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In
this issue:
Selling US wars | Legal options
for the Coca Leaf | Foreign military
bases | Bush tour of Latin America
| World Water Day 22 March
| EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreements | Global Outlook:
The price of corn in Mexico;
India's patents law; US' disaster in Iraq; Syria diary; The Dissenters'
march in St Petersburg; Russia's regional elections; Reviving the
Nuremberg principles; The malaise of India's Congress party in Uttar
Pradesh
Textos
en español:
Bush va a América
Latina
| Las bases militares extranjeras
| La desclasificación de la hoja de
coca| Perspectiva global:
Lo indecente del comercio de carbono; Entrevista con Susan George;
Contra el pesimismo social
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Selling US wars
New book: Selling US wars
The real reasons for the war in Iraq — control of oil pricing and
policies, expansion of US power, strategic establishment of US bases in
the Middle East, defense of Israel — were kept hidden from the American
people. Instead, justifications for the illegal war were cloaked in the
high-sounding slogans of "fighting the war on terrorism," "keeping
nuclear weapons out of the hands of rogue states," and finally,
"bringing democracy to the Middle East." Selling US Wars looks at the
pretexts used to justify new wars. Edited by TNI Fellow Achin Vanaik,
it includes contributions by TNI Fellows Mariano Aguirre, Walden Bello,
Phyllis Bennis, Susan George, Martin Jelsma and David Sogge, as well as
leading experts in the field Tariq Ali, David Bewley-Taylor, Mike
Marqusee and Zia Mian.
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Legal options for the Coca Leaf
Sending the wrong message
The INCB and the un-scheduling of the coca leaf
Drug Policy Briefing No. 21
International drug treaties are inconsistent in their treatment of the
coca leaf. The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) should look
at the evidence for de-scheduling the leaf instead of admonishing
Bolivia, Peru and Argentina.
Read More >>
See also
Coca yes, cocaine no? Legal options for the coca leaf
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Foreign Military Bases
An Anti-Bases Network Finds its Base
Herbert Docena
The consolidation of an international network for the abolition of
foreign military bases marks an important advance for the global peace
and justice movement.
Read More >>
A new network forms to close US overseas military bases
Medea Benjamin
The newly established NO-Bases network will be of vital importance in
the fight against US base in Manta, Ecuador and to other local
campaigns worldwide.
Read More >>
Declaration of the International Conference for the
Abolition of Foreign Military Bases
Quito and Manta, Ecuador, 5 to 9 March, 2007
Read More >>
Outposts of Empire: The case against foreign military
bases
Sarah Irving, Wilbert van der Zeijden,
Oscar Reyes
Read More >>
See also
www.no-bases.org
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Bush tour of Latin
America
Bush trip destined to fail as hardliner John
Negroponte takes control of US Latin American policy
Roger Burbach
Bush's trip to Latin America is a calculated effort to counter Hugo
Chavez's growing influence in the region, but will do little to alter
the growing leftist trend on the continent.
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Ecuador's leftist new leader sizes up the US
Roger Burbach
President Rafael Correa of Ecuador, who is on the same political
spectrum as Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Bolivia's Evo Morales, is
moving very calculatedly to distance his country from the US.
Read More >>
From carrot to
stick: Bush's policy towards Latin America
Interview with Roger Burbach
Read More >>
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World Water Day 22 March
World
Water Day 22 March
The European
Commission should stop promoting water privatisation and direct its aid
to strengthening public sector utilities.
www.worldwaterday.eu
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EU-ASEAN
Free Trade Agreements
EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreements
Statement Of Concern regarding the proposed EU-ASEAN free trade
negotiations
The decision to launch negotiations for a free trade agreement between
the EU and ASEAN is undemocratic and could harm the prospects for
development in the ASEAN region.
Read More >>
See also:
EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreements: a reader
Marc Maes, Roeline Knottnerus, Charles
Santiago
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Global Outlook
The Price of Corn is Social Justice
John Burstein and Manuel Pérez Rocha
The increased demand for ethanol production in the US has left millions
of Mexicans facing higher corn prices. Policy reform is needed to
protect Mexican farmers from the damaging impacts of highly
industialised and subsidised US agri-business.
Read More >>
Cleaning up after Mashelkar
Praful Bidwai
A Joint Parliamentary Committee to look into India's patents law and a
strong initiative to promote innovation in pharmaceuticals through the
non-patent route are needed.
