Le Monde Diplomatique January 2000 English edition

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>    Le Monde diplomatique
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>                                 January 2000
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>     LEADER
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>     A new dawn *
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>     by IGNACIO RAMONET
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>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/01/01leader>
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>                                                   Translated by Ed Emery
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> 
>     MIDDLE EAST HOLDS ITS BREATH
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>     Israel and Syria on the brink of peace
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>     by ALAIN GRESH
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>      In January negotiations have begun near Washington between Israel's
>      prime minister, Ehud Barak, and Farouk Sharaa, the Syrian foreign
>      minister. Although we can expect several months of tough
>      negotiations, both sides are bent on reaching a settlement, helped
>      by the direct involvement of the United States and the personal
>      interest of President Clinton who hopes to end his administration
>      with a historic foreign policy success. This will close a chapter
>      in the history of the Middle East that began with the Israeli-Arab
>      war of 1948-49 - but will leave a question mark over an equitable
>      outcome for the Palestinians.
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>                                               Translated by Barry Smerin
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> 
>     FROM EMBARGO TO EXILE
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>     Road to Calvary for Iraq's Christians
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>     by our special correspondents HANA JABER and KHALIL KAMOUK
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>      A year after Operation Desert Fox, the UN Security Council has
>      adopted a new resolution on Iraq. The abstention by three of its
>      permanent members - France, Russia and China - emphasises that it
>      was essentially an Anglo-American decision. At whatever cost the
>      United States is determined to maintain a murderous embargo. In
>      these circumstances the cancellation of Pope Jean-Paul II's visit
>      is causing vast disappointment, especially among Iraq's Christians.
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>                                         Translated by Derry Cook-Radmore
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> 
>     IN EGYPT AND MEXICO, A NEW TYPE OF CONFLICT
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>     Zapatistas and Islamists fight the odds
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>     by DAN TSCHIRGI
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>      There are things in common between the rebellions of the Mexican
>      Zapatistas and the Egyptian Islamists. As surprising as it may
>      seem, these violent internal conflicts have similar features. They
>      spring from marginalised groups in outlying regions impoverished by
>      the withdrawal of state support and the end of hopes raised by the
>      development policies of the 1960s. And in both cases, religion has
>      encouraged the insurgents to engage in a cause they consider just -
>      against all the odds.
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>                                                 Original text in English
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> 
>     THIRD WAY, BRITISH-STYLE
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>     Blair's march to market modernity
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>     by KEITH DIXON
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>      Half-way through its term of office, Tony Blair's government is
>      keener than ever to set its stamp on European social democracy.
>      President Clinton's undisguised support has become less important
>      to the Labour leadership. What counts now is ideological
>      consistency and a party line perfectly tailored to neoliberal
>      globalisation. Hence Blair's ruthless determination to prevent
>      old-style "leftie" Ken Livingstone from becoming mayor of London.
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>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/01/05blair>
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>                                               Translated by Barry Smerin
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>     RUSSIA IN TRANSITION
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>     Lost pride of the working class
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>     by KARINE CLÉMENT
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>      Boris Yeltsin's surprise resignation makes Vladimir Putin -
>      Yeltsin's fifth prime minister in 17 months - the front-runner for
>      Russia's presidential elections, now brought forward to 26 March.
>      Putin's strong stand in the Chechen war has brought him strong
>      popular support as seen in the December parliamentary election -
>      support now rated at 60% to 75%. But will the campaign for the
>      presidency address the issue of labour?
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>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/01/06clement>
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>                                              Translated by Harry Forster
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> 
>     SEATTLE TURNING POINT
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>     Fixing or nixing the WTO *
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>     by SUSAN GEORGE
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>      After the WTO fiasco at Seattle, many neoliberal commentators set
>      about rewriting history. They said, somewhat improbably, that the
>      US had emerged victorious and Europe and the countries of the South
>      had lost out, Europe because it had not managed to table new rules
>      and the South because it had failed to get more markets opened in
>      the North. In fact, despite suitable noises from President Clinton,
>      the failure of the trade talks shows the limits of Washington's
>      power in the WTO, where for the first time delegates from the South
>      turned the consensus rule to their advantage. As for the Fifteen
>      and the European Commission, it is true that they had wanted to
>      extend the agenda, but only in order to deregulate more areas for
>      the benefit of their own multinationals. The true victors at
>      Seattle are the citizens' movements. They have struck a blow
>      against the proposal to use trade as a means of general
>      deconstruction of all collectives and governments of the South, of
>      whatever persuasion, that have now staked a claim to full
>      partnership in the future. This is the birth of world public
>      opinion. What we need now is national and international recognition
>      of the peoples' elected representatives. - B. C.
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>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/01/07george>
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>                                             Translated by Barbara Wilson
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>     The day the South cut up rough *
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>     by our special correspondent AGNÈS SINAI
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>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/01/08sinai>
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>                                               Translated by Barry Smerin
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>     AFRICA'S FORGOTTEN TRIBE
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>     Who would be a mother?
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>     by ELISABETH LEQUERET
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>      According to the International Labour Organisation, sub-Saharan
>      Africa is one of the parts of the world where women work most. Of
>      course, there's a world of difference between the prosperous
>      businesswomen of Togo or Nigeria and those who sell a few items on
>      a pavement in Dakar. Only a minority of African women have gained
>      their independence, usually at a high price, leaving the vast
>      majority vulnerable and dependent. And there is a gulf between
>      their real economic role and their social and political power.
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>                                         Translated by Derry Cook-Radmore
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>     Ill-used, overworked, undervalued
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>     by COLETTE BERTHOUD
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>                                               Translated by Julie Stoker
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>     No child, no role *
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>     by GÉRALDINE ZAMANSKY
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>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/01/11senegal>
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>                                               Translated by Julie Stoker
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> 
>     DEFINING THE WORLD'S PUBLIC PROPERTY
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>     A global public good *
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>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/01/12a>
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>     Apartheid of pharmacology *
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>     by MARTINE BULARD
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>      Twenty-two million people in Africa are seropositive - 65% of all
>      the people infected with the Aids virus world wide. South Africa,
>      which is particularly badly affected, has made fighting the scourge
>      a priority. But rather than help, in their determination to protect
>      their patents, the pharmaceutical laboratories are putting
>      treatment beyond the reach of the poorest patients and countries.
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>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/01/12bulard>
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>                                          Translated by Malcolm Greenwood
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>     Safeguarding the future? *
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>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/01/13aids>
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>                                          Translated by Malcolm Greenwood
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>     Who owns knowledge? *
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>     by PHILIPPE QUÉAU
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>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/01/14queau>
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>                                          Translated by Malcolm Greenwood
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>     International Protection
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>     Plants above ground *
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>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/01/16plants>
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>     On the Web *
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>            <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/01/17web>
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> 
>     TYRANNY OF THE 35-HOUR WEEK
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>     A production-line dictatorship
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>     by GILLES BALBASTRE and STÉPHANE BINHAS
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>      For a long time Renault factories served as an industrial and
>      social showcase for the entire car industry, but with privatisation
>      the firm has come to resemble its competitors. Increasingly
>      international in outlook, Renault is now exporting its most brutal
>      methods for rationalising operations (at Nissan for example) and
>      importing Japanese-style production techniques.
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>                                              Translated by Harry Forster
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> 
>     BACK PAGE
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>     Should outsiders have the vote?
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>     by MONIQUE CHEMILLIER-GENDREAU
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>                                                   Translated by Ed Emery
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