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> From: Le Monde diplomatique <dispatch@london.monde-diplomatique.fr>
> To: English edition <dispatch@london.monde-diplomatique.fr>
> Subject: April 1998
> Date: Samstag, 11. April 1998 20:00
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> LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUE
> _________________________________________________________________
>
> Le Monde diplomatique
>
> english edition
>
> April 1998
>
> edited by Wendy Kristianasen
>
>
>
> LEADER
>
> Neo-fascism *
>
> by Ignacio Ramonet
>
> Much has been written about the crisis of the left which followed
> the events that brought the post-war period to a close. But not
> enough has been said about a similar collapse of the right. In
> France, there has been a failure of policies leading to a massive
> loss of confidence and an explosion of social ills. With the
> dangerous results that were seen on 20 March.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/en/1998/04/01leader.htm
>
> Translated by Ed Emery
>
>
>
> A HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AFTER FRANCE ABOLISHED SLAVERY
>
> The impact of the slave trade on Africa
>
> by Elikia M'Bokolo
>
> On 27 April 1848 Victor Schoelcher, the French under-secretary of
> state for the colonies, signed a decree abolishing slavery. To
> force the decision through, he had warned of the danger of a
> general uprising if nothing was done. Resistance by the slaves
> themselves was thus of capital importance in the French
> government's decision, and freedom, when it came, was due more to
> Africa's own efforts than to a sudden burst of humanitarian feeling
> on the part of the slave traders.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/inside/1998/04/02africa.htm
>
> Translated by Barry Smerin
>
>
>
> Let the colonies perish...
>
> by Marcel Manville
>
> The enslavement of thirty million Africans and their transportation
> to the Americas over a period of three hundred years need to be
> recognised as the earliest crimes against humanity. Despite the
> abolition of slavery, in France's remaining dependencies the
> problems remain - as they do in the rest of the third world. It is
> time to speak out, claim the right to national sovereignty and
> emerge from a shadow world consigned to the margins of history.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/inside/1998/04/03slave.htm
>
> Translated by Barbara Wilson
>
>
>
> SPORT AS A TOUCHSTONE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
>
> A third half for Iranian football
>
> by Christian Bromberger
>
> The adventures of Iran's national football team on its way to
> qualifying for the World Cup have provoked some very public
> reactions in a society normally characterised by its silences.
> Watching the games and reading the commentators, it became apparent
> that crucial issues were being played out: the aspiration to
> alternative lifestyles, Iran's re-entry into the society of
> nations, the debate on cultural openness versus "invasion", and the
> place of women in Iranian society.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/inside/1998/04/04iran.htm
>
> Translated by Ed Emery
>
>
>
> BEHIND THE FACADE OF RECONSTRUCTION
>
> The "Lebanese miracle" in danger
>
> by Georges Corm
>
> Who is gaining from the reconstruction of Beirut? For nearly six
> years now, most Lebanese have been urged to rally round a
> "unifying" theme - the renaissance of their capital - and forget
> their own vital needs. But the promised miracle has become a
> mirage. From one end of the country to the other, life is growing
> increasingly difficult and inequalities ever more glaring. In their
> quest for an elusive peace in the region, Europe and the United
> States have chosen to ignore the seriousness of the discontent,
> continuing instead to dream of "their" Lebanon.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/inside/1998/04/05liban.htm
>
> Translated by Malcolm Greenwood
>
>
>
> IMMIGRATION, INTEGRATION AND EXPLOITATION
>
> Unemployment hits Southeast Asian migrant workers *
>
> by Solomon Kane and Laurent Passicousset
>
> The South East Asian crisis has made victims of several million
> immigrant workers. They are the first to pay the price of
> mismanagement by the governments that invited them and of the
> carelessness of the companies that employed them. Yet the countries
> of the region continue to compete with each other to export
> unskilled labour and increase their foreign currency revenues.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/en/1998/04/06asia.htm
>
> Translated by Malcolm Greenwood
>
>
>
> Europe's Muslims find a place for themselves
>
> by Tariq Ramadan
>
> Immigrants are welcome when their labour is needed but find
> themselves rejected as soon as the effects of an economic crisis
