Zcom_simple

Back Search Results - New Search

Commentary Mokhiber: Moving Gently on East Timor

Commentary, September, 15 1999 Russell Mokhiber
Mokhiber's ZSpace page

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.

Commentary Weisbrot: Washington Fiddles While East Timor Burns

Commentary, September, 15 1999 Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page

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...

Commentary Shalom: The State of the World

Commentary, September, 14 1999 Stephen1 Shalom
Shalom's ZSpace page

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.

Commentary Landau: Zany U.S. Rafting Policy

Commentary, September, 13 1999 Saul Landau
Landau's ZSpace page

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...

Commentary Herman: Russian Corruption

Commentary, September, 12 1999 Edward Herman
Herman's ZSpace page

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.

Commentary Peterson: Genocide 2?

Commentary, September, 10 1999 David Peterson
Peterson's ZSpace page

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...

Commentary Herman: Inhumanitarian Nonintervention in East Timor

Commentary, September, 08 1999 Edward Herman
Herman's ZSpace page

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...

Commentary Lusane: Clinton Escapes Again

Commentary, September, 07 1999 Clarence Lusane
Lusane's ZSpace page

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...

Commentary Shiva: Stopping Biopiracy

Commentary, September, 06 1999 Vandana2 Shiva
Shiva's ZSpace page

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.

Commentary Marable: Chickens Coming Home to Roost

Commentary, September, 01 1999 Manning Marable
Marable's ZSpace page

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...

Commentary Schechter: China on My Mind

Commentary, August, 31 1999 Danny Schechter
Schechter's ZSpace page

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."

Commentary Gonsalves: America's Civilizing Efforts

Commentary, August, 30 1999 Sean Gonsalves
Gonsalves's ZSpace page

"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...

Commentary Peterson: Between the Guns and the Wall

Commentary, August, 29 1999 David Peterson
Peterson's ZSpace page

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...

Commentary Bronski: GOP = Gay Old Party

Commentary, August, 27 1999 Michael Bronski
Bronski's ZSpace page

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...

Commentary Author: For the Good of us All, Just Focus on Yourself

Commentary, August, 22 1999 Guest Author
Author's ZSpace page

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...

Commentary Solomon: In the Nation's Capital, Media Fixations Prevail

Commentary, August, 21 1999 Norman Solomon
Solomon's ZSpace page

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....

Commentary Solomon: Broadcasting and Democracy: Oil and Water

Commentary, August, 18 1999 Norman Solomon
Solomon's ZSpace page

Is it really possible for broadcasting and democracy to mix? In theory, yes. But right now, the prospects look bleak.

Commentary Landau: Pinochet and Valdez

Commentary, August, 17 1999 Saul Landau
Landau's ZSpace page

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...

Commentary Weisbrot: Trade Wars: Where's the Beef

Commentary, August, 16 1999 Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page

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...

Commentary Halimi: Media Critics of the World Unite

Commentary, August, 15 1999 Serge Halimi
Halimi's ZSpace page

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...

Loading_border