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The environmental movement in the Global South Walden Bello Leaders of countries in the South who defend pollution in order to "catch up" with the North do not represent a Majority World view of the environment. Standing against them are burgeoning environmental movements in countries like India and China who are questioning export-led economic models and paving the way for a global alliance against climate change.

	The political endgame in Pakistan Praful Bidwai The hopes that the Pakistani Supreme Court would turn into a bulwark of democracy have been dashed by the dismissal of petitions against General Pervez Musharraf's candidature in the Presidential election. Public opinion against the army is rising, but can it overcome US support for the Pakistani military?

Left triumphs in Ecuadoran elections, country's institutions to be transformed Roger Burbach The coalition headed by Ecuador's president Rafael Correa won an overwhelming majority of seats in the Constituent Assembly, tasked with 'refounding' the nation's institutions. It is a devastating blow for the right wing parties, who have historically controlled power, but will his revolution go far enough to meet the demands of popular and indigenous movements? Also by Burbach: Ecuador's Popular Revolt: Forging a New Nation

	Failing the foreign policy test Praful Bidwai India has been one of the key remaining supporters of the Burmese junta. Their response to the recent repression speaks of the deep cynicism that passes for foreign policy 'realism' in New Delhi..

US Middle East policy:
Phyllis Bennis "The Real News" video interviews

	Video: Iran and Senator Clinton The U.S. Senate resolution on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard derives from unfounded allegations and reflects the unified position across the elite political spectrum on what are US national interests in the Middle East: Israel, power and oil.
See also: Do Iraqis want partition? and Where does the Bush-Petraeus strategy lead?

Global outlook stories

A hostage of the Elite
Boris Kagarlitsky
President Putin's decision to stand in the Russian Congress's elections is not a sign that he wants to remain in power but rather that he has become a hostage to the very bureaucratic elite that he himself created.

How not to win friends and influence people
Zia Mian
Arms sales is one of the US's main foreign policy tools for keeping strategic friends, but it has failed to buy public opinion either in India or Pakistan and may well backfire.

Islam and Europe: a debate in Amsterdam
Fred Halliday
The murder of provocative artist Theo Van Gogh by Muhammad Bouyeri in November 2004 still resonates in Holland, provoking an ongoing debate around secularism, multiculturalism and Islam.

How India's war on Naxalism is being lost
Praful Bidwai
Naxalism has spread to more than 150 of India's 600 districts since 2005 led to more deaths than in the Kashmir conflict. Why is India losing its war on Naxalism?

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De la "Constitución" a la "Reforma", o de mal en peor Susan George El nuevo Tratado europeo es genuinamente neoliberal tanto en su letra como en su espíritu, además de haber sido elaborado sin debate público ni participación alguna de los ciudadanos. Mientras la Carta de Derechos Fundamentales mantiene una redacción ambigua, su valor legal será muy limitado y algún Estado ha sido autorizado a no aplicarla. En cambio, la libre competencia y el libre comercio son de obligado cumplimiento para todos.

	Mercenarios, soldados premodernos Mariano Aguirre El Gobierno de Estados Unidos quiere que Blackwater y otras empresas privadas de seguridad que operan en Iraq continúen sus operaciones sin constricciones legales especialmente ahora que necesita disminuir el número de tropas debido a la presión del Partido Demócrata.

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	Mala puntería Esfuerzos contraproducentes de la fiscalización de drogas en Afganistán Informe sobre políticas de drogas Nº 24 Pese a los esfuerzos del Gobierno afgano y la comunidad internacional para reducir el cultivo de adormidera, la producción de opio en Afganistán en 2007 ha vuelto a batir récords.

Perspectiva global

"La soberanía popular debe controlar a los sectores básicos"
Hay bienes públicos que no tienen que entenderse como mercancías. Juan Carlos Monedero cuenta el proceso de transición hacia el socialismo del siglo XXI en Venezuela.

La deuda como arma política de sumisión: caminos de resistencia
Marcos Arruda
Además del rasgo de irresponsabilidad fiscal, social y ambiental, el sobreendeudamiento es factor de estagnación de la economía interna y arma de sumisión, orquestada por Estados Unidos

Apoyen a nuestros mercenarios
Sus jefes corporativos merecen mayores ganancias
Saul Landau
Al presentar el sangriento historial de los mercenarios en Irak y luego presentar las decenas de miles de millones que los contribuyentes pagan a estos asesinos, los demócratas pudieran exigir un verdadero recorte en el presupuesto militar.

David y Goliath en Irak
Saul Landau
La película enviada de un soldado estadounidense muestra cómo Iraq ha destruido la integridad síquica de aquellos jóvenes que prestaron servicio allí.