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Znet Article Zinn: What Bush's

Znet Article, September, 09 2002 Howard Zinn
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For half a century, HOWARD ZINN has been one of the leading voices to speak out against the injustices carried out in the name of "democracy" by the U.S. government. An emeritus professor of history at Boston College, he's the author of the classi...

Commentary Pilger: Remembering 9/11

Commentary, September, 08 2002 John Pilger
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Remembering 11 September merely as gruesome spectacle is an insult to the victims of that epic crime. However, remembering is important in order to make sense of it, and especially of what happened next.

Commentary Chomsky: Albert Interviews Chomsky on Iraq

Commentary, September, 07 2002 Noam Chomsky
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Various questions are circulating among people worried about war. On Sept 1, 2002, Michael Albert put a dozen of these to Noam Chomsky, via email. Here are the first three questions and his responses...the whole interview will appear in the Octobe...

Znet Article Steel: Don't Look Now: Saddam Is Drowning Kittens

Znet Article, September, 07 2002 Mark Steel
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So, they've got the evidence, about the weapons of mass destruction, but we can't see it just yet. Is it still at the printers? Is it being held up by a row about how you spell "aflatoxin"? Perhaps there's a problem with the plot, and the scriptwr...

Commentary Podur: The Government's Mask Comes Off In Chiapas

Commentary, September, 06 2002 Justin Podur
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Two years ago, just after Vicente Fox's election ended the PRI's 71-year long dictatorship over Mexico and just before Pablo Salazar's election as governor of Chiapas raised such high hopes of change, there was a literacy class in the Tzotzil, Abe...

Znet Article Mokhiber: Thirsty For Justice

Znet Article, September, 06 2002 Russell Mokhiber
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Shown the folly of over-reliance on markets even in the world's richest country, the market fundamentalists at the World Bank are continuing their push for privatization of services -- with the provision of drinking water at the top of the list --...

Commentary Street: Labor Day Reflections: Time as a Democracy Issue

Commentary, September, 05 2002 Paul Street
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The Overworked Work Harder

Znet Article Edwards: Iraq And Nuclear Weapons

Znet Article, September, 05 2002 David Edwards
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Media Lens recently challenged Robert Moore, ITN's Washington Correspondent, on his support for the claim that Iraq might soon be armed with a nuclear weapon. This is a really key claim as it is likely to prove central in determining the extent of...

Znet Article Solomon: The Powell Trap: Easing Us Into War

Znet Article, September, 05 2002 Norman Solomon
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The Powell Trap: Easing Us Into War

Znet Article Edwards: "Just One Of Those Things"

Znet Article, September, 05 2002 David Edwards
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A rule of thumb for the mainstream media is that the reporting of ideas that are damaging to powerful interests will tend to begin and end at 'square one' - investigation and discussion rarely proceed beyond the superficial. The more influential t...

Commentary Solomon: What If We Didn't Need Labor Day?

Commentary, September, 04 2002 Norman Solomon
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Labor Day may be a fitting tribute to America's workers. But what about the other 364 days of the year? Despite all the talk about the importance and dignity of working people, they get little power or glory in the everyday world of news media.

Znet Article Edwards: "Just One Of Those Things"

Znet Article, September, 04 2002 David Edwards
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A rule of thumb for the mainstream media is that the reporting of ideas that are damaging to powerful interests will tend to begin and end at 'square one' - investigation and discussion rarely proceed beyond the superficial. The more influential t...

Znet Article Edwards: "Just One Of Those Things"

Znet Article, September, 04 2002 David Edwards
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A rule of thumb for the mainstream media is that the reporting of ideas that are damaging to powerful interests will tend to begin and end at 'square one' - investigation and discussion rarely proceed beyond the superficial. The more influential t...

Commentary Bond: Geopolitics of Jo'burg Protests: Independent Left beats Ruling Party

Commentary, September, 03 2002 Patrick Bond
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For ninety years, we've waited to see the combined geographical and political implications of locating an urban bantustan in a small block of land in northeast Johannesburg called Alexandra Township. Today was breakout day, with South Africa's mos...

Znet Article Adamovsky: Argentina's Social Movement Goes Global

Znet Article, September, 03 2002 Ezequiel Adamovsky
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The first thematic meeting of the World Social Forum in Argentina was held from the 22nd to the  25th of August in Buenos Aires, to discuss the theme of “The Crisis of Neo-Liberalism in Argentina and the Challenges for the Global Move...

