[Nettime-bold] Fwd: February 2002

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>dispatch@Monde-diplomatique.fr wrote on 12/2/2002
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>    Le Monde diplomatique
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>                           February 2002
>
>                           In this issue:
>       ...Yossi Beilin on why Israel needs Arafat, behind the
>     scenes at Camp David, newly poor in Argentina, on the move
>    in Xinjiang, tired of waiting in Senegal... and the world's
>    great scams: Enron, Russia's nuclear waste business and the
>                    Aids drug Yale discovered...
>
>
>      A small number of these articles and our editorial are
>      available to non-subscribers
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>      It couldn't be easier...
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>
>LEADER
>
>Old Italy, new facism
>
>by IGNACIO RAMONET
>
>                                         Translated by Ed Emery
>
>        <http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/02/01berlusconi>
>
>
>A PARTNER FOR THE FUTURE
>
>Why Israel still needs Arafat
>
>by YOSSI BEILIN
>
>      Yasser Arafat did not break with the Oslo peace accords,
>      nor did he refuse Ehud Barak's famous "generous offer" at
>      Camp David at least according to new books written by
>      Israelis present at negotiations with Arafat (see
>      'Constructing catastrophe'). Many Israelis believe, after
>      25 years of national denial, that Arafat is still the
>      only potential partner who can deliver peace.
>
>                               Translated by Wendy Kristianasen
>
>        <http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/02/02beilin>
>
>
>Conducting catastrophe *
>
>by AMNON KAPELIOUK
>
>      What really happened at Camp David? Three books by
>      Israelis who were involved in the peace negotiations both
>      reveal and conceal Ehud Barak's strategies and the parts
>      that the authors themselves played in the events.
>
>                                       Original text in English
>
>
>
>YALE SHARES PROFITS FROM AIDS DRUGS
>
>The high cost of living
>
>by PHILIPPE DEMENET
>
>      The world's largest pharmaceuticals company, Pfizer, and
>      10 others have promised to give the US Congress General
>      Accounting Office all the data it needs to check drug
>      prices. Like Europe, the US is concerned about the
>      massive profits made by the pharmaceuticals industry. In
>      rich countries, the laboratories' pricing policies are a
>      scam; in poor countries, they are preventing most people
>      from getting treatment. Stavudine, used to treat Aids, is
>      the perfect demonstration of what is wrong with the
>      system. It hugely profits its makers and Yale University,
>      where it was researched.
>
>                                Translated by Malcolm Greenwood
>
>        <http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/02/04stavudine>
>
>
>Drug deals in Europe *
>
>by PHILIPPE RIVIÈRE
>
>                                Translated by Malcolm Greenwood
>
>
>
>THE REAL, VILE MEANING OF FREE MARKETS
>
>Enron: Elvis lives *
>
>by TOM FRANK
>
>      The collapse of Enron is one of the biggest scandals in
>      US economic history. Besides ruining many of its
>      employees and wiping out their pensions, the affair
>      reveals the cynicism of the directors, the links between
>      US politics and multinationals, and the weird practices
>      of auditors.
>
>                                       Original text in English
>
>
>
>WHY A ONCE RICH COUNTRY ROSE IN REVOLT
>
>Argentina's nouveaux pauvres *
>
>by PIERRE KALFON
>
>      For 25 years the rich in Argentina have grown richer, the
>      state has been dismantled and the country's industries
>      run down. In December the people rose in revolt. The two
>      political parties the Peronists and the Radicals that
>      have historically governed the country have been swept
>      away, together with the ruling elite. The international
>      community wants Argentina to adopt a coherent and
>      sustainable programme presumably to protect the interests
>      of multinationals, creditors and the IMF.
>
>                                    Translated by Luke Sandford
>
>
>
>Ten days that shook the World Bank
>
>by DIANA QUATTROCCHI-WOISSON
>
>                                    Translated by Harry Forster
>
>        <http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/02/08tendays>
>
>
>Bad debts *
>
>by ÉRIC TOUSSAINT
>
>                                Translated by Malcolm Greenwood
>
>
>
>UIGHURS RESIST AS CHINESE SETTLE THE FRONTIER LANDS
>
>Xinjiang: China's wild west *
>
>by our special correspondent ILARIA MARIA SALA
>
>      China supports the international coalition against
>      terrorism mostly to get acceptance for its policy of
>      repression in the Muslim province of Xinjiang, which
>      isn't working. Beijing has failed to contain Uighur
>      nationalism and there has also been a new upsurge of
>      Islamic militancy in the region.
>
>                                     Translated by Barry Smerin
>
>
>
>Minorities in China *
>
>IMS
>
>                                     Translated by Barry Smerin
>
>
>
>Central Asian fundamentalism *
>
>IMS
>
>                                     Translated by Barry Smerin
>
>
>
>THE RISKY BUSINESS OF WASTE DISPOSAL
>
>Russia's nuclear sewer *
>
>by our special correspondent NATHALIE MELIS
>
>      A journalist was sent to prison for four years last year
>      after filming the Russian navy dumping radioactive waste
>      into the Sea of Japan. He, like many other Russians and
>      environmental organisations, opposed the new laws that
>      allow the privately profitable import of foreign nuclear
>      waste.
>
>                                    Translated by Luke Sandford
>
>
>
>THE RISKY BUSINESS OF WASTE DIPOSAL
>
>Who exports this stuff? *
>
>by NATHALIE MELIS
>
>                                    Translated by Luke Sandford
>
>
>
>Where the dirt is *
>
>NM
>
>                                    Translated by Luke Sandford
>
>
>
>'IF IT LED TO CHANGE, WE WOULD HAVE ELECTED A GOAT'
>
>Senegal: rap and wait *
>
>by our special correspondent ANNE-CÉCILE ROBERT
>
>      Senegal, once the showpiece of francophone Africa, has
>      suffered over 20 years from the financial change demanded
>      by international investors. It is now classed as one of
>      the world's least developed countries, and poverty and
>      unemployment force many people to live hand to mouth.
>      Their patience with the coalition elected in 2000 may be
>      running out.
>
>                                     Translated by Julie Stoker
>
>
>
>France forgets its colonial past *
>
>PHILIPPE LEYMARIE
>
>                                    Translated by Luke Sandford
>
>
>
>The people's hero: Goorgoorlou
>
>ACR
>
>                                    Translated by Luke Sandford
>
>        <http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/02/18goorgoorlou>
>
>
>EURO LAW WRONGLY DEFINES TERRORISM
>
>It's a crime *
>
>by JOHN BROWN
>
>      The new European Union arrest warrant is a worrying part
>      of the West's misguided attempt, in the name of
>      anti-terrorism, to criminalise all forms of political,
>      economic and social protest against any established
>      order.
>
>                                    Translated by Harry Forster
>
>
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