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Remembrance of things past
Urvashi Butalia learns some lessons from South Africa.

Waiting in line
The special Cuban art of queuing dissected by Leonardo Padura Fuentes.

The Eighth Commandment – Lies
Lies, food & the poor by Eduardo Galeano

Standing up to the State
View from New Delhi by Urvashi Butalia



The Left’s betrayal
Urvashi Butalia feels betrayed by politicians on the Left who embrace globalization.

Palestine's Mandela
One man may hold the key for unity among the Palestinians

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

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

Mugabe: saint, sinner or same?
Why does the West think that Mugabe has changed?
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ON THE NI SITE
Obama and the denial of genocide
This April, Barack Obama broke campaign promise #511, namely to explicitly acknowledge the Armenian genocide as US President. Mickey Z gets writer-activist David Boyajian’s take on the new President's approach.
The fading roar
Without the Tigers, can the Tamils ever obtain equality?
Battle lines drawn over the Amazon
Legitimate indigenous protests against Peru’s latest free trade agreements have led to bloodshed following the Government’s decision to send in the military. Ben Powless reports.
Absolute friends
The largest solidarity movement between two peoples offers hope in Western Sahara, writes Paul Rigg.
Boycott meets girl
Shopping causes all sorts of moral dilemmas when goods are labelled 'West Bank', bemoans Anna Chen.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
The road to meltdown
How did we get here? David Ransom takes a global – and historical – look.
City of whispers
Among Rangoon’s six million souls, a few have secret conversations with Dinyar Godrej.
Homeless in Delhi
Jeremy Seabrook ventures inside a night shelter in India’s capital city.
I will return...and I will be millions
Are things beginning to look up for the world’s indigenous peoples? Vanessa Baird begins a series of three reports from Bolivia, where the signs look most hopeful – and most precarious.
Israel, Palestine and the Hypocrisies of Power – an interview with Noam Chomsky
Celebrated American intellectual and activist Noam Chomsky provides a devastating insight into what lies behind the Israel-Palestine conflict and some of the obstacles to the viability of a Palestinian state.
The scramble for Africa
Katharine Ainger traces the connections between the Western World’s prosperity and Africa’s misery.
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