Commentary Russell: The Social Movement Left Out

Commentary, September, 02 2002 Marta Russell
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It is disheartening, to say the least, when I can still pick up a book or read a call for unity to fight for social justice which omits or does not give equal weight to the disability social movement against oppression.

Znet Article Pilger: The Great Charade

Znet Article, September, 02 2002 John Pilger
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It is 10 months since 11 September, and still the great charade plays on. Having appropriated our shocked response to that momentous day, the rulers of the world have since ground our language into a paean of cliches and lies about the 'war on ter...

Znet Article Bond: Geopolitics of Jo'burg Protests

Znet Article, September, 02 2002 Patrick Bond
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For ninety years, we've waited to see the combined geographical and political implications of locating an urban bantustan in a small block of land in northeast Johannesburg called Alexandra Township. Today was breakout day, with South Africa's mos...

Znet Article Gordon: Ariel Sharon's Subjugation Strategy

Znet Article, September, 01 2002 Neve Gordon
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JERUSALEM -- Israel recently agreed to withdraw its forces from Bethlehem and populated Palestinian areas in the Gaza Strip while the Palestinian Authority takes on the responsibility of policing residents there. Israeli soldiers and tanks moved t...

Commentary Gonsalves: Welcome To The Future

Commentary, August, 31 2002 Sean Gonsalves
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As a kid who grew up on the Jetsons and sci-fi space movies, I was disappointed when Òthe futureÓ arrived at the stroke of midnight, Dec. 31, 1999.

Commentary Street: John Walker Lindh and Global Criminal Justice

Commentary, August, 30 2002 Paul Street
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A few weeks ago, the verdict came in on John Walker Lindh, the 21-year old "American Taliban" who fought with the former government of Afghanistan. Lindh escaped life in prison on terrorism charges by pleading guilty to providing service to a terr...

Znet Article Chomsky: Interview With Noam Chomsky about US Warplans

Znet Article, August, 29 2002 Noam Chomsky
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Various questions are circulating among people worried about war. On August 29, 2002, Michael Albert put some of these to Noam Chomsky, via email. Here are the questions and his responses... 1. Has Saddam Hussein been as evil as mainstream media ...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: The Great Friendship

Commentary, August, 27 2002 Boris Kagarlitsky
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After a period of cooling in their relations, Russia and the US are experiencing an acute bout of mutual sympathy. This seems a little strange against the background of the nationalist declarations uttered by President Putin during the first month...

Znet Article Burrows: The Saddest Thing About Netanyahu's Visit To Canada Is That Someone Actually Wants To Bring Him

Znet Article, August, 26 2002 Paul Burrows
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Binyamin Netanyahu is coming to Winnipeg on September 9th, and the local Canada-Palestine Support Network (CanPalNet-Winnipeg) is helping to organize a peaceful information picket and protest. He is also making an appearance the next day in Toron...

Commentary Cromwell: Honest And Compassionate: The Reporting Of John Pilger

Commentary, August, 26 2002 David Cromwell
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One of the guiding principles of the western liberal democracies is that the crimes of our 'enemies' must be scrupulously held up for account and condemnation, while our own crimes are ignored, minimised or cast as examples of 'humanitarian interv...

Znet Article Burrows: The Saddest Thing About Netanyahu's Visit to Canada is That Someone Actually Wants to Bring Him!

Znet Article, August, 26 2002 Paul Burrows
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Binyamin Netanyahu is coming to Winnipeg on September 9th, and the local Canada-Palestine Support Network (CanPalNet-Winnipeg) is helping to organize a peaceful information picket and protest.  He is also making an appearance the next day in ...

Znet Article Burrows: The Saddest Thing About Netanyahu's Visit To Canada Is That Someone Actually Wants To Bring Him

Znet Article, August, 26 2002 Paul Burrows
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Nicholas Guyatt, The Absence of Peace: Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Zed Books, 1998), p. 49n Eitan cited in Nur Masalha, Imperial Israel and the Palestinians: The Politics of Expansion (Pluto Press, 2000), p.174 Eitan has a...

Commentary Peters: Good Dads are Patriarchs

Commentary, August, 25 2002 Cynthia Peters
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The best dads are old-fashioned patriarchs according to a Globe report of a recent study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family. Good fathering is all about stability, says the study, which seems to result from having a wife, a college di...

Commentary Russell: Supremes Disable, Part 2

Commentary, August, 24 2002 Marta Russell
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In March, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said the Supreme Court's 2001-2002 term will likely be remembered as the ``disabilities act term'' for all the cases dealing with the civil rights law.

