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In
this issue:
China's new social movement | Time for EU water aid to go public | Peasant massacre in India | US escalation in the Middle East: resolutions and policies | Resisting the advance of agribusiness in Brazil | Global Outlook: Re-founding the State in Bolivia; Shifting Stakes in Pakistan; Historical echoes; World Bank's paradigm maintenance; Battle with the oligarchy in Ecuador; The left in Ukraine; Israel's Last Chance; US: a new direction; Syria Diary; Comparing Padillas
Textos en español:
El precio del maíz es la justicia social
| La globalización se bate en retirada
| Brasil: los monocultivos de eucaliptos | Perspectiva global: "Europa va en la dirección equivocada"; Banco Mundial: mantenimiento del paradigma; Estado soberano; Comparando a los Padilla; Diario de Siria
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China's new social movement
Stemming the tide
The New Rural Reconstruction Movement in China
Dale Jiajun Wen
Many aspects of traditional Chinese culture, including harmony with nature, community values, and a sense of sufficiency instead of endless pursuit of wealth and consumption, are being re-evaluated in a more positive light. Dale Jiajun Wen reports on the new movement.
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Time for EU water aid to go public
European Double Standards
Olivier Hoedeman
Drinking water delivery in most EU countries is exclusively or predominantly run by public utilities, but internationally the EU advocates water privatisation. The problem lies in the European Commission's strong tendency to identify itself with the interests of large EU-based corporations.
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EU faith in private water finance shows ignorance
David Hall
The EU's insistence that water aid should involve the private sector ignores the evidence that such companies will not invest in water in developing countries. Instead of this unrealistic focus on the private water companies, the Commission should support public services.
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Peasant massacre in India
'Neo-Liberal' Left Behind Peasants' Massacre
Praful Bidwai
By ordering police to open fire on peasants trying to protect their land from being acquired for a Special Economic Zone (SEZ), the communist government of West Bengal state has indicated the crumbling away of the last bulwark in India against neo-liberal and free market policies.
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Learning Nandigram lessons
Praful Bidwai
After the killings in Nandigram, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM) should reassess its "industrialisation at any costs" policy of promoting Special Economic Zones.
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US escalation in the Middle East: resolutions and policies
On the rising threats against Iran
Phyllis Bennis
The UN Security Council resolution calling for sanctions against Iran is much weaker than the US wanted, but it is already strengthening US efforts to enforce compliance with Washington's unilateral economic sanctions.
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Opposing the Iraq Supplemental
Phyllis Bennis
The Iraq Supplemental bill currently passing through the US Congress is not the anti-war measure that some commentators claim. In continuing to fund the occupation, it also makes concessions on Iraq's oil law and on US bases, while offering George Bush several loopholes through which to undermine the commitment to withdraw some troops by August 2008.
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Sleepwalking into disaster
Praful Bidwai
As the misguided policies of the US and Israel aggravate the crisis in West Asia, India must change its short-sighted, pro-Washington approach to the region.
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Resisting the advance of agribusiness in Brazil
Brazil: an overview of monoculture eucalyptus plantations
FASE
Monoculture eucalyptus plantations are advancing over vast areas of Brazil, displacing people and taking over fertile land.
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Militant Brazilian Opposition to Bush-Lula Ethanol Accords
Massive non-violent occupations of multinational agribusiness farms were organised during the Bush visit to Brazil as a protest against the Brazil-US pact for the promotion of ethanol.
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See also
Where the Trees are a Desert: stories from the ground
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Global Outlook
Re-founding the State in Bolivia
Mariano Aguirre and Isabel Moreno
Since its independence in 1825 the Bolivian state has been repeatedly disrupted by popular rebellions that toppled one government after another. The election of Morales in December 2005 was a historic moment in a country whose majority indigenous population has been excluded for centuries. This report outlines the structural challenges facing Bolivia in this new phase.
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Shifting Stakes, Partners
Praful Bidwai
The crisis precipitated by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's summary sacking of Supreme Court chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry shows no sign of abating.
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Historical echoes
Mike Marqusee
History does not repeat itself exactly, but it is full of echoes. Caution in the drawing of analogies should not blind us to the parallels between Israel's treatment of the Palestinians and "apartheid", or to downplay the full horros of the "Gujarat pogrom".
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Research, knowledge and the art of "paradigm maintenance"
Robin Broad
There are six mechanisms by which the World Bank's development economics vice-presidency (DEC) - the world's largest development research body - promotes neo-liberal ideology.
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"Paradigm Maintenance", or why we can't trust the World Bank's research
Susan George
Ecuador's Nascent Leftist Government Victorious in Confrontation with Right
Roger Burbach
The new government of Rafael Correa and the popular movements that back him have emerged triumphant in their first battle with the oligarchy in Ecuador.
