From: openDemocracy [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 03 October 2002 15:53
To: j.armitage
Subject: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER
SUMMARY
This week, the Bush administration published the national security strategy
which will guide its 'war on terrorism'. Todd Gitlin, North Americas editor
of www.openDemocracy.net argues that its macho language conceals a profound
deceit.
Words matter. The aggressive Hinduism of India's ruling BJP has fomented or
colluded in appalling violence in Gujarat. But in the first of a regular
column, our South Asia editor, RAJEEV BHARGAVA, finds hope for Indian
democracy in the linguistic and moral force of the country's constitution.
Also from the Indian subcontinent, WENDELL STEAVENSON, author of the
highly-praised Stories I Stole, begins a beautifully observed series about
the people of Kabul as they wrestle with change.
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FREE IRAQ FROM SADDAM'S EVIL REGIME
Saddam Hussein has lost his right to rule - the West should topple him, says
HAMID ALI ALKIFAEY.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=127&DocID=1869
THE PLACE OF PROTEST
London's massive Stop the War march succeeded the even larger countryside
demonstration for Liberty and Livelihood. ROSEMARY BECHLER marks the
contrast between government rhetoric and people's experience.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=18&DocID=1866&
DebateID=98
TOMORROW THE WORLD? THE ROCKY PATH OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Social movements have a history as well as a politics, and one that goes
deeper than slogans or banners, finds ADAM LENT.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=99&DocID=1875
POPULAR PROTEST IN THE 21ST CENTURY - LIVING IN TIME
Want to assess the relevance of a protest movement? Ask the time, proposes
TIM JORDAN.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=99&DocID=1878
WHEN IS A 'POPULAR PROTEST' POPULAR?
Mass demonstrations of ordinary people, like the Countryside March, are
ignored or dismissed by radical sociology - but they matter much more. ROGER
SCRUTON protests.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=99&DocID=1879
EDITOR'S NOTE
The debate about Iraq is many-sided, but the issue of the legality of any
intervention must be at its centre, says ANTHONY BARNETT.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/dynamics/pg.asp?DocID=1833&Action=DisplayPage -
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US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY - A GIFT TO ANTI-AMERICANS EVERYWHERE
The new US document is shallow, ignorant, and dangerous - and that's only
the first paragraph. TODD GITLIN lets rip.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=98&DocID=1867
KALEIDOSCOPE, NOT TELESCOPE - IRAQ, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THE US
The return of weapons inspectors and dialogue among Middle East states
complicate the US's military focus, says PAUL ROGERS.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=103&DocID=1854
WORDS SAVE LIVES - INDIA, THE BJP AND THE CONSTITUTION
India's constitution shapes and limits the actions even of the country's
Hindu nationalist government, argues RAJEEV BHARGAVA.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=103&DocID=1880
KABUL SPRING - THE POOR PLACE THEIR BETS
Afghanistan's future is in the stars. Here, on the streets, is its present
tense. The first of an extraordinary series by WENDELL STEAVENSON.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=110&DocID=1870
&DebateID=
DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION:
Targets, not deadlines
David Elstein's argument is powerful but flawed, responds DAMIAN TAMBINI.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=132&DocID=1873
IN PRAISE OF DIGITAL TV
The debate has been dominated by politicos and bean-counters. Listen to an
engineer, says PETER MARSHALL.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=132&DocID=1872
WORLD DIARY
Global equity, Jospin diaries, Greek fags, Bottle blondes.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=87&DocID=1882&
DebateID=
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