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Dominick: Zapatismo, Anyone?
Aug 09, 2000
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 States. I
Dowd: NEITHER A BORROWER NOR A LENDER BE
Jul 10, 2000
Anyone giving that advice today would be seen as deranged; but, as some oldies will remember, such was once the received truth, as proclaimed by Founding Father Ben Franklin (along with "Waste not, want not" and "A penny saved is a penny earned").
Dowd: Capitalism and Technology: To whose benefit, at what costs?
Jun 24, 2000
In 1917, as war ripped Europe apart, Einstein wrote to a friend that "Our much-praised technological progress, and civilization gene rally, could be compared to an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal." Subsequently, in showing that E=MC2, that li
Dowd: THE FREE MARKET; AND ALL THAT JAZZ
May 26, 2000
The rising tide of center/right socioeconomic policies in the United States (among other societies) appalls a goodly share of our people. Riding high on what is now a flood tide, propelled by and propelling it, has been the phenomenal Second Coming of cap
Dowd: THE GREAT BRAIN ROBBERY
May 06, 2000
Let not young souls be smothered out before They do quaint deeds and fully flaunt their pride. It is the world's one crime its babes grow dull, Its poor are ox-like, limp and leaden-eyed. Set those words beside these: I am somehow less interested i
Dowd: SOCIAL SECURITY: FROM SCAM TO SCANDAL IN 65 YEARSBy
Apr 13, 2000
Of course it's been better than nothing, considering only the great number of old and survivors it has kept at or above the poverty line; or so we are told. But at least two points: about 40 percent of families over 65 have an annual income of under $15,0
Dominick: Action Not Division: Some Thoughts on Tactics for A16
Apr 11, 2000
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 demonstr
Dowd: SOCIAL SECURITY: FROM SCAM TO SCANDAL IN 65 YEARS
Apr 05, 2000
Of course it's been better than nothing, considering only the great number of old and survivors it has kept at or above the poverty line; or so we are told. But at least two points: about 40 percent of families over 65 have an annual income of under $15,0
Dominick: Refusing Adulthood: Notes on 'Aging Out'
Feb 02, 2000
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.
Dominick: Anarchy, NonViolence, and the Seattle Demonstrations
Dec 06, 1999
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.
Dominick: Georgia On My Mind: Hard Thoughts on Closing the SOA
Nov 22, 1999
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 training
Dominick: An Appeal for Continued Anti-War Efforts
Sep 05, 1999
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 this cas
Dominick: Reflections on Five Years of ZNetting
Jul 27, 1999
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 the firs
Dominick: Signs of Movement? The State of Anti-War Activism in the U.S.
Jun 11, 1999
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.
Dominick: That's Some Catch
May 26, 1999
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.
Dominick: Young People and Activism
Apr 18, 1999
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 rarely ac
Dominick: Behind Enemy Lines
Apr 11, 1999
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 refuge t
Dominick: Reinventing Solidarity Activism
Mar 19, 1999
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 clarity, a
Sep 02, 2000
History is replete with corrupt and decadent societies, including (but not beginning with) that of 1st Century Rome, where decadent/corrupt Nero fiddled as corrupt/decadent Rome burned. Iniquity -- and inequality -- in ancient and medieval societies were