1999

Send the Boy Back to Cuba, Part 2 (12/21/99) - We might have to send Elian Gonzalez back to Cuba, but we don't have to like it.
A Prescription for Permanent Poverty (11/29/99) - Unions want to use anti-trade measures to stifle economic growth in the developing world.
Jello Biafra on the WTO (11/29/99) - The important thing about freedom turns out to be fighting for "community values". Can a love-in with Tipper Gore be far behind?
Drugs, poverty fueling child prostitution in Central America (11/30/99) - But it is jobs in textile factories that are really oppressive.
Why foreign aid doesn't work (11/30/99) - Liberal columnist Bonnie Erbe insists Americans must continue giving aid to foreign nations in order to prop up American businesses.
The Left and the Animal Rights Movement (11/30/99) - Does Z Magazine want an end to AIDS tests?
Leftist censorship in action (11/30/99) - Anti-globalization activists want your help in censoring web sites they disagree with.
The New York Times does the CPUSA debate (12/1/99) - The New York times wonders what the point is of rehashing debates about Soviet espionage in the United States.
Clinton arrives to aftermath of WTO protests (12/1/99) - Activists who complain that the media focused on the violence and destruction in Seattle are being hypocritical.
Escape from North Korea (12/1/99) - A country once defended by the likes of I.F. Stone is now in the elite of countries where famine and tyranny combine to make life intolerable.
Why I Adore Michael Albert (12/1/99) - Z Magazine publishes an article calling for activists to committ acts of vandalism, and then Michael Albert turns around and blames the acts of vandalism in Seattle on the police.
Drudge takes on traditional media over Seattle coverage (12/3/99) - Traditional media coverage of the Seattle World Trade Organization riots sucked.
Statism's Last Gasp? (11/22/99) - Western leaders meet to plan how to maintain their grip on their subject's psyches.
Don't ask, don't tell for conservative sex scandals (11/22/99) - Wiliam F. Buckley urges conservatives not to talk about Hillsdale College's sex scandal.
A Third Way to Government Control of the Internet (11/22/99) - Bill Clinton proposes universal access for the Internet -- and, of course, universal control of the Internet by world governments.
Korten Needs Physics Lesson (11/24/99) - David Korten plans to violate the Second Law of Thermodynamics by reducing waste to zero.
How Not to Save Poor People's Lives (11/24/99) - Doctors Without Borders wants to eliminate patent protection for drugs treatments for diseases that afflict the developing world, which would guarantee a halt into to what little research there is into such diseases.
A Case of Very Bad Timing for Conservatives (11/16/99) - A private, conservative college president can't walk the walk on morality.
How To Refer To Me (11/16/99) - If you're going to insult me, please at least use the proper terms.
What Is Jesse Jackson Thinking? (11/18/99) - Jesse Jackson says defending six hooligans who started a brawl at a football game is just like Nelson Mandela's fight against apartheid.
Big Media: The Left Doesn't Get It (11/18/99) - Leftists argue the free market in broadcast media is responsible for its consolidation. What free market in broadcast media?
Mandatory Student Fees Challenged in the Supreme Court (4/21/00) - Why should college students be forced to subsidized speech with which they disagree?
Some Profundity and Silliness from Lori Wallach on the WTO (11/19/99) - Public Citizen staffer Lori Wallach offers a mixed bag of analyses of the World Trade Organization.
What Caused the Bangladeshi Famine of 1974? (11/19/99) - The Nation says it was respect for property rights, conveniently forgetting that Bangladesh nationalized most of its industries in 1974.
Thanksgiving, Pilgrims and American Socialism (4/21/00) - The Pilgrims were almost wiped out by their socialist economic experiment.
The Same Old Left? (10/26/99) - W.E.B. Dubois' 1950s prediction of the end of democracy was a bit premature, but still good enough for The Nation.
Mumia Abu-Jamal Granted Stay of Execution (10/26/99) - America's most famous cop killer gets a stay of execution.
"Progressive" Holocaust Denial (10/28/99) - Documents show that Leftists who claimed the United States used biological weapons during the Korean War were dupes of a Soviet lie.
Anti-Choice, Anti-Child? (10/28/99) - Katha Pollitt cites selective evidence to make claims about abortion politics and health care.
Everybody Loves A Good Dictator (Carol Mosley Braun controversy) (10/29/99) - Clinton goes to bat for his favorite Democratic shill for repressive dictators.
Mix-up Over Anti-Fascist Display (10/29/99) - Photographs of the German army massacring civilians turn out to be photographs of the Soviet army massacring civilians.
Video Games, Corporations, Free Speech and the Left (10/30/99) - The Left campaign against free speech moves on to Mother Jones.
A Minority of A Different Color (10/30/99) - It turns out that Asian Americans do not constitute a minority.
Benjamin Kepple on Mumia Abu Jamal (10/26/99) - Mumia's supporters protest Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge.
Not Black Enough For Him (Carol Mosley Braun Controversy) (10/30/99) - Carol Mosley Braun's support for dictators does not faze Tom Daschle one bit (surprise!)
