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Mokhiber: Moving Gently on East Timor
Commentary, September, 15 1999
Russell Mokhiber
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The Clinton administration's shamefully slow response to the savagery unleashed by the Indonesian military and militia on the people of East Timor allowed a vicious slaughter to take place.
Weisbrot: Washington Fiddles While East Timor Burns
Commentary, September, 15 1999
Mark Weisbrot
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The violence and crisis in East Timor has raised pointed questions about U.S. foreign policy and what we stand for in the world. It was only months ago that we bombed Serbia for 78 days, killing hundreds and perhaps thousands of innocent civilians...
Shalom: The State of the World
Commentary, September, 14 1999
Stephen1 Shalom
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This summer, the United Nations Development Programme issued its annual Human Development Report. The document is a stinging indictment of globalization and its horrific impact on the well-being of so many of the world's people.
Landau: Zany U.S. Rafting Policy
Commentary, September, 13 1999
Saul Landau
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It's hurricane time in the Caribbean, so we'll have a temporary respite from Cubans floating to Florida on inner tubes from that red island 90 miles away, and even from Cubans brought over in speedboats. Smugglers earn up to $8,000 per person they...
Herman: Russian Corruption
Commentary, September, 12 1999
Edward Herman
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With the discovery of the massive laundering of Russian money-- some of it compliments of the IMF, and U.S. taxpayers--through the Bank of New York, the issue of Russian corruption is now "in." But it presents the establishment with a problem.
Peterson: Genocide 2?
Commentary, September, 10 1999
David Peterson
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With the United Nations seriously considering the final evacuation of the last members of its international staff from the capital city of Dili any day now, East Timor is threatened with being plunged into a black hole from which virtually no news...
Herman: Inhumanitarian Nonintervention in East Timor
Commentary, September, 08 1999
Edward Herman
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Coming so soon after the NATO devastation of Yugoslavia in the alleged interest of humanitarianism and protection of human rights, the performance of the NATO powers in the East Timor crisis strikingly confirms the views of those who questioned th...
Lusane: Clinton Escapes Again
Commentary, September, 07 1999
Clarence Lusane
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Each Summer the major civil rights organizations hold their annual gatherings. Attended by thousands, these events include workshops, plenaries, and major addresses by civil rights leaders, trade union officials, representatives from women and you...
Shiva: Stopping Biopiracy
Commentary, September, 06 1999
Vandana2 Shiva
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The patents on the anti-diabetic properties of karela, jamun, brinjal once again highlight the problem of Biopiracy - the patenting of indigenous biodiversity related knowledge.
Marable: Chickens Coming Home to Roost
Commentary, September, 01 1999
Manning Marable
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Immediately following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X was asked by the media for his response. Malcolm was not surprised by this tragic event, because white America had long fostered violence and racism throughout society...
Schechter: China on My Mind
Commentary, August, 31 1999
Danny Schechter
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In less than two months, on October 1st, the People's Republic of China turns fifty. Mao's long march liberated a country which in a half century has gone from championing world revolution to building "socialism with Chinese characteristics."
Gonsalves: America's Civilizing Efforts
Commentary, August, 30 1999
Sean Gonsalves
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"Reflecting growing alarm in Washington about leftist rebels strengthened by the cocaine trade, a leading US diplomat met with (Colombian) President Andres Pastrana (last week) to discuss drug trafficking and the country's civil war," Associated P...
Peterson: Between the Guns and the Wall
Commentary, August, 29 1999
David Peterson
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Shortly before noon on April 6, several truckloads of the Red And White Iron militia rolled up outside a church where hundreds of people had fled seeking sanctuary. "Get out of the church!" the gun- and machete-wielding gangsters shouted. Then may...
Bronski: GOP = Gay Old Party
Commentary, August, 27 1999
Michael Bronski
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It is no news that the "news" appearing in the mass media is often manufactured. No where was this clearer than a front page story in The New York Times of August 11, 1999 whose headline announced: "Gay Voters Finding G.O.P. Newly Receptive to Sup...
Author: For the Good of us All, Just Focus on Yourself
Commentary, August, 22 1999
Guest Author
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It took some time, but I think I've come to understand why so many people favor school vouchers. I was hung up on the separation of church and state and worried about decreased funding for inner- city schools. But I've seen the light. My only ques...
Solomon: In the Nation's Capital, Media Fixations Prevail
Commentary, August, 21 1999
Norman Solomon
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Few phrases in American politics have more negative connotations than "inside the Beltway." In this rarified and unreal zone, we often assume, the activities of politicians and bureaucrats are disconnected from the main concerns of most Americans....
Solomon: Broadcasting and Democracy: Oil and Water
Commentary, August, 18 1999
Norman Solomon
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Is it really possible for broadcasting and democracy to mix? In theory, yes. But right now, the prospects look bleak.
Landau: Pinochet and Valdez
Commentary, August, 17 1999
Saul Landau
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Juan Gabriel Valdes, Chile's new foreign minister, will meet with Secretary of State Madeline Albright to ask her to help return Augusto Pinochet to Chile. Since last October, British authorities have held Pinochet on a request from the Spanish Ju...
Weisbrot: Trade Wars: Where's the Beef
Commentary, August, 16 1999
Mark Weisbrot
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Should countries have the right to set health and safety standards for the food that their citizens eat? Should they be allowed to exclude foreign-produced foods that don't meet national standards? Or should these questions be decided by the World...
Halimi: Media Critics of the World Unite
Commentary, August, 15 1999
Serge Halimi
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Few countries publish as many books and articles on media criticism as the United States. Logically, all of this good work has little to no effect on the shaping and publication of news. Any adequate criticism, which describes media indoctrination...


