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May 2000
Wednesday, May 31
Naomi Klein:
In The Era Of Free Trade, Politics Itself Is Becoming A Gated Community
Edward Said:
Israel Needs Realism To Find Its Way In An Arab World
Richard Klovdahl:
Rock And Roll Capitalism Has Me Shakin' All Over
Mokhiber/Weissman:
Stop Corruption Now
Tuesday, May 30
James Carroll:
Star Wars: We Are On The Verge Of A World-Historic Mistake
Sean Gonsalves:
Worshiping At The Altar Of "Free-Market" Prosperity
Ruth Conniff:
Democrats Split Over Iraq Sanctions
Ranjan Gupta:
Ethnic Tensions Swirl Around Those of Indian Descent in Sri Lanka and Fiji
Howard Zinn:
Remember The Unremembered Heroes Of The Past, And Look Around Us For The Unnoticed Heroes Of The Present
Jim McGovern:
Clinton Should Board Air Force One to Cuba
Monday, May 29
Ralph Nader:
If Auto Industry Had Spent As Much Time Working On More Efficient Engines As It Spent On Lobbying Against...
Salim Muwakkil:
Where Is Our Shame? Iraqis Are Dying And We Continue Our Sanctions
Geneva Overholser:
Those Of Us Who Oppose NRA Zealots Have Our Work Cut Out For Us
Lawrence Winans:
Smart Growth? The Only 'Smart' Policy Is No-Growth
Sunday, May 28
Colman McCarthy:
How College Graduates Can Put Ideals To Work
Robert Lane:
The Loss Of Happiness In Market Democracies
Robert Borosage:
Gore Should Shed His New Democrat Platitudes For Some Populist Fire
Marc Bekoff:
The Importance Of Activism
Farai Chideya:
At The End Of Every Boom, There Is An Inevitable . . .Bust
Saturday, May 27
Madison Capital Times:
Memorial Day: We Do Not Honor The Dead By Wasting The Precious Resources Of This Land On Star Wars
Ed Murphy:
Survey Of Extreme Wealth Is Enough To Stir The Old Revolutionary Spirit
The Oregonian:
Nader Country
John Nichols:
China Deal Will Cost Democrats In November
Dennis Roddy:
For US Airways Execs, A First-Class Departure
Friday, May 26
Katha Pollitt:
Moms to NRA: Grow Up!
Lee Siew Hua:
China Trade Vote: Big Win For Big Boys Of Corporate America
Marjorie Williams:
Blue Jeans and Big Bucks
Hussein Ibish:
Know Now That Arab Lives Are as Worthy as Israelis'
Derrick Jackson:
This Mother Doesn't Just March Against Guns - She'll Be Running Too
Thursday, May 25
Donella Meadows:
What To Do With Your Single, Precious Presidential Vote?
Norman Solomon:
US News Media: A Security Zone for Israel
Robert Jensen:
The Gulf War Brought Out the Worst in Us
Margaret Krome:
Cars Should Take A Back Seat
James Ron:
If Israel Wants A Peaceful Border, It Must Do More Than Withdraw From A Mess It Helped Create
Wednesday, May 24
Marc Cooper:
The Real Gap In American Politics Is Between Corporatists & Populists
Max Castro:
It's Time To Repeal The Second Amendment
Peter Dreier/Frances Fox Piven:
Student Activism Is Back
Wendy Kaminer:
Protesting Dr. Laura
Tuesday, May 23
Manning Marable:
We Must Take The Struggle To Halt Capital Punishment To The Next Level
Sean Gonsalves:
Drug War Advocates Are Immune To Facts
Robert Scheer:
Why Are We Still Funding 'Star Wars'?
James Zogby:
Alarm Bells In America As Arab-Americans Face Increased Demonization
Leonard Pitts:
Eyeing The Moon As Target Of The Atom Bomb
Monday, May 22
Mokhiber/Weissman:
Should China Be Fully Immersed Into The Corporatized Global Economy?
