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Znet Article Engler: Capital's Logic, People Resisting

Znet Article, May, 30 2003 Yves Engler
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Capital's Logic, People Resisting

Znet Article Albert: Parecon Interview

Znet Article, May, 29 2003 Michael Albert
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Parecon Interview

Znet Article Gordon: The Bad Fence

Znet Article, May, 29 2003 Neve Gordon
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JERUSALEM: Although Mazmuriah is located less than 20 minutes drive from my Jerusalem apartment, all roads connecting the small village to the city have been blocked off.Using roundabout roads which wind across the hilly terrain of the southern Je...

Znet Article Steel: Truth, Lies and Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Znet Article, May, 29 2003 Mark Steel
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I think I've detected a new type of Gulf War Syndrome, a shocking disease that attacks the nervous system. It afflicts anyone defending the latest Gulf war, making them see piles of imaginary weapons. For example, one American soldier, interviewed...

Commentary Brecher: The New Global Peace Movement vs. the Bush Juggernaut

Commentary, May, 28 2003 Jeremy Brecher
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[ "Terminating the Bush Juggernaut," a longer and more comprehensive discussion paper on this subject, is posted at http://www.zmag.org/brecherjug.htm.]

Znet Article Burchill: People Are Going To Be Slaughtered

Znet Article, May, 27 2003 Scott Burchill
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Delivering the 25th annual Menzies lecture last October, foreign minister Alexander Downer declared that "bit by bit, leaders of governments that suppress human rights are being made to feel uncomfortable, however much they bluster and hide behind...

Commentary Wise: The Mother of all Racial Preferences:

Commentary, May, 26 2003 Tim Wise
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Ask a fish what water is and youÕll get no answer, and not only because fish lack the capacity to speak. Even if they were capable of vocalizing a reply they would likely have none for such a question. When water surrounds one every minute of ever...

Znet Article Pilger: Britain Supports Terrorism

Znet Article, May, 26 2003 John Pilger
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In recent weeks, a number of apparently unrelated news reports have, in sum, told a truth that is never reported. According to Human Rights Watch, thousands of British and American cluster bombs were fired at and dropped on civilian areas in Iraq....

Znet Article Engelhardt: Giving Good War

Znet Article, May, 26 2003 Tom Engelhardt
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Can't you feel the war already slipping away, just like Saddam Hussein or Mullah Omar or Osama Bin Laden? How briefly triumphal it was, the Iraqis falling before our forces, our tanks heading north, our missiles hitting home, much of it in real ti...

Znet Article Street: Bennett

Znet Article, May, 26 2003 Paul Street
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The first chapter of leading right-wing moral-crusader, Republican political strategist, and educational magnate William J. Bennett's The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Moral Stories (NY: Simon and Schuster, 1993) is titled "Self-Discipline." "The...

Commentary Street: Class, Race, and Legalized Gambling: William J. Bennett’s Nasty Habit and The Limits of Acceptable Debate

Commentary, May, 25 2003 Paul Street
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The first chapter of leading right-wing moral-crusader, Republican political strategist, and educational magnate William J. Bennett’s The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Moral Stories (NY: Simon and Schuster, 1993) is titled “Self-D...

Commentary Street: Class, Race, and Legalized Gambling: William J. BennettÕs Nasty Habit and The Limits of Acceptable Debate

Commentary, May, 25 2003 Paul Street
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The first chapter of leading right-wing moral-crusader, Republican political strategist, and educational magnate William J. BennettÕs The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Moral Stories (NY: Simon and Schuster, 1993) is titled ÒSelf-Discipline.Ó ÒTh...

Commentary Hoodbhoy: Terror In Okara

Commentary, May, 24 2003 Pervez Hoodbhoy
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On 11 May 2003, Amer Ali, a 60-year old peasant of Chak 4-L of Okara district, made his last good-neighbourly visit to the adjoining village, Chak 5-L. As the old man hobbled out of his hosts' house to see what was going on, he was cut down by a h...

Znet Article Roy: War Talk

Znet Article, May, 24 2003 Arundhati Roy
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The book Page for War Talk is: http://www.southendpress.org/books/wartalk.shtml ZNet: Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book is about? What is it trying to communicate? ...

Znet Article Ali: The UN Has Capitulated

Znet Article, May, 24 2003 Tariq Ali
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Unsurprisingly, the UN security council has capitulated completely, recognised the occupation of Iraq and approved its re-colonisation by the US and its bloodshot British adjutant. The timing of the mea culpa by the "international community" was p...

