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Znet Article Tomchick: Powell's Flimsy Evidence

Znet Article, February, 09 2003 Maria Tomchick
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Only two days after Colin Powell made his presentation to the U.N. Security Council, the evidence he provided is unraveling. Through interviews with experts, intelligence sources, and an examination of the physical evidence, reporters are piecing ...

Znet Article Grubacic: Life After Social Forums

Znet Article, February, 09 2003 Andrej Grubacic
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Usually, when talking about the forum history, historians talk about three important meanings of this word. According to the first meaning, the word "forum" refers to "agora", a place for meetings and discussion.. According to the second meaning, ...

Commentary Dominick: We Will March!

Commentary, February, 08 2003 Brian Dominick
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Today I called the office of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. I left a short message for him, stating that I will be marching on the streets of his town next Saturday, February 15, in protest of a renewed war on Iraq. I added that I will do ...

Znet Article Gordon: The IDF's Slippery Moral Slope

Znet Article, February, 08 2003 Neve Gordon
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Jerusalem: Following my last military reserve duty, I was kicked out of my unit, the Israeli Defense Force’s (IDF) educational corps.  There was a surrealistic dimension to the whole experience. I had driven a few hours to a base loca...

Commentary Cromwell: Lethal Threats: Global Warming, Elite Power And Bounded Debates

Commentary, February, 07 2003 David Cromwell
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"Global warming is great," wrote space technologist Duncan Steel in the comment pages of The Guardian recently, "because it protects us from the unpredictable big freeze that would be far, far worse." ('Global warming is good for you', The Guardi...

Znet Article Dominick: We Will March

Znet Article, February, 07 2003 Brian Dominick
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Today I called the office of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. I left a short message for him, stating that I will be marching on the streets of his town next Saturday, February 15, in protest of a renewed war on Iraq. I added that I will do ...

Znet Article Grubacic: Towards An Another Anarchism

Znet Article, February, 07 2003 Andrej Grubacic
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Rough transcript of a talk given by Andrej Grubacic as part of the Life After Capitalism forum (WSF3, Porto Alegre, 2003.) A friend of mine has written recently that: "no one needs another -ism from19th century, another word which imprisons and f...

Znet Article Mokhiber: Corporations, War, You

Znet Article, February, 07 2003 Russell Mokhiber
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Corporations, War, You

Znet Article Solomon: Colin Powell Is Flawless -- Inside A Media Bubble

Znet Article, February, 07 2003 Norman Solomon
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There's no doubt about it: Colin Powell is a great performer, as he showed yet again at the U.N. Security Council the other day. On television, he exudes confidence and authoritative judgment. But Powell owes much o...

Znet Article Edwards: Tortured Liberals

Znet Article, February, 07 2003 David Edwards
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Army Of Mothers On January 29 the front page of the Daily Mirror carried a full-page picture of Tony Blair with dripping red fingers and palms. The title in large letters: 'Blood On His Hands'. On pages 4 and 5, John Pilger's article, 'Bloody Cow...

Commentary Raptis: Hate: Religious and Secular

Commentary, February, 06 2003 Nikos Raptis
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Hate: Religious and Secular

Znet Article Fisk: Powell Presentation

Znet Article, February, 06 2003 Robert Fisk
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Sources, foreign intelligence sources, "our sources," defectors, sources, sources, sources. Colin Powell's terror talk to the United Nations Security Council yesterday sounded like one of those government-inspired reports on the front page of The ...

Znet Article Ortellado: Whose Movement?

Znet Article, February, 06 2003 Pablo Ortellado
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I guess it was on year 2000, while organizing for the S26 protests when I first heard about the World Social Forum (WSF). The idea was to have a permanent counter forum to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), the meeting of corpor...

Znet Article Mahajan: Responding To Colin Powell

Znet Article, February, 06 2003 Rahul Mahajan
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By If one believes everything Colin Powell said to the Security Council yesterday, one's first response ought to be that there's no reason to fight a war, since U.S. surveillance capabilities are so awesome that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction ...

Znet Article Schechter: Powell Doctrine Or Doctrinaire?

Znet Article, February, 06 2003 Danny Schechter
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It used to be called the Powell Doctrine. Yesterday, it sounded pretty doctrinaire. The thesis: Overwhelm your adversaries. Never fight a war you won't prevail in. And so, Overwhelming force was the mantra again yestrday at the UN as the New York ...