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No Class Struggle for This Left
Boris Kagarlitsky
Populist groups on the left and right are vying to become the voice of social protest in Ukraina but often lack the resources. Tymoshenko had been the most active in this role, but a rival has now appeared: former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko.
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Israel's Last Chance
Gabriel Kolko
The 34-day war on Lebanon showed up the limitations of the Israeli military ethos. Israel should now resist US pressure and seize the chance to negotiate with Syria.
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You Want A New Direction? Here's One
Marcus Raskin
Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq is a slap in the face of Congress and the US electorate. A new course in Iraq and the re-evaluation of the US role in the world, based on cooperation instead of fear and devastation, is needed.
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Feeling calmer than in New York - Syria Diary - Part 2
Saul Landau
By attacking Iraq and threatening Syria, Bush has created enemies everywhere.
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Comparing Padillas, homosexuality and murder
Saul Landau
When the Cuban police arrested the poet Heberto Padilla in 1971 the outcry of human rights violations was deafening. But in the US today, the torture of Brooklin's Islam convert, Jose Padilla, is met with silence from intellectuals and artists.
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Textos en español
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El precio del maíz es la justicia social
Por John Burstein y Manuel Pérez Rocha.
El aumento en la demanda de producción de etanol en los Estados Unidos ha dejado a millones de mexicanos con una importante subida en los precios del maíz. Urge adoptar una reforma política para proteger a los agricultores mexicanos del impacto de la agroindustria estadounidense, fuertemente industrializada y subsidiada.
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La globalización se bate en retirada
Walden Bello
Quince años después de que el proceso de la globalización se nos vendiera como algo "irreversible", éste parece haber alcanzado ya sus cotas más altas y está iniciando el descenso.
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Brasil: los monocultivos de eucaliptos
Brasil: un panorama de los monocultivos de eucaliptos
Los monocultivos de eucaliptos avanzan en amplias zonas de Brasil, desplazando a poblaciones tradicionales y ocupando tierras fértiles.
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Donde Los Árboles Son Desierto: historias de la tierra
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Perspectiva global:
"Europa va en la dirección equivocada"
Entrevista con Susan George por Núria Navarro
La Unión Europea no está para muchas fiestas. En pleno 50° aniversario del Tratado de Roma, nadie puede aventurar por dónde discurrirá en los próximos 50 años. Susan George, presidenta del Observatorio de la Mundialización y europeísta convencida, no reprime sus críticas.
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Investigación, conocimiento y el arte del "mantenimiento del paradigma"
Robin Broad
Robin Broad, profesora de la American University, describe seis mecanismos con que la Vicepresidencia de Economía del Desarrollo (DEC) del Banco Mundial desempeña un papel de "mantenimiento del paradigma", privilegiando a individuos cuyo trabajo "sintoniza" con la ideología del libre mercado.
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De ninguna parte
Pere Vilanova
Uno de los fenómenos curiosos de este principio de siglo es el aumento de territorios que tienen todos los elementos clásicos que la Teoría del Estado o el Derecho Constitucional adjudican a la condición de Estado soberano, pero simplemente no lo son. Por Pere Vilanova.
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Comparando a los Padilla, la homosexualidad y el asesinato
Saul Landau
Cuando la policia cubana arrestó al poeta Heberto Padilla en 1971, las protestas fueron ensordecedoras. Pero hoy, la tortura de José Padilla, cuyo delito fue convertirse al Islam, se topa con el silencio de intelectuales y artistas.
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Washington no permite que una buen acción quede sin castigo
Saul Landau
Diario de Siria
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20 April • Tribute to Basker Vashee
London, UK
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28 – 31 March • International conference on participatory budgeting
Malaga, Spain
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Below the Radar: US military programmes with Latin America, 1997-2007
Center for International Policy
Going Public: southern solutions to the global water crisis
World Development Movement
Día Mundial del Agua: el cambio climático tendrá efectos devastadores
Ecologistas en Acción
Empresas de Producción Social: instrumento para el socialismo del siglo XXI
Haiman El Troudi y Juan Carlos Monedero
Rebelión
Las dos Colombias
Inter Press Service
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What are carbon offset programmes?
Ellen Simon, Associated Press, 28 March
Quotes 'Carbon Neutral Myth' report
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Dutch Hemp Farmers Spark Crackdown on Power Thefts
Fred Pals, Bloomberg.com, 27 March
Quotes Martin Jelsma
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World water issues to play second fiddle to EU's own backyard
Andrew Rettman, EUobserver.com, 22 March
Refers to 'reclaim public water' letter to EU
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Ecuador: International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases
Marc Becker, Uupsidedownworld.org, 15 March 2007
Refers to 'Outposts of empire' booklet
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Look, no carbon footprint!
Fred Pearce, New Scientist, 9 March
Refers to 'Carbon Neutral Myth' report
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