INSIDE THE MATRIX
The Philippines’ national ID system and how we’re all seen as ‘potential terrorists’ BY HERBERT DOCENA Translations: français THE MULTI-STATE ANTI-TERRORIST INFORMATION EXCHANGE (MATRIX) project is a...
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THE WOLF IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE WOLF
By Raj Patel* Paul Wolfowitz is the US nominee to head the World Bank, replacing Jim Wolfensohn, who retires this year. The US gets to pick the head of the Bank, the Europeans pick the head of the IMF, and it’s unlikely...
Read More‘THE IRAQI RESISTANCE IS A POPULAR RESISTANCE’
An interview with Sheik Jawad Khalisi of the Iraqi National Foundation Congress by Herbert Docena ON MARCH 19 LAST YEAR, the eve of the first anniversary of the invasion of Iraq , thousands of Shia Iraqis marched down from their...
Read MoreThe End of an Illusion: WTO Reform, Global Civil Society and the Road to Hong Kong
By Focus on the Global South* Translations: Français Summary: The "July Framework Agreement" is the last nail in the coffin of the illusion that the WTO can somehow be reformed, either piecemeal or...
Read MoreThe US, the Palestine Question, and the Global Conjuncture
By Walden Bello* (Excerpts from speech delivered at Peace in Palestine Conference, Putrajaya International Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 28-30, 2005.) The Middle East is in flames, and...
Read MoreWORLD WATER DAY-ASIA: Private Sector Still Eyeing to Own Every Drop
by Anil Netto, PENANG, Malaysia, Mar 22 (IPS) Selling water rights to private institutions and then having people buy them back again is an issue that keeps rearing its ugly head at every World Water...
Read MoreIraq and the Challenges Facing the Global Peace Movement
(Speech delivered in Vancouver, Canada, at events sponsored by the Stop the War Coalition, March 18, 2005, held on the occasion of the March 19-20 Global Protest against the War in Iraq marking the second anniversary of the...
Read MoreCall to G-20: Reject the AOA paradigm
Stand for the peasants of the south Confront the Agribusiness of the northWe, representatives of agrarian communities, social movements, women’s groups, Dalit groups and other civil society organisations in India...
Read MoreDesperate Martians Now Wooing Venusians
By Walden Bello* (Adapted from the author’s speeches during an anti-war tour of Italy, Feb. 22-27, 2005) Europe and the world have witnessed over the last few days the unfolding of a diplomatic offensive that is designed...
Read MoreAYUDA ALIMENTARIA Y PRODUCCIÓN LOCAL: ¿QUIÉN ALIMENTARÁ A ACEH?
por Indra Lubis e Isabelle Delforge* Ya desde que se avista Banda Aceh a la distancia, difícilmente se atreve uno a hablar. Cuando uno ingresa al pueblo destruido, lleno de lodo pestilente, ve las filas de...
Read MoreSecond International Meeting of Radical Parties: Solidarity Declaration concerning the Philippines
Porto Alegre, 31st of January 2005 Some 12 years back, the Communist Party of the Philippines began to condemn to death and assassinate member cadres of other progressive and revolutionary organizations. The situation continues...
Read MoreAll talk and no action – the G7 has no intention of cancelling the debt.
By Damien Millet and Eric Toussaint The failure that has marked the end of the summit of G7 finance ministers on 4th and 5th of February had to be covered up with empty declarations. The final communiqu้ is just another...
Read MoreReeling under the relief measures
By Jayati Ghosh This article first appeared in “Frontline”, Issue no: March 11, 2005. Already some aspects of the post-tsunami relief measures in some of the worst affected areas like Aceh in Indonesia are adding to the...
Read MoreLA RECONSTRUCCIÓN: UN PARADIGMA EMERGENTE
por Shalmali Guttal* A lo largo de las dos últimas décadas, la reconstrucción pos-guerra o pos-conflicto ha surgido como el marco esencial para el establecimiento de sistemas de políticas neoliberales en los países recién...
Read MoreTIMOR ORIENTAL: UNA DIMINUTA MEDIA ISLA DE HUMANIDAD EXCEDENTARIA
por Ben Moxham* Sábado 12 de febrero: el pasado lunes 7 de febrero, el diario timorés oriental Suara Timor Loro Sa'e informó que al menos 53 personas han muerto de hambre en el poblado de Hatabuiliko...
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