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Prashad: On the Tenth Anniversary of Ayodhya: at least one small victory.
Dec 12, 2002
Ten years ago, on 6 December 1992, a fascist spectacle enveloped northern India and the Indian Diaspora. In the small town of Ayodhya, a well-organized band of Hindutva activists demolished the 16th Century mosque erected by Mir Baqi. News came soon after
Podur: Resolution 1441
Nov 12, 2002
With the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1441, the US has
Peters: G-Strings for Seven-Year-Olds! What's a Parent to Do?
Nov 04, 2002
Two major media stories last summer offer small windows into how mainstream culture views children, particularly little girls. Alarming stories about sexy summer fashion choices and alarming stories about innocent girls being abducted by sadistic stranger
Prashad: Accounts of the Fifth Afghan War
Nov 01, 2002
On the 3rd of October, 2001, I wrote a ZNET commentary called "Forward into the Past: US War Aims." This was four days before the bombardment began. Already the war aims of the administration seemed to escalate as each day went by. First we heard about re
Pilger: Palestinians Not Alone
Oct 05, 2002
The Palestinians are no longer alone; Israel, despite the craven intimidation of some of its supporters, has ceased to be immune from truthful media criticism
Peters: On Being A Vigilant Parent
Sep 10, 2002
The picture in the Boston Globe shows parents hovering over their children while they play in the pool -- watching their every step, never taking their eyes off their offspring. During the summer of high-profile child abductions, the message to parents is
Pilger: Remembering 9/11
Sep 08, 2002
Remembering 11 September merely as gruesome spectacle is an insult to the victims of that epic crime. However, remembering is important in order to make sense of it, and especially of what happened next.
Podur: The Government's Mask Comes Off In Chiapas
Sep 06, 2002
Two years ago, just after Vicente Fox's election ended the PRI's 71-year long dictatorship over Mexico and just before Pablo Salazar's election as governor of Chiapas raised such high hopes of change, there was a literacy class in the Tzotzil, Abeja refug
Peters: Good Dads are Patriarchs
Aug 25, 2002
The best dads are old-fashioned patriarchs according to a Globe report of a recent study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family. Good fathering is all about stability, says the study, which seems to result from having a wife, a college diploma, a
Prashad: Suburban Whites and Pogroms in India
Aug 20, 2002
Every few years I teach a class called "Hippies." The main theme of the course is to follow the white, suburban middle-class in its homage to Asia - from the 1967 Summer of Love debut of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his Transcendental Mediation to the 1990s
Prashad: The Foresight of NPR
Aug 16, 2002
Reading is back, even as Oprah cancels her book club. The main networks now offer their own book clubs as part of their morning shows.
Podur: Welcome to the Nightmare
Aug 14, 2002
Alvaro Uribe Velez was being sworn in as Colombia's president on August 7 while mortar shells were hitting the presidential palace. He was swearing that his war plan, that includes the creation of a 'civilian intelligence network' of spies who are to info
Podur: The Pope Squat
Aug 07, 2002
The pope has left the city, and the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty still has the building.
Podur: The Pope Squat
Aug 03, 2002
The pope has left the city, and the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty still has the building.
Peters: Anniversary 9-11
Jul 28, 2002
For almost a year now, many of us have been organizing against the "war on terrorism." We see it as nothing of the kind.
Prashad: Suburban Whites and Pogroms in India
Jul 20, 2002
Every few years I teach a class called "Hippies." The main theme of the course is to follow the white, suburban middle-class in its homage to Asia - from the 1967 Summer of Love debut of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his Transcendental Mediation to the 1990s
Pilger: Central Truths
Jul 04, 2002
If you got your news only from the television, you would have no idea of the roots of the Middle East conflict, or that the Palestinians are victims of an illegal military occupation.
Podur: Instead of Nation States
Jun 14, 2002
"It's disturbing to see how neatly nationalism dovetails into fascism. While we must not allow the fascists to define what the nation is, or who it belongs to, it's worth keeping in mind that nationalism, in all its many avatars-socialist, capitalist and
Prashad: The Troika of Imperialism, Petro-Sheikhs and Dissident Jihadis: On Tariq Ali.
Jun 01, 2002
Michael Berube, an English professor at Penn State University, has become quite a fixture in the Chronicle of Higher Education. In a recent article ("Ali vs. Hitchens: Battle on the Left," 3 May), Berube tells us that he studies conflicts within the Left.
Dec 13, 2002
It might be hard to believe, but Americans have within themselves all of the emotional equipment needed to understand suicide bombers. What is required is shock, rage, and an irrational desire for revenge that goes so deep that it ceases to be picky about