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Fisk: Egypt: Death throes of a dictatorship
Znet Article, January, 30 2011
Robert Fisk
Fisk's ZSpace page
Fisk joins protesters atop a Cairo tank as the army shows signs of backing the people against Mubarak's regime.
Prince: The Middle East Becoming A Major U.S. Policy Failure?
Znet Article, January, 30 2011
Rob Prince
Prince's ZSpace page
It is not just the governments of different Arab countries that are in crisis as the media would have us believe.
Bond: Dethroning King Coal in 2011, from West Virginia (January) to Durban (December)
Commentary, January, 30 2011
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
South Africa’s crust was drill-pocked with abandon since Kimberley diamonds were found in 1867 and then Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) gold was unearthed in 1886.
Barry: Egypt Interview
Audio, January, 29 2011
Tighe Barry
Barry's ZSpace page
Tighe describes a different situation from what we get through the US media.
Olson: Washington’s Egyptian Nightmare
Commentary, January, 28 2011
Gary Olson
Olson's ZSpace page
As I watch events unfolding on the streets of Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt and elsewhere in the region I'm reminded of a summer I spent in Egypt studying Arabic language and Middle East politics at The American University in Cairo.
Fisk: Egypt's Mubarak Regime May Not Survive New Protests As Flames Of Anger Spread Through Middle East
Znet Article, January, 28 2011
Robert Fisk
Fisk's ZSpace page
Egypt's ageing President Hosni Mubarak is clinging to power...
El-Hamalawy: Thousands Protest in Egypt in Largest Popular Challenge to Mubarak in 30 Years
Znet Article, January, 27 2011
Hossam El-Hamalawy
El-Hamalawy's ZSpace page
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Egypt in the largest popular challenge to longtime president Hosni Mubarak since he came into office 30 years ago.
Porter: Algeria and Tunisia: Separate Paths of Insurgency
Znet Article, January, 24 2011
David Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
Relatively ignored by those observing the vigorous grassroots insurgency and forced political change in Tunisia was the simultaneous widespread upheaval in neighboring Algeria.
Podur: More such philanthrocapitalism we shall be utterly undone
Znet Article, January, 23 2011
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Another attempt at an answer might be to identify certain things that billionaires won't ever do. Call this my challenge to the philanthrocapitalists.
Hochschild: Patrice Lumumba
Znet Article, January, 22 2011
Adam Hochschild
Hochschild's ZSpace page
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba.
Ryan: Chocolate Nations: Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa
Book, January, 20 2011
FROM BEAN TO BAR - WHERE DOES YOUR CHOCOLATE COME FROM?
Fisk: The brutal truth about Tunisia
Znet Article, January, 19 2011
Robert Fisk
Fisk's ZSpace page
Bloody turmoil won’t necessarily presage the dawn of democracy.
Prince: Tunisia: Yezzi Fock! (It’s Enough)
Znet Article, January, 13 2011
Rob Prince
Prince's ZSpace page
The situation is intensifying in the face of growing, if not massive, repression.
Prince: Tunisia’s Zine Ben Ali
Znet Article, December, 31 2010
Rob Prince
Prince's ZSpace page
For a moment it appeared the protests would die down, but instead they re-ignited throughout the Tunisian interior, including in Kairouan, Gafsa, Redeyef, Meknassy, Bouzayane and have been going on for more than a week now.
Prince: Deconstructing Tunileaks
Znet Article, December, 22 2010
Rob Prince
Prince's ZSpace page
Nawaat invited Rob Prince to share his thoughts on the leaked diplomatic cables from the US embassy in Tunisia.
Prince: WikiLeaks Reveals U.S. Twisted Ethiopia's Arm to Invade Somalia
Znet Article, December, 19 2010
Rob Prince
Prince's ZSpace page
A released WikiLeaks cables suggests U.S. pressure on Ethiopia to invade its neighbor.
Smith: Wikileaks Cables
Znet Article, December, 10 2010
Dave Smith
Smith's ZSpace page
US embassy cables reveal top executive's claims that company 'knows everything' about key decisions in government ministries.
Bond: A Climate Conference, Old And New Oil Curses, And Norwegian ‘Good Samaritans’
Znet Article, November, 23 2010
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
The stench of rotting blubber would hang for days over The Bluff in South Durban, thanks to Norwegian immigrants whose harpooning skills helped stock the town with cooking fat, margarine and soap, starting about a century ago.
Authors: South African Workers Occupy Abandoned Factory
Video, November, 17 2010
Many Authors
Authors's ZSpace page
A first in South Africa...
Jowit: Cotton Subsidies Costing West African Farmers £155M A Year, Report Reveals
Znet Article, November, 16 2010
Juliette Jowit
Jowit's ZSpace page
Cotton farmers in west Africa are losing out on vital income because of subsidies paid to rival growers in the EU, US, China and India, Fairtrade Foundation says
