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From: openDemocracy [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 24 May 2002 20:51
To: john.armitage
Subject: THE POWER OF IDEAS IN LIFE AND DEATH
www.openDemocracy.net is with the people on the streets - mourning,
protesting, celebrating...skateboarding.
THE NETHERLANDS AFTER PIM FORTUYN
In a combination of word and photographic collage, Tjebbe van Tijen digs
into the Dutch past and psyche for the meaning of a national tragedy.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=6&DocID=1424
ISRAEL: THE ARMY IN CONTROL?
Tanya Reinhart mines a wealth of sources to argue that Israel's security
policies are driven by militarism, not politics.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=127&DocID=1443
MONARCHY RAMPANT
The monarchy just refuses to lie down. Contributions continue to flow in
from around the world, from the distinguished critic Sulak Sivaraksa in
Thailand, Nushin Arbabzadeh, a scholar of Afghan history, Adam Zamoyski on
Poland and distinguished others.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/debate_home.asp?CatID=86&DebateID=245
AFTER MONARCHY, DEMOCRACY
Tom Nairn, who has been tracking the break-up of the British state and its
monarchy for most of the Queen's reign, casts his affectionate, caustic eye
on her golden jubilee.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=18&DocID=1431
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WAR, WAR, WAR
Paul Rogers' latest overview of global security finds Iraq's economy booming
and its new diplomatic pragmatism stiffening the resistance of its
neighbours to further Western intervention.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=103&DocID=1444
IN FLIGHT FROM PAKISTAN
Torture forces a promising young Pakistani to run for his life in this
report from Caroline Moorehead:
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=120&DocID=1430
BORN TO SKATE
Motorways not only deaden landscapes but exhaust souls, says Ian Christie.
For Douglas Robinson and Caspar Henderson, skateboard and bikes are the real
ways to explore the life of a city.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=4&DocID=1442
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=4&DocID=1429
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=4&DocID=1427
MEDIA OWNERSHIP
Wrapping up this vivid global debate, openDemocracy media editor James
Curran reflects on two underlying issues. Is media concentration
increasing? And does the development of private media matter?
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=5&DocID=1428
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