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Issue No. 355 (2023/2)
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COVER:
The Iraq war 20 years on
The
US invasion was a catastrophe for the people of Iraq
Dina Rizk Khoury interviewed by Daniel
Finn
In March 2003, acting on dubious grounds and riding roughshod over
international opposition, the United States launched a military assault
on Iraq. Twenty years on, the invasion and subsequent occupation has
left a terrible trail of death, division and destruction.
For
20 years, Team Bush has escaped prosecution for their war crimes in
Iraq
By Marjorie Cohn
The attack on Iraq was an illegal act of aggression and war crimes
were committed by US forces in that country, but no one from the Bush
administration has ever been brought to justice.
The
Iraq war and the role of empire in the Middle East
By Ozan Ozavci
While the US invasion of Iraq can be seen as a prime manifestation
of imperialism, a more nuanced understanding is required of empire’s
involvement in the region over the centuries.
The
not-so-winding road from Iraq to Ukraine
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas JS
Davies
The disastrous example of the Iraq invasion has led to refusal in
much of the Global South to toe the aggressive US line on the Ukraine
conflict.
ECOLOGY
Tragedy
in the Omo Valley
Oakland Institute
Dam and sugar plantation projects have visited hunger, disease and
misery upon Indigenous communities in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley, as
documented in a report by the Oakland Institute extracted below.
HEALTH
& SAFETY
A
ray of hope for TB patients
By Prathibha Sivasubramanian
Indian authorities’ rejection of a bid to extend the patent monopoly
on a vital tuberculosis drug paves the way for more affordable treatment
– and for greater involvement by patient groups in opposing such extensions
in future.
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ECONOMICS
The
big corporate power grab
The
increasing concentration of wealth and power among mega-corporations,
facilitated in no small part by rigged rules of the global economy,
is undermining democracy, economic security and planetary health.
A report by the development organisation Global Justice Now
– an excerpt from which is published here – delves into this problem
of monopoly capitalism.
WORLD
AFFAIRS
The
possibilities of regionalism
The
resurgence of the ideas of multilateralism, regionalism and non-alignment
indicates a movement away from the rigidities of unipolar globalisation,
an agenda driven by the United States on behalf of international capital.
Reproduced below is an excerpt from a report by Tricontinental:
Institute for Global Research which traces the possible contours
of a more balanced and development-oriented international order.
Who
ousted Peru’s president of the poor?
By Rodrigo Acuńa
Pedro Castillo represented everything Washington and local elites
have historically abhorred, and his unseating as Peru’s president
has removed a threat to US interests and the profit margins of corporate
mining giants.
HUMAN
RIGHTS
Proof
that our society works
By Sine Plambech
Newly minted Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan was a refugee. So are the
thousands more who flee conflict-wracked countries for the West only
to perish along the way, deprived of their hopes, their lives, and
even their names.
WOMEN
Women’s
cooperatives overcome water wars and climate drought in Rojava
By Steve Rushton
Confronted with conflict- and climate-induced disruptions in water
supply, a Kurdish-majority region in northern Syria is turning to
its womenfolk to rejuvenate the land in what was once the ‘breadbasket
of the Levant’.
CULTURE
Unearthing
the horrors of illegal mining
By Elenice Araujo
The relentless exploitation of land – and people – arising from
illegal mining is powerfully depicted in Peruvian film The Invisible
Girl.
TRIBUTE
Remembering
the good doctor
Third
World Resurgence pays tribute to the late Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury,
the pioneering Bangladeshi public health activist who provided affordable
medical care to the masses.
VIEWPOINT
The
fear of AI is overblown - and here's why
By Bappa Sinha
Artificial intelligence can't measure up to the frenzied hype surrounding
it, contends Bappa Sinha, and that should be cause for both cheer and
concern.
Third
World Resurgence Page
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