Commentary Herman: News Not Fit To Print

Commentary, August, 23 2002 Edward Herman
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The U.S. media have done wonders in recent months in putting a good face on the "war on terror," pretending that the Karzai government in Afghanistan represents Afghans in another "almost democracy," downplaying the death and devastation wrought b...

Znet Article Monbiot: Earth Eating Summit

Znet Article, August, 23 2002 George Monbiot
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The German election could be the second this year to be won or lost on the environment. In New Zealand, the Labour Party failed to win its anticipated overall majority, partly because of its determination to approve the planting of genetically mod...

Znet Article Solomon: Wag The Puppy

Znet Article, August, 23 2002 Norman Solomon
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Some people are suspicious that President Bush will go for a "wag the dog" strategy -- boosting Republican prospects with a military assault on Iraq shortly before Election Day. But a modified approach now seems to be underway. Let's call it "wag ...

Znet Article Albert: Grubacic Interviews Albert Regarding Parecon

Znet Article, August, 22 2002 Michael Albert
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Grubacic Interviews Albert Regarding Parecon

Znet Article Grubacic: Albert Interviews Grubacic Regarding the European Left

Znet Article, August, 22 2002 Andrej Grubacic
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Albert Interviews Grubacic Regarding the European Left

Commentary Prashad: Suburban Whites and Pogroms in India

Commentary, August, 20 2002 Vijay Prashad
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Every few years I teach a class called "Hippies." The main theme of the course is to follow the white, suburban middle-class in its homage to Asia - from the 1967 Summer of Love debut of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his Transcendental Mediation to th...

Commentary Starhawk: Getting Our Tactics Right

Commentary, August, 19 2002 Starhawk
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An effective direct action needs to be a bit like Goldilocks_ porridge: not too hot, not too cold, but just right.. The recent protests in Alberta against the G8, the heads of the eight most industrialized countries, are an example of what happens...

Commentary Solomon: THE OLD SPIN ON THE

Commentary, August, 18 2002 Norman Solomon
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With the "New Economy" now in shambles, it's easy for media outlets to disparage the illusions of the late 1990s -- years crammed with high-tech mania, fat stock options and euphoria on Wall Street. But we hear very little about the fact that much...

Znet Article Fisk: Be Afraid: Be Very Afraid

Znet Article, August, 17 2002 Robert Fisk
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 have always been a sucker for wide-screen epics. Ever since my Dad took me to see Quo Vadis – which ends with centurion Robert Taylor heading off to his execution with his bride on his arm – I've been on the movie roller-coas...

Znet Article Fisk: Be Very Afraid

Znet Article, August, 17 2002 Robert Fisk
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I have always been a sucker for wide-screen epics. Ever since my Dad took me to see Quo Vadis – which ends with centurion Robert Taylor heading off to his execution with his bride on his arm – I've been on the movie roller-coaster....

Commentary Prashad: The Foresight of NPR

Commentary, August, 16 2002 Vijay Prashad
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Reading is back, even as Oprah cancels her book club. The main networks now offer their own book clubs as part of their morning shows.

Znet Article Galeano: The Rope

Znet Article, August, 16 2002 Eduardo Galeano
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[Translated by Francisco González] ¿Do we really stir so much emotion in others? President Bush felt moved by the predicaments of Uruguay, even though there is no indication that he would be able find our country on a map. Could it be ...

Commentary Wise: “Failing the Test of Fairness: Institutional Racism and the SAT”

Commentary, August, 15 2002 Tim Wise
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Ever noticed how expensive restaurants go out of their way to fill the air of their bathrooms with the refreshing scents of a pine forest after a gentle rain? Hoping to cover up the smells that would otherwise predominate in such an environment, t...

Commentary Wise: ÒFailing the Test of Fairness: Institutional Racism and the SATÓ

Commentary, August, 15 2002 Tim Wise
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Ever noticed how expensive restaurants go out of their way to fill the air of their bathrooms with the refreshing scents of a pine forest after a gentle rain? Hoping to cover up the smells that would otherwise predominate in such an environment, t...

Commentary Podur: Welcome to the Nightmare

Commentary, August, 14 2002 Justin Podur
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Alvaro Uribe Velez was being sworn in as Colombia's president on August 7 while mortar shells were hitting the presidential palace. He was swearing that his war plan, that includes the creation of a 'civilian intelligence network' of spies who are...

