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FOCUS ON INDIA (FOI), Issue July 2008: Volume V. No 7 |
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
Monthly e-newsletter from Focus on the Global South, India
Content summary:
Its not often that the Economist magazine, known for its free market dogmatism, find itself on the side of globalisation critics. During the recent G8 summit at Hokkaido in Japan its portrayal of the group that supposedly runs the world was less than flattering – ‘ignorant, old and impotent’ are some of the words used to describe the elite self serving club. The call from global justice groups at the summit was predictably more forceful – they called for disbanding what they called a ‘mafia of the rich and powerful’.
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FOCUS ON INDIA (FOI), Issue June 2008: Volume V. No 6 |
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Thursday, 19 June 2008 |
Monthly e-newsletter from Focus on the Global South, India
Content summary:
Will 2008 be known as the year of global food crisis? This issue focuses on Food and Agriculture. An article by Afsar Jafri argues that the first priority of the Indian Government should be to strengthen the agriculture sector by increasing public investment, facilitating public control over inputs and the market and strictly regulating corporate investment in agriculture. In short he calls for a reversal of free market reforms in agriculture. S P Shukla discusses the implications of the latest WTO texts on agriculture and non-agricultural market access (NAMA) and urges the Indian government to play hardball. We carry 3 statements on the issue of food; First, by the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty, second, a statement on the WTO and its role in the food crisis and three, a strongly worded resolution from farmers groups in Delhi demanding that agriculture should be left out of the WTO.
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FOCUS ON INDIA (FOI), Issue April-May 2008: Volume V. No 4-5 |
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 |
Monthly e-newsletter from Focus on the Global South, India
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A couple of days ago on May 1st the working class across the world took to the streets to demonstrate their strength and solidarity and to remember past and ongoing struggles of fellow workers. We carry a new version of the ‘Internationale’ the anthem for several democratic struggles and among the most widely recognised songs in the world. We also have a statement from Iraqi trade unions, a comment on the state of prisoners in Pakistani and Indian jails, and a petition regarding so called “Naxalite' prisoners in Maharashtra.
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