Znet Article Adamovsky: Another Forum is Possible

Znet Article, February, 06 2003 Ezequiel Adamovsky
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Another Forum is Possible

Znet Article Galeano: To Say No

Znet Article, February, 06 2003 Eduardo Galeano
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[Translated by Francisco González] ...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Mr. Putin's One Man Show

Commentary, February, 05 2003 Boris Kagarlitsky
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As the year drew to a close, an entertainment was organized for the Russian population. It was known as "Putin Answers Questions from Citizens". Out of the multitudes desperate to talk to the president, 51 fortunate souls, carefully selected and 1...

Znet Article Fisk: Don't Mention The War In Afghanistan

Znet Article, February, 05 2003 Robert Fisk
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There's one sure bet about the statement to be made to the UN Security Council today by the US Secretary of State, Colin Powell – or by General Colin Powell as he has now been mysteriously reassigned by the American press: he won't be talk...

Znet Article Schechter: The "gunfight" At The Un Corral:

Znet Article, February, 05 2003 Danny Schechter
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The media will outnumber the diplomats at the UN today as the curtain rise on what may be the end game of the pre-war phase of the Iraq crisis. Colin Powell had been rehearsing all weekend as his aides and an army of speechwriters stitched togethe...

Znet Article Schechter: The "gunfight" At The Un Corral:

Znet Article, February, 05 2003 Danny Schechter
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By The media will outnumber the diplomats at the UN today as the curtain rise on what may be the end game of the pre-war phase of the Iraq crisis. Colin Powell had been rehearsing all weekend as his aides and an army of speechwriters stitched toge...

Znet Article Jensen: Smoking Guns And Big Guns: The Us Drive To War

Znet Article, February, 05 2003 Robert Jensen
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The world's attention Wednesday was trained on what Secretary of State Colin Powell said at the United Nations, but far more crucial was what he didn't say. Most important was the one word at the core of plans for war but which never crossed Powe...

Znet Article Savio: Smaller Is Better

Znet Article, February, 05 2003 Roberto Savio
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Smaller Is Better

Znet Article Street: Citizens Or Spectators

Znet Article, February, 05 2003 Paul Street
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The White Man’s Burden: "To Shock and Awe" We are drifting quickly downstream towards a terrible historical waterfall. In "a matter of weeks, not months," America is reported likely to unleash world’s history most lethal milita...

Znet Article Bennis: Powell's Dubious Case

Znet Article, February, 05 2003 Phyllis Bennis
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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation to the UN Security Council on February 5 wasn't likely to win over anyone not already on his side. He ignored the crucial fact that in the past several days (in Sunday's New York Times and ...

Commentary Herman: The Manufactured And Real Iraq Crisis

Commentary, February, 04 2003 Edward Herman
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With enough power and chutzpah it is possible for an aggressive and over-armed state to manufacture a crisis and pretend that the crisis lies with the threatened victim rather than with the aggressor state. Today, the United States has not only ma...

Znet Article Monbiot: A War of Terror

Znet Article, February, 04 2003 George Monbiot
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Last week, on the day George Bush delivered his State of the Union address, the Pentagon received a visitor. A few hours before the president told the American people that "we will not permit the triumph of violence in the affairs of men", General...

Znet Article Galeano: Priceless Values

Znet Article, February, 04 2003 Eduardo Galeano
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Translated by Simon Helweg-Larsen Recently, in many countries at once, numerous popular demonstrations have been staged against the warring vocation of the Masters of the Planet. In the streets of many cities, these demonstrations give testimon...

Znet Article Reinhart: Academic Boycott: In Support Of Paris VI

Znet Article, February, 04 2003 Tanya Reinhart
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In April 2002, following Israel's "operation" in Jenin, first calls for institutional academic boycott of Israeli universities appeared in England and in France.  The British petition called to freeze European Union contracts with Israeli u...

Znet Article Chomsky: Chomsky On The Anti War Movement

Znet Article, February, 04 2003 Noam Chomsky
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Matthew TempestTuesday February 4, 2003 Noam Chomsky: The [peace] demonstrations were another indication of a quite remarkable phenomenon. There is around the world and in the United States opposition to the coming war that is at a level that is c...

Znet Article Edwards: Questions For Tony Blair

Znet Article, February, 04 2003 David Edwards
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Below we present an analysis detailing the development of Tony Blair's stance on Iraq. It shows quite clearly that Blair's conversion to fearing Iraq as an alleged terrible threat to UK security occurred dramatically about twelve months ago after ...

