regards
Arno Tausch
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> From: Le Monde diplomatique <dispatch@london.monde-diplomatique.fr>
> To: English edition dispatch <dispatch@london.monde-diplomatique.fr>
> Subject: August-September 1998
> Date: Donnerstag, 10. September 1998 18:05
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> LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUE
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> Le Monde diplomatique
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> english edition
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> August-September 1998
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> edited by Wendy Kristianasen
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>
> LEADER
>
> Holy war *
>
> by Alain Gresh
>
> The United States invoked self-defence as a justification for its
> retaliatory raids on a pharmaceuticals factory in Sudan and
> "terrorist bases" in Afghanistan. But what we are witnessing is the
> start of a new policy of deterrence - one which unfortunately is
> likely to alienate the peoples of the Muslim world still further.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/1998/09/01leader.html
>
> Translated by Wendy Kristianasen
>
>
> DOMINATING THE ELECTRONIC ERA
>
> Towards a new century of American imperialism
>
> by Herbert I. Schiller
>
> What will be the shape of the next century? And how will the
> world's two hundred states apportion the various roles? If some
> will have more influence than others, one - the United States - is
> doing everything to use its economic, military and cultural
> strength to maintain its undeniable primacy. In particular, it
> intends, unilaterally and for its sole benefit, to fix the rules of
> the game of the "electronic era" in order to assure itself global
> electronic mastery in the next century.
>
> Original text in English
>
> The Microsoft stranglehold *
>
> by Philippe Rivière
>
> Microsoft's huge profits are not built on out-of-the-ordinary
> technological expertise but on a mechanism that acts effectively as
> a tax on the world's computer equipment. Manufacturers of
> computers, printers, software etc. need common industrial standards
> in order to ensure the compatibility of equipment. But the giant
> corporation is now coming under increasing criticism.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/1998/09/03gates.html
>
> Translated by Ed Emery
>
>
> A REPLY TO ARAB INTELLECTUALS
>
> Israel-Palestine: a third way *
>
> by Edward W. Said
>
> This summer's decision by the Israeli government to accelerate
> settlement of occupied Palestinian territories - and judaise East
> Jerusalem - confirms the failure of the Oslo accords, if
> confirmation were needed. The impasse has revived the debate among
> Arab intellectuals concerning their responsibilities regarding the
> Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Many of them - with some rare and
> brave exceptions - support the French writer Roger Garaudy, who was
> convicted earlier this year on charges of holocaust denial, for
> defending an Islam now under siege from the West. Edward Said
> incisively debunks this trend.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/1998/09/04said.html
>
> Original text in English
>
>
> A SOCIETY SCARRED BY CIVIL WAR
>
> Mafia threatens Algeria's economy
>
> by Fayçal Karabadji
>
> Not content with their policy of bloody repression, the military
> who are in control of Algeria are also plundering the country's
> wealth. Privatisations are frequently a way for a
> political-economic mafia to enrich itself; and independent private
> companies trying to set themselves up are subject to threats,
> blackmail and violence. Meanwhile, the public sector is under
> threat from entrepreneurs who would gladly see manufacturing
> industry go to the wall so they can have the rich pickings of
> foreign imports for their private import/export companies. In which
> exports are sadly lacking.
>
> Translated by Malcolm Greenwood
>
>
> FROM MISSILE CRISIS TO EU MEMBERSHIP
>
> Cyprus hostage to Athens-Ankara confrontation
>
> by Niels Kadritzke
>
> Together, Greece and Turkey have more tanks than the United
> Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy combined. They devote 4.7% and
> 3.8% of their gross domestic product respectively to defence
> (compared with an average 2.2% for the other members of NATO).
> Athens is now planning to spend $24 billion over eight years to
> expand and modernise its arsenal, Ankara $31 billion over ten
> years. This escalation illustrates the scope of the "missile
> crisis" that began with the announcement of the Greek Cypriots'
> purchase of Russian S-300 ground-to-air missiles.
