[Peace-discuss] Fwd: May 2010

Wed May 12 11:58:45 CDT 2010

As some on this list know, I am a fan of Le Monde Diplomatique, and I would encourage those who want a different perspective on world events  than can be found here to consider subscribing. It deserves support from those interested in peace and justice. There is an English online edition as well as a printed edition . Below gives a list of articles currently appearing. I was particularly taken with a podcast by Gilbert Ashcar, listed below. Serious accurate stuff. 

I have placed a paper copy of the journalin the Urbana public library  , but it is delayed in appearing there. 

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> From: Le Monde diplomatique <english at mondediplo.net>
> Date: May 11, 2010 10:24:20 AM CDT
> To: english at mondediplo.net
> Subject: May 2010
> Reply-To: Le Monde diplomatique <english at mondediplo.net>
> 
> 11 May 2010
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> 
> May 2010
> 
> ...Africa in China; our nuclear shield; Kyrghyz troubles; Zuma's foreign policy act; downturn for Chavez; the view from down under; dirty truth in Canada; blame the Mufti; urbanisation special; Middle East art blossoms... and more...
> Read the summary online
> Spring in British politics - Serge Halimi
> It was an unprecedented turnout. No party won an outright majority, leading to a frantic period of negotiation in which both Labour and Conservative vied for Liberal Democrat support in order to form a new government. 
> The UK election campaign now seems ever stranger. There was a poster that showed a smiling Gordon Brown exhorting electors: "I increased the gap between rich and poor. Vote for me." Its facts were true - 17% of UK national income was in the hands of the richest 1% of the (...)
> Translated by Barbara Wilson
> Where the lion rides the dragon
> Africa does businessin China - Tristan Coloma
> One zone of Guangzhou, China's workshop-of-the-world province, is home to perhaps 100,000 Africans, here to buy for the export market. Some of them are already considering moving on to India
> Translated by Robert Waterhouse
> Aid or neocolonialism? - Tristan Coloma
> Foreign policy after Mandela and Mbeki
> South Africa's imperial supremacy - Patrick Bond
> The current South African government can barely cope internally with its social and financial problems, and such foreign policy as it can spare attention to pursue is chiefly self-serving
> Original text in English
> Nuclear treaty isn't perfect, but it's all we've got
> The bomb wasn't banned - Olivier Zajec
> The UN Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty hasn't prevented India, Pakistan, Israel - and potentially Iran and North Korea - from acquiring nuclear capability. But imagine a world where it hadn't been adopted by so many other states
> Translated by Stephanie Irvine
> Key dates
> Regression from democracy and transparency
> Kyrgyzstan's second attempt at revolution - Vicken Cheterian
> A small but violent rebellion last month ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev from the power he had won in an earlier revolt, and then abused. Real democratisation will, however, be hard
> Original text in English
> Boom went bust without reason
> Venezuela loses nerve - Mark Weisbrot
> Venezuela's economic collapse did not quite follow the downturn in oil profits that was the immediate result of the global recession. But Hugo Chavez's government could have handled the situation far better
> Original text in English
> Petropolitics versus democracy
> Canada's bitter black sands - Emmanuel Raoul
> The province of Alberta, Canada, is being spoiled and despoiled for the sake of the oil that can be extracted from its tar sands. The First Nations challenge the oil and gas companies where and when they can, but the government, both state and local, backs the extractors
> Translated by Charles Goulden
> A dirty oil rush - Emmanuel Raoul
> Translated by Charles Goulden
> Still allied with the US against China
> Australia's tricky place in the Pacific - Olivier Zajec
> In the South Pacific region, Australia is supreme, yet it is only a minor power compared with China. Canberra is still dependent on its US-inspired traditional defence and trade policies
> Translated by Robert Waterhouse
> Self-help and the US connection - Olivier Zajec
> East Asia connections
> Israel's propaganda war
> Blame the Grand Mufti - Gilbert Achcar
> Many Israelis and Palestinians would like peaceful coexistence, but myths, propaganda and denial have a habit of getting in the way
> Translated by Charles Goulden
> Gilbert Achcar on the art of sabotaging efforts toward Middle East peace
> Urbanisation and the need for sustainable development
> The world has become a city - Philip S Golub
> The 2010 UN World Urban Campaign wants to tackle the problems of overcrowding and slums. But as more and more people move to ever-larger cities, how are we to create liveable urban spaces?
> Translated by the author
> Antwerp's Ring cycle - Vincent Doumayrou
> The city authorities of Antwerp assumed that its citizens would support a plan to complete the ring road around the city through two huge prestige projects. They were wrong
> Translated by Tom Genrich
> Everywhere and nowhere - Helmut Holzapfel
> Since the creation of the railways, the desirable lifestyle has been in constant motion, always expanding and demanding that everything - goods and people - move and be moved. It may only have been a phase in human history
> LMD English edition exclusive - Translated by Charles King
> The jazz revolution of 1965
> When black music set itself free - Jacques Denis
> Assassination and political change motivated black musicians to transform jazz, and other music forms, to explore their own world
> Translated by Charles Goulden
> Middle eastern art now collected worldwide
> Not all guns and misery - Sabah Haider
> Christie's Dubai has surprised itself since it opened in 2005 by selling many works by regional artists, and for unexpectedly high prices. What does the global market expect from the region?
> LMD English edition exclusive
> Appeal of politics and identity
> Diplomatic channels
> 
> ARTICLES & BLOG
> Beyond the 'new politics'	 (2010/05)
> Sri Lanka post elections	 (2010/04)
> Homeless in Kabul (2010/04)
> MAPS
> Reunion, integrated island (2010/03)
> Live long if you're prosperous (2010/02)
> How the lack of sanitation kills (2010/01)
> PODCASTS
>  Gilbert Achcar on the art of sabotaging efforts toward Middle East peace (2010/05)
> Barbara Ehrenreich on the perils of positive thinking (2010/02)
> Michael Klare on Obama's soft power (2010/01)
> IMAGES
>  Homeless in Kabul (2010/04)
>  Guinea, down but not out (2010/04)
>  Bosnia's war victims speak (2010/03)
> We would like to remind LMD internet subscribers that, in response to a majority of requests, we have altered our system of delivering our monthly online issue.
> 
> We are now only emailing you our monthly summary, leaving you free to access our latest articles on the site at your leisure.
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> However, we are delighted to resume emailing you each month's articles should you wish. All you need do is email subs at mondediplo.com or telephone +44 (0) 1795 414 910 and specify that you wish to receive "All articles".
> 
> Yours sincerely,
> 
> Wendy Kristianasen, english language editorial director
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