> are felt. However, there are signs that we are on the way to
> witnessing a real integration of the Muslims living in Europe. Now
> in their third generation, Muslim communities have taken important
> steps to adjust to changing circumstances, ready to make a positive
> contribution to the new Europe.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/inside/1998/04/07islam.htm
>
> Translated by Ed Emery
>
>
>
> SEEN FROM THE UNITED STATES
>
> France, an unforgivable exception *
>
> by Thomas C. Frank
>
> The US press boasts of the importance it gives to the facts. Yet
> the media's treatment of international affairs often serves merely
> to demonstrate the benefits of the American way of life and the
> head-in-the-sand nature of those who refuse to follow it, notably
> France. The left's electoral victory and the government's refusal
> to follow in the footsteps of Washington's would-be Gulf warriers
> have added to the media's complaints about this most vexatious
> nation.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/en/1998/04/08frank.htm
>
> Original text in English
>
>
>
> DEMOCRATIC DEVOLUTION IN THE UK
>
> Scotland's quiet revolution
>
> by Philip Schlesinger
>
> Under Tony Blair's New Labour, Scottish devolution is under way,
> spelling an end to centralist decision-making in the United
> Kingdom. In accordance with the September 1997 referendum, Scotland
> is to have home rule. Nearly three hundred years after the
> abolition of the last Scottish parliament, the country will again
> have its own elected legislative authority. Within Europe, Scotland
> will have an identity as specific as, for instance, Catalonia or
> Bavaria. But there is no knowing if this stage will be Scotland's
> last.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/inside/1998/04/09scot.htm
>
> Original text in English
>
>
>
> A DOUBLE CRISIS
>
> Bloodshed and bargaining in Kosovo
>
> by Jean-Arnault Derens and Sébastien Nouvel
>
> The elections of 22 March 1998 have seen the crisis in Kosovo enter
> a new phase. Although the elections were "illegal" and many had
> called for them to be boycotted, there was a huge turnout. Ibrahim
> Rugova was re-elected "president" and his Democratic Alliance of
> Kosovo (DAK) gained a majority in "parliament". This outcome is in
> keeping with the negotiations that Serbia is apparently willing to
> embark on. However, fresh outbreaks of violence and the extreme
> right's involvement in the Belgrade government leave a question
> mark over the future.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/inside/1998/04/10kosovo.htm
>
> From integration to rebellion *
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/en/1998/04/11koso2.htm
>
> Translated by Julie Stoker
>
>
>
> VISIONS OF A NEW SOCIETY
>
> Jobs: it's all only make-believe *
>
> by Anne-Cecile Robert
>
> The United States and United Kingdom are constantly praising the
> advantages of work flexibility, claiming that it creates jobs,
> while, they say, the rigid continental European system "prefers"
> unemployment. Looked at more closely, however, the British approach
> is less than exemplary. Quite apart from often fudging the figures
> and ignoring demographic data, it represents a severe step
> backwards in terms of wages and social welfare.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/en/1998/04/12robert.htm
>
> Translated by Francisca Garvie
>
>
>
> WHEN INTERNATIONALISM MEANT SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL LIBERATION STRUGGLES
>
> Henri Curiel, citizen of the third world
>
> by Gilles Perrault
>
> Twenty years ago Henri Curiel was gunned down at his Paris home.
> Born in Egypt, Curiel helped to found the Egyptian communist
> movement. Exiled by King Farouk in 1950, he came to France, where
> he devoted his life to helping third-world liberation movements and
> furthering the cause of peace between Israel, the Arab countries
> and the Palestinians. His lasting achievement was to have invented
> a new form of internationalism suited to the momentous anticolonial
> struggles that have marked the second half of the twentieth
> century.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/inside/1998/04/13curiel.htm
>
> Translated by Barry Smerin
>
>
>
> The silent idealist
>
> by Uri Avnery
>
> A personal recollection of working with Henri Curiel from the late
> 1950s. Committed to the Algerian national movement, the two men
> dreamed up an Israeli-Algerian connection based on winning the
> support of the local Jewish community for the Algerian freedom
> fighters. Failure to win Israeli backing put paid to the idea. But
> Curiel went on to facilitate the first secret contacts between
> Israelis and Palestinians.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/inside/1998/04/14curiel2.htm
>
> Original text in English
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