< < <
Date Index > > > |
WG: June 2001 by Tausch, Arno 15 June 2001 11:27 UTC |
< < <
Thread Index > > > |
enjoy the reading arno tausch > ---------- > Von: Le Monde diplomatique[SMTP:english@monde-diplomatique.fr] > Gesendet: Freitag, 15. Juni 2001 11:32 > An: Le Monde diplomatique > Betreff: June 2001 > > > Le Monde diplomatique > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > June 2001 > > In this issue: > ... read Ignacio Ramonet and Marc Augé on reality television; reports > from Iran, Afghanistan and Morocco; how the US supports religious > cults; France inspects its colonial record in Algeria... and more... > > > > REALITY TELEVISION: BIG BROTHER WATCH > > High surveillance * > > by IGNACIO RAMONET > > Loft Story, shown on France's M6 channel since 26 April, is drawing > audiences of upwards of 10m. A TV programme has never before > attracted this kind of response in France, or fascinated, worried > or irritated so many people. Although we know that images tell us > more about the society watching them than about the images > themselves, their meaning here is far from clear. > > Translated by Ed Emery > > > > Really real but only onscreen * > > by MARC AUGÉ > > Translated by Julie Stoker > > > > MOBILE KING AND STATIC SOCIETY > > Morocco: waiting for serious change * > > by IGNACE DALLE > > Next month Morocco marks the second anniversary of the death of > King Hassan II and Muhammad VIs accession to the Alawite throne. At > first the young king impressed public opinion by the speed with > which he took measures in regard to greater freedoms, political > exiles and victims of repression; and his skill in handling > Islamist groups and the sacking of the former interior minister > were welcomed as evidence of his desire for progress. But recently > this progress has come to a halt, leaving society impatient for the > real change it expects. > > Translated by Malcolm Greenwood > > > > THE WORLD ISOLATES THE TALIBAN > > Afghanistan all alone > > by GILLES DORRONSORO > > Adding to their unpopularity, the Taliban decided in May to force > Hindus living in Afghanistan to wear a distinctive sign on their > clothing. The recent UN Security Council embargo has increased the > regimes isolation, but its full force is being felt by the Afghan > people who are also suffering from an unprecedented drought. To > make matters worse, the Taliban have responded to the sanctions by > suspending talks with the opposition. Ahmad Shah Massoud, one of > its most prominent leaders, received expressions of support in > Europe in April. Yet western policy towards Afghanistan remains > deeply ambiguous. > > Translated by Malcolm Greenwood > > <http://www.en.monde-diplomatique.fr/2001/06/04taliban> > > > FEARLESS AND DYNAMIC YOUNG DEMAND CHANGE > > Irans referendum for democracy * > > by our special correspondent ÉRIC ROULEAU > > On 8 June President Mohammad Khatami won a sweeping victory in > Irans presidential elections. But despite his clear mandate for > political reform, he is still up against strong opposition. The > conservative clergy holds key positions in the power structure and, > during his previous term of office, stepped up its repression, > closing newspapers, detaining and arresting intellectuals and > members of the progressive and liberal opposition. Nonetheless, > Khatami has a powerful ally: the dynamism of Iranian society. > > Translated by Linda Butler > > > > NO TOURISTS, NO AID, NO GOVERNMENT > > Haitis business is drugs * > > by our special correspondent CHRISTOPHE WARGNY > > The international community froze all loans to Haiti in 1997 > because of the countrys political turmoil. This May President Mejía > of the neighbouring Dominican Republic appealed for aid to be > resumed since its discontinuation is affecting not only Haiti but > the whole region. As the political vacuum grows, the mafia is > expanding to fill it: the traffic in drugs has increased more than > threefold in the space of four years, adding to Haitis already > disastrous image. > > Translated by Barbara Wilson > > > > FEARLESS AND DYNAMIC YOUNG DEMAND CHANGE > > A mixed record > > E.R. > > Translated by Linda Butler > > <http://www.en.monde-diplomatique.fr/2001/06/06iran-box> > > > BLACK WORLD OF AMERICAN BOXING > > The fight game: or the whore, the slave and the stallion * > > by LOÏC WACQUANT > > African-American boxers are well aware that they are exploited and > they use the language of prostitution and slavery to express their > awareness. But although they lead a tough, ascetic life, they > rarely protest at the poor