From: openDemocracy
To: j.armitage
Sent: 06/02/03 18:15
Subject: ANOTHER WORLD IS NECESSARY
After Porto Alegre and before war in Iraq, with the nuclear shadow
looming, www.openDemocracy.net brings essential argument, insight and
analysis for a world where radical change is becoming not utopian, but
the condition of our existence.
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THE WORLD'S FAIR: THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM
Porto Alegre shows that shifts of power and perspective belong together.
SUSAN RICHARDS sees the whole world with fresh eyes.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=6&debateId=91&articl
eId=950
VOICES FROM A NEW WORLD
If democracy is the beating heart of Porto Alegre, global diversity is
its breath of life. SOLANA LARSEN hears the experience of delegates from
three continents.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=6&debateId=91&articl
eId=926
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EDITOR'S NOTE - THE NUCLEAR OPTION
Democratic dialogue, at the World Social Forum and in openDemocracy, is
even more vital under the shadow of a war that could escalate, says
ANTHONY BARNETT
http://www.opendemocracy.net/themes/article.jsp?articleId=962&id=3
COULD THE WAR GO NUCLEAR?
The possibility of an Iraqi chemical attack is making US military
planners re- think nuclear first use, says PAUL ROGERS
http://www.opendemocracy.net/themes/article.jsp?articleId=948&id=2
A RIGHT TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS?
Would a right to use nuclear weapons in law prove the best protection
against their use in practice? A challenging argument from ACHILLES
SKORDAS.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=6&debateId=28&articl
eId=943
THE USA - AN OLD FASHIONED POWER
Struggling to keep control, America may even resurrect the use of
nuclear weapons. If so, it's an old move, not a new one, argues TOM
NAIRN in part 4 of his long essay
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=77&articl
eId=952
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IRAQ: THE RISE AND FALL OF CIVIL SOCIETY
Is a democratic Iraq possible? In the story of two individuals who
illustrate its modern history, social mobility and political argument,
SAMI ZUBAIDA finds slender grounds for hope.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=88&articl
eId=953
JOURNEY TO A LIBERATED IRAQ
As the noose tightens around the Saddam regime, TAMARA CHALABI vividly
describes the visit of an Iraqi opposition delegation to Iran- and
across the mountains to their homeland.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=73&articl
eId=963
WAITING
For Iraqi opposition and Kurdish groups across the border in Iran, this
is a moment of paralysis as well as excitement, finds WENDELL
STEAVENSON. All are wondering: what will the Americans do?
http://www.opendemocracy.net/themes/article.jsp?articleId=957&id=10
IRAQ - WAR OR NOT?
JACQUELINE ROSE, DAVID HAYES,SIDDHARTHA DEB, ALEXANDER RONDELI, BAPSI
SIDHWA, ERNST NOLTE, join a crucial argument while there is still time
to make a difference
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=88&articl
eId=960
WAR IN IRAQ: HOW WELL IS UNHCR PREPARED?
The disasters of war present huge tests for the UNHCR, the world's
leading refugee agency. ARTHUR HELTON and GIL LOESCHER ask whether its
post-Kosovo emergency plans will survive the next trial by fire.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/themes/article.jsp?id=2&articleId=956
WHY HASN'T SADDAM HUSSEIN BEEN INDICTED?
Could a legal route against dictatorial regimes achieve better results
than mere force of arms? ROSEMARY BECHLER tells the story of British
politician Ann Clwyd and the organisation INDICT.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=88&articl
eId=941
A MAZE OF ILLUSION: THE ANTI-WAR CASE
TOM McLAUGHLIN says the arguments of openDemocracy editor Anthony
Barnett are full of holes. A brave man, even in California.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=88&articl
eId=942
IRAQ: NO CHOICE WITHOUT COST
In face of dictatorship, inaction as well as action can have dangerous
results, says EVA HOFFMAN in a calm exploration of ambivalence in time
of crisis.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=88&articl
eId=939
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MOROCCO: A JOURNEY BETWEEN MONARCHY AND ISLAMISM
Welcome to a 'Shakespearian' land, as a homecoming French writer finds
the space of secular democracy squeezed between a corrupt state and
rising Islamism. NELCYA DELANOE takes courage.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=5&debateId=57&articl
eId=951
IN MEMORY OF KERALA
Even in the tolerant south-western Indian state, Hindu fundamentalism is
on the march. For BINU MATHEW, the religious intolerance that feeds off
globalisation is effacing the best of his homeland.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=43&articl
eId=945
THE BUSH-MEN OF WESTERN TEXAS
A pious community living off black gold on the edge of the desert,
speaking in forked tongues? They'll regret the day DOMINIC HILTON
moseyed into town.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/themes/article.jsp?articleId=949&id=1
NEW COUNTRY, OLD STORY
Beneath the smooth talk of black 'elites' and 'empowerment', our South
African columnist JOHN MATSHIKIZA perceives a country where life-chances
are still dominated by power, money - and race.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/themes/article.jsp?articleId=938&id=10
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IN SWELL OIL WE TRUST
Yet another openDemocracy exclusive! As the first oil wells in the
African state of Couldbericha are switched on, Sir Luke Very-Moody's
passionate speech defining Swell Oil's business philosophy is leaked to
JOHN KAY.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=7&debateId=29&articl
eId=958
SKINHEADS
Hair is shaven as well as shorn. GAVIN WATSON, once a skinhead, now
takes photographs of his companions. Alongside his work, he talks to
ANAMIK SAHA about the route from social exclusion to artistic
inspiration.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=78&articl
eId=955
THE INTERNET'S VULNERABLE POTENTIAL
New media and participatory democracy are just beginning to learn how to
mix; resisting corporate ambition needs patience and practical work, not
utopian visions, argue JAY BLUMLER and MICHAEL GUREVITCH.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=8&debateId=85&articl
eId=959
WORLD DIARY - A FOCUS ON GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE
Scientific creationism, Islamic cola, CIA adverts. The world is more
than enough for DOMINIC HILTON
http://www.opendemocracy.net/other_content/article.jsp?id=961&type=world
diary
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