Commentary Klein: An American Hero?

Commentary, May, 23 2003 Naomi Klein
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Jessica Lynch and Rachel Corrie could have passed for sisters. Two all-American blondes, two destinies forever changed in a Middle East war zone. Private Jessica Lynch, the soldier, was born in Palestine, West Virginia. Rachel Corrie, the activist...

Znet Article Hoodbhoy: Is Kashmir Ready For Peace?

Znet Article, May, 23 2003 Pervez Hoodbhoy
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - India's Prime Minister has taken a welcome initiative to open a way out of the tragic, bloody and painful morass that passes for relations between India and Pakistan. It is an overdue recognition of the fact that Kashmir does...

Znet Article Cook: The Real Target

Znet Article, May, 23 2003 Jonathan Cook
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It was an operation organised with the kind of ruthless precision needed to capture Osama Bin Laden. In the early hours of Tuesday 13 May, hundreds of armed Israeli police and security officials massed at different locations in northern Israel and...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Russia Between Berlin and Washington

Commentary, May, 22 2003 Boris Kagarlitsky
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During the first days of the Iraq conflict, Russian official statements and the tone of the television broadcasts reminded many people of the anti-imperialist propaganda of Soviet times. These harsh words, however, were not uttered by the leaders ...

Znet Article Solomon: Decoding The Media Fixation On Terrorism

Znet Article, May, 22 2003 Norman Solomon
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By now, it's a media ritual. Whenever the U.S. government raises the alert level for terrorism -- as when officials announced the orange code for "high risk" on May 20 -- local, regional and national news stories assess the dangers and report on w...

Znet Article Edwards: Concealing Catastrophe

Znet Article, May, 22 2003 David Edwards
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In a recent Media Alert, 'Grit Your Teeth - Basic Surgery In "Liberated" Iraq' (May 16, 2003), Media Lens invited readers to ask the BBC and ITN why they had devoted so little coverage to the severe crises afflicting the civilian population of Ira...

Commentary Herman: Little Versus Big Lies (and Structures Of Lies)

Commentary, May, 21 2003 Edward Herman
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One of Tom LehrerÕs finest songs was a parody in the style of Richard Dyer-BennetÕs often lugubrious old English folk songs, in which a child confesses to having killed her parents and baked her baby brother in a stew; she admits this as she canno...

Znet Article Cromwell: The Independent On Sunday And Orwell's Memory Hole

Znet Article, May, 21 2003 David Cromwell
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The media system is not monolithic - dissident material does appear, comparatively honest documentaries are seen. The point is that they are few and far between, and effectively swamped by the vast mass of deceptive material. Once in a while, news...

Znet Article Engler: Fight The WTO

Znet Article, May, 21 2003 Yves Engler
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Fight The WTO

Znet Article Wallerstein: Empire and the Capitalists

Znet Article, May, 21 2003 Immanuel Wallerstein
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No doubt, George W. Bush thinks he is in the forefront of those sustaining the world capitalist system. No doubt, a large part of the world left thinks that too. But do the great capitalists think so? That is far less clear. A major warning signal...

Commentary Edwards: Who is Néstor Kirchner Argentina's new President?

Commentary, May, 20 2003 David Edwards
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After Carlos Menem pulled out from the ballotage, Néstor Kirchner formerly a governor of a Patagonian province will take office the 25th of May as Argentina's new president. Kirchner, who had obtained only 22% of the vote in the first round, is n...

Commentary Adamovsky: Who is NŽstor Kirchner ArgentinaÕs new President?

Commentary, May, 20 2003 Ezequiel Adamovsky
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After Carlos Menem pulled out from the ballotage, NŽstor Kirchner formerly a governor of a Patagonian province will take office the 25th of May as ArgentinaÕs new president. Kirchner, who had obtained only 22% of the vote in the first round, is no...

Znet Article Monbiot: Prosecute Franks

Znet Article, May, 20 2003 George Monbiot
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Belgium is becoming an i...

Znet Article Szczepanczyk: Review of Parecon

Znet Article, May, 20 2003 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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I once saw a protest sign which asked a possibly-not-premature question: "Communism is dead.  Is capitalism next?"  If the answer is "yes," what decent economic scheme might take its place? Parecon: Life After Capitalism by Michael Albe...