rewards and resign themselves to being > bodily merchandise. Loïc Wacquant spent three years living and > training with them in Chicagos South Side black ghetto. > > Original article in English > > > > EUROPE RESISTS AMERICAN RELIGIOUS CULTS > > Secular society at stake > > by BRUNO FOUCHEREAU > > The Swiss conductor Michel Tabachnik was charged with criminal > conspiracy in connection with the Order of the Solar Temple this > April in France: 71 of its members had died in four so-called > collective suicides from 1994 to 1997. The case focused attention > on groups which claim to be religious sects, but are instead > engaged in money-making activities. France is now ushering in > legislation that will allow the courts to dissolve such movements. > The US administration is, however, trying to ensure their impunity > on grounds of religious freedom and supports various cults which > peddle forms of new-right and neo-conservative ideology in the name > of anti-communism. > > Translated by Barry Smerin > > <http://www.en.monde-diplomatique.fr/2001/06/09sects> > > > TORTURE IN ALGERIA: PAST ACTS THAT HAUNT FRANCE > > False memory * > > by PASCAL BLANCHARD, SANDRINE LEMAIRE and NICOLAS BANCEL > > The Vichy regime prompted investigation and debate leading to a new > understanding of that period. Yet France's colonial past remains > unmentionable. De Tocqueville, author of Democracy in America and > one of the principal advocates of liberal politics, remains highly > respected despite his support for violence in the conquest of > Algeria. This gives some idea of the pitfalls surrounding the > current French debate on torture during the war in Algeria. Torture > was not just the result of conflict: it was part and parcel of > colonisation. And it revealed the contradictions of republican > France, proclaiming universal emancipation but practising > discrimination. > > Translated by Harry Forster > > > > Liberty, equality and colony > > by OLIVIER LE COUR GRANDMAISON > > Translated by Harry Forster > > <http://www.en.monde-diplomatique.fr/2001/06/11torture2> > > > THE SOUTH HELPS THE SOUTH > > Redevelopment in Senegal * > > by our special correspondent ROLAND-PIERRE PARINGAUX > > Cuts in development aid from governments in the last two years have > not as yet been offset by private sector investments. The EU has > abandoned voluntarism by ending the system created as part of the > Lomé convention, and is now focusing exclusively on opening up new > markets. As a result, countries in the South are now embracing > various bilateral ventures, sometimes with surprising results. > > Translated by Luke Sandford > > > > TELLING IT HOW IT IS IN THE TOWNSHIPS > > South Africa's cleansing soap * > > by our special correspondent JEAN-CHRISTOPHE SERVANT > > South Africa is still deep in crisis: unemployment, drugs, sexual > violence, homophobia, blatant inequality in schools, vigilantes. > Yizo Yizo, a TV soap with a huge audience, devised in conjunction > with the ministry of education, tackles all these issues, > reflecting the lives of the young in the ghettos. Each episode > provokes heated protest from the new black elite: in today's South > Africa the polemic is no longer racial but social. > > Translated by Julie Stoker > > > > ISRAELS LUCRATIVE OSLO YEARS > > The market price of peace * > > by MARWAN BISHARA > > One of the contradictions that Ariel Sharons government faces is > the economic repercussion of the Palestinian intifada, particularly > in view of how, during the 1990s, Israel profited from the Oslo > accords. > > Original text in English > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > (*) Star-marked articles are available to paid subscribers only. > > Yearly subscription fee: 24 US $ (Institutions 48 US $). > > ______________________________________________________________ > > For more information on our English edition, please visit > > http://www.en.monde-diplomatique.fr/ > > To subscribe to our free "dispatch" mailing-list, send an > (empty) e-mail to: > dispatch-on@monde-diplomatique.fr > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an (empty) e-mail to: > dispatch-off@monde-diplomatique.fr > > > > English language editorial director: Wendy Kristianasen > _________________________________________________________________ > > ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 1997-2001 Le Monde diplomatique > > <http://www.en.monde-diplomatique.fr/2001/06/> >
< < <
Date Index > > > |
World Systems Network List Archives at CSF | Subscribe to World Systems Network |
< < <
Thread Index > > > |