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Herman: ANTITERRORISM AS A COVER FOR TERRORISM
Oct 05, 2001
During the Cold War the United States supported a string of terror states, from the immediate post-World War backing given Thailand dictator Phibun Songkhram, "the first pro-Axis dictator to regain power after the war," to its support of Suharto, Marcos,
Healy: No technofix for the Third World
Oct 04, 2001
Humans can make all kinds of nifty things - the axe, the wheel, the spinning jenny, the aeroplane, the pill, the Pentium III, vanilla ice cream - and can achieve all sorts of magical things with them.
Herman: "The Price Is Worth It"
Sep 25, 2001
Try to imagine how the mainstream U.S. media and intellectuals would respond to the disclosure that at an early planning meeting of the terrorists responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the question had come up about whether t
Hoodbhoy: BLACK TUESDAY: THE VIEW FROM ISLAMABAD
Sep 17, 2001
Samuel Huntington's evil desire for a clash between civilizations may well come true after Tuesday's terror attacks. The crack that divided Muslims everywhere from the rest of the world is no longer a crack. It is a gulf, that if not bridged, will surely
Herman: FOLKS OUT THERE HAVE A
Sep 14, 2001
One of the most durable features of the U.S. culture is the inability or refusal to recognize U.S. crimes. The media have long been calling for the Japanese and Germans to admit guilt, apologize, and pay reparations.
Herman: THE OFFENSE BUDGET
Sep 09, 2001
Just about the time George Orwell published his novel 1984, shortly after the end of World War II, the U.S. "War Department" was renamed the "Defense Department." This name change also coincided with the fact that the United States was then the sole posse
Herman: GENOCIDE AS THE SOLUTION TO "TERRORISM" IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES?
Aug 11, 2001
The word "genocide" is used very loosely and irresponsibly these days; Sebastian Unger could see it in Kosovo by looking at the body of one Albanian alleged to be a victim of Serb paramilitaries ("A Different Kind of Killing," NYT Magazine, Feb. 27, 2000)
Herman: GODFATHERLY GLOBAL JUSTICE: MILOSEVIC, SHARON AND SUHARTO
Jul 05, 2001
The politicization of the system of global justice has reached new heights over the past decade, with the U.S. Godfather asserting his firmer hegemonic position with an arrogance that is a throwback to Secretary of State Richard Olney's statement back in
Healy: Empty promises don't feed poor children
Jun 23, 2001
A funny thing happened on the way to the Third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries in Brussels: the representatives of rich country governments suddenly discovered that their restrictions on market access for poor countries' goods are s
Herman: HITCHENS ON "BODY COUNT IN KOSOVO"
Jun 19, 2001
An important public relations bonanza for the U.S. and other NATO powers' actions across the globe has been the accommodation of many leftists to the priorities and channeled benevolence of their leaders. These "New Humanitarians" have been furiously indi
Herman: HITCHENS ON "BODY COUNT IN KOSOVO"
Jun 19, 2001
An important public relations bonanza for the U.S. and other NATO powers' actions across the globe has been the accommodation of many leftists to the priorities and channeled benevolence of their leaders. These "New Humanitarians" have been furiously indi
Herman: GIVING THE PEOPLE BACK THEIR OWN MONEY
Jun 04, 2001
One of today's most favored rightwing justifications of a massive tax reduction is the idea that taxes are a form of government theft, which take from individuals the fruits of their labor or rightful ownership, and without reasonable cause. As President
Herman: PUBLIC VERSUS POWER INTELLECTUALS, Part 1
May 11, 2001
The conventional use of the term "public intellectual" has been a source of growing confusion and bombast of late. At a forum on "The Future of Public Intellectuals" held some months ago in New York City, Russell Jacoby of The Last Intellectuals fame lame
Herman: PUBLIC VERSUS POWER INTELLECTUALS, Part 1
May 11, 2001
The conventional use of the term "public intellectual" has been a source of growing confusion and bombast of late. At a forum on "The Future of Public Intellectuals" held some months ago in New York City, Russell Jacoby of The Last Intellectuals fame lame
Herman: THE MEDIA AT THE BARRICADES IN SUPPORT OF "FREE TRADE"
Apr 30, 2001
Back at the time of the struggle over the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) in 1993, the mainstream media lined up in solid phalanx in its support, and Meg Greenfield, opinion editor of the Washington Post explained the one-sidedness of the Post
Healy: Is Globalization Inevitable
Apr 15, 2001
ÒThe greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.Ó Ñ Roger ÒVerbalÓ Kint (Kevin Spacey), The Usual Suspects, 1995. ÒM1 can be as big as it likesÓ, someone recently said to me, Òbut isn't opposing globalisation a bit
Hoodbhoy: OUR BLIND NUCLEAR PROPHETS
Apr 12, 2001
Having thrown away several hundred, I still have in my possession about a hundred newspaper articles on the nuclear issue written in Pakistan and India over the past decade. The authors, overwhelmingly, are establishment nuclear "experts" and "strategists
Herman: UNCLE CHUTZPAH GETS BACK INTO THE RING
Apr 09, 2001
Now that the humanitarian warrior Bill Clinton has been replaced by a compassionate conservative extremely close to the oil industry, military-industrial-complex, and Christian Right/"pro- life" (fetal, that is, not post-fetal) forces, what may we expect
Herman: Horowitz & Reparations
Mar 24, 2001
The heavy media attention being given to rejections of David Horowitz's ad on reparations for slavery is a throwback to the rightwing and "liberal media" political correctness campaign of 1991. In that earlier campaign, it was the alleged free speech threat of blacks, women, and other non-establishment groups trying to influence curricula and teaching appointments that aroused the media to a frenzy. Firings of left academics didn't interest them at all, nor did the huge spread of "free enterprise" chairs or virtual takeover of campuses by businesses funding institutes servicing their manpower and technology needs.
Oct 14, 2001
Dear Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium, President of the European Union,