Znet Article Weisbrot: Argentina's Cancelled Election

Znet Article, May, 20 2003 Mark Weisbrot
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If ever there was an election that could be summed up by "It's the economy, stupid" the Argentine election is it. In fact, the economic failure is so clear and the popular consensus so pronounced that last Sunday's election was cancelled. In a hig...

Znet Article Mokhiber: Why Ari Should Have Resigned In Protest

Znet Article, May, 20 2003 Russell Mokhiber
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At the White House today, Ari Fleischer announced that he will resign as press secretary to President Bush effective in July. Ari says he has spent 21 years in government, he never intended to spend the rest of his life in government, he's recentl...

Znet Article Wise: Cleaning Up The Funk

Znet Article, May, 20 2003 Tim Wise
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Thank you very much, to the administration, faculty, assembled guests and parents but mostly to the graduating seniors, who for some totally inexplicable reason have chosen me to give today’s commencement address. I am still convinced ...

Commentary Wise: Inventing Jayson Blair: Reflections on White Privilege and Hypocrisy

Commentary, May, 19 2003 Tim Wise
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If Jayson Blair did not exist, white America would have to create him. The confirmed New York Times plagiarist and all-around journalistic con man, after all, is the perfect foil for those whites who have always needed to find a dark face capable ...

Znet Article Brecher: Terminating the Bush Juggernaut

Znet Article, May, 19 2003 Jeremy Brecher
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Introduction The Bush administration is presenting itself to the world as a juggernaut - a "massive inexorable force that advances irresistibly, crushing whatever is in its path."   Bush's National Security Strategy envisions its "war a...

Znet Article Roy: Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy

Znet Article, May, 19 2003 Arundhati Roy
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Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy

Commentary Edwards: Grit Your Teeth: Surgery In A Liberated Iraq

Commentary, May, 18 2003 David Edwards
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In a recent Media Alert, 'Killings At Falluja - The BBC Tells One Side Of The Story' (April 29, 2003), we reported how the BBC's lunchtime news had devoted 3 minutes and 10 seconds to the killing of 16 and wounding of 75 Iraqi civilian protestors ...

Znet Article Wise: Inventing Jayson Blair

Znet Article, May, 18 2003 Tim Wise
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If Jayson Blair did not exist, white America would have to create him. The confirmed New York Times plagiarist and all-around journalistic con man, after all, is the perfect foil for those whites who have always needed to find a dark face capable ...

Commentary Monbiot: The Bottom Dollar

Commentary, May, 17 2003 George Monbiot
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The problem with American power is not that it's American. Most states with the resources and opportunities the US possesses would have done far worse. The problem is that one nation, effectively unchecked by any other, can, if it chooses, now det...

Commentary Raptis: Listen American Student

Commentary, May, 16 2003 Nikos Raptis
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The headline at the top of the first page of the April 7, 2003 issue of the "International Herald Tribune" reads: "American troops are encircling Baghdad".

Znet Article Chomsky: Imperial Ambition

Znet Article, May, 16 2003 Noam Chomsky
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David Barsamian: What are the regional implications of the U.S. invasion and occupation of ...

Commentary Peters: Backlashes and Bare Asses: Anti-War Dixie Chicks Take Off All Their Clothes

Commentary, May, 15 2003 Cynthia Peters
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What do you do if you are a trio of female country singers, who have spoken

Znet Article Edwards: Demoloshing Compassion

Znet Article, May, 15 2003 David Edwards
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You would not be mistaken if you have noticed that there is a certain harshness about mainstream corporate journalists, their reporting and their responses to readers. Anyone who has worked for large corporations, as we have, knows that compassion...

Znet Article Reinhart: Guaranteed Failure Of The Roadmap

Znet Article, May, 15 2003 Tanya Reinhart
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Every few months, a "peace plan" is pulled out of the drawers of the white house and keeps the public discourse busy for a few weeks. Although this ritual has a fixed pattern and predetermined end, it is curious that many in Israel are still tempt...

Znet Article Mcchesney2: Making Media Monopoly Part of the Constitution

Znet Article, May, 15 2003 Bob2 Mcchesney2
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As I write this, the Federal Communications Commission is poised to vote on June 2 to relax several longstanding media ownership rules. By nearly all accounts it will lead to a wave of media mergers and market consolidation that is unprecedented i...

Znet Article Rai: Mass Graves

Znet Article, May, 15 2003 Milan Rai
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How The US And Britain Are Betraying the Iraqi People ARROW Anti-War Briefing 44 (15 May 2003) WAR PLAN IRAQ Update Number 22 A NEW JUSTIFICATION FOR WAR? A NEW LIE No evidence has yet been discovered that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruct...