Znet Article Nader: Oil War?

Znet Article, February, 04 2003 Ralph Nader
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Despite well-known ties to Big Oil, Bush Administration officials have managed to keep a straight face as they insist that the drive to war against Iraq is motivated only by an effort to eliminate weapons of mass destruction and establish democrac...

Commentary Hoodbhoy: Is It A War On Islam?

Commentary, February, 03 2003 Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Street opinion in Pakistan, and probably most Muslim countries, holds that Islam is the sole target of America's new wars. Even moderate Muslims are

Znet Article Albert: WSF: Where To Now?

Znet Article, February, 03 2003 Michael Albert
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[This is an essay in progress...modest changes will be incorporated until its final version appears in Z Magazine, in March 2003. Ideas for improvements are welcome -- mail to sysop@zmag.org -- most recent changes 02/05] The worldwide...

Znet Article Klein: More Democracy - Not More Political Strongmen

Znet Article, February, 03 2003 Naomi Klein
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The key word at this year's World Social Forum, held this week in Porto Alegre, Brazil, was "big". Big attendance: more than 100,000 delegates in all. Big speeches: more than 15,000 crammed in to see Noam Chomsky. And most of all, big men. Luiz In...

Znet Article Solomon: Target Iraq: What the News Media Don't Tell Us

Znet Article, February, 03 2003 Norman Solomon
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1) Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book is about? What is it trying to communicate? The book is primarily an assessment of key lies and omissions in the U.S. government's push toward war on Iraq. The subtitle -- "What the news media didn...

Znet Article Jensen: Get Up, Stand Up

Znet Article, February, 03 2003 Robert Jensen
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Get Up, Stand Up

Znet Article Bacon: Anti-China Campaign Hides Maquiladora Wage Cuts

Znet Article, February, 03 2003 David Bacon
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GOMEZ PALACIOS, DURANGO (1/27/03) -- For decades, US workers have been told their wages were too high -- that higher labor costs would force their employers to move to Mexico. Now Mexican workers, whose numbers on the border have mushroomed in the...

Znet Article Jensen: The message from Porto Alegre to the United States: Restrain the empire

Znet Article, February, 03 2003 Robert Jensen
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Last week at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, I talked with dozens of people from around the world. I learned a lot about the struggles for justice in their countries, but the most important lesson I brought home was about my own co...

Znet Article Gordon: The Empire Strikes Back

Znet Article, February, 03 2003 Neve Gordon
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Nine Palestinian farmers were taken to the nearby military base. When they arrived soldiers jumped on them, tied their hands behind their backs and fixed a piece of cloth around their eyes.  They were led to a deserted area in the base and to...

Znet Article Solomon: Waiting For The Missiles In Baghdad

Znet Article, February, 03 2003 Norman Solomon
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BAGHDAD -- Picture yourself as an American reporter here in the Iraqi capital. You're based in one of the fraying rooms at the Al Rashid, the large hotel where most Western journalists stay. There's plenty to cover, but the obstacles are dauntin...

Commentary Cromwell: Naked Power: How 'benign' Western Politicians And 'objective' Media Lead Whole Nations Into War

Commentary, February, 01 2003 David Cromwell
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Never before have our leaders been so naked in all their Machiavellian lust for power and destruction. And growing numbers of the public are beginning to see it. With no 'smoking gun' detected after extensive UN investigations, even using intellig...

Znet Article Rai: Oil and War

Znet Article, February, 01 2003 Milan Rai
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Is the projected war on Iraq intended to reinforce US domination of the energy resources of the Middle East? This explanation has such force that the Daily Telegraph featured a rebuttal by a former speechwriter for President Bush, David Frum. Frum...

Znet Article Bronski: War and Gays

Znet Article, February, 01 2003 Michael Bronski
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War and Gays

Znet Article Chomsky: Confronting the Empire

Znet Article, February, 01 2003 Noam Chomsky
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We are meeting at a moment of world history that is in many ways unique - ...

Znet Article Mokhiber: Stealing Money from Kids

Znet Article, February, 01 2003 Russell Mokhiber
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If there's one thing that brings together the right and the left, and citizens and corporations, it is the importance of education -- for stimulating the intellect, developing a moral sensibility, enhancing the civic culture, enabling a skilled w...

