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Pilger: The Real Story Behind AmericaÕs War
Dec 27, 2001
Since 11 September, the Òwar on terrorismÓ has provided a pretext for the rich countries, led by the United States, to further their dominance over world affairs.
Peters: A Post-Mortem on the Peace Movement?
Dec 26, 2001
Today a Village Voice reporter called to interview me for a story he is writing. His assignment? To do a post-mortem on the peace movement.
Prashad: Afghan Aftermaths: the Feign of Inevitability
Nov 17, 2001
Like ninepins the Afghan cities fell from a band of principled barbarians (the Taliban) to a band of unprincipled barbarians (the so-called Northern Alliance):
Podur: 'We mean Dead or Dead'
Oct 30, 2001
'If Osama bin Laden were hiding in the jungles of Colombia instead of Afghanistan, whose help would we enlist to find him? U.S. Army Special Forces? The Colombian Army? I don't think so.
Peters: Where are the Afghan Women?
Oct 23, 2001
In my previous commentary, I used Cynthia Enloe's question, "Where are the women?" to explore how gender politics are being used to ignite patriotism on the domestic front. What happens when we apply the same question to the country the U.S. is currently
Podur: Review of ‘The Activist’s Handbook’ and ‘Rules for Radicals’
Oct 20, 2001
‘The Activist’s Handbook’ by Randy Shaw compares itself to all the self-help and managerial expertise how-to books out there, lamenting the absence of similar books designed to help people win social change.
Podur: Review of ÔThe ActivistÕs HandbookÕ and ÔRules for RadicalsÕ
Oct 20, 2001
ÔThe ActivistÕs HandbookÕ by Randy Shaw compares itself to all the self-help and managerial expertise how-to books out there, lamenting the absence of similar books designed to help people win social change.
Pilger: A war in the American tradition
Oct 16, 2001
The Anglo-American attack on Afghanistan crosses new boundaries. It means that America's economic wars are now backed by the perpetual threat of military attack on any country, without legal pretence.
Peters: Women's Patriotic Role
Oct 11, 2001
Cynthia Enloe, feminist scholar and author of several books and articles about women and the military, suggests that when a country mobilizes for war, it is useful to ask, "Where are the women?"
Podur: Globalization, Fox-Style
Oct 09, 2001
It never ceases to amaze me, how easily fooled I am by the speeches and rhetoric of politicians. I swear to you I've heard speeches by Bill Clinton that have brought me near tears.
Prashad: Forward Into the Past: US War Aims
Oct 05, 2001
The US State Department-Pentagon has a bad record on war aims. During the lead-up to the Gulf War, the Bush administration, Part 1, argued that the US was needed to liberate Kuwait.
Pilger: Inevitable ring to the unimaginable
Sep 14, 2001
If the attacks on America have their source in the Islamic world, who can really be surprised?
Peters: Does Marriage Protect or Control?
Sep 11, 2001
In a previous commentary I wrote in response to the gay and lesbian rights movement's pursuit of legal marriage: Be careful what you wish for.
Prashad: The Ruse of Israel: Durban Failures.
Sep 10, 2001
At the intersection of Durban's Grey and Queen streets sits the largest mosque in the southern hemisphere, the Jama Masjid or Friday Mosque (completed in 1927). A cool, spring breeze filters into the courtyard where I'm spending some moments with a group
Pilger: Liberal elites have always disguised their innate conservatism
Sep 04, 2001
At the Hay-on-Wye literary festival in May, leading members of the media and cultural elite assembled in the fine gardens of a Regency house to await the arrival of the great man. They included broadsheet editors, deputy editors, literary editors, ex-edit
Podur: Loincloths, Ski Masks, and Social Movements
Aug 27, 2001
ÒCertainly a soldier, myself included, is an absurd and irrational man, because he has the ability to resort to arms in order to convince. In the end, thatÕs what a soldier does when he gives an order: convince by force of arms. ThatÕs why we say the mili
Peters: An S30 Victory Six Weeks in Advance
Aug 16, 2001
In a joint statement released on August 14, 2001, the IMF/World Bank reported that their annual meeting, originally scheduled to run for two weeks, would be reduced to two days. (The normal two-week meeting had previously been shortened to one week.)
Pilger: Liberal elites have always disguised their innate conservatism
Aug 13, 2001
At the Hay-on-Wye literary festival in May, leading members of the media and cultural elite assembled in the fine gardens of a Regency house to await the arrival of the great man. They included broadsheet editors, deputy editors, literary editors, ex-edit
Prashad: Hindutva and Zionism: Comprador States of Pentagon, Inc.
Aug 08, 2001
George W. Bush has a cat named India. In New Delhi, about thirty activists of the Hindu Right's political formation, the BJP, stood before the US Embassy outraged with this news. "We are not cats," said one man, "we are lions."
Dec 27, 2001
Since 11 September, the “war on terrorism†has provided a pretext for the rich countries, led by the United States, to further their dominance over world affairs.