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Roblin: Ugandan Spring?: “Instability” Spreads to East Africa
Znet Article, May, 09 2011
Stephen Roblin
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The government's violent crackdown on the smallest displays of dissent has triggered “unexpected levels of activism,”
Bond: As Climate Summit Approaches, SA Industrial Policy Hits Green Wall
Commentary, April, 18 2011
Patrick Bond
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Hosting the Durban COP17 – let’s rename it the ‘Conference of Polluters’ – starting in late November puts quite a burden on the African National Congress government in Pretoria: to pretend to be pro-green.
Schaar: Morocco: Can Dinosaurs Become Butterflies?
Znet Article, April, 15 2011
Stuart Schaar
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Faced with a growing pro-democracy movement, King Mohamed VI of Morocco surprised many on March 9 when he declared in a nationally televised speech that he was willing to trim his powers and become a constitutional monarch.
Thakur: Militias and the Challenges of Post-Conflict Peace: Silencing the Guns
Book, April, 14 2011
Bringing together the lessons learned from four intensively-researched case studies the book argues that the overly rigid 'cookie-cutter' approach to demilitaristation is ineffective at meeting the myriad of challenges involving militias.
Patel: No Land! No House! No Vote!
Znet Article, April, 10 2011
Raj Patel
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Before the Soccer World Cup last year, I was asked to write a foreword to an anthology of life stories told by South African pavement dwellers, living on Symphony Way, near Cape Town.
Bennis: Libya's Opposition Calls For A Ceasefire
Znet Article, April, 06 2011
Phyllis Bennis
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The UN Security Council resolution aimed at protecting civilians in Libya started with the call for "the immediate establishment of a ceasefire".
Daniels: Responding to the Winds of Change in Libya: The African Union Has It Right
Commentary, April, 06 2011
Ron Daniels
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The winds of change that have recently swept repressive regimes from power in Tunisia and Egypt and are swirling in Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen are blowing across the sands of Libya, posing the greatest threat to the governmen...
Chomsky: Libya and the World of Oil
Commentary, April, 05 2011
Noam Chomsky
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Last month, at the international tribunal on crimes during the civil war in Sierra Leone, the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor came to an end.
McGehee: Victims of a Civil War: Black Africans in Libya
Znet Article, April, 05 2011
Michael McGehee
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In Libya, where a third of the population are black Africans—it is appropriate to ask: Why aren’t they a part of the rebellion?
Becker: The World Social Forum Returns to Africa
Zmag Article, April, 05 2011
Marc Becker
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Observations from this year's global left gathering
Dembele: Libya: Imperialism - the Real Reasons Behind the Invasion
Znet Article, April, 04 2011
Demba Moussa Dembele
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Three African nations voted for the UN Security Council resolution that opened the door to the Western military intervention in Libya. Demba Moussa Dembele regrets that South Africa, Gabon and Nigeria provided the votes for the resolution to be pa...
Campbell: US Military and Africom: Between the Rocks and the Crusaders
Znet Article, April, 03 2011
Horace Campbell
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The Western bombardment of Gaddafi’s forces in Libya has become an opportunistic public relations ploy for the United States Africa Command (Africom) and a new inroad for US military stronghold on the continent.
Chomsky: Noam Chomsky: On Libya and the Unfolding Crises
Znet Article, March, 31 2011
Noam Chomsky
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An interview on U.S. motives in international relations, intervention in Libya, and Libyan self-determination...
Prince: United States and Algeria Anti-Terrorism Cooperation in Africa
Znet Article, March, 31 2011
Rob Prince
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At about the time that the United States, the European Union and NATO were putting the final touches on their not-so `humanitarian’ interventionalism in Libya, U.S. Middle East policy was developing along quite different lines in Algeria.
Achcar: Libya Debate & Background
Audio, March, 29 2011
Gilbert Achcar
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Gilbert Achcar interviewed on Left Business Observer...
Ovenden: The Arab Revolution Must Stay In Arab Hands - A Response To Gilbert Achcar
Znet Article, March, 29 2011
Kevin Ovenden
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The Arab revolution has widened the left’s horizons. In the region itself there is now a historic possibility of a new radical politics: successful resistance to the hegemonic Western powers and to Israel fused with the movement of the young and p...
Campbell: Opposing Gaddafi’s Massacre And Foreign Intervention In Libya
Znet Article, March, 26 2011
Horace Campbell
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The images of Tomahawk cruise missiles and bombs raining down on Libya from British, French, and US warplanes have ensured that many people now oppose the foreign military intervention in Libya.
Cohn: Stop Bombing Libya
Commentary, March, 22 2011
Marjorie Cohn
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Since Saturday night, the United States, France, and Britain have been bombing Libya with cruise missiles, B-2 stealth bombers, F-16 and F-15 fighter jets, and Harrier attack jets.
Prince: The Libyan Quagmire
Znet Article, March, 21 2011
Rob Prince
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Add Libya to the countries where the United States is up to its waist militarily.
Bennis: UN Declares War On Libya
Commentary, March, 20 2011
Phyllis Bennis
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Libya’s opposition movement faces a ruthless military assault.
