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Reinhart: With Barak No Withdrawal, No Peace
Dec 29, 1999
In Israel, there is a feeling of a great historical moment. Finally, after much pressure and diplomacy - the story goes - Asad agreed to turn to the road of peace. In the expected peace agreement, Syria will get back all of the Golan Heights, and Israel w
Prashad: The Tragedy of Flight IC-814
Dec 28, 1999
No one can guess the horror of Ms. Rachna Katyal as she sits aboard the Indian Airlines plane (IC-814) in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Recently married, Ms. Katyal was on her way home to Delhi from a honeymoon in Kathmandu when her plane was hijacked for a horr
Administrator: The OSCE Report: THINGS TOLD AND THINGS SEEN
Dec 27, 1999
The recent Report of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Kosovo is subtitled: "As Seen, as Told". The part of the report covering the mayhem that went on during the NATO bombing, between March 24 and June 10, is "as told" --
Solomon: A PRo-Democracy Movement
Dec 26, 1999
It's a pro-democracy movement. And it's global. The vibrant social forces that converged on Seattle -- and proceeded to deflate the WTO summit -- are complex, diverse and sometimes contradictory. Yet the threads of their demands form a distinct weave: We
Albert: Building Solidarity
Dec 24, 1999
Social struggle will never be perfectly choreographed but we can at least have broad norms regarding movement process that benefit all involved constituencies.
Peters: It Is Not As Easy As ABC
Dec 23, 1999
A recently released study finds that children from poor families are better off if they spend more time in day care starting at an earlier age. The Abecedarian Project (named for the first four letters of the alphabet), conducted at the University of Nort
Zinn: Seattle
Dec 22, 1999
In the year 1919, when the city of Seattle was brought to a halt by a general strike - beginning with 35,000 shipyard workers demanding a wage increase - the mayor reflected on its significance:
Guellec: Patient Rights vs. Distributive Justice
Dec 21, 1999
The right of the patient to direct his or her medical care and health outcome, known as patient autonomy, and the right of society to control and allocate "limited resources", known as distributive justice will certainly collide. In an ideal world, or in
Marable: A Dialogue Between Generations
Dec 20, 1999
Several weeks ago I attended and spoke at a conference on race which was organized at Stanford University. After delivering my lecture, I walked down the steps from the stage. Clustered around the steps were several male and female graduate students.
Albert: Different Strokes for Different Folks!?
Dec 18, 1999
How do we evaluate movement tactics and particularly property-damaging or truly aggressive or violent tactics?
Herman: THEY BROUGHT IT ON THEMSELVES
Dec 18, 1999
One of the tricks of imperialism is to pretend that a targeted enemy has been offered a negotiating option, quickly claim that that option has been rejected, and then ruthlessly attack or continue sanctions that may be taking a heavy human toll.
Peters: Neither Heroes Nor Fools
Dec 17, 1999
"They forced us all out of the house and one of them held a gun to my head. `I am going to kill you. You are a child of FALINTIL.' `No,' I told the soldier, `I am a child.'"
Wise: "Springing the Diversity Trap"
Dec 16, 1999
You know you're in trouble when Ronald Reagan starts to sound progressive. And you really know you're in trouble when so-callYou know you're in trouble when Ronald Reagan starts to sound progressive. And you really know you're in trouble when so-called pr
Landau: Two from Saul Landau…China/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: 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.
Rebick: First Mourn, Then Work for Change
Dec 13, 1999
It has been 10 years since that terrible day, December 6, 1989. Ten years since a lone gunman who blamed feminists for his problems walked into Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal and systematically slaughtered only women. Fourteen young women who died becaus
Schechter: MY GLOBAL(IZED) NEIGHBORHOOD: TODAY SEATTLE,TOMORROW TIMES SQUARE?
Dec 12, 1999
The protesters who traveled from across the country and the world to Seattle were inspired by the rare chance to go mano a mano with a usually remote manifestation of globalization.
Georgakas: East Timor, Phillips Petroleum, & Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 11, 1999
During the height of the massacres in East Timor, Phillips Petroleum paid the Indonesian government $2.9 million in royalties for oil that had been taken out of East Timor. That scandal was not uncovered by any "investigative" reporter in mass media, but
Marable: The Politics of Inequality
Dec 09, 1999
The fundamental issue that will define U.S. politics in the first decade of the twenty-first century is the spiraling growth of inequality in American life.
Dec 30, 1999
In my last column, I quoted espionage expert Phillip Knightly. "An intelligence service thrives on threat," he wrote in "The Second Oldest Profession." The same could be said about the rest of the defense industry.