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Peter waterman's Blog – February 2011 Archive (57)
Class analysis of the Egyptian uprising (Samir Amin, Pambazuka News, South Africa)
Egypt: How to overthrow a dictator
Samir Amin
2011-02-24, Issue 518
http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/71173…
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Africa: Social Emancipation not NGO 'Development' (Firoze Manji, Pambazuka News)
Occupied territory: Africa and the oligopolies
Interview with La Decroissance
Firoze Manji
2011-02-24, Issue 518
http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/71165…
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And...an Arab Broadcaster Wags a Finger at the 'Objective' Western Media (Wada Khanfar, al-Jazeera)
At al-Jazeera, we saw the Arab revolutions coming. Why didn't the West?
By Wadah Khanfar
Friday, February 25, 2011; 5:00 PM
DOHA, QATAR
On Feb. 11, the day Hosni Mubarak stepped down as president of Egypt, al-Jazeera faced a welcome…
Added by peter waterman on February 27, 2011 at 21:27 — No Comments
Something is Rotting in the State of Westminster (James Ball, The Guardian)
Added by peter waterman on February 27, 2011 at 17:07 — No Comments
Is the US (Becoming) Fascist? (John Pilger, Antiwar.Com)
http://original.antiwar.com/pilger/2011/02/24/behind-the-arab-revolt-is-a-word-we-dare-not-speak/
Antiwar.com February 24, 2011
Behind…
Added by peter waterman on February 26, 2011 at 21:17 — No Comments
Eye-Witness Report and Commentary on Madison, Wisconsin (Kim Scipes, Chicago, USA)
Peter Sez:
This is one of the things Kim Scipes apparently does when not seriously disrespecting the Foriegn Policy of the AFL-CIO.…
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Added by peter waterman on February 26, 2011 at 20:46 — No Comments
Students and Precarious Workers of Europe Call!
Call for Rise Up!
24th-25th-26th of March, 2011
Common Knowledge Against Financial Capitalism
We, the student and precarious workers of Europe and all around the world met in Paris over the weekend of the 11th-13th of February, 2011 to discuss and organize a common…
Added by peter waterman on February 26, 2011 at 17:20 — No Comments
Students and Precarious Workers of Europe Call!
Call for Rise Up!
24th-25th-26th of March, 2011
Common Knowledge Against Financial Capitalism
We, the student and precarious workers of Europe and all around the world met in Paris over the weekend of the 11th-13th of February, 2011 to discuss and organize a common…
Added by peter waterman on February 26, 2011 at 17:16 — No Comments
Micro-Credit: Another Incremental Reform Gone Worse than Pear-Shaped [Kanya D'Almeida, IPS]
Thursday, February 24, 2011 by Inter Press Service
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Microcredit Critics Say Debt Doesn't Equal Emancipation
UNITED NATIONS - In response to a pelting critique from academics, economists and…
Added by peter waterman on February 25, 2011 at 17:32 — No Comments
The European and Latin American 'Leftists' who Support(ed) Gadaffi [from Patrick Bond, Debate, South Africa]
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/4324/why-telesur-flop-look-no-farther-its-libya-coverage
Why Is TeleSur a Flop? Look No Farther than Its Libya Coverage
Posted by…Added by peter waterman on February 24, 2011 at 15:31 — No Comments
Ted Rall: If Irony Were Money, Americans Would be Rich [Infor Clearing House, USA]
Added by peter waterman on February 23, 2011 at 22:54 — No Comments
Cairo, Dakar, the UN and...err?...'Development' (Boaventura de Sousa Santos, IPS)
Peter Sez:
Boa Santos is a Portuguese legal/sociologist academic and activist not yet well-known to the world of labour despite having produced a major compilation on 'The New Labour Internationalism' (or some such title in Portuguese, differently titled in English). He has been associated with the World Social Forum since it began,…
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How Egyptian Revolution Could be Hijacked [Esam Al-Amin, Counterpunch, USA]
Anatomy of Egypt's Revolution
How Democracy Could be Hijacked
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27534.htm
By Esam Al-Amin
“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.” --Nelson Mandela
February 21, 2011 "Counterpunch" - -January 25 was the date the Egyptian youth decided to launch their… Continue
How Democracy Could be Hijacked
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27534.htm
By Esam Al-Amin
“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.” --Nelson Mandela
February 21, 2011 "Counterpunch" - -January 25 was the date the Egyptian youth decided to launch their… Continue
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US Zionists v. Egyptian Democracy Movement [James Petras, Al-Jezeerah]
Added by peter waterman on February 22, 2011 at 19:06 — No Comments
New Democratic Labour Front, South Africa, Links Labour, Environmental, Rights Mvts
From: Mazibuko Kanyiso Jara (amandla) [mailto:mazibuko@amandla.org.za]
Sent: 20 February 2011 10:36 AM
To: Mazibuko Kanyiso Jara; Mazibuko Kanyiso Jara
Subject: DLF press: Use local elections to build sustained mobilisation
…
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Zimbabwe: Students, Unionists, Workers Arrested - Solidarity Action Urgently Needed
From: shanthabloemen@gmail.com [mailto:shanthabloemen@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Shantha Bloemen
Sent: 20 February 2011 09:50 PM
To: dbryson@ap.org; griffinshea@yahoo.com; richardleesa@gmail.com; karenallenbbc@ymail.com; awjharding@gmail.com; ed.cropley@thomsonreuters.com; geoffreyyork@yahoo.com; tchikweche@hotmail.com; jonah_fisher1@yahoo.co.uk;…
Added by peter waterman on February 21, 2011 at 0:24 — No Comments
In the Light of Egypt: Social Protest in Israel (Shuki Sadeh, Haaretz)
Added by peter waterman on February 20, 2011 at 16:25 — No Comments
US Publisher's Leaflet for Hensman book on Labour and Globalisation in India
Added by peter waterman on February 19, 2011 at 21:36 — No Comments
Warning to the Egyptian Revolution from the South African One (Naomi Klein, Canada)
A comprehensive account of the shaky birth of the New Democratic South Africa suggesting that it was a stillborn.
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Added by peter waterman on February 19, 2011 at 15:29 — No Comments
The Irrelevance of US 'democracy promotion' to the Egyptian Uprising (Stephen Zunes, Truth Out, USA)
Peter sez:
Zunes dismisses US 'democracy promotion' as an influence on the revolution,
mentioning the role of the National Endowment for Democracy. The NED is,
of course, the channel for some 90% of US state-funding to the AFL-CIO's Solidarity
Center. This has been active in relation to Egypt so…
Added by peter waterman on February 19, 2011 at 15:19 — No Comments
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