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Billet: From Fallujah to County Antrim…
Znet Article, March, 16 2009
Alexander Billet
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It’s an inescapable truth on March 17th, inevitable as shamrocks and Guinness. Be you Irish or not, you are almost certain to hear the distinct lilt of the Emerald Isle’s music at one time or another this St. Patrick’s Day.
Dangl: Grassroots Beer Brewers Score a Victory in Utah
Znet Article, March, 04 2009
Ben Dangl
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Beer Brewers Score a Victory in Utah
Sinclair: Zinn's Empire
BookReview, March, 03 2009
Ian Sinclair
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Book review of A People's History of American Empire, a Graphic Adaption by Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki and Paul Buhle.
Zirin: The US v. Barry Bonds
Znet Article, February, 24 2009
Dave Zirin
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This is a story about garbage. There's the actual garbage overzealous federal investigators examined in their efforts to prosecute a surly sports celebrity. There's the shredding of the Bill of Rights, crudely ignored by the government in the name...
Pilger: Hollywood's New Censors
Commentary, February, 20 2009
John Pilger
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When I returned from the war in Vietnam, I wrote a film script as an antidote to the myth that the war had been an ill-fated noble cause. The producer David Puttnam took the draft to Hollywood and offered it to the major studios, whose responses w...
Landau: The Wrestler: An American Tragedy
Commentary, February, 17 2009
Saul Landau
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As a kid, I watched the Super Swedish Angel, Gorgeous George, and Primo Carnera (former boxer), wrestle on a small black and white TV screen. I would scream from my living room at the TV because the ref always looked elsewhere when the villain del...
Christini: Zadie Antoinette?
Znet Article, February, 15 2009
Tony Christini
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The literature establishment is constantly grasping for some standout voice or another to cover up its too often eviscerated and eviscerating core. In his recent New Yorker commentary “Zadie Smith Reports from Dream City,†Hendrick Hertzberg u...
Billet: The Good, The Bad, and the Clueless
Znet Article, February, 12 2009
Alexander Billet
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This year's Grammy awards show made it impossible to ignore how utterly clueless today's music industry is. The past year has seen a marked shift in popular music, with a crop of artists both old and new figuring out innovative ways to relate the...
Zirin: A-Rod, Anabolic Agonist
Znet Article, February, 11 2009
Dave Zirin
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Should we pity Alex Rodriguez? The three-time MVP, owed $275 million over the next nine years, has been exposed as a steroid user, the latest in Major League Baseball's endless series of anabolic agonists. The creative minds at the New York Post s...
Billet: Kill Your "Idols"
Znet Article, February, 04 2009
Alexander Billet
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This may be the make or break year for American Idol. With its eighth season underway, the producers are scrambling for anything they think might inject some fresh blood into the show and pull it out of its three-year slump in viewership. With t...
Zinn: A People's History of American Empire
Book, February, 02 2009
Shifting from world-shattering events to one family’s small revolutions, A People’s History of American Empire presents the classic ground-level history of America in a dazzling new form.
Zirin: All Hail the The Recession Bowl
Znet Article, February, 02 2009
Dave Zirin
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In the most jaw-dropping, gut-twisting, Super Bowl ever played, the Pittsburgh Steelers escaped by the skin of their gold and black unis, winning 27-23 over the Arizona Cardinals, with two lead changes in the last two minutes and thirty seconds. I...
Billet: Can You Handle Tha Truth?
Commentary, January, 14 2009
Alexander Billet
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To say that Tha Truth is eager is something of an understatement. The Philly MC is downright fanatical--a term this writer uses in its most positive sense. War, racism, sexism, the prison industrial complex and police brutality are all explicit ta...
Zirin: No Justice, No Play? Gaza Anger Overwhelms Hoops Contest
Znet Article, January, 11 2009
Dave Zirin
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We have officially entered uncharted waters. Never before in my years of reporting has a sports team been forced to abandon the field of play due to political protest from fans. Never before have fans become the central actors in turning a sportin...
Glick: Che & Gaza
Commentary, January, 06 2009
Ted Glick
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I wonder if, centuries from now, Che Guevera will be looked upon by people around the world in the way Jesus of Nazareth is looked upon by billions today, as a model for how one lives one's life.
Zirin: Breaking New Ground: Politics and Sports in 2008
Znet Article, January, 06 2009
Dave Zirin
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There will be more than a few articles proclaiming 2008 the greatest "sports year" in decades, if not ever. If the definition of sports is confined to professional sports played by men, then this hyperbolic statement could have a ring of truth. Ti...
Goodman: Voices of Resistance Sing On
Znet Article, January, 05 2009
Amy Goodman
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Strong voices for peace have left us this year, people who used their art for social change, often at a high personal price.
Arnove: Speaking truth about power
Znet Article, January, 05 2009
Anthony Arnove
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Anthony Arnove celebrates the life and writings of Harold Pinter.
Billet: Pop is Dead! Long Live Pop!
Znet Article, December, 30 2008
Alexander Billet
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In many ways, 2008 was a predictable year in music...
Zirin: Enduring Dixie: College Football Today
Znet Article, December, 18 2008
Dave Zirin
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In 2008 we are faced with a question: What is the easier path for an African-American male, becoming president of the United States or an NCAA Division I football coach? The answer reveals something sordid about college sports, as well as universi...
