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Podur: 10/7
Znet Article, October, 07 2002
Justin Podur
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10/7 will not go down in history or live in infamy the way 9/11 did. Those who wish that it would are guilty of something called moral equivalence. It's not clear what moral equivalence is, but those who are guilty of it evidently be...
Podur: South Asia, 'Stiffed'
Znet Article, September, 26 2002
Justin Podur
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With terror feeding terror all over the world, with the United States preparing to escalate a war against Iraq that has killed hundreds of thousands over the past ten years, to think of the kind of voice, the kind of force, India should have been ...
Podur: What Happened In Jenin? What Is Happening In Jenin
Znet Article, August, 05 2002
Justin Podur
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What happened in Jenin? What is happening in Jenin? The second question is more important than the first, but the two are related. With the United Nations report on Jenin having been published, and the Human Rights Watch Report tabled some time ag...
Podur: A Conversation with Justin Podur in Gaza
Znet Article, July, 01 2002
Justin Podur
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Tell me about Gaza. During my first few hours here in Gaza, just after I crossed the Erez checkpoint, I passed an orange grove being knocked down by Israeli armored bulldozers. We started to take pictures of what was going on, but nearby tanks ...
Podur: Turning the West Bank and Gaza into Prisons
Znet Article, June, 26 2002
Justin Podur
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1. Describe what's happening in Jenin.This is a society that's slowly being choked to death. It is marked by fear, random violence, and irrational destruction. No one is allowed peace of mind. Even the relatively well-off -- those with jobs and so...
Podur: Q&A with Justin Podur in Ramallah
Znet Article, June, 20 2002
Justin Podur
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On Tuesday, June 18, shortly after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed 19 people on a bus outside Jerusalem, Ariel Sharon announced his intention to invade areas formally controlled by the Palestinian Authority, and not leave until Palestinian sui...
Podur: Prepare for 4 years of the Uribe Model
Znet Article, May, 30 2002
Justin Podur
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"A dignified President, doctor Alvaro Uribe Velez, has been elected conclusively and consciously in the first round, by and for a Fatherland that wants to make itself peaceful and to grow in solidarity." -- Salvatore Mancuso, Commander of the Auto...
Podur: Movements of Resistance in the Americas
Znet Article, May, 29 2002
Justin Podur
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A proposed view of history Much of Latin America won independence from Spain in the 19th century. All countries that were independent faced the same problem: the former imperial powers continued to control decisive military, financial...
Podur: Against Fear and Invisibility
Znet Article, May, 03 2002
Justin Podur
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The struggle of Colombians is a struggle against fear and a struggle against invisibility. These are two of the worst weapons used against Colombians. Fear, because it causes the silence elites need to fulfill their agendas. Invisibil...
Podur: The War Foretold
Znet Article, April, 05 2002
Justin Podur
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Most of the victims of the perpetual war in Colombia are unarmed poor civilians. For every military casualty there are six civilian deaths. In the words of one peasant leader, the Colombian war 'is not a civil war. It's a war aga...
Podur: Colombia Interview
Znet Article, March, 22 2002
Justin Podur
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Steve Shalom. The New York Times ran a story on February 25 by Juan Forero titled "Colombian Rebels Sabotage Peace Hopes." Perhaps you can address some of the questions raised by the article. Let me begin, however, by asking about the political p...
Podur: A Snapshot of Colombia
Znet Article, January, 29 2002
Justin Podur
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There are stories that get into the news, and stories that don't. Sometimes when stories do make the news, they're provided without context. The recent near-breakdown of the peace process in Colombia is one example of a context-free st...
Podur: Differing Agendas in South Asia
Znet Article, January, 13 2002
Justin Podur
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A Difficulty Criticizing Third World States For a leftist from the third world, living in the first world, there is a certain difficulty in criticizing the administration of a third world country, like India or Pakistan. First, such...
