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"ENDURING TRUTHS," CHANGING MARKETS
by Noam Chomsky

Freed from Cold War shackles, say apologists, US foreign policy has new
opportunities to do good. But as the US applies its enduring values, the main beneficiaries remain corporations and the US military

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BIG BROTHER GOES HIGH-TECH
by David Banisar

Cooperation between the military and commercial sectors is producing high-tech equipment that threatens to destroy traditional concepts of privacy and endangers human rights here and around the world. by Jose Palafox

MILITARIZING THE BORDER
by Jose Palafax

From San Diego to the Rio Grande Valley, US soldiers are on duty. First it was the War on Drugs, now they have an additional mission: blocking Mexico's emigrants.

PEPPER SPRAY MADNESS
by Lynne Wilson

Sometimes intended to punish or inflict street justice, pepper spray is used to control civil unrest as well as unruly criminal suspects. It has been involved in at least 60 deaths in the US.

THE GUYANA GOLD MINING DISASTER: POISON IN THE LIFELINE
by Nazim Baksh

The devastating breach of the tailings pond at one of South America's
largest gold mines released millions of gallons of cyanide-laced sludge
and spurred pressure to restrain foreign development at the expense of
the population and the environment.

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DISMANTLING YUGOSLAVIA, COLONIZING BOSNIA
by Michel Chossudovsky

While Western soldiers make headlines as peace-enforcers, an army
of international bankers, lawyers, and creditors continues a process of
economic conquest that underlies the Balkan crisis. With a photo
essay by Paul Harris.

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THE BROWNING OF RUSSIA
by John Feffer

Since the dissolution of the USSR, Russian nationalism has gained
wide acceptance, coloring the politics and culture of the country from
the fringe to the mainstream. US economic policies have exacerbated
this growing chauvinism.

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THE GHOSTS OF KWANGJU: US/KOREAN PARTNERSHIP IN REPRESSION
by Bill Mesler

After 20 years, the government of Korea is finally investigating the Kwangju massacre. Now, two former presidents face possible execution for crimes which the US ignored or abetted, but so far, the US role remains shrouded.

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THE LA BELLE DISCO BOMBING: TEN YEARS LATER
by John Goetz

US warplanes attacked Libya after Reagan claimed Qaddafi was
behind a fatal Berlin bombing. Now, documents from East German
spy files raise new questions.

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OFF THE SHELF: BOOKS OF INTEREST
by Phillip Smith

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