Ralph Nader:
China Crisis:
Yes Vote On Trade Is Horrible For US, China, And The World
Maurice Strong:
The Earth As We Know It Has Less Than 30 Years To Survive
If We Continue Our Destructive Course
Jack Shanahan: Shoot Down F-22, Again
Jerome I. Levinson: China Vote:
A Vote For Big Business
Salim Muwakkil: These Are The Best And The Worst Of Times For African-Americans
Rick Rozoff: Senate Kosovo Vote:
Clinton Creeps Across The Rubicon
Sunday, May 21
Kevin Phillips: Granting PNTR To China Could Be The Trojan Horse That Ultimately Undermines America Workers' Livelihoods
Rich Robertson: The Media's Values Have Become Dominated By What Sells, Rather Than What Matters
Saturday, May 20
Dennis Hans: Latest Mega-Merger:
CBS and Colombian Government
Madison Capital Times: China Trade and Al Gore
Friday, May 19
Robert Reich: The Real Risk for Gore
Travis Armstrong: Our Public Law Schools Have Become Nothing More Than Training Ground For Corporate Lawyers
Ralph Torrie: A Clear And Present Danger:
We Can Cut Greenhouse Gasses By Half And It Won't Hurt A Bit
William Greider:
China and Globalism
Chad Hanson:
Commercial Logging Doesn't Prevent Catastrophic Fires, It Causes Them
Donella Meadows:
Ecological Destruction and a Vermont Farm in May
Thursday, May 18
John Nichols:
Robin Hood Was Right
Norman Solomon:
The Ten Commandments of The Dot-Com Faith
Matthew Rothschild:
The Fed Does the Banks' Bidding
Taking Action:
Illinois High School Students Protest Iraq Sanctions
Madison Capital Times:
Answer The 'Call To Renewal'
Harley Shaiken:
Trade Alone Won't Reform China
Wednesday, May 17
Mokhiber/Weissman:
GE: No Company's Record Better Illustrates The Glories Of Corporate
Globalization For The Well-Off
Naomi Klein:
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire And The West Wing: Prime Time's Political Sedatives
Lars-Erik Nelson:
Star Wars Didn't Work Last Time And It Still Won't
Kaya Tretjak:
Grassroots Student Action Forcing Universities To Reform Sexual Assault Policies
Alexander Cockburn/Jeff St Clair:
Gore And Drugs: He Should Remember His Sister
Dennis Hans:
McCaffrey on 'Weed': Drug Czar’s Washington Post Op Ed
Mohamed El-Bendary:
Without Debt Reduction, Africa Cannot Compete
Jules Siegel:
Right-Wing Cyber Goons E-Bomb Hillary's Media Contacts
Tuesday, May 16
Jerry Useem:
There's Something Happening Here; What's That Sound? A Noisy And Growing Challenge To The Globalist Consensus
Sean Gonsalves:
Iraq Policy: US Has Absolutely No More Credibility As Humanitarians On This Volatile Planet
James Carroll:
The Fires Of Los Alamos Pale Beside The Fires Of What Awaits Us If We Don't Heed The Warning
Sarah Edith Jacobson:
Nike's Power Game
Manning Marable:
Why Diallo Had To Die
Laura Flanders:
The Protest Next Time
Mokhiber/Weissman:
By Giving Corporations The Same Rights As People, You Demean People
Monday, May 15
Ralph Nader:
Crime Wave:
Sure Nickle-and-Dime Criminal Acts Are Down, But What About The Big-Money Corporate Lawbreakers?
New Statesman:
The American Experience Suggests That The 'Third Way' Is A Failure In The Profoundest Sense
Robert Borosage:
'New Democrats': Gore Doesn't Need Friends Like These
Molly Ivins:
Health Sacrificed In Favor Of Campaign Contributions
Robert Dowd:
Colombia Aid Bill Would Escalate a Failed Policy
Carmelo Ruiz- Marrero:
U.S. Navy Must Give Up Its Hold On Puerto Rican Island
Paul Rogat Loeb:
Clinton's Subordination To Corporate Profits: It's Hard To Stay Committed When You've Been Kicked In The Teeth
Theodore Marmor:
U.S. Media, Corporate Interests Paint False Caricature Of Canadian Health Care System
Sunday, May 14
John B. Judis:
If The Moms Marching Today Are Serious About Winning...
Jesse Jackson Sr:
Mother Of All Mom Marches Can Stifle Gun Lobby
Gwynne Dyer:
'Rogue State" Scare-Talk Designed To Prop Up The Favorite Boondoggle Of The US Military-Industrial Complex
David Ignatius:
Billion-Dollar Corporate Tax Cheats
Saturday, May 13
Carlos Guerra:
Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish On Health-Care Insurance
David Shribman:
The Truth About The Civil War: American History Has Become Antiseptic In The Telling
Rick Fournier:
When McCain Says The Wrong Side Won, He Misses The Point
Friday, May 12
Madison Capital Times:
Wellstone For President
Nancy Beiles:
What Monsanto Knew:
Outraged By PCB Contamination, An Alabama Town Unearths A Company's Past
Richard Burnett:
Dr. Laura, Heal Thyself
Michael Lelyveld:
A Little Pressure From Exporters And Clinton Lifts Nuclear Sanctions Against India
Thursday, May 11
Donella Meadows:Adbuster's Kalle Lasn is Mad As Heck And Isn't Going To Take It Any More
Norman Solomon:
Overcoming The Hazards of Media Monoculture
John Nichols:
Huffington's Evolving, Pointing To The Future
Howard Metzenbaum/Mark Cooper:
Microsoft Breakup Will Restore Competition
Hugo Young:
Dubya Edges Towards The Presidency. An Ugly Prospect
Farai Chideya:
Will Candidates Courageously Seek Death-Penalty Moratorium?
David Wright/Theodore Postol:
Missile Defense System Won't Work
Wednesday, May 10
Kelly Candaele/Peter Dreier:
Living Wage: Big Money's Wolf In Sheep's Clothing In Santa Monica
Laura Flanders:
Move Over, Pacifica!
