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Sharma: World Bank’s Latest Passion
Dec 20, 2004
In tune with the world’s latest fad, the World Bank prominently displays a slogan in its Washington DC office: ‘The purpose of the World Bank is to fight poverty with passion.’ World Bank is no exception. In fact, such has been the global effort to eliminate poverty and resulting hunger that over the past 25 years, despite every international treaty and agreement swearing in the name of poor and downtrodden, the number of absolute poor continues to grow unabated.
Shiva: Water Tariff Increase: Rushing Towards Water Privatisation
Dec 18, 2004
The Delhi Governments announcement of a seven to tenfold increase in water tariffs overnight is meant to facilitate privatization in violation of every democratic norm and human rights principle.
Solomon: News Media in the 60th Year of the Nuclear Age
Dec 11, 2004
Top officials in Washington are now promoting jitters about Iran's nuclear activities, while media outlets amplify the message. A confrontation with Tehran is on the second-term Bush agenda. So, we're encouraged to obliquely think about the unthinkable.
Street: Dear Europe
Dec 10, 2004
I'm growing a little weary of post-election European commentary about the dangerous "stupidity" of the American masses. The reason for the commentary is of course the, well, unwise election (the first one actually) of the dangerous Bush, an action that wa
Shiva: Terra Madre: A Celebration Of Living Economies
Nov 26, 2004
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 eating
Solomon: Transforming Four More Years
Nov 11, 2004
Right-wing trumpets are making a horrific racket across a ravaged political landscape. For now, hope is barely audible. Progressives seem like fledglings without feathers, weakly tapping from inside thick shells. Four more years sound like hell.
Shiva: An Attack On People’s Movements
Nov 05, 2004
Ten years of WTO and five years since the victory of civil society and the Third World in Seattle is a good time to pause and reflect on the debate on globalisation.
Shiva: An Attack On PeopleÕs Movements
Nov 05, 2004
Ten years of WTO and five years since the victory of civil society and the Third World in Seattle is a good time to pause and reflect on the debate on globalisation.
Secours: Minimum Wage Yields Minimum Coverage: Connecting The Election Dots
Oct 31, 2004
Like most people, the upcoming elections weigh heavy on my mind these days. Unfortunately, watching the debates is less than inspiring, if not disheartening. As always, political rhetoric rules and meaty discussions about how policies affect real people
Schechter: When Wolves Attack: A Pre-Mortem on Election Coverage
Oct 29, 2004
NEW YORK, October 25, 2004 -- In it's final days, Campaign 2004 has become even nastier. At the core of this devolution of our politics process sits the campaign media -- a mob of reporters too overworked to stray from the campaigns' master script of atta
Solomon: The Presidential Pageant: “There He Is, Mr. America...â€
Oct 28, 2004
Less than two weeks before Election Day 2004, the ABC television network cancelled Miss America. Fifty years after it premiered on national TV, the famous “beauty pageant†has fallen on hard times. Last month, the annual show drew just 9.8 million viewers, the smallest audience ever.
Solomon: The Presidential Pageant: ÒThere He Is, Mr. America...Ó
Oct 28, 2004
Less than two weeks before Election Day 2004, the ABC television network cancelled Miss America. Fifty years after it premiered on national TV, the famous Òbeauty pageantÓ has fallen on hard times. Last month, the annual show drew just 9.8 million viewers
Street: Campaign and Debate Reflections
Oct 17, 2004
Like many on the left, I am of a split mind on the now concluded debates and the campaign melodrama, which is a bigger quadrennial extravaganza than usual this time for some good reasons.
Solomon: Beyond the Debates, a Referendum on an Emperor
Oct 14, 2004
More than any other events on the campaign trail this year, the debates have drawn intense public interest. Viewers are eager for something more than the carefully packaged junk that usually passes for political coverage -- the nonstop media mix of countl
Spannos: Canada's Illegal War
Oct 02, 2004
Last weeks statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, that the US led war on Iraq was
Solomon: Missing: A Media Focus on the Supreme Court
Sep 18, 2004
The big media themes about the 2004 presidential campaign have reveled in vague rhetoric and flimsy controversies. But little attention has focused on a matter of profound importance: Whoever wins the race for the White House will be in a position to slan
Street: The Racial Windfall Lives On: The Living Legacy of Past Racism and the Case for Reparations
Sep 16, 2004
Fifty years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision declared that "separate is unequal" and therefore unconstitutional, as the dominant two business parties in the United States stock their convention stages with a disproportionate number of black
Solomon: Rove’s Brain and Media Manipulation
Sep 10, 2004
I just saw a horror movie -- “Bush’s Brain†-- the new documentary based on a book with the same name by journalists James Moore and Wayne Slater. The book’s subtitle is “How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential.†I’ll spare you the grim details. What matters most now is that Rove’s long record of shady and vicious media operations is not just in the past.
Solomon: RoveÕs Brain and Media Manipulation
Sep 10, 2004
I just saw a horror movie -- ÒBushÕs BrainÓ -- the new documentary based on a book with the same name by journalists James Moore and Wayne Slater. The bookÕs subtitle is ÒHow Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential.Ó IÕll spare you the grim details. Wh
Dec 23, 2004
NEW YORK -- 2004 has been called the Year of Documentaries.