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Znet Article Street: Beacon To The World

Znet Article, October, 18 2002 Paul Street
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Those who think the super-rich are smarter than the rest of us might want to take a look at the foreign policy speeches given in the millionaire-laden United States Senate last week. In one thick headed oration after another, the pro-war majority ...

Znet Article Harrelson: I'm An American Tired Of American Lies

Znet Article, October, 18 2002 Woody Harrelson
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The man who drives me to and from work is named Woody too. A relief to me, as it minimises the chance of my forgetting his name. I call him Woodman and he calls me Wood. He has become my best friend here, even though he's upset that I have quit dr...

Znet Article Weisbrot: Venezuelan Democracy Under Siege

Znet Article, October, 18 2002 Mark Weisbrot
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Twelve years ago a populist priest named Jean-Bertrand Aristide became President of Haiti, in the country's first democratic elections. A businessman summed up the attitude of Haiti's small but stubborn elite: "Everybody who is anybody is against ...

Znet Article Garson: ZNet Interviews Barbara Garson about

Znet Article, October, 18 2002 Barbara Garson
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(1) Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book, “MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO AROUND” is about? What is it trying to communicate?   I decided to explore the global economy by the simple device of following my own money. I beg...

Znet Article Solomon: Polls: When Measuring Is Manipulating

Znet Article, October, 18 2002 Norman Solomon
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Before decisions get made in Washington -- and even before most politicians open their mouths about key issues -- there are polls. Lots of them. Whether splashed across front pages or commissioned by candidates for private analysis, the statistica...

Znet Article Mcdonald: Should The Indonesian Military Be On The List Of Suspects?

Znet Article, October, 18 2002 Hamish Mcdonald
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The Age (Melbourne) October 17 2002 Should the military be on the list of suspects? Alexander Downer has derided the line of suspicion as "silly", but surely some in his entourage - as he did the rounds of Indonesian military and police chiefs...

Znet Article Prashad: ZNet Interviews Vijay Prashad about

Znet Article, October, 18 2002 Vijay Prashad
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1) What is Fat Cats and Running Dogs about? By now we have all read enormous amounts about the shenanigans of Enron, the excesses of the CEO class and the waste that is capitalism. But this rendition of the story fails to address at least two ele...

Znet Article Pilger: Bali/Australia/Terror

Znet Article, October, 17 2002 John Pilger
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For 40 years, Australian governments have colluded with state terrorism in Indonesia. Now, the ...

Znet Article Monbiot: The Rich World's Veto

Znet Article, October, 17 2002 George Monbiot
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There was no announcement, no press release, not even an off-the record briefing. But last week the government revealed that it was proposing to rule out forever the re-nationalisation of the railways. If you missed this, you're in good company: s...

Znet Article Wilson: Medal Tossers

Znet Article, October, 17 2002 Brian Wilson
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Dear John, It has been a long time since we have had contact. As you might remember our very first meeting was at VVAW's Dewey Canyon III, "A Limited Incursion Into the Country of Congress," April 19-23, 1971, in Washington, D.C. I'm sure you re...

Znet Article Sustar: An Attack On All Workers

Znet Article, October, 17 2002 Lee Sustar
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  SHIPPING BOSSES are aggressively using George W. Bush’s intervention in the West Coast dockworkers’ contract dispute to gut the union’s power. Technically, the Taft-Hartley Act invoked by Bush empowered a federal j...

Znet Article Covington: Letter from the Towers at South Bay Prison

Znet Article, October, 17 2002 Walter Covington
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My name is Walter Covington and I am currently incarcerated at the Suffolk County House of Correction.  I’ve been in and out of different county and state institutions since 1981.  I am not proud of this but must say that Iâ̈́...

Znet Article Ahmad: Gathering storm in Pakistan

Znet Article, October, 17 2002 Zulfiqar Ahmad
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After three years of military rule, Pakistani voters have spoken. The message from the Oct. 10 elections is ominous, with immediate implications for U.S. policymakers: For the first time in Pakistan's history, religious parties have won significan...

Znet Article Steel: Saddam Seems To Won Over His Floating Voters

Znet Article, October, 17 2002 Mark Steel
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I wonder how the leader of the "no" campaign tried to inspire his supporters after Saddam got a 100 per cent "yes" vote in his election. I suppose he said: "Obviously we're disappointed, but we fought a good campaign and I enjoyed every minute. I'...

Znet Article Hass: Scraping The Bottom of The Cistern

Znet Article, October, 16 2002 Amira Hass
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Where will America and the EU succeed more: In their pressure on Yasser Arafat to lead governmental, financial and security reforms, or in their pleas with Israel to guarantee enough water of reasonable quality and price to 200,000 Palestinians? A...

Znet Article Administrator: 80% Killed During Curfew Are Children

Znet Article, October, 16 2002 Site Administrator
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For the past four months, Israel has imposed a full curfew, unprecedented in scope and length, on hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. This curfew constitutes collective punishment, and as such is in contravention of ...

Znet Article Hartmann: Hartmann Interviewed

Znet Article, October, 16 2002 Betsy Hartmann
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(1) Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book, The Truth About Fire, is about? What is it trying to communicate? The Truth About Fire is a political thriller about the Far Right in the U.S. and Germany. Set mainly in the Upper Peninsula of ...

Znet Article Valentine: The Palestinian Olive Harvest

Znet Article, October, 16 2002 Diana Valentine
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[Updated October 17, 2002-- a note on the action is below] Diana Valentine is one of many international activists from the US, Canada, Europe, and other countries who are participating in the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) olive harvest...

Znet Article Winer: Strategy turns full circle in South Africa

Znet Article, October, 16 2002 Stan Winer
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There was a time in South Africa when political activists thought all that was required for change to occur was to dangle before the working class a revolutionary program of action, and the working class would spontaneously rise en masse. How wron...

Znet Article Ngugi: Elections in Kenya

Znet Article, October, 16 2002 Mukoma Ngugi
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In feudal Europe, every five or so years, a grand festival was held. Everyone was invited: the rich as well as the poor. For the powerful and the powerless, the rulers and their subjects, this was the day that expressed a universal fraternity of a...

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