Articles by Hans Bennett
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THE VOICES OF PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
Hans Bennett - Upside Down Word,
26 Jan 2010
A review of Venezuela Speaks! Voices from the GrassrootsThere are many different ways that the corporate media continues to misrepresent the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. Many critics of this biased media coverage have directly challenged the demonization of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, but very few critics, if any, have exposed the media’s virtual erasure of […]
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Hans Bennett and Staughton Lynd – ZNet,
5 Dec 2009
On January 1, 1994, the now-infamous North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect. That same day, the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), rose up and launched a military offensive that occupied towns throughout the state of Chiapas, in Mexico. The EZLN, or "Zapatistas" had been covertly organizing for many years, but they specifically […]
→ read full articleMUMIA ABU-JAMAL FACES US SUPREME COURT, SUPPORTERS MOBILIZE GLOBALLY
Hans Bennett,
23 Dec 2008
On Friday, December 19, 2008, death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal filed his appeal to the US Supreme Court, asking it to consider his case for a new guilt-phase trial. One month before, the Philadelphia District Attorney filed its separate appeal to the US Supreme Court asking to have Abu-Jamal executed without a new sentencing-phase trial. At […]
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