Focus on Trade Index

 
 

2004

Issues: 96 to 106

Number 96

NUMBER 96, January 2004(PDF version click here)

GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY MEETS AMIDST CRISIS OF EMPIRE
By Walden Bello


POLITICS AT THE VENUE: THE WSF IN MUMBAI
By Vijay Prashad


THE RECONSTRUCTION’S BOTTOM-LINE
By Herbert Docena

Number 97

NUMBER 97, February 2004(PDF version click here)

DON’T WAIT FOR “ANOTHER WORLD”
By Isabelle Delforge


THE WAR IS FAR FROM OVER
By Mary Louise Malig


NO F-16s IN OUR GARDEN
Herbert Docena


WHAT I DID IN MUMBAI
By Alec Bamford


A NEW LEFT EMERGING FROM THE OLD?
Ji Giles Ungpakorn

NUMBER 98

NUMBER 98, April 2004(PDF version click here)

THE POLITICS OF BIRD FLU IN THAILAND
Chanida Chanyapate and Isabelle Delforge

AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS: MORE TROUBLE AHEAD FOR THE THIRD WORLD
Aileen Kwa

THE G20: THEIR POWER IS NOT OURS
Nicola Bullard

THE G20: PASSING PHENOMENON OR HERE TO STAY?
Clodoaldo Hugueney Filho

"IF LULA DOES NOT CARRY OUT AGRARIAN REFORM, IT WOULD BE DEMORALIZING"
An interview with Joao Pedro Stedile by Roldao Arruda

HUNGER IS A REFLECTION OF OUR MISPLACED EMPHASIS ON GROWTH FOR A SELECT FEW
Devinder Sharma

NUMBER 99

NUMBER 99, April 2004(PDF version click here)

SPECIAL ISSUE ON WARS, LIES AND VIDEOGAMES

FALLUJA AND THE FORGING OF THE NEW IRAQ
Walden Bello


THE KILLING GAME
Gerard Greenfield

NUMBER 100, June 2004

 


Ronald Reagan: A view from the Global South

By Walden Bello

G90 and G20: "Band Together!"

By Aileen Kwa

Return of the WTO: The battle of Cancun continues this July

By Mary Lou Malig

Agriculture Talks: Empty promises to the South

By Aileen Kwa

Free Market Free Fall: Declining agricultural commodity prices and the "market access" myth"

By Gerard Greenfield

Challenging the Market Access Agenda: A case study of rice from Thailand

By Jacques-chai Chomthongdi

NUMBER 101, July 2004


THE OTHER RECONSTRUCTION: How private contractors are transforming Iraq's society

By Herbert Docena

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM US “DEMOCRACY PROMOTION” IN IRAQ*

By William I. Robinson

NICARAGUA'S AND LATIN AMERICA'S “LESSONS” FOR IRAQ

By Alejandro Bendaña

THE FINAL UN RESOLUