July 2001's Issue
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Open Borders : The Case Against Immigration Controls
Open Borders by Teresa Hayter
- David Ransom
- 1 Jul 2001
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At the end of the line
The Sardar Sarovar dam is supposed to end water scarcity in drought-stricken Saurashtra and Kutch. Who is fooling whom? Fifth and final stop.
- Maggie Black
- 1 Jul 2001
- 0
Upside Down : A Primer for the Looking-Glass World
Upside Down by Eduardo Galeano
- David Ransom
- 1 Jul 2001
- 0
Susan Pastor Brizzolese
Peruvian photographer Susan Pastor Brizzolese captures a family preparing for a ‘sweet fifteen’ dance.
- Susan Pastor Brizzolese
- 1 Jul 2001
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Feminist furore
In her last NI column, Ama Ata Aidoo stirs up Northern feminists.
- Ama Ata Aidoo
- 1 Jul 2001
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Resettled by registered mail
If you receive a letter by registered mail offering you a useless piece of land, the authorities regard you as resettled. Fourth stop: Domkhedi.
- 1 Jul 2001
- 0
When memory is a village
In her Letter from Lebanon, Reem Haddad meets the man who has recreated every detail of his lost Palestinian village.
- Reem Haddad
- 1 Jul 2001
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Betrayal
Ten years on from the 1991 ceasefire in the war between Morocco and the Western Saharan liberation movement, Polisario, the UN has delivered a body blow to Saharawis’ right to self-determination.
- Chris Brazier
- 1 Jul 2001
- 0
Batty in Bati
Agricultural experts thought Cambodian farmer Suth Sen had gone mad when he started cutting and tying back the fronds of his sugar palms to form nesting sites for bats.
- Don Griffiths
- 1 Jul 2001
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Sri Lanka’s food fight
In a pioneering move the Sri Lankan Government has banned the import of genetically modified foods.
- Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
- 1 Jul 2001
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Narmada: The Facts
The river, 30 dams, and the Narmada Bachao Andolan (Save Narmada movement).
- 1 Jul 2001
- 1
Not even a fig-leaf of legality
The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has ordered the violation of his own state laws and policies. Third stop: Maan.
- 1 Jul 2001
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A temple too far
‘We do not want the dam.’ And so far, the people are winning. Second stop: Maheshwar.
- 1 Jul 2001
- 0
They only ‘hold pen’
Official indifference to the plight of dam oustees is breathtaking. First stop: Bargi, near the Narmada River’s source.
- 1 Jul 2001
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The Day of Judgement
The Supreme Court of India found against The People, in favour of The Dam. Maggie Black opens her dossier on destructive development in the Narmada Valley.
- 1 Jul 2001
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Sharp Focus on contemporary Iranian film
Sharp Focus on contemporary Iranian film
- Zoë Druick
- 1 Jul 2001
- 0
Dead zone
John F Schumaker beards the dragon of American overconsumption.
- John Schumaker
- 1 Jul 2001
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