddle. And it blows round the spires and quadrangles of Yale University, one of America's richest Ivy League colleges....
Edwards: Unique Threats Profitable Responses
Znet Article, November, 01 2002
David Edwards
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Unique Threat - No.1: In April 1950, the US National Security Council Directive 68 (NSC68) stated: "The Soviet Union, unlike previous aspirants to hegemony, is animated by a new fanatic faith, antithetical to our own, and seeks to impose absolut...
Prashad: Scenarios For Iraq After Saddam
Znet Article, November, 01 2002
Vijay Prashad
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From the White House, reports leak out about plans for an Iraq after the Ba'th. Three of the main scenario do not allow for the development of democracy in Iraq. Each of them is built on a racist assumption: that the Iraqis either need a military ...
Marcos: A Letter and a Poem
Znet Article, October, 31 2002
Subcomandante Marcos
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July of 2002. To: Fernando Yañez Muñoz, Architect. From: Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos. Don Fernando: Greetings from all the zapatista compañeros and compañeras and from the indigenous communities in resistance. We hope that you, and a...
White: Why I oppose the US War On Terror: An Ex Marine Speaks out
Znet Article, October, 31 2002
Chris White
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The more I juxtapose logical world opinion with the Bush administration’s actions in the war on terror, I realize one overwhelming theme: hypocrisy. No one in any of the branches of government runs a physical risk to themselves by entering...
Sustar: This is Union Busting!
Znet Article, October, 31 2002
Lee Sustar
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AN UNPRECEDENTED alliance of transnational corporations and politicians of both parties is behind the U.S. government’s attempt to break the West Coast dockworkers’ union. George W. Bush’s intervention under the an...
Cook: Olives And Lives
Znet Article, October, 31 2002
Jonathan Cook
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Olives And Lives
Kerr: A New Type Of Chemical Warfare
Znet Article, October, 30 2002
Stephen Kerr
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Russian authorities only wanted to put them to sleep. And the 700 odd hostages did go to sleep, as did their captors. But 116 never woke up. Most of the survivors are still in the hospital, held hostage to a state military secret th...
Morris: Jakarta is open for business
Znet Article, October, 30 2002
Craig Morris
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“New York City is open for businessâ€, declared the city’s then-mayor Rudy Giuliani at the end of September 2001, only a few weeks after the attacks planned by terrorists operating internationally, but also from within the U...
Borger: US Weapons Secrets Exposed
Znet Article, October, 30 2002
Julian Borger
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Respected scientists on both sides of the Atlantic warned yesterday that the US is developing a new generation of weapons that undermine and possibly violate international treaties on biological and chemical warfare. The scientists, specialists i...
Ingalls: Afghanistan: The First Puppet Regime in the Post Sept 11 World
Znet Article, October, 30 2002
James Ingalls
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As the United States government and the United Nations Security Council debate the invasion, occupation, and "regime change" of Iraq, it makes sense to assess the first US exercise of power after Sept 11, namely the invasion and occupation of Afgh...
Kagarlitsky: An Attack Against Society
Znet Article, October, 29 2002
Boris Kagarlitsky
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After special forces commandos stormed the Theater Na Dubrovke early Saturday morning, the authorities proclaimed the operation a complete success. They first announced that the enemy had been destroyed with no losses among the ...
Monbiot: Do As We Say, Not As We Do
Znet Article, October, 29 2002
George Monbiot
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Democracy in Brazil both won and lost on Sunday night. It won because, for the first time in its history, the nation chose a man of humble origins and radical views to be its president. It lost because that man is now forbidden to be radical. The ...
Edwards: Iraq And Arms Inspectors: part two
Znet Article, October, 29 2002
David Edwards
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What A Difference 3 Years Makes: UK News Coverage of Why the Inspectors Left Iraq In 1998 and 1999 it was difficult for the media to avoid some of the more obvious facts about the withdrawal of arms inspectors from Iraq in December 1998. NBC Toda...


