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- Friday, Sep 12, 2008
ZNet Article In the late 1990s, well before Bush’s ‘war on terror’, New Zealand TV screened a particularly awful US action drama called ‘Soldier of Fortune Inc.’, about an elite team (composed of former US Marines, Delta Force, CIA, British SAS personnel) who ... -
- Monday, Oct 22, 2007
Commentary The New Zealand Government must be stopped. At home and abroad. -
- Saturday, Jul 23, 2005
ZNet Article I went to Bretton Woods, but all I got was this lousy t-shirt. Amazingly, it's not a 'one size fits all' and it's not full of holes.
Walking through the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods two years ago, in the New Hampshire mountain resort a... -
- Saturday, May 22, 2004
Commentary While US forces bombed, murdered and maimed their way to "freedom" and "democracy" in Falluja and across Iraq, George Bush reiterated his vision for the Middle East to the US public on April 13th, 2004: -
- Monday, Mar 29, 2004
Commentary Every time I visit Bangkok I see it. "Power is nothing without control" reads an advertising billboard for a transnational tyre company near Chulalongkorn University. This February, PirelliÕs slogan summed up the US philosophy for its proposed bil... -
- Saturday, Mar 06, 2004
Commentary The similarities between George W Bush and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and the electioneering underway in both countries are both surreal and striking. -
- Saturday, Jan 31, 2004
Commentary Are bilateral deals the Òsmart bombsÓ of US trade and investment policy? -
- Monday, Dec 01, 2003
ZMag Article We
cannot afford to bask in the movement successes at the World Trade
Organization (WTO) talks at Cancun. With echoes of Bush’s “either
with us or against us” dualism, U.S. Trade Represe... -
- Friday, Nov 28, 2003
Commentary Terror, invasion, occupation and militarization are hallmarks of the US-led corporate recolonisation of Iraq. But they have long been the hallmarks of colonialism and imperialism the world over. -
- Thursday, Nov 20, 2003
Commentary Terror, invasion, occupation and militarization are hallmarks of the US-led corporate recolonisation of Iraq. But they have long been the hallmarks of colonialism and imperialism the world over. -
- Tuesday, Oct 28, 2003
Commentary Fresh from visiting CaliforniaÕs Governor-Terminator, His Imperial Majesty jetted off to Asia É -
- Friday, Oct 17, 2003
Commentary Colin Powell says that its work is "amazing". In 2001, it received what the media dubbed the biggest ever grant to an environmental organization - US $261 million spread over 10 years. Its website proclaims: "A passionate few can make the differen... -
- Tuesday, Sep 23, 2003
ZNet Article ZNet: Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book is about? What is it trying to communicate?
"Effective Strategies In Confronting Transnational Corporations" is the product of a collaborative research project which I recently coordinated for t... -
- Monday, Sep 08, 2003
Commentary ItÕs enough to make your eyes glaze over. -
- Monday, Aug 25, 2003
Commentary In the lead-up to SeptemberÕs Ministerial Meeting in Cancun, much of the opposition to the so-called Singapore Issues (or new issues) has focussed on attempts to kickstart negotiations on a multilateral investment agreement at the World Trade Orga... -
- Friday, Aug 01, 2003
Commentary 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... -
- Wednesday, Jul 30, 2003
ZNet Article 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... -
- Thursday, Jul 24, 2003
Commentary With a January 1, 2005 deadline for the conclusion of World Trade Organisation negotiations fast approaching, the heat is on to overcome an embarrassing stalemate before the Fifth WTO Ministerial Meeting in Cancun from 10-14 September. The state ... -
- Monday, Jun 30, 2003
Commentary The "Fix It or Nix It", and "Shrink or Sink" sign-on statements about the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have been circulating around the world for over three years now. In that time, there have been no signs that the WTO is going to "shrink" or c... -
- Monday, Jun 23, 2003
Commentary 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 ... -
- Saturday, Jun 14, 2003
Commentary 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... -
- Friday, May 30, 2003
Commentary The Bush Administration, in the interests of Corporate America (how can anyone tell where one ends and the other begins?) is on the warpath again. Like its Òwar on terrorÓ, it is fighting on several fronts. -
- Friday, May 09, 2003
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- Saturday, Apr 19, 2003
Commentary Located in the USA's corn belt, St Louis is hometown to Monsanto and several other leading biotech corporations. Bob Holden, Missouri's Republican governor, wants the state to be a world leader in "life sciences". -
- Sunday, Mar 30, 2003
Commentary Semantics, US Soldiers and The Philippines -
- Friday, Mar 28, 2003
Commentary As we mobilize against the murderous onslaught on Iraq we cannot afford to ignore US military operations in other parts of the world. -
- Thursday, Mar 20, 2003
Commentary ÒForever New FrontiersÓ. Was this the motto of Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, James Cook, the conquistadores as they sought new territories to conquer, resources to plunder and control and peoples to exterminate or enslave for the empir... -
- Friday, Feb 21, 2003
Commentary It seems this commentary did not go out properly last night, so I am remailing it. Apologies to anyone who gets it twice! -
- Monday, Feb 17, 2003
Commentary Since childhood, I have been fascinated by maps and placenames. But lately I have been wondering whether health warnings should be placed on maps and signs for streets, towns and landmarks just as parents are warned about the possible effects on c... -
- Saturday, Jan 25, 2003
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