>
> Translated by Malcolm Greenwood
>
>
> Turkish Cypriots dream of Europe
>
> by Niels Kadritzke
>
> Northern Cyprus is to all intents and purposes a Turkish
> protectorate: people feel at protected, but also denied the freedom
> to make their own decisions. The Turkish Cypriots' minority
> position and the risk of being swallowed up by Turkey has
> strengthened their sense of identity. Nowhere else in Europe will
> you find such convinced - or desperate - Europeans.
>
> Forty years of confrontation *
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/1998/09/08cyprus.html
>
> Translated by Malcolm Greenwood
>
>
> US PRESS OBSESSED WITH LOCAL ISSUES
>
> Myopic and cheapskate journalism
>
> by Serge Halimi
>
> Already under fire for its obsessive treatment of President
> Clinton's alleged sexual improprieties, American journalism has
> recently been shaken by a number of scandals which cast doubt on
> the professionalism of some of the country's major news media: CNN,
> NBC, Time, the Boston Globe, etc. Invented stories, plagiarism and
> testimonies obtained under pressure come high on the list. However,
> what is fundamentally at issue is the whole money-making ethos of
> today's news journalism. Journalism which succeeds because it is
> easier and more profitable, which entertains rather than informs,
> and which ignores the international dimension of news.
>
> Translated by Ed Emery
>
>
> SETBACK FOR US NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION POLICY
>
> Asia after the bomb
>
> by Paul-Marie de La Gorce
>
> Japan and the United States responded initially to the nuclear
> tests by India and Pakistan by imposing sanctions - something which
> Europe, although condemning the tests, was unwilling to do. In
> fact, both the bombs and the reactions to them are symptomatic of
> the changes in the balance of power in Asia. The leaders of the
> international community, starting with the United States, can no
> longer afford to ignore Asia's three major powers, Japan, China and
> India.
>
> Translated by Lorna Dale
>
>
> BETWEEN "HISTORIC COMPROMISE" AND TERRORISM
>
> Reviewing the experience of Italy in the 1970s *
>
> by Toni Negri
>
> Toni Negri was one of the historic leadership of the Italian
> revolutionary group Potere Operaio and is currently serving a
> prison sentence in Rebibbia prison, Rome. Negri gave himself up on
> 1 July 1997 after 14 years' exile in Paris in a bid to close a
> chapter in his own personal "judicial history" and that of other
> far-left militants still in exile. Now waiting for a general
> remission (indulto) from the Italian parliament which has not as
> yet materialised, he was allowed to work on day-release at the end
> of July. In the following article, he recalls the political
> experience of the 1970s in Italy.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/1998/09/11negri.html
>
> Translated by Ed Emery
>
>
> FROM PLO TO STATE
>
> The Palestinians dream on
>
> by Alain Gresh
>
> At the end of August, uncertainty still reigned over the progress
> of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Binyamin Netanyahu made a
> stream of contradictory declarations while forging ahead with
> settlements. Meanwhile, Yasser Arafat desperately needs an
> agreement to bolster his authority, thus hoping to consolidate a
> state structure that the Palestinian leadership has built up over
> 30 years through the PLO, in response to the Palestinians' strong
> desire for a unifying framework within which to express their
> aspirations. But will this strategy lead to a viable state?
>
> Translated by Wendy Kristianasen
>
>
> STERN TEST FOR CAPITALISM
>
> Will the world catch Asian flu?
>
> By François Chesnais
>
> Three weeks ago analysts were still proclaiming that, since Russia
> only represents 1% of world trade, it could only affect the global
> economic situation marginally. This approach discounted the extreme
> vulnerability of the financial markets and the "unrealistic level"
> of share prices that Alan Greenspan, chairman of the US Federal
> Reserve Bank, warned of in July. It also discounted the extent to
> which politics and economics are intermeshed. The collapse of the
> Russian financial system has battered stock exchanges around the
> world and brought the global economy closer to recession. Yet the
> EU's political leaders still claim that the crisis will not affect
> Europe...
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