Our government has declared a military victory in Iraq. As a patriot, I will not celebrate. I will mourn the dead -- the American GIs, and also the Iraqi dead, of which there have been many, many more.I will mourn the Iraqi children, not just those who are dead, but those who have been be blinded, crippled, disfigured, or traumatized, like the bombed children of Afghanistan … [Read more...] about -Howard Zinn: My Country–The World
-ACTION ALERT: U.S. Media Not Concerned About U.S. WMD
FAIR-LFairness & Accuracy In Reporting Media analysis, critiques and activismACTION ALERT: TV Not Concerned by Cluster Bombs, DU: "That's just the way life is in Iraq"May 6, 2003Media have been quick to declare the U.S. war against Iraq a success, but in-depth investigative reporting about the war's likely health and environmental consequences has been scarce. Two … [Read more...] about -ACTION ALERT: U.S. Media Not Concerned About U.S. WMD
-An intro to Znet (many features of this great site)
Top Page Here you will find all the latest links, news, and updates to ZNet -- plus entry routes to virtually all its component parts.https://www.zmag.org/weluser.htmZNet Japanhttps://rootless.org/z/New Central American and Caribbean Watch (Includes Cuba) https://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=54&ItemID=3553 … [Read more...] about -An intro to Znet (many features of this great site)
-The Real Casualty Rate from America’s Iraq Wars
by Chalmers JohnsonMost young Americans who enlist in our all-volunteer armed forces -- roughly four out of five -- specifically choose non-combat jobs, becoming computer technicians, personnel managers, shipping clerks, truck mechanics, weather forecasters, intelligence analysts, cooks, or forklift drivers, among the many other duties that carry a low risk of contact with … [Read more...] about -The Real Casualty Rate from America’s Iraq Wars
-South Korea and Human Rights in North Korea
by Kwon Hyok-chol, May 06, 2003Originally published in the April 24, 2003 issue of Hankyereh 21. [ZNet Editor's Note: On April 16, the U.N. Commission of Human Rights adopted a censure against North Korea by a vote of 28 to 10, with 14 abstentions. Among the 14 absentees was South Korea. The government's official explanation was that the South does not want to further … [Read more...] about -South Korea and Human Rights in North Korea