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Commentary Dominick: Corporate Media Tramples Own Sourcing Rules on Iran Claims

Commentary, February, 14 2007 Brian Dominick
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The leading US-based news organizations - the New York Times and the Associated Press - violated their respective sourcing policies (and any semblance of reason) in reporting on US claims of "evidence" that Iranian officials are behind attacks on ...

Commentary Dominick: Children Terrified

Commentary, June, 21 2003 Brian Dominick
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As the US occupation of Iraq continues, cynical attempts at spinning American troops' presence in and rule over a foreign land have become commonplace. I have seen no item more exemplary of this unfortunate posturing than a recent

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 ...

Commentary Dominick: Does Size Really Matter?

Commentary, January, 22 2003 Brian Dominick
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ItÕs been since the Million Man March in 1995 that I can recall such a stir

Commentary Dominick: Attack Of The Liberals

Commentary, November, 13 2002 Brian Dominick
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The four high-horsemen of the Liberal Left have mounted and are riding

Commentary Dominick: First We Must Help Ourselves
A Response to Brecher's 'Open Letter to the World'

Commentary, December, 30 2001 Brian Dominick
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Though an enormous admirer of Jeremy Brecher's work in the fields of labor issues and global economics, I was quite troubled by his recent ZNet Commentary, "Open Letter from an American to the World: HELP!" (12/28/01).

Commentary Dominick: The Greatest Argument Against War

Commentary, September, 16 2001 Brian Dominick
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On Wednesday, September 12, I was witness to the greatest argument against war the North American Left has ever had

Commentary Dominick: Zapatismo, Anyone?

Commentary, August, 09 2000 Brian Dominick
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Not since the Zapatista uprising in January, 1994, has my hope for radical social change been so reinvigorated as by the recent uprisings here in the North around the World Trade Organization, the IMF/World Bank, and the Organization of American S...

Commentary Dominick: Action Not Division: Some Thoughts on Tactics for A16

Commentary, April, 11 2000 Brian Dominick
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It's unfortunate that so little progress has been made, in the wake of last fall's Seattle/WTO actions, on the front of bridging a perceived chasm between practicing "pure nonviolence" and "property destruction" as appropriate tactics for massive ...

Commentary Dominick: Refusing Adulthood: Notes on 'Aging Out'

Commentary, February, 02 2000 Brian Dominick
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Naive as I was in the mid-1990s, for a spell I actually thought there was a good chance that, by the turn of the century, the terms "ageism" and "youth liberation" would be ubiquitous in the Left's vocabulary.

Commentary Dominick: Anarchy, NonViolence, and the Seattle Demonstrations

Commentary, December, 06 1999 Brian Dominick
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One of the most contentious points likely to arise out of the past week's actions is older than the concept of world trade itself: the question of tactics in demonstration and direct action - in particular, violent vs. nonviolent.

Commentary Dominick: Georgia On My Mind: Hard Thoughts on Closing the SOA

Commentary, November, 22 1999 Brian Dominick
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It's been a long time since I last wrote in depth about the US Army's School of the Americas, and the movement to shut it down. But living in Syracuse, a major anti-SOA hotbed, this time of year it's hard not to write or at least think about the t...

Commentary Dominick: An Appeal for Continued Anti-War Efforts

Commentary, September, 05 1999 Brian Dominick
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Sept. 5, 1999 An Appeal for Continued Anti-War Efforts By Brian Dominick Did I just see what I think I saw? Has a growing anti-war movement suddenly become dormant, for the umpteenth time in the past few decades - in ...

Commentary Dominick: Reflections on Five Years of ZNetting

Commentary, July, 27 1999 Brian Dominick
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Five years ago this month, I installed a tiny telecommunications program in my 386 laptop computer, plugged in a 2400bps modem (yes, I said 24 hundred ), and logged onto ZNet, and that conglomeration of silicon and wires we call the Internet, for ...

Commentary Dominick: Signs of Movement? The State of Anti-War Activism in the U.S.

Commentary, June, 11 1999 Brian Dominick
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It has been a tense several days for those of us paying close attention to the war, as we evaluate both the status of so-called "negotiations" in Europe and that of the anti-war movement here at home.

Commentary Dominick: That's Some Catch

Commentary, May, 26 1999 Brian Dominick
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As the NATO rampage continues in Yugoslavia, Western military and political leaders seem to be drifting slowly away from what can be fully explained by institutional analysis.

Commentary Dominick: Young People and Activism

Commentary, April, 18 1999 Brian Dominick
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Young people in movement circles are often met with a great deal of admiration and little to no respect. Impressed as they are by kidsÕ very presence at activist events and meetings, given the preoccupations and pressures of modern youth; adults r...

Commentary Dominick: Behind Enemy Lines

Commentary, April, 11 1999 Brian Dominick
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In a disturbing case of hypocritical Western propaganda tripping over its own distortions, the Associated Press recently reported that Turkish troops and warplanes have crossed into Northeastern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels presumably taking ...

Commentary Dominick: Reinventing Solidarity Activism

Commentary, March, 19 1999 Brian Dominick
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Since the January 1, 1994 Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico, EZLN* leaders have been quite forthcoming about what solidarity means to them, be it domestic or international. Their articulation of the revolution they envision is poetic in its cl...

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