Opinion and Analysis Archive
October 2005
31.10.2005
Owners of the world's 800 million cars are competing for food resources with the 1.2 billion people living on less than $1 a day. In a world of high-priced oil almost everything we eat can be converted into fuel for cars. Lester Brown reports.
more...From: People & the Planet |
28.10.2005
Four months on and with the "historic G8 deal for Africa" already in tatters, the Make Poverty History coalition is as silent as it was once ubiquitous. Ahead of Decembers World Trade Organisation summit in Hong Kong, Stuart Hodkinson investigates.
more...Related topics/regions: [Africa] |
27.10.2005
Approval for the new constitution represents a "landmark day" in Iraq not because it is a step toward democracy, but because it is a step toward civil war, argues Robert Dreyfuss.
more...From: TomPaine.com Related topics/regions: [Iraq] [United States] [Democracy] [Law] |
25.10.2005
The government thinks it would be better to apply a bad law to everyone rather than single out a minority for mistreatment. Why apply the law at all? Philosopher AC Grayling considers the British governments plan to create the crime of incitement to religious hatred
more...From: Index on Censorship Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Religion] [Law] |
21.10.2005
Birds do it. Bees do it. Falling in love may be the most natural thing in the world but it can be punishable by life in prison or death if you live in Asia and happen to be gay, says Nury Vittachi.
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [East Asia] [China] [Sexuality] Image: Nury Vittachi
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20.10.2005
As Liberia awaits the verdict of the polls, exiled president Charles Taylor remains an unspoken force to be reckoned with, says Katharine Houreld.
more...Related topics/regions: [Liberia] [Democracy] |
19.10.2005
Flores Sukula is a 19-year-old asylum seeker from DRC whose family was one of the first to be made destitute under the UKs new asylum laws. Read her speech to a meeting in parliament this week.
more...Related topics/regions: [Congo (Democratic Republic of)] [Refugees] [Law] |
17.10.2005
A historian argues that violence is less important to al-Qaida than ethics.
more...From: Guardian Unlimited Related topics/regions: [Terrorism] |
15.10.2005
No country in Europe could be prouder of its multicultural experiment than Britain. But because Blair refuses to accept that the war in Iraq could have played a part in breeding home-grown suicide bombers, multiculturalism has become a whipping boy, argues A. Sivanandan.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Race Politics] |
14.10.2005
Bush and Blair must rethink their policy from scratch, which is why it is important to remind the government of what we at Christian Aid said before the invasion and why we said it. Tony Blair appeared not to listen last time. May be this time he will pay heed.
more...From: Christian Aid Related topics/regions: [Iraq] [United Kingdom] [United States] [Conflict resolution] |
12.10.2005
A battle has erupted over who governs the internet, with America demanding to maintain a key role in the network it helped create and other countries demanding more control, reports Richard Wray.
more...From: Guardian Unlimited Related topics/regions: [Internet] |
11.10.2005
African immigrants are dying near Spain's Moroccan enclaves. Their tragedy is Europe's responsibility, says Nicholas Mead on openDemocracy.
more...Related topics/regions: [Morocco] [Refugees] [Conflict] |
08.10.2005
The award of the Nobel peace prize to the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency should spark a new discussion around the fundamental contradiction of the agencys dual role as nuclear policeman and nuclear salesman, says a leading environmental group.
more...From: Greenpeace International Related topics/regions: [Nuclear Issues] Image: Stop nuclear (Greenepace Italy)
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07.10.2005
Low voter registration, violence and political turmoil mar hopes for a successful election in Haiti, says Charles Arthur.
more...From: Noticias Aliadas / Latinamerica Press Related topics/regions: [Haiti] [Democracy] |
06.10.2005
Liberia faces a make-or-break situation as voters go to the polls next week, reports Reed Kramer.
more...From: allAfrica.com Related topics/regions: [Liberia] [West Africa] [Democracy] |
04.10.2005
Balis latest bombings and southern Thailands insurgency reflect the pressures of southeast Asias political and cultural border-zones, writes Jan McGirk in Bangkok for openDemocracy.
more...Related topics/regions: [Indonesia] [Thailand] [Culture] [Politics] [Terrorism] |
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