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Bond: Thabo Mbeki addresses his compatriots
Commentary, February, 18 2002
Patrick Bond
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South African president Thabo Mbeki's opening of parliament on February 8 was eagerly awaited, and began with a grand motif: "The global struggle to eradicate poverty and underdevelopment is fundamental to the well-being of human society."
Hoodbhoy: The Wages of Obedience
Znet Article, February, 11 2002
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Buried under the rubble of the World Trade Centre lies a decade-worth of Pakistani foreign policy. Faced by a furious United States, Pakistan's establishment abandoned what had earlier been declared as vital national security interests. First, Pak...
Bello: Porto Alegre Social Summit Sets Stage for Counteroffensive against Globalization
Commentary, February, 02 2002
Walden Bello
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Porto Alegre is not exactly a Third World city. Located in one of BrazilÕs more prosperous states, Rio Grande do Sul, and populated by people mainly of European stock, this city of 1.2 million people is First World when it comes to infrastructure ...
Bond: Zimbabwe: On the brink of change, or of a coup?
Commentary, February, 01 2002
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
Here comes the most fascinating election of 2002: Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe through guerrilla war to liberation from Rhodesian colonists in 1980, facing a presidential vote in March where the challenger is Morgan Tsvangirai, who led the Zimb...
Shiva: Terrorism As Cannibalism
Commentary, January, 25 2002
Vandana2 Shiva
Shiva's ZSpace page
Year 2001 will be etched in our memory as a year in which the vicious cycle of violence was unleashed worldwide. Of the Taliban bombing the two thousand year old images of peace, the Buddhas of Bamiyan.
Zunes: The Long and Hidden History of the U.S in Somalia
Znet Article, January, 21 2002
Stephen Zunes
Zunes's ZSpace page
The East African nation of Somalia is being mentioned with increasing frequency as the next possible target in the U.S.-led war against international terrorism. With what passes for the central government controlling little more than a section of ...
Albert: Democracy Is Coming To Pacifica
Commentary, January, 13 2002
Michael Albert
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PacificaÕs struggle is in a new phase, about to take a big leap forward. Countless activists have pursued diverse strategies and have resisted recriminations and have now finally overcome reactionary obstacles. A majority progressive interim board...
Albert: Democracy Is Coming To Pacifica
Znet Article, January, 11 2002
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Pacifica’s struggle is in a new phase, about to take a big leap forward. Countless activists have pursued diverse strategies and have resisted recriminations and have now finally overcome reactionary obstacles. A majority progressive inter...
Albert: Extending U.S. Dominance
Zmag Article, January, 01 2002
Michael Albert
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Extending U.S. Dominance
Albert: Urgent Patient Tasks
Zmag Article, January, 01 2002
Michael Albert
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Urgent Patient Tasks
Bond: Momentum Returns to the Movements against Corporate Globalisation
Commentary, December, 17 2001
Patrick Bond
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I was glad to see Mokhiber/Weissman writing for ZNet last week on the durability of the anti-neoliberal movement. Here in Johannesburg, September 11 came and went, with linkages made between the Left peace movement's urgent agenda--anti-war demons...
Shiva: Doha: Saving Wto, Killing Democracy
Commentary, December, 04 2001
Vandana2 Shiva
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Doha was described by Robert Zoellick, the U.S. Trade Representative, as having "removed the stain of Seattle". Seattle stands as a historical watershed, through which citizens mobilised democratically to respond to free-trade treaties and agenda...
Shiva: Bioterror And Biosafety
Zmag Article, December, 01 2001
Vandana Shiva
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Bioterror And Biosafety
Albert: On Terror And War
Zmag Article, December, 01 2001
Michael Albert
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On Terror And War
Bond: Interpreting Thabo Mbeki's various African initiatives
Commentary, November, 18 2001
Patrick Bond
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Thabo Mbeki's speech last Saturday morning at the UN is the highest-profile opportunity yet for the South African leader to plead for a permanent Security Council seat for Africa. He's already been told that two seats--his first prize (presumably ...
Shiva: Biotech Companies As Bioterrorists
Commentary, November, 06 2001
Vandana2 Shiva
Shiva's ZSpace page
While the public is preoccupied by an anthrax scare, another act of bio-terrorism is threatening India's farmers and our rich biodiversity.
Albert: WhatÕs So Complex About It?
Commentary, October, 19 2001
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
In the past few weeks I have minutely explored, often with Stephen Shalom, multifold concerns about September 11 and the Òwar on terrorism.Ó With him I have tried to calmly and soberly respond to all kinds of concerns people feel. I recommend doin...
Albert: What’s So Complex About It?
Commentary, October, 19 2001
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
In the past few weeks I have minutely explored, often with Stephen Shalom, multifold concerns about September 11 and the “war on terrorism.†With him I have tried to calmly and soberly respond to all kinds of concerns people feel. ...
Shiva: Solidarity Against All Forms of Terrorism
Commentary, October, 03 2001
Vandana2 Shiva
Shiva's ZSpace page
18th September was the day for solidarity with victims of the September 11th terrorist attack on the U.S. I joined the millions to observe two minutes silence at 10:30 a.m. for those who lost their lives in the assault on the World Trade Centre an...
Albert: Albert Interviews Chomsky
Commentary, September, 29 2001
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
I sent six questions to Noam Chomsky. His answers, by email, are below.
