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Landau: Two from Saul LandauÉChina/Cuba
Dec 14, 1999
Some weeks back, President Clinton accomplished a goal that President William McKinley had sought a century ago. Yes, Chinese officials now welcome U S economic penetration.
Landau: The Old Populist Gag
Nov 18, 1999
Exciting! Pat Buchanan, presidential candidate, opposes corporate globalization which, he claims, benefits a handful of multi national giants and leaves crumbs for the poor. Buchanan says he stands for elementary justice for working people. He blasts the
Landau: More Nuclear Disasters
Nov 08, 1999
"We have contained the spread of radiation from last week's nuclear accident," Japanese authorities assured their citizens. They blame the chain reaction on improper handling of materials by low level workers.
Landau: Will it Be NATO or the UN
Oct 28, 1999
Who should lead the world toward peace in the 21st Century? NATO or the UN.
Landau: The Pinochet Decision
Oct 09, 1999
This week, a British magistrate will decide whether to extradite Augusto Pinochet to Spain or release him. England has detained the former Chilean dictator for eleven plus months. In that time, his case has brought to world attention the principals of int
Landau: The APEC Meeting
Sep 27, 1999
I just returned from New Zealand, the host of the APEC and anti-APEC conferences over last week. Until Indonesian army thugs started their violent cleansing in East Timor, New Zealand wits had called the Asian Pacific economic cooperation group All Politi
Landau: Zany U.S. Rafting Policy
Sep 13, 1999
It's hurricane time in the Caribbean, so we'll have a temporary respite from Cubans floating to Florida on inner tubes from that red island 90 miles away, and even from Cubans brought over in speedboats. Smugglers earn up to $8,000 per person they bring i
Lusane: Clinton Escapes Again
Sep 07, 1999
Each Summer the major civil rights organizations hold their annual gatherings. Attended by thousands, these events include workshops, plenaries, and major addresses by civil rights leaders, trade union officials, representatives from women and youth organ
Landau: Pinochet and Valdez
Aug 17, 1999
Juan Gabriel Valdes, Chile's new foreign minister, will meet with Secretary of State Madeline Albright to ask her to help return Augusto Pinochet to Chile. Since last October, British authorities have held Pinochet on a request from the Spanish Judge Balt
Landau: The Embargo
Jul 29, 1999
The Embargo
Landau: Indictments of Kissenger and Bush
Jul 10, 1999
The US government has released the first batch of documents relating to the violence unleashed between 1973-1990 by General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship in Chile. Reading some of the memos, cables and intelligence reports, I was shocked -- the shock of
Lusane: Defending the New Klan
Jul 02, 1999
It is perhaps a sign of millennium madness that the century will end with the bizzare phenomena of an African American lawyer defending in court the right of a member of the Ku Klux Klan - whose name ironically is Black - to burn crosses. However, it seem
Landau: Kosovo Lesson
Jun 29, 1999
What lessons have emerged from NATO'S self-proclaimed victory in Kosovo? Bombing supporters chanted "stop ethnic cleansing." Indeed, ethnic cleansing demanded a strong response. But those who shunned the flawed law and the UN backed a campaign to pulveriz
Landau: Remember Angola
Jun 17, 1999
As Kosovo atrocities dominate the headlines, I wait for some former national security maven to confess to US government crimes committed during the Cold War. We know the CIA assassinated people, fomented coups and destabilized countries we claimed were pr
Lusane: Jailhouse Knocks
May 22, 1999
HBO's "Thug Life in DC" is not about Bill Clinton's proclivities toward Serbia. It is a stunning wakeup call about the growing warehousing of young black men in the nation's jails and prisons.
Lusane: Jackson and the Contradictions of War
May 13, 1999
Into the storm's eye of the Balkin war stepped Rev. Jesse Jackson, and, once again, he emerges with prisoners of war.
Lusane: Don't Ignore the Hate Crime
Apr 27, 1999
In the aftermath of the tragedy at Columbine High School in Colorado, a search for meaning and understanding has begun. Concerned citizens across the nation are seeking to grasp what motivated at least two students to turn a normal school day into a killi
Lusane: Racism's Enablers
Apr 14, 1999
While much of the American publicÕs attention has been focused on the evils of Milosovich and his efforts at ethnic cleansing, AmericaÕs home grown fascists and their enablers have gotten a free ride.
Lusane: Remembering the International Day Against Racism
Mar 21, 1999
While it is doubtful that the U.S. media will give it much attention, March 21 is the UN-designated International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Dec 14, 1999
Some weeks back, President Clinton accomplished a goal that President William McKinley had sought a century ago. Yes, Chinese officials now welcome U S economic penetration.