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Sent: 23 January 2003 17:54
To: j.armitage
Subject: THE QUESTION OF OUR TIME
As writers debate Iraq, our columnist Wendell Steavenson reports directly on
the Iraqi experience in www.openDemocracy.net.
Tom Nairn grapples with the sources of the nihilistic violence of our times.
Ezequiel Adamovsky and Susan George debate the World Social Forum as it
opens in Porto Alegre. Don't miss Ken Worpole's poignant reflection on
Stockholm Woodland Cemetery, a response to a timeless question: how the dead
should be commemorated. And if you feel itchy read Shaving Grace.
Coming soon, Steven Lukes responds to Christopher Hitchens's vigorous
assertion that the 'peace movement' is wrong. And Caspar Henderson's
Globolog will continue to buzz with energy.
WRITERS, ARTISTS AND CIVIC LEADERS ON THE WAR
From Philip Bobbitt to Gunter Grass, public figures declare their stance in
a moment of global danger.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=88&articleId=
882
IRAQ: AN EXIT STRATEGY
Even at this late stage, is there an alternative to war? PAUL ROGERS says
that an EU initiative could reclaim the momentum for a peaceful solution.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/themes/article.jsp?articleId=918&id=2
EDITOR'S NOTE: THE WRONG WAR
ANTHONY BARNETT takes on the most convincing realist argument for war.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/themes/article.jsp?articleId=920&id=3
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: A PRACTICAL GUIDE
George Bush's psychoanalyst holds the key to the Iraq crisis, says world-
renowned Brazilian author PAULO COELHO.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/other_content/article.jsp?id=905&type=satire
TORTURE STORIES: IRAQIS IN IRAN
Tens of thousands of Iraqis from the Shia south have fled to the comparative
safety of Iran. WENDELL STEAVENSON, our Tehran columnist, listens as they
share their unforgettable experiences.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/themes/article.jsp?articleId=903&id=10
APOCALYPSE IN THE AIR
A process that unifies the world also generates passionate
'identity-hunger'. The result? New forms of violence. TOM NAIRN on a world
at the edge.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=77&articleId=
917
THE ROAD TO PORTO ALEGRE: ACTIVISTS IN DIALOGUE
What is the World Social Forum - a network of global exchange or movement
for a new society? As delegates gather in Brazil, EZEQUIEL ADAMOVSKY and
SUSAN GEORGE enjoy a sharp dialogue.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=91&articleId=
906
THE ROAD TO DAVOS: A GREEN AMONG THE GREYS
After a lifetime aversion to summits, JOHN ELKINGTON is going to the World
Economic Forum in Davos. Here's why.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=6&debateId=31&articleId=
899
LOOT: IN SEARCH OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
The East India Company was a pioneer not just of colonialism but of
globalisation itself. NICK ROBBINS tells a fascinating story of power,
greed, and empire.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=7&debateId=29&articleId=
904
THE CURRENT GLOBAL CRISIS TM
Worried about global warming? After chilling out with Celtic mellow music,
read the sultan of laid-backery, DOMINIC HILTON, on why Pamperism is the new
black.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/themes/article.jsp?articleId=912&id=1
HAIR: SHAVING GRACE
This week's feature in the Hair series cuts to the quick with a whistlestop
tour of the twists and curls of shaving by the young novelist, LOUISE
TONDEUR. Plus the first of two poems by burgeoning talent, SALLY ROE.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=78&articleId=
910
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=78&articleId=
911
ENTREPRENEURS OF MEMORY
Does the current obsession with reparations for past suffering signify a
collapse of belief in a better future? JOHN TORPEY takes on the arguments of
Marina Warner and Gillian Slovo.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=76&articleId=
907
WORK GANGS OF NEW YORK
The historical inaccuracy of Martin Scorsese's epic is characteristic of a
wider myopia about the working class who made Manhatten, argues ROBERT
SNYDER.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=67&articleId=
890
LANDSCAPES OF ETERNAL REST
Grandeur and intimacy combine to make Stockholm Woodland Cemetery a
beautiful and moving walk, says KEN WORPOLE in a remarkable illustrated
essay.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=4&debateId=62&articleId=
892
SMASHING PUMPKINS
When a suicide bomb goes off, it's the details that haunt. MONIQUE ROFFEY's
short story turns tragedy into art.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=76&articleId=
909
CYBERSPACE AND DEVELOPMENT
KOICHIRO MATSUURA, the director-general of UNESCO, puts the case for the
global importance of e-democracy.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=8&debateId=85&articleId=
915
WORLD DIARY
Bush's geostrategy, Europe's clashing heads, and Bhutan's tobacco wars.
DOMINIC HILTON takes the global temperature.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/other_content/article.jsp?id=919&type=worlddiar
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