Julius Nyere -- ZNet's Favorite Dictator (10/21/99) - Julius Nyere destroyed cooperative organizations, while imposing one-party rule and collectivization on Tanzania. Of course Z Magazine was one of his biggest fans.
A Tale of Two Dictators (10/21/99) - If Pinochet had been smarter, he would have declared himself a socialist.
Howard Zinn On Communism (10/21/99) - Zinn can't imagine why so many people identified the Soviet Union with socialism. It couldn't possibly have been because so many Leftists embraced the Soviet Union, could it?
Legacy of Soviet Germ War Lives On (10/21/99) - Documents show that the Soviet Union engaged in widespread violation of a bioweapons treaty it signed with the United States. Now, how about releasing all U.S. documents related to bioweapons?
Vietnamese dissident denounces harassment (10/21/99) - When Vietnam committed human rights violations, that was okay with the Left. When Nike profits from such human rights violations, the Left finally takes notice.
Pentagon begins inquiry into No Gun Ri (10/21/99) - Americans should not flinch from an inquiry into human rights violations by the U.S. Army, but embrace it as the best of democracy -- holding the state accountable.
The Little Chill by Jamie Glazov (10/22/99) - Jamie Glazov looks at Canadian fellow travelers.
Beyond the Soviet Union? (10/22/99) - Howard Zinn goes out of his way not to offend any of his readers who might be Stalinists.
Our Monumental Mistakes by Eric Foner (10/22/99) - Eric Foner reviews James Loewen's Lies Across America and calls for Americans to de-Stalinize their monuments.
Reno Sounded the FALN Alarm (10/22/99) - Would anti-abortion terrorists have received a pardon from Clinton?
The Case of the Earnest Murderers (11/30/99) - The Soviet Union might have murdered millions of people, but Daniel Singer wants us to remember that they meant well enough.
History, Hypocrisy and The Nation (11/28/99) - The Nation bends over backwards to avoid the obvious conclusion that the Communist Party USA was hip deep in espionage for the Soviet Union.
Left Watch Man of the Century - Karl Marx (12/22/99) - More than any other person over the past two centuries, Karl Marx transformed the world, mostly for the worst.
More Horowitz on the Black Panthers and Their New Left Supporters (12/20/99) - Methinks Stew Albert and Art Goldbert doth protest too much over David Horowitz's claims about the Black Panther Party.
Is Online Voting Dangerous? (12/19/99) - Jeff Jacoby misses the mark when he rails against the the idea of voting over the Internet.
Workplace Injury Rates Keep on Falling (12/16/99) - Hmmm...worker deaths continue to decline as they have throughout the last two decades. Could Noam Chomsky be (gasp) wrong?
Christmas On Campus -- Too PC? (12/16/99) - Both universities and their critics read a bit too much into Christmas festivities.
Murder and the Black Panthers (12/12/99) - David Horowitz and Art Goldberg go to the mat over the murder of Betty Van Patter.
Happy Birthday, Internet (and Barbara Ehrenreich's Mistake) (12/12/99) - In which Barbara Erenrich extolls the virtues of military spending.
The Media and Hate Crimes (12/11/99) - What makes a hate crime a hate crime or how come some murders make national news while others are ignored.
The NationAttacks Genetically Modified Food (12/11/99) - The Nation rises to the dfense of Western farmers against their Third World competitors.
Former Black Panther Now Supports Gun Control (12/11/99) - Bobby Rush spent 6 months in jail in 1969 on a weapons charge, but the former Black Panther calls for strict gun control measures after the shooting death of his son.
Right-wing Anarchism (12/12/99) - Why should left wingers have all the fun with anarchism? Wendy McElroy sets out the case for right wing anarchism.
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid -- of Ralph Nader (12/6/99) - Nader's statist views were on full display in a profile of the wanna-be tyrant in The Nation.
The Nation, Chomsky and the War In Kosovo (12/10/99) - Chomsky ignored the widely publicized dissent over war in Kosovo, while that war takes its precedent from progressive politics.
The Reform Party and Lenora Fulani (12/9/99) - Lenora Fulani controls up to one-third of the delegates necessary to win the Reform Party nomination for president.
Taiwan, 50 Years later (12/19/99) - Taiwan celebrates its 50th anniversary. Taiwan's rocky path offers lessons about how to deal with China, Cuba and othe rerpressive regimes.
The Left's Version of the Culture Wars Featured in Lingua Franca (12/9/99) - Is clear, simple writing a right-wing plot?
Why I Love Capitalism, Reason #538 (12/8/99) - People auction off debris from the Seattle riots on E-Bay.
Fidel Castro, Human Rights Activist (12/7/99) - Castro says he would have handled the Seattle protests against the World Trade Organization differently.
Mainstream Media Finally Gets Seattle Coverage Right (12/6/99) - To anti-globalization protesters, free trade is bad but an unfettered global Internet is good.
David Horowitz on Cornel West (10/20/99) - Horowitz slams Harvard's celebrity scholar.