September 1980
Issue No. 091
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For God and Country
Has Iran exchanged one dictator for another? Issue editor Christopher Sheppard puts into perspective the fall of the Shah and the rise of Islam.
Military Madness
Why the Shah spent billions on US arms - and how it finished him. By Michael Klare.
Voices From The Crowd
Pauline Jackson speaks to Iranian people before, during and after the revolution.
Rise Of The Ayatollahs
New Internationalist introduces the stars.
Back to the Veil
Canadian feminist Carole Jerome investigates women's liberation in the new Iran.
Kurds at War
Miruk Siamand reports on the continuing struggle of the Kurdish people.
The Economy according to Islam
Is the Islamic republic capitalist or socialist asks Terry Povey.
Bad Intelligence
Should Khomeini blame the CIA? Carl Kaplan talks to one of the Agency's operators.
Islamic Rules
Altaf Gauhar on western prejudice against Islam.
News, views, and & voices
Update
Fanning the Flames
In the Pope's New Year message this January, he pointed out that just 200 of the 50,000 nuclear weapons now estimated to be in existence would destroy all the world's major cities.
Haiti - Keeping it in the family
'Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose' is a familiar French phrase that seems gruesomly appropriate in modernday Haiti.
On the Never-Never
Default, the nightmare word for international bankers has again crept into the conversations of the big money men from New York, Bonn, London and Zurich.
Riding the Right Road
'One of the poorest countries in the world, with one of the wisest leaders.' That's how President Nyerere's Tanzania has been described.
Tobacco Toll
'There is,' according to the Chairman of British American Tobacco (BAT), 'no statistical association between smoking and health in developing countries.'
Getting their hands wet
The National General Secretary of the Australian YWCA, Wendy Rose, recently admitted that 'The 'Y' is now involved with political action.'
Book Reviews
The Pesticide Conspiracy
This month's books include an investigation into the potential dangers of the pest control industry, and a Chritian's view of the causes of world hunger.
Review Editor: Anuradha Vittachi
Only One Earth
... being the book that showed how to look after a fragile planet for the good of all its inhabitants.
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Voices from the margins:
Multimedia: video, podcasts, and more.
- Poetry Slam in Zimbabwe
- The House of Hunger poetry slam held in Zimbabwe in 2006, and organised by the Pamberi Trust, showcased young artists performing inspirational work on issues from corporate power to child soldiers. The video features four of the poets.
Published by Pambazuka News.
- Iranian women speak out
- 3 March 2007, London. Women's rights activists marched through the English capital last week to celebrate International Women's Day with a protest against the misogyny of the Islamic regime in Iran and the threat of invasion by the US. Hear the voices of Iranian feminists Azar and Leila Parnian and the sounds of the demonstration as it passed through the heart of the city. Click here to learn more about the campaign.
Produced by Heidi Bachram.
- Raised Voices audio:
- Benny from West Papua on Corporate Power
- Vinayan from India on agriculture
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