Here Come Indy Media
Kansas City Star:
Was The US Bombing Of The Chinese Embassy 'A Deliberate Mistake'?
Jodi Vandenberg- Daves:
Million Mom March Recalls The Power Of Long Tradition Of Maternal Politics
Tuesday, May 9
Sean Gonsalves:
Oh Pardon Me. There Goes My Silly Utopianism Again
John Nichols:
Lust For Special Interest Cash Ruins Dems
Delphine Djiraibe/Korinna Horta:
Will It Be Business As Usual At The World Bank?
Maude Barlow:
Desperate Bolivians Fought Street Battles To Halt
A Water-For-Profit Scheme
Richard Dudman:
A Sad Look Back From Saigon
Ali Abunimah:
Most Terrorist Attacks On US Are Not From The Middle East
Eric Sterling:
And Justice For All? Our Anti-Drug Sentencing Is Perverse
Glen Milner:
Arms-Reduction Failures And The Trident Factor
Monday, May 8
Eric Alterman:
‘New Media’ Is Talk Of ‘Old Media’: There’s No Getting Away From Online Journalism Anymore
Ralph Nader:
Error Message:
Microsoft Has Performed An Illegal Function And Should Be Shut Down
Salim Muwakkil:
Racial Injustice System: Americans Have Become Conditioned To Link Crime With Complexion
Dave Zweifel:
Toe The Line, Says Nike Heel, Or Pay The Price
Andrew Cohen:
History's Mythmakers Are Letting George Wallace Off Too Easy
Sunday, May 7
Muriel Gray:
Anarchy Can't Save A World Controlled By Filthy Lucre
Joan Mcqueeney Mitric:
'Reagan Medical Center' Honor Not Earned
Kenny Kemp:
London Stock Exchange Chief Backs Anti-Capitalists
Robert Kuttner:
Prescriptions For An Unfair Economy
Saturday, May 6
Going Forward:
Coming Soon To A Car Dealer Near You: The Beginning Of A New Era
Anthony Lewis:
Vietnam: Ghosts
Jesse Jackson:
Juvenile Injustice: A Scandal Scarring The Lives Of An Entire Generation Of American Children
Matthew Rothschild:
Washington Post And Newsweek Defend Vietnam War
Friday, May 5
Ken Silverstein:
Gore's Oil Money:
What's Good For Occidental Is Bad For Colombia's U'was
Robert Tabscott:
Profile In Courage: John Peter Altgeld & The Haymarket Pardons
Paul Parker:
Let's Not Privatize Our Oceans
Rick Salutin:
May Day: Capitalism In Distress
Susan Milligan:
Profile In Arrogance: Congressman Lantos Vs Injured 13-Year Old Boy
Thursday, May 4
John Nichols:
Another Reason To Despise GW Bush: Dirty Tricks On Jim Hightower
Elaine Holstein:
My Son Died 30 Years Ago At Kent State
Chalmers Johnson:
The Consequences Of Our Actions Abroad: Americans Feeling the Effects of 'Blowback'
Bob Herbert:
A Fool's Errand
Wednesday, May 3
Bob Norman:
Donato's Closet:
When An INS Officer Confronted el Pescador And Elian, He Didn't Know What He Was Facing
Norman Solomon:
Ad Industry: Special Treatment for Women
Simon Jenkins:
Lights, Camera, Action... and Damned Lies
New York Times:
A Needless Showdown Over Vieques
Jamie Court:
Human Vs. Corporate Rights To Genetic Information
Martin Nolan:
What The Nation Learned At Kent State In 1970
Dennis Hans:
Colombia, 60
Minutes and 'The Year of Improving Significantly'
Robert Jensen:
Vietnam War Is A Study In US Crimes
Tuesday, May 2
On The 10th Anniversary:
The Lost Dreams of Bert DeLeeuw
Sean Gonsalves:
Who Is And Who-ism?
Matthew Miller:
Microsoft's Monopoly: Epic Arrogance & Mega-Profits
Dorothy Ehrlich:
Big Brother Is Watching -- On Trains, Streets, in Schools
Ed Quillen:
If Vietnam Was A Noble Cause, Why Were There So Many Lies?
James Carroll:
Emerson, Thoreau, and the Walk for Hunger
Dan Hamburg:
Pandering Californian Pols Keep Fighting Losing War On Marijuana
Monday, May 1
Ralph Nader:
Coke's Alleged Racism:
African American Employees Rally, Call For Boycott
Rob Hotakainen:
Wellstone Acts Alone To Block Bankruptcy Bill
Ruth Coniff:
There Are Many Stories About Weird Political Couplings In Washington. But Ralph Nader And Phyllis Schlafly?
Cecil Johnson:
Broken British, US Promises Fueled Land Protests In Zimbabwe
Salim Muwakkil:
GOP & Elian: Heading Down The Wrong Road Again
Bob Herbert:
GOP 'Big Tent' Is Shrinking
Rick Rozoff:
Vietnam:
Prism And Touchstone
George Beres:
U Of Oregon & NIKE: Donor-Dazzled, Beware: How Quickly Knight Can Fall
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