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Standing up to the State

View from New Delhi by Urvashi Butalia

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Errant paradox

by Eduardo Galeano

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Cuban futurology

by Leonardo Padura Fuentes

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The Left’s betrayal

Urvashi Butalia feels betrayed by politicians on the Left who embrace globalization.

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Palestine's Mandela

One man may hold the key for unity among the Palestinians

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We are football

Uruguayans remain a ‘footballized’ people, according to Eduardo Galeano.

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Guns and justice in the Niger Delta

Rebels in the Niger Delta have taken up arms – Ike Oguine explains what lies behind their resistance.

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Mugabe: saint, sinner or same?

Why does the West think that Mugabe has changed?

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The landscape of the future

Urvashi Butalia on a cityscape of the future.

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The making of an Islamic Jack the Ripper

View from Gujranwala – Abbas Zaidi tells the chilling story of an Islamic Jack the Ripper.

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Visa quid pro quo

The US makes it difficult for Bolivians to gain visas, so why shouldn’t Bolivian President Evo Morales make it equally hard for US visitors? Jim Shultz explores the visa quid pro quo.

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A visit to my hometown

A return to his hometown for a funeral brings Ike Oguine face to face with ancient ceremonies and certainties that make the world of politics seem like another country.

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