Read More >>
How the US is courting disaster in Iraq
Praful Bidwai
The root causes of the Iraq disaster are the US' objectives to secure
access to West Asia's energy resources, promote Israel's security and
establish its global hegemony. The global peace movement and
progressive political forces have a challenging task of persuading the
US to change this catastrophic course.
Read More >>
Syria diary - part 1
Saul Landau
The war on Iraq has resulted in a massive influx of Iraqi migrants to
Syria, and US threats towards Syria have unsettled the country's
population.
Read More >>
March 2007 vs March 1917: historical parallels
Boris Kagarlitsky
The Dissenters' March held in St Petersburg on 3 March is the first
successful social event of the liberal opposition so far, and it
revealed that the ethos of social protest has changed.
Read More >>
A vote worth forgetting
Boris Kagarlitsky
The low turnout in Russia's regional elections means they are a poor
means to forecast the outcome of December's state Duma elections.
Read More >>
Lt. Watada revives the
Nuremberg principles
Saul Landau
Lt. Ehren Watada refused to serve in an illegal war against Iraq, and
his resistance offers anti-war activists and Congress a new path.
Read More >>
Wake up call for India's grand
old party
Praful Bidwai
A failed confidence motion against Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav
reveals the depth of the Congress party's malaise in the Indian state
of Uttar Pradesh.
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Textos en español
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Bush
va a América Latina
El señor Bush va a Colombia
Tema de la visita: el 'éxito' de la guerra a las drogas
Amira Armenta
Bush va a Colombia a hablar con su aliado preferido en la zona, Álvaro
Uribe, con quien conversará sobre los 'éxitos' del Plan Colombia. La
aventura antinarcóticos-antiterrorista impulsada por el Gobierno Bush
ha consumido inútilmente miles de millones de dólares. Por Amira Armenta
Leer más >>
Entre la zanahoria y el
garrote: La política de Bush hacia América Latina
Entrevista con Roger Burbach
Leer más >>
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Las
bases militares extranjeras
Declaración de la Conferencia Internacional por la
Abolición de las Bases Militares Extranjeras
5 al 9 de marzo de 2007, Quito y Manta, Ecuador
Leer más >>
Los
tentáculos del imperio: las bases militares extranjeras en el mundo
Sarah Irving,
Wilbert van der Zeijden, Oscar Reyes
Leer más >>
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La
desclasificación de la hoja de coca
Una señal equivocada
La JIFE y la desclasificación de la hoja de coca
TNI Informe sobre políticas de drogas núm.
21, marzo de 2007
Los tratados de drogas son incoherentes en su tratamiento de la hoja de
coca. La Junta Internacional de Fiscalización de Estupefacientes (JIFE)
debería replantear la desclasificación de la hoja en lugar de amonestar
a Bolivia, Perú y Argentina.
Leer más >>
¿Coca sí, cocaína no?
Opciones legales para la hoja de coca
Drogas & Conflicto documentos de debate
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Leer más >>
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Perspectiva
global:
Lo indecente del comercio de carbono
Por Kevin Smith
Si lo que se pretende es frenar el cambio climático, el comercio de
carbono no es la solución.
Leer más >>
Entrevista: Susan George desde el Observatorio de la
Mundialización habla de las relaciones Norte-Sur.
Leer más >>
Contra el pesimismo social
Por Joan Subirats
La época en la que vivimos exige un replanteamiento general del rumbo,
de la nave y de la forma de entender la vida de cada uno de los
tripulantes.
Leer más >>
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18 Mar • Global
resistance and summit protest
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Read
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20 April • Tribute to
Basker Vashee
London, UK
Read More >>
27 – 29
March • Nuevos
Desafíos del Desarrollo en América Latina
Río Cuarto, Argentina
Read More >>
European
Commission releases list of special advisers, takes action on conflict
of interests and fraud
Corporte Europe Observatory >>
Declaration of Nyéléni,
Forum for Food Sovereignty
23- 27 February 2007, Sélingué, Mali
Nyéléni 2007 >>
Message to Environment
Ministers
Avaaz >>
Get out of Manta: no
bases video
See the video >>
Iraq, donde se ensaña la
muerte
Entrevista a Iman Ahmad Jamás
El viejo topo >>
Transnational Institute: activists at work
8 March, Amsterdam Weekly
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Offsets and Off-putting
7 March, Washington Times
Read More >>
A world without foreign
military bases
Inter Press Service, 7 March
Read More >>
Un
mundo sin bases extranjeras
Inter Press Service, 7 March
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