Ian Williams reckons that reform might work in mysterious ways.
January 2005's Issue
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The Iraq crisis - No War!
As the statues of Saddam Hussein tumbled in Basra, Baghdad and Mosul, it might have been simple to conclude that the war had been won, the warmongers proved right, the killing worthwhile.. but we have no intention of reading from this script.
- Adam Ma'anit
- 7 Jan 2005
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The sky's no limit
Adam Ma’anit sinks into the murky world of carbon trading.
- Adam Ma'anit
- 1 Jan 2005
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American Dream: Global Nightmare
American Dream: Global Nightmare by Ziauddin Sardar & Merryl Wyn Davies
- Peter Whittaker
- 1 Jan 2005
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Upside down - the United Nations at 60
Start with the prevailing disposition of power, trim your principles to fit, and you end up with an organization stood on its head. David Ransom spells out the consequences.
- David Ransom and Ian Nixon
- 1 Jan 2005
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Humane development
It’s possible to make space for a radical project even inside the belly of the beast. Mark Engler tells the story of the Human Development Report.
- Mark Engler
- 1 Jan 2005
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Saving humanity from hell
It never was the UN’s job to make heaven on earth. Shashi Tharoor defends the organization against misguided missiles.
- New Internationalist Editorial
- 1 Jan 2005
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up Plastic And Newspaper Ball Go In? Photo © Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi / Africanpictures.net
- 1 Jan 2005
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Small arms, big trouble
Why did scrap metal in a Delhi junkyard start exploding, killing some workers? Urvashi Butalia investigates the mystery and finds the world’s wars are affecting lives far removed from the battleground.
- Urvashi Butalia
- 1 Jan 2005
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Cradle to grave
The UN does not have a clean slate in Iraq. Felicity Arbuthnot recalls an embargo that even banned funeral shrouds.
- Felicity Arbuthnot
- 1 Jan 2005
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Bluewash
Kenny Bruno follows the road from environmental ‘greenwash’ to the UN’s Global Compact with corporate power
- Kenny Bruno
- 1 Jan 2005
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Asdghig's long march
Tribute to a survivor of the Armenian genocide, by Reem Haddad.
- Reem Haddad
- 1 Jan 2005
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