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Moore: The Green They Steal, The Greed They Wear
Znet Article, March, 18 2010
Michael Moore
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It was amazing. Every story on the front page of Tuesday's New York Times told the story of the Age of Greed during which a system known as capitalism is slowly, but surely, killing us...
Dimaggio: The Empathy Problem: Poverty, Privilege, & Health Care Reform
Znet Article, March, 18 2010
Anthony Dimaggio
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Mass solidarity is absolutely vital to the success of any social movement. It is precisely the lack of such solidarity, however, that’s prohibiting mobilization in favor of socialized medicine. Rather than demand meaningful reform, Americans hav...
Pearson: Women in the Venezuelan revolution: `We’re not invisible but invincible'
Znet Article, March, 18 2010
Tamara Pearson
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“I’m a woman with a new life since the Bolivarian Revolution knocked on my door”, said Pielrroc Montenegro, Maracaiban[i] by birth and Andean by tradition, with eyes full of nostalgia and gratitude. She described herself as a “dignified mother of ...
Swanson: Kucinich and the Media
Znet Article, March, 18 2010
David Swanson
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When I worked for Dennis Kucinich's presidential campaign in 2003, he routinely won the most applause at debates but was minimized or entirely left out of the next day's stories in the corporate media. This meant that peace, and fair trade, and s...
Gordon: Rachel Corrie's Memory, Israel's Image
Commentary, March, 18 2010
Neve Gordon
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Seven years ago, Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a Caterpillar D9R Israeli bulldozer while nonviolently protesting the demolition of Palestinian homes in Rafah, Gaza Strip, along with other members of the International Solidarity Movement (I...
Snider: No We Can’t: The First Effects Of Disappointment
Znet Article, March, 18 2010
Ted Snider
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Barack Obama promised change both at home and in the way America deals with others abroad. And the disappointment is not only being felt at home. An international pattern of actions is suggesting that other key players may be showing the first eff...
Soldz: Iceland Sets New Path Toward Press Freedom
Znet Article, March, 18 2010
Stephen Soldz
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Iceland is considering a new law that will provide the greatest protection to press freedom in the world.
Friel: Andrew Revkin’s Climate Centrism
Znet Article, March, 17 2010
Howard Friel
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In his 2001 book, The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World, Bjorn Lomborg argued that the real state of the world’s environment was better than what the major environmental organizations and scientists have reported. T...
Meister: Stop Mistreating Working Women!
Znet Article, March, 17 2010
Dick Meister
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Although the global recession has had a serious impact on working men and women alike, two new reports make clear that women in the United States and throughout the world have suffered most because of long-standing discrimination.
Wallerstein: "Ancient Dilemma of the Left: The Case of Brazil"
Commentary, March, 17 2010
Immanuel Wallerstein
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On the occasion of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT, the Workers' Party) in Brazil, the principal independent left newspaper, Brasil de Fato, published interviews with four leading left i...