online archive
12:00PM
AUG 6 2007
Global issues, the Middle East and American politics
From Global Research, an article on The Morality of Economics: The key issue of the twenty-first century. From Foreign Policy in Focus, All Fall Down: Walden Bello on the Asian financial crisis, neoliberalism and economic miracles. The child of social Darwinism: A review of The Geopolitics Reader. They shall overcome—but perhaps not always: In many places, non-violent protest is the only kind that has any hope of succeeding. But it can still fail. More on The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier. A look at how smartphones are the PCs of the developing world.
From New Statesman, a fatwa for every occasion: The Muslim world has gone fatwa-mad. An article on the false quest for a True Islam. The political values of Iraqis are increasingly secular and nationalistic, according to a series of surveys. Weapons of mass consequence: The huge United States military deal with Arab states and Israel will benefit domestic friends and overseas adversaries. The Iran Attack That Wasn't: A look at how reporters trumped up a story about Iranians killing Americans in Iraq. The Guardian's Sean Smith spent two months embedded with US troops in Baghdad and Anbar province. His documentary exposes the exhaustion and disillusionment of the soldiers.
Lines in the sand: An ever growing beach memorial to America's war dead has come to symbolise the catastrophe of the Iraq war. DC elites want you to shush on Iraq: Be afraid when the same centrist consensus that has a lousy track record on the war lashes out at partisans. Given the minority party we have in Congress and the president we have in the White House, the mere passage of the wage increase was a feat just short of magical. With several important Democratic bills about to pass both houses of Congress, Nancy Pelosi is a happy warrior. Congress Boasts of Pet Projects: A new transparency about “earmarking” money for pet projects has raised the value of the earmarks as a measure of members’ clout. Pumping Public Service: Do we really need an all-out effort to entice young people into federal jobs?
