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Naiman: Obey's Afghanistan: At Long Last, It's Guns vs. Butter
Commentary, June, 21 2010
Robert Naiman
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One of the many destructive legacies of the Reagan Era was the effective Washington consensus that wars and other military spending exist on their own fiscal planet. Reagan got a Dixiecrat Congress to double military spending at a time when the U....
Naiman: How Many Days Can We Shorten This War?
Commentary, August, 23 2009
Robert Naiman
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Recently I watched the 2007 Lebanese film "Under the Bombs." The movie tells the story of the U.S.-supported Israeli invasion of Lebanon in the summer of 2006, wrapping the historical events inside a fictional narrative. Watching the movie reminde...
Naiman: Lessons from AIG
Commentary, March, 22 2009
Robert Naiman
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If you see a camera or microphone, be careful not to be trampled by a politician rushing to shout their "outrage" at AIG, and its brazen scheme to pay $165 million in bonuses to employees at the company unit responsible for driving the company to ...
Naiman: Guadeloupe Strikes: A Warning to Obama?
Commentary, March, 11 2009
Robert Naiman
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On February 12, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told Congress that the global economic crisis was the most serious security challenge facing the United States and that it could topple governments and trigger waves of refugees, the L...
Naiman: Round to AIPAC on Iran Provision - But the Fat Lady Is Just Warming Up
Commentary, March, 18 2007
Robert Naiman
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The House Democratic leadership last night acceded to pressure from conservative Democrats and Members of Congress close to the Israel lobby and agreed to drop a provision from the supplemental appropriation that would have barred a U.S. attack on...
Naiman: OAS Criticizes US Interference in Nicaragua's Election, But the New York Times and the Washington Post Don't Think It's Newsworthy
Commentary, November, 04 2006
Robert Naiman
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Last weekend, election monitors from the Organization of American States criticized the Bush Administration's interference in Nicaragua's upcoming presidential election.
Naiman: Baker's Study Group is Good News for Iraq, But Could Be Bad News for Iran
Commentary, October, 21 2006
Robert Naiman
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First, the good news. The expected recommendations of James Baker's "Iraq Study Group" are partial victories for the people of Iraq and for the anti-war movement in the United States.
Naiman: Reparations Should Include Universal Access to Health Care and Education
Commentary, August, 17 2001
Robert Naiman
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At the end of August in South Africa, the United Nations will convene the "World Conference Against Racism." News reports say that the U.S. and European governments have opposed efforts by African countries to address demands for "reparations" for...
Naiman: World Bank Grants Would Reduce Poor Country Debt Without Cost to U.S.
Commentary, August, 17 2001
Robert Naiman
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President Bush proposed in Genoa that up to 50% of the World Bank's lending to the poorest countries be converted to grants focused on education, health care, access to clean water, and sanitation. This would be a step towards addressing the unbea...
Naiman: Debt Cancellation, Not Corporate Trade Deals, Would Help the Poor
Commentary, April, 28 2001
Robert Naiman
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The verbal flubs of President Bush in Quebec City were widely reported to the amusement of the educated. He referred to the language of Mexico (Spanish) as "Mexican" and called the Canadian leader "amigo" (rather than using the French "ami.")
Naiman: The Economic and Social Toll of U.S. Policy Towards Iraq
Commentary, February, 13 2001
Robert Naiman
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Ten years after the United States and its allies imposed economic sanctions following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, the embargo rremains largely in place. Theembargo continues to exact a heavy toll on Iraqi society, even after the passage of United N...
Naiman: Missile Defense - Few Dare Call It Corporate Welfare
Commentary, January, 13 2001
Robert Naiman
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The Bush team arrives committed to the construction of what its proponents call "national missile defense." Critics call it "Star Wars" - the implementation of a system for shooting down incoming nuclear missiles.
Naiman: An "Underground Railroad" for Patented Drugs?
Commentary, September, 21 2000
Robert Naiman
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September 18th was the 150th anniversary of an infamous Act. In 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, making the federal government responsible for tracking down escaped slaves in the North and sending them back to slavery. The Act galvani...
Naiman: Banning Imports from Burma
Commentary, September, 03 2000
Robert Naiman
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In Burma - "Myanmar" to its military regime - Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the democracy movement, sits in her car, blocked by the military dictatorship from meeting her supporters.
Naiman: Gun Control, Burma and Corporate Rule
Commentary, August, 14 2000
Robert Naiman
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Robert Naiman Remember the "New Federalism"? State and local governments were supposed to be "laboratories of democracy," where new ideas could be tried out to address social problems, where government would be more responsive to citizen input at...
Naiman: SOFT STEP FOR CONGRESS: STRONG SLAP FOR THE WORLD BANK
Commentary, July, 21 2000
Robert Naiman
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Representative Sonny Callahan, the Chair of the Foreign Operations subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, and Representative Nancy Pelosi, his Democratic counterpart, disagree on a lot of issues. But they do agree that Congress shoul...
Naiman: Globalization: The Fat Lady Ain't Sung
Commentary, May, 27 2000
Robert Naiman
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Champagne corks are popping in Washington, as the corporate lobby celebrates its victory over democracy - bribing Congress into granting "Permanent Normal Trading Relations" to China. Corporations, not China, are the true beneficiaries - they have...
Naiman: A19: The Media Empire Blows Back
Commentary, April, 21 2000
Robert Naiman
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As someone whose central organizing principles in life include figuring out how to reduce and undermine the power and legitimacy of the IMF, the World Bank, the WTO, and kindred institutions, I have to say that the week of protests and education i...
Naiman: A16: Sweeney Crosses the Rubicon, and a New Movement Takes Its First Steps
Commentary, April, 12 2000
Robert Naiman
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As a participant in the planning for the April 16-17 mobilizations against the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, I have this to say about all the hype around the April demonstrations and the "new movement for global economic and soci...
Naiman: A Small Victim of the Embargo
Commentary, February, 08 2000
Robert Naiman
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There's great consternation in Cuba and Florida over the fate of Elian Gonzalez. If he were from any other country, he would already be home with his father. Yet only a handful of the media reports mention the extreme U.S. embargo that led to the ...
Naiman: Access To Education
Commentary, December, 31 1999
Robert Naiman
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Public education in the United States has been subjected to vigorous criticism. Some criticize it in the hopes of improving it, and some criticize it in order to undermine it. If one accepts the principle that every citizen of our society has the ...
Naiman: Clinton's Debt Relief: Too Generous or Too Stingy
Commentary, November, 06 1999
Robert Naiman
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After President Clinton announced that he supports 100% cancellation of the debts owed by the poorest countries to the United States, some poll data suggested that people thought Clinton was being too generous.
