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Cromwell: Prioritising Profit: Poverty In A Land Of Plenty
Sep 15, 2004
Child Poverty? Who Cares!
Cromwell: Burying Genocide - The Un 'oil For Food' Programme
May 28, 2004
Mainstream media show an astonishing capacity for overlooking western crimes against the people of Iraq: a country utterly devastated by two US-UK wars, and by twelve years of sanctions that resulted in more than a million civilian deaths.
Choudry: Operation Enduring Free Trade
May 22, 2004
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:
Choudry: The Elephant, the Rabbit, the Cobra and the Gold
Mar 29, 2004
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 bilateral f
Choudry: Bush and Arroyo: Big Brother, Little Sister
Mar 06, 2004
The similarities between George W Bush and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and the electioneering underway in both countries are both surreal and striking.
Choudry: Laser-Guided Liberalization and Latin America
Jan 31, 2004
Are bilateral deals the Òsmart bombsÓ of US trade and investment policy?
Cromwell: Balance Sheets, Death and Silence
Dec 21, 2003
The impact of war is always devastating, horrific and routinely sanitised for home audiences by editors and journalists. Robert Fisk, Middle East correspondent for The Independent is a notable exception. "It was a scene from the Crimean War", he observed
Choudry: Blood, Oil, Guns And Bullets
Nov 28, 2003
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.
Choudry: Blood, Oil, Guns And Bullets
Nov 20, 2003
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.
Chomsky: The Iraq War and Contempt for Democracy
Nov 01, 2003
Establishment critics of the war on Iraq restricted their comments regarding the attack to the administration arguments they took to be seriously intended: disarmament, deterrence, and links to terrorism.
Choudry: The Emperor Goes To Asia and Talks Terror
Oct 28, 2003
Fresh from visiting CaliforniaÕs Governor-Terminator, His Imperial Majesty jetted off to Asia É
Choudry: Tarzan, Indiana Jones and Conservation International's Global Greenwash Machine
Oct 17, 2003
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 difference in th
Choudry: Trade Talk: Speaking in Tongues
Sep 08, 2003
ItÕs enough to make your eyes glaze over.
Choudry: Proposed WTO Competition Policy Agreement
Aug 25, 2003
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 Organization
Cromwell: Thought Control
Aug 17, 2003
The Chains of Seduction
Choudry: WTO In Montreal
Aug 01, 2003
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 crowed. On
Choudry: Lurching towards Cancun: Egypt WTO Mini-Ministerial
Jul 24, 2003
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 of play
Choudry: WTO Charm Offensive
Jun 30, 2003
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 can be me
Cromwell: Unravelling Britain's Web Of Deceit
Jun 26, 2003
The title of activist-historian Mark Curtis's recent book tells it all: "Web of Deceit. Britain's Real Role in the World". It is worth quoting immediately from the foreword by journalist John Pilger: "Mark Curtis's
Jan 03, 2005
BBC news coverage is balanced, objective and fair. At least, that is what the BBC continually tells its viewers and listeners. In particular, the invasion and occupation of Iraq has been, and is being, properly reported. That's the message the British and