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Halimi: Anything’s Possible Now
Znet Article, March, 30 2013
Serge Halimi
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In Europe, where there’s a will there’s a way. Provided of course that the right target is chosen: not shareholders, not creditors, but the holders of deposit accounts
Halimi: Tunisia’s Revolution Annexed
Znet Article, March, 02 2013
Serge Halimi
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Almost everyone in Tunisia believes that the benefits of the revolution are in danger
Halimi: The Wrong Choice
Znet Article, February, 09 2013
Serge Halimi
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It is only when it is too late, when all other options have been rejected, that we are asked to choose between bad and worse
Halimi: Give Us Your Money
Znet Article, January, 10 2013
Serge Halimi
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This is a return to the age of the robber barons
Halimi: Back to Gaza Again
Znet Article, December, 01 2012
Serge Halimi
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Has the Arab Spring made so little difference in the Middle East that the same scenario can be repeated in Gaza four years after Operation Cast Lead
Halimi: What Happens When You Can’t Trust The State
Znet Article, November, 04 2012
Serge Halimi
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There would seem to be no chance that a man who made a fortune out of financial speculation might reach the White House just four years after private banks caused a crisis
Halimi: Time to Stop and Read
Znet Article, October, 07 2012
Serge Halimi
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The real purpose of an independent newspaper is to help readers to learn and understand. It can make order out of chaos, not just add more random information to that chaos
Halimi: Bad, or Worse?
Znet Article, September, 06 2012
Serge Halimi
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Millions of Americans disenchanted with Obama’s weakness will still be forced to make the usual choice offered in the US, that between bad and worse
Halimi: Alexander Cockburn
Znet Article, August, 01 2012
Serge Halimi
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Alex Cockburn's writing helped thousands of US activists to follow their convictions when all around were telling them to get back in line
Halimi: Radical Solutions
Znet Article, June, 04 2012
Serge Halimi
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Last month’s student protests in Quebec have made it clear, yet again, that austerity policies cannot be imposed except by authoritarian methods
Halimi: Sacking Sarkozy Won’t be Enough
Znet Article, April, 01 2012
Serge Halimi
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The new French president will have to make a decision about a European treaty that would demand still greater austerity
Halimi: Saudi Arabia’s Free Pass
Znet Article, March, 04 2012
Serge Halimi
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Saudi Arabia’s record is no better than Iran’s when it comes to respect for human rights. Yet the international community always manages to overlook the Wahhabi monarchy
Halimi: Tobin Isn’t Enough Now
Znet Article, February, 04 2012
Serge Halimi
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From now on, we must insist that the banks cease to be in the hands of private interests
Halimi: Where Did the Left Go?
Znet Article, November, 05 2011
Serge Halimi
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As capitalism faces the worst economic crisis since the1930s, the parties of the left are silent or embarrassed
Halimi: Europe’s Wakeup Call
Znet Article, July, 05 2011
Serge Halimi
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This is not a technical and financial debate but a political and social battle
Halimi: There are Now No Middle Eastern Certainties
Znet Article, May, 04 2011
Serge Halimi
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The democratic Arab revolts are redrawing political, diplomatic and ideological boundaries in the Middle East
Halimi: Not Quite The Whole Truth
Znet Article, January, 02 2011
Serge Halimi
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The world narrowly escaped nuclear war in October 1962...
Halimi: Neither Fair Nor Equitable
Znet Article, December, 04 2010
Serge Halimi
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Neo-liberals are worrying about the poor nowadays. Britain’s Conservative prime minister David Cameron proposes a massive increase in university tuition fees, already raised by his Labour predecessor, Tony Blair.
Halimi: France Says No
Znet Article, October, 30 2010
Serge Halimi
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France hasn’t seen demonstrations like this for 40 years....
Halimi: Look. Then think
Znet Article, September, 22 2010
Serge Halimi
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Bibi Aisha was on the cover of Time magazine last month, a young Afghan woman with no ears or nose; it is claimed that she was deliberately mutilated because of the Taliban.
Halimi: US Healthcare Sham
Znet Article, September, 03 2009
Serge Halimi
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A Republican Congress and President Bill Clinton abolished a welfare programme in 1996 under the (largely fallacious) pretext that it bred fraud, waste and abuse. Thirteen years on, the reforms that Barack Obama is proposing will not fundamentally...
Halimi: A People Abandoned
Znet Article, February, 03 2009
Serge Halimi
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Israel is free to do as it likes. Its army had already destroyed most of the Palestinian infrastructure funded by the EU and there had been little or no reaction, no legal action, no call for reparations.
Halimi: What's the G20 for?
Znet Article, December, 11 2008
Serge Halimi
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The rich men's club, founded 34 years ago, was beginning to show its age. It had become too exclusive, too western, too cosy. Initially, Asia was only represented by Japan, which generally had nothing to say, and Latin America and Africa were not ...
Halimi: US seen to decline... even back in 1952
Znet Article, November, 05 2008
Serge Halimi
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In 1952, when the US was at the very height of its power, General Douglas MacArthur warned fellow Americans of "our own relative decline, our inability to conserve resources, the rising burden of our fiscal commitments, an astronomically rising pu...
Halimi: Us Presidential Election Special Dossier
Znet Article, October, 05 2008
Serge Halimi
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How could the Republicans boast about their liberal values and their record in government when public funds are currently being used to fill the black hole created by US banks? Most Americans are in sour mood, as rising energy prices reduce their ...
Halimi: Russia gets its act together
Znet Article, September, 02 2008
Serge Halimi
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The question of responsibility for the hostilities in the Caucasus shouldn't worry us too much. Less than a week after Georgia's invasion, two well-known French commentators said it was old stuff. An influential neo-conservative from the United St...
Halimi: Obama
Znet Article, August, 14 2008
Serge Halimi
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Barack Obama is a lucky man: young, of mixed race, thought likely to make it to the White House, to succeed one of the most unpopular presidents in US history. He appears better equipped than anyone else to "renew American leadership in the world"...
Halimi: European Style: Nobody Loves It
Znet Article, July, 08 2008
Serge Halimi
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Imagine a man on trial for his life. The jury brings in a verdict of not guilty, so the judge immediately invites counsel for the prosecution to complete his closing speech, and then the accused is found guilty and sentenced to death. The Irish re...
Halimi: Less Isn't More
Znet Article, June, 03 2008
Serge Halimi
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Life is getting harder for most people...
Halimi: Speculate to Accumulate
Znet Article, May, 08 2008
Serge Halimi
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The International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organisation promised that more trade would help to eradicate poverty and hunger. Foodcrops? Self-sufficiency in food? They had a better idea. Local farms would be closed down or encouraged to co...