Znet Article Weisbrot: Another World Is Possible-- And Necessary

Znet Article, February, 01 2003 Mark Weisbrot
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PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL -- "I will tell the people at Davos that the world does not need war, the world needs peace and understanding," said President Lula da Silva to a cheering crowd of tens of thousands in this sunny port city in Southeastern Braz...

Znet Article Pilger: Betrayal Of A Noble Legacy

Znet Article, February, 01 2003 John Pilger
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 The Palestinian writer Ghada Karmi has described "a deep and unconscious racism [that] imbues every aspect of western conduct toward Iraq". She wrote: "I recall that a similar culture prevailed in the UK during the 1956 Suez crisis and the 1...

Znet Article Klein: Out Of The Ordinary

Znet Article, January, 31 2003 Naomi Klein
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In late 2001, the people of Argentina took to the streets, driven to despair by the economic chaos into which their leaders had dragged them. Among them was Gustavo Benedetto, a 23-year-old killed on his first ever protest. Naomi Klein reports on ...

Znet Article Amin: For Struggles Global And National

Znet Article, January, 31 2003 Samir Amin
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The antecedents of the World Social Forum (WSF) can be traced to January 2000 when a small group of about 50 activists, representing trade unions, intellectuals, peasant organisations and other social groups, gathered in Davos. Samir Amin, an inte...

Commentary Prashad: The Road To Riyadh

Commentary, January, 29 2003 Vijay Prashad
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One of the claims made for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein (leadership change, if not regime change) is that a democratic Iraq beholden to the Bush administration will enable the champions of democracy to lean on the authoritarian Saudi regime in ...

Znet Article Edwards: Lie And Rely

Znet Article, January, 29 2003 David Edwards
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Goebbels - A Beginner's Guide "If war is to be averted, then Saddam Hussein and his scientists have to do much more to satisfy the United Nations." (ITN, 11:00 News, January 24, 2003) So argues ITN's Kevin Dunn. It is certainly one interpretatio...

Znet Article Pilger: Blood On Their Hands

Znet Article, January, 29 2003 John Pilger
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  William Russell, the great correspondent who reported the carnage of imperial wars, may have first used the expression "blood on his hands" to describe impeccable politicians who, at a safe distance, order the mass killing of ordinary peop...

Znet Article Monbiot: Fired Up

Znet Article, January, 29 2003 George Monbiot
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Mr Bush and Mr Blair might have a tougher fight than they anticipated. Not from Saddam Hussein perhaps -- although it is still not obvious that they can capture and hold Iraq's cities without major losses -- but from an anti-war movement that is b...

Znet Article Roy: Confronting Empire

Znet Article, January, 28 2003 Arundhati Roy
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I've been asked to speak about "How to confront Empire?" It's a huge question, and I have no easy answers. When we speak of confronting "Empire," we need to identify what "Empire" means. Does it mean the U.S. Government (and its European satelli...

Znet Article Street: State Of Deception

Znet Article, January, 28 2003 Paul Street
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New Uses for Duct Tape What’s the old saying - "a picture is worth a thousands words?" I’ve always been a little skeptical about that phrase, but it was born out last Wednesday when George W. Bush’s "Boxgate" incident hi...

Commentary Gonsalves: From Ocean Drive to ‘Parecon’

Commentary, January, 27 2003 Sean Gonsalves
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It’s been said: money can’t buy happiness. For a long time now, that maxim has dueled in my mind with an idea found on a refrigerator magnet that used to be in my grandmother’s kitchen (God rest her soul).

Commentary Gonsalves: From Ocean Drive to ÔPareconÕ

Commentary, January, 27 2003 Sean Gonsalves
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ItÕs been said: money canÕt buy happiness. For a long time now, that maxim has dueled in my mind with an idea found on a refrigerator magnet that used to be in my grandmotherÕs kitchen (God rest her soul).

Znet Article Fisk: The Wartime Deceptions

Znet Article, January, 27 2003 Robert Fisk
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The Israeli writer Uri Avnery once delivered a wickedly sharp open letter to Menachem Begin, the Israeli prime minister who sent his army to defeat in Lebanon. Enraged by Begin's constant evocation of the Second World War – likening Yasser...

Commentary Russell: Extinguishing Frida

Commentary, January, 26 2003 Marta Russell
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Usually I leave Hollywood alone. Dramatic film has not been a medium of historical accuracy. Getting around to seeing the movie "Frida," however, put me in a comment-making mood. No, it drove me to speak up as a fan of Kahlo's.

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