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Z: Roots Of Occupy: The Battle In Seattle, 1999
Znet Article, April, 21 2012
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A successful movement must be an enduring process
Z: The Truth about Immigration
Znet Article, December, 11 2007
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Everything negative you've heard about immigration is true. In fact, all the election cycle talk about lazy parasites pouring over borders to leech off another nation's resources doesn't go far enough in explaining the gravity of this ongoing ...
Z: The U.S. government hates democracy (lessons from Italy)
Znet Article, December, 18 2006
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As far as I'm concerned, we can't put forward enough reminders of how the U.S. government, and the corporations that own it, do business. Platitudes about peace, freedom, justice, etc. aside, the land of the free is not even remotely interested ...
Z: The Forgiven: Clint Eastwood's Good War
Znet Article, November, 01 2006
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In the midst of our current, perpetual war against evil, America is yet again reflecting upon the "good war." If Clint Eastwood is allowed to recycle those images in "Flags of Our Fathers", as the author of an alternative history of WWII, why shou...
Z: 10 Reasons Why Cars Suck
Znet Article, September, 26 2006
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There's an interesting courtroom battle shaping up out in California. The state is attempting to institute new emissions standards for greenhouse gases. Such regulations could reduce exhaust emissions by 25% in cars and light trucks and 18% in SUV...
Z: "Philosophical Differences"
Znet Article, May, 11 2006
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When the FBI arrested several members (sic) of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) in early 2006, it came as no surprise that much of the corporate media rejoiced. A fine example is an editorial that appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer at the ...
Z: Politics On Your Plate
Znet Article, December, 05 2005
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As most of us in America wallow in a season of gastronomical over-indulgence, here's some food for thought: In the late 1960s, thanks to Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers (UFW), deciding whether or not to buy grapes was a political act. Thr...
Z: 50 American Revolutions
Znet Article, November, 18 2005
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Interviewing Mickey Z. about his new book, "50 American Revolutions You're Not Supposed To Know: Reclaiming American Patriotism" Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book, "50 American Revolutions You're Not Supposed To Know: Reclaiming Amer...
Z: Lords of War
Znet Article, September, 20 2005
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"I hope they kill each other ... too bad they both can't lose."‹Nobel laureate Henry Kissinger (on the U.S. arming both sides of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s) "Do not support dictators. Do not sell them weapons."‹Nobel laureate J...
Z: An Interview with Jordy Cummings
Znet Article, August, 16 2005
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Jordy Cummings says: "I'm writing a book that focuses on what I believe, with input from a lot of people, are the most important anti-war or anti-imperialist films." Cummings is a Canadian-based writer who seamlessly blends pop culture with poli...
Z: Vermin And Souvenirs
Znet Article, August, 10 2005
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Because Japan chose to invade several colonial outposts of the West, the war in the Pacific laid bare the inherent racism of the colonial structure. In the United States and Britain, the Japanese were more hated than the Germans. The race card was...
Z: Connections: How Three Unrelated Books Relate
Znet Article, March, 24 2005
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I recently read "102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers," by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn (book #1)...a detailed account of the events inside the World Trade Center on the morning of 9/11. The title refers to th...
Z: One Man Has Stopped Killing
Znet Article, February, 18 2005
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"What is wrong with a country where war is glorified and fighting for peace is cowardly?"--Monica Benderman When I saw the recent news report about the U.S. military moving toward the use of robot soldiers, I could not resist the obvious retort: ...
Z: What Ward Churchill Didn't Say
Znet Article, February, 09 2005
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My sources tell me that U.S. intelligence has just uncovered a chilling pre-9/11 edict from Osama bin Laden on the topic of striking the infidels where it hurts: "What is necessary is cruel and strong reactions. We need precision in time, place, ...
Z: The Only Thing We Have to Fear...
Znet Article, October, 04 2004
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President (sic) George W. Bush and company have scared half the voters to death with stories about terrorists...so they'll vote for him. Senator John F. Kerry (JFK2) and his surrogates on the soft left have scared the other half to death with s...
Z: The Stupid White Man Quiz
Znet Article, September, 23 2004
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The rules are simple. I provide a quote and you guess which Stupid White Man (or wannabe) is responsible. QUOTE #1: "The destruction was mutual." (Explaining why the U.S. should not apologize to Vietnam) a) Richard Nixon b) Ronald Reagan c) Al...
Z: Get on the Bus
Znet Article, July, 22 2004
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On the mornings I board the Q101 bus from Queens to Manhattan, it's not uncommon for the majority of my fellow riders to be people of color. This is an unremarkable observation in 2004 New York where integrated buses are hardly news...thanks to Ro...
Z: Madman or Commissar?
Znet Article, July, 07 2004
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Parade Magazine took full advantage of Independence (sic) Day falling on a Sunday by hiring none other than Elie Wiesel to pen a little something called "The America I Love" for their patriotic cover story. Over a two-page spread, the "Nobel Laure...
Z: 9/11 and Pearl Harbor
Znet Article, July, 05 2004
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When Sander Hicks asked me to consider reading and/or reviewing Daniel Hopsicker's new 9/11 book, "Welcome to Terrorland," I wondered: How does one discuss September 11, 2001 without sounding naïve, paranoid, or complicit? If you're Michael Moor...
Z: Good Mourning, America
Znet Article, June, 08 2004
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Good Mourning, America
Z: For Memorial Day/D Day
Znet Article, May, 30 2004
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June 6, 2004 marks 60 years since the fabled Allied invasion known as "D-Day." Lost amid the self-congratulatory orgy is the minor detail that by the time of the D-Day invasion, the Soviets were engaging 80 percent of the German Army on the Easter...
Z: Undoing the Latches Recognizing the Gates Around Us
Znet Article, April, 16 2004
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In his brilliant book, The Pig Who Sang t...
Z: Just My Imagination
Znet Article, March, 29 2004
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"There is an odor to any press headquarters that is unmistakable...the unavoidable smell of flesh burning quietly and slowly in the service of a machine." -Norman Mailer...
Z: Dreams for Sale
Znet Article, March, 18 2004
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"Poor man wanna be rich/Rich man wanna be...
Z: Depraved Indifference
Znet Article, March, 15 2004
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Melissa Ann Rowland, 28, of Salt Lake City was pregnant with twins. Her doctors claim they warned her about complications requiring a Caesarean section. Without the procedure, they believed the unborn twins might not survive. According to a nurse,...
Z: Support the Good Guys
Znet Article, March, 11 2004
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It's one of the basic tenets of U.S. war propaganda that "we" are the good guys. It's always U.S. vs. Them: the evildoers...and no matter what our boys do to take on such monsters, we at home must always support the troops. The next time you hea...
Z: Pillar Fight
Znet Article, March, 10 2004
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"Make no mistake," declared Paul Martin, ...
Z: Friedman's Education
Znet Article, March, 02 2004
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Criticizing the op-ed columns of Thomas L...
Z: Haiti Fatigue?
Znet Article, February, 06 2004
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A February 5, 2004 New York Times editorial declared Jean-Bertrand Aristide's second presidency "is declining into despotism." Reporting from the land of Supreme Court-decided elections, the Times (fresh off suggesting Sharpton and Kucinich go awa...
Z: A brief history of the Democrats
Znet Article, January, 25 2004
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"Our only political party has two right wings, one called Republican, the other Democratic." --Gore Vidal My first day back to the NYC commute after spending a week in Santa Cruz serving as MC for One Dance: The People's Summit was something out o...
