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Engler: False PRIDE
Znet Article, October, 08 2003
Mark Engler
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Given the state of our economy, one might expect a welfare reauthorization bill to offer emergency assistance to the poor and aid to those trapped in the low-wage workforce. Instead, the so-called Personal Responsibility and Individual Development...
Engler: Ride Toward Freedom
Znet Article, September, 26 2003
Mark Engler
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Ride Toward Freedom
Engler: Who Pays For Poverty?
Znet Article, September, 16 2003
Mark Engler
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The success of welfare reform is a faith-based proposition in Washington, D.C. This month, as lawmakers debate the reauthorizat...
Engler: Globalization's Lost Decade
Znet Article, August, 05 2003
Mark Engler
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As far from Bill Clinton as the extremist George W. Bush appears today, certain things hold the same for both presidents, particularly concerning their treatment of the world's poorest nations. Each leader championed "free trade" and corporate glo...
Engler: Hawks Say The Damnedest Things!
Znet Article, July, 17 2003
Mark Engler
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Keeping track of the "real reason" for the invasion of Iraq can be quite a chore these days. The Bush administration doggedly maintains that its claims about weapons of mass destruction were legitimate. Yet a litany of apologists has scrambled for...
Engler: Global Showdown In Evian
Znet Article, May, 29 2003
Mark Engler
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Evian, France -- the world capital of designer water -- may be a fitting city to host the heads of state from the eight most powerful industrial nations. But the image of wealthy leaders sipping "l'original" gourmet H20 will hardly help the G8, as...
Engler: Those Who Don't Count
Znet Article, May, 15 2003
Mark Engler
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Since the invasion of Iraq has ended, a tone of vindication and bravado has seeped into the national mood. Television newscasters and the Department of Defense agree: America is delighted. Soldiers are giving high-fives. Those of us who opposed th...
Engler: Was Iraq Really A Threat?
Znet Article, April, 27 2003
Mark Engler
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Since Baghdad fell, Defense Department hawks have devoted themselves to gloating about the never-questioned supremacy of the United States' armed forces. However, the rest of the world's attention has shifted to examine the largely forgotten ratio...
Engler: New York Against The War
Znet Article, February, 22 2003
Mark Engler
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Starting from within view of the United Nations' headquarters, a wall of faces stretched some twenty blocks up Manhattan's First Avenue on Saturday. The antiwar rally then widened to cover over large sections of Second and Third Avenues as well. W...
Engler: CAFTA
Znet Article, January, 29 2003
Mark Engler
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Earlier this month, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick met with foreign ministers from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua to launch official negotiations for the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), a treat...
Engler: From The Quarantine Against Greed
Znet Article, October, 01 2002
Mark Engler
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I. Even without our protests telling them so, it must be obvious to the finance ministers who attend the annual meetings of the IMF/World Bank that their institutions are sick. Those inside the Washington, D.C., headquarters can't feel so healthy...
Engler: Exporting Enron
Znet Article, June, 29 2002
Mark Engler
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We know the damage Enron has done to the American economy. So why is it still eligible to receive U.S. taxpayer money? Instead of wallowing in bankruptcy, Enron continues to do business internationally. And believe it or not, the scandal-ridden ...
Engler: Bush Brewing Poverty And Violence In El Salvador
Znet Article, March, 23 2002
Mark Engler
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In advance of his visits to several Latin American countries, President Bush has focused public attention on U.S. aid to developing countries. As a result, the real purpose of his tour has gone unnoticed. Bush is using his time in Mexico, Peru, an...
