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Bond: World Financial Volatility
Commentary, December, 27 2004
Patrick Bond
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World financial volatility
Shiva: Terra Madre: A Celebration Of Living Economies
Commentary, November, 26 2004
Vandana2 Shiva
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In a world dominated by fear and fragmentation, dispensability and despair a magical gathering of food communities Ð Terra Madre Ð took place in Turin, Italy, from 20-22 October 2004. Slow Food, the movement that has put the culture of growing and...
Iqtidar: The Budget and Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan
Znet Article, October, 06 2004
Humeira Iqtidar
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The newly announced budget in Pakistan relies heavily on the World Bank and IMF’s preferred mode of poverty reduction, liberalization that is supposed to generate investment, preferably foreign, leading to employment, eventually culminatin...
Hoodbhoy: Pluralism in Pakistan
Znet Article, September, 30 2004
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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The following article, published in June in Dawn (Pakistan), was in response to a strong article by the head of one of the most powerful and intolerant religious-political parties, published a few days earlier in Dawn. In summer 2001, while vi...
Monbiot: Proliferation Treaty
Commentary, September, 29 2004
George Monbiot
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Of course Iran wants the bomb, and the international system has given it everything it needs to build one.
Meacher: The Pakistan Connection
Znet Article, July, 23 2004
Michael Meacher
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The Pakistan Connection
Hussain: The Bankruptcy of Pakistan's Foreign Policy
Znet Article, April, 20 2004
Faheem Hussain
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After the events of the last three weeks in Iraq and Palestine it was disgusting to read the words of Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesman, Masood Khan, at the weekly Foreign Office briefing in Islamabad on April 19th as reported in today's (20th A...
Dixon: Pakistan
Znet Article, February, 16 2004
Norm Dixon
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As proof continues to mount that US President George Bush's administration systematically lied about Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to justify invading the oil-Rich Persian Gulf country, it has been revealed that Pakistan, ...
Mondragon: Colombia at Cancun: How the Trojan Horse Failed
Commentary, October, 15 2003
Hector Mondragon
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When, one after another, the delegates of the WTO ministerial in Cancun were confessing that the meeting had failed and that there was no agreement, they were also confessing the failure of Colombia's Minister of External Commerce, Jorge Humberto ...
Edwards: Feigned Media Psychosis
Commentary, October, 10 2003
David Edwards
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Access Denied
Iqtidar: Free Trade and Development in Pakistan
Znet Article, August, 12 2003
Humeira Iqtidar
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The recent budget proposed by Shaukat Aziz presents more evidence of the continuation of neo-liberal, IMF-dictated policies of the current government. It also reflects the ex-banker's overriding pre-occupation with macro-economic management rather...
Bond: Rolling Back Water Privatisation
Commentary, August, 05 2003
Patrick Bond
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Another water war is brewing here in Johannesburg. If local and international trends are anything to go by, the people could defeat capital.
Choudry: WTO In Montreal
Commentary, August, 01 2003
Aziz Choudry
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In early June, Canada's trade minister, Pierre Pettigrew exultantly announced the death of the "anti-globalization" movement. "I draw great satisfaction out of the fact that the phenomenon of anti-globalization has completely disappeared", he crow...
Edwards: Beating Up The Cheerleader
Commentary, July, 30 2003
David Edwards
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Government Attacks On The BBC Reflect Government Totalitarianism Not BBC Radicalism
Iqtidar: The Privatization Of FC College: A Stand Against Talibanization In Pakistan?
Znet Article, July, 23 2003
Humeira Iqtidar
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The privatization of a men’s college in Lahore has raised strong feelings across the country. There are two grounds for this controversy. First, this privatization has taken place despite assurances, agreements and official memoranda from ...
Choudry: Bilateral Investment And Trade Deals No Fairytale
Commentary, June, 23 2003
Aziz Choudry
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The recent explosion of bilateral investment and trade agreements and investor-state disputes is of growing concern. Many mobilisations against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) aim to stop attempts by industrialised countries to kickstart talks ...
Choudry: Sleeping Beauty And Prince Charming: Bilateral Deals Are No Fairytale
Commentary, June, 14 2003
Aziz Choudry
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The recent explosion of bilateral investment and trade agreements and investor-state disputes is of growing concern. Many mobilisations against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) aim to stop attempts by industrialised countries to kickstart talks...
Iqtidar: Pakistan And Argentina
Znet Article, June, 08 2003
Humeira Iqtidar
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Pakistan owed $2.07 billion to the IMF at the end of March 2003. This represents a sharp rise from $1.55 billion in June 2000. The power that the IMF exerts on our policy formulation as a result of this immense and increasing indebtedness cannot b...
Hoodbhoy: Terror In Okara
Commentary, May, 24 2003
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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On 11 May 2003, Amer Ali, a 60-year old peasant of Chak 4-L of Okara district, made his last good-neighbourly visit to the adjoining village, Chak 5-L. As the old man hobbled out of his hosts' house to see what was going on, he was cut down by a h...
Wise: So This Is What War Looks Like?
Commentary, April, 03 2003
Tim Wise
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Well, now we know.