Znet Article Fisk: Afghanistan is on the Brink of Another Disaster

Znet Article, August, 14 2002 Robert Fisk
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The garden was overgrown, the roses scrawny after a day of Kandahar heat, the dust in our eyes, noses, mouth, fingernails. But the message was straightforward. "This is a secret war," the Special Forces man told me. "And this is a dirty war. You d...

Znet Article Said: Punishment By Detail

Znet Article, August, 13 2002 Edward Said
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Terrorism, and its obsessive pursuit, have become an entirely circular, self-fulfilling murder and slow death of enemies who have no choice or say in the matter. Aside from the obvious physical discomforts, being ill for a long period of time fi...

Znet Article Monbiot: Our Racist Demonology

Znet Article, August, 13 2002 George Monbiot
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The most evil man on earth, besides Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden, is Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe. That, at least, is the view of most of the western world's press. Yesterday Mugabe insisted that 2,900 white farmers will have t...

Znet Article Starhawk: Targeting the Innocent

Znet Article, August, 11 2002 Starhawk
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Lisa and I are walking in the Zone of Total Destruction in Jenin...

Commentary Street: Still Separate and Unequal

Commentary, August, 10 2002 Paul Street
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The Dream Gone Mainstream

Znet Article Bacon: Bush Threatens Dockers' Right To Strike

Znet Article, August, 10 2002 David Bacon
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (8/7/02) -- A labor war is looming on the west coast docks, which could become the defining union conflict of the Bush administration. But the traditional issues of union bargaining -- wages, benefits and working conditions -- ha...

Znet Article Fisk: Return to Afghanistan

Znet Article, August, 10 2002 Robert Fisk
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Gul Afgha knows how to handle the United Nations. He smiles, he praises, he loves the UN, and he is immensely grateful for the advice of Under Secretary General and Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, t...

Commentary Landau: Report On The Juarez Maquilas: The Environment

Commentary, August, 09 2002 Saul Landau
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After spending a period of weeks investigating labor and environmental conditions on the US-Mexico border, I have concluded that the production system used to inundate us with commodities Ð ÒglobalizationÓ Ð lacks a human brain, but has an excelle...

Znet Article Edwards: Conspiracy Free Conformity

Znet Article, August, 08 2002 David Edwards
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Chemistry teachers have long delighted students by showing how near-perfect symmetrical structures can be produced by pouring a large number of small balls into a square box, whereupon a perfect pyramid is inevitably produced. The balls either lan...

Znet Article Choudry: How Low Can You go?

Znet Article, August, 08 2002 Aziz Choudry
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Many corporations dogged by popular opposition to their environmentally devastating projects have rebranded themselves as ecological crusaders, hiring public relations consultants to greenwash their activities, and seek “dialogue” ...

Znet Article Solomon: Fending Off The Threat Of Peace

Znet Article, August, 08 2002 Norman Solomon
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To fend off the threat of peace, determination is necessary. Elected officials and high-level appointees must work effectively with reporters and pundits. This is no time for the U.S. government to risk taking "yes" for an answer from Iraq. Guard...

Znet Article Vltchek: The Left in Peru

Znet Article, August, 08 2002 Andre Vltchek
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AV:  What problems does Peruvian left face?RRM: After ten years long crises we are now in the process of reconstruction and renovation of the left. We were affected by three principal factors: First, the neo-liberal offensive all over the wor...

Commentary Podur: The Pope Squat

Commentary, August, 07 2002 Justin Podur
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The pope has left the city, and the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty still has the building.

Znet Article Bello: Capitalist Crisis And Corporate Crime

Znet Article, August, 07 2002 Walden Bello
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The unraveling of the reputations of firms that were once the toast of Wall Street continues and the end is not in sight. But one thing is certain: already fragile prior to Enron, the legitimacy of global capitalism as the dominant system of produ...

Znet Article Monbiot: The Logic Of Empire

Znet Article, August, 06 2002 George Monbiot
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There is something almost comical about the prospect of George Bush waging war on another nation because that nation has defied international law. Since Mr Bush came to office, the United States government has torn up more international treaties a...

Znet Article Jensen: Review Of Defying Corporations,Defining Democracy

Znet Article, August, 06 2002 Robert Jensen
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There is no alternative. Capitalism is the only future. Free markets are the essence of democracy. How do we know? Because we are told repeatedly by smart guys from corporations and government, and by the journalists and academics paid to explai...

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