Znet Article Solomon: Why The Fcc's Rules Matter

Znet Article, May, 15 2003 Norman Solomon
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Media outlets are the lifeblood of the body politic. Extensive circulation of ideas, information, analysis and debate must exist -- not just once in a while, but all the time -- or the consequences are severe, even catastrophic. You can gauge our...

Znet Article Bennis: Going Global: Building A Movement Against Empire

Znet Article, May, 14 2003 Phyllis Bennis
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As the Bush administration strengthens its military victory and consolidates its occupation of Iraq, it continues its trajectory towards international expansion of power and global reach. The arrogance of its triumphalism, ignoring civilian carnag...

Znet Article Klein: Elections vs. Democracy in Argentina

Znet Article, May, 14 2003 Naomi Klein
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In most of the world, it's the sign for peace, but here in Argentina it means war. The index and middle finger, held to form a V, means to his followers, Menem vuelve, Menem will return. Carlos Menem, poster boy of Latin American neoliberalism, pr...

Commentary Shiva: Bechtel And Blood For Water: War As An Excuse For Enlarging Corporate Rule

Commentary, May, 13 2003 Vandana2 Shiva
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Within a month of the start of the war against Iraq, the real victor is

Znet Article Monbiot: Don't Cry for Clare

Znet Article, May, 13 2003 George Monbiot
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Some of the Guardian's readers will, for all her faults, have shed a few tears at the departure of our development secretary. Clare Short may have failed, in March, to act upon her threat to resign over the war with Iraq. But even those who have t...

Commentary Prashad: The Phantasm Of Empire: (With A British Accent)

Commentary, May, 12 2003 Vijay Prashad
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The ruling ideas of a time, wrote the great German sage, are the ideas of the ruling class. So it is with our time. The American ruling class indulges itself in the phantasm of Empire, in an American Raj that stretches across the globe, whose jewe...

Znet Article Bacon: Using National Security To Bash Workers

Znet Article, May, 12 2003 David Bacon
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After a year of fighting with the Federal government over the rights of displaced airport baggage screeners, Kawal Ulanday finally got a response from authorities. The FBI knocked on his door. Agent William Root arrived with a list of questions r...

Znet Article Street: Rachel Corrie, Jessica Lynch, And The Unequal Worthiness Of Victims

Znet Article, May, 12 2003 Paul Street
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You can learn much about the toxic and authoritarian role of the American “mainstream” (corporate-state) media by asking a representative sample of Americans to identify and tell you what they know and think about two young women r...

Commentary Albert: Albert Interviewed for The Socialist Worker

Commentary, May, 11 2003 Michael Albert
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(1) (Judy Cox:) What are your fundamental criticisms of capitalism?

Commentary Weissman: Corporate Homicide

Commentary, May, 10 2003 Robert Weissman
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Street murders occur every day in America. And they are prosecuted every day in America.

Znet Article Podur: Murdering Solidarity

Znet Article, May, 10 2003 Justin Podur
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Picture this: 20 military vehicles, including an armoured personnel carrier, surround an office in broad daylight.  Dozens of soldiers and police proceed to raid and loot the office, breaking equipment, stealing computers, and kidnapping the ...

Commentary Choudry: Salvation Through Consumption?

Commentary, May, 09 2003 Aziz Choudry
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Silly me!

Znet Article Solomon: Introspective Media Not In The Cards

Znet Article, May, 09 2003 Norman Solomon
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A new poll tells us that -- by a two-to-one margin -- Americans "use clearly positive words in their descriptions of the president." The Pew Research Center, releasing a nationwide survey on May 7, declared "there is little doubt ... that the war ...

Znet Article Mahajan: Don't Lift The Sanctions Yet

Znet Article, May, 09 2003 Rahul Mahajan
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After five years spent working to end the sanctions on Iraq, I find myself in an odd position. I'm opposed to the current U.S. plans to end the sanctions. The new situation is fascinating. For a dozen years, every time we in the anti-sanctions mo...

Znet Article Kovel: On left anti-semitism and the special status of Israel

Znet Article, May, 09 2003 Joel Kovel
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The tangled question of anti-Semitism within the United States Left was highlighted this past February in a heated controversy between Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor and founder of Tikkun, and the Marxist-Leninist anti-war group, A.N.S.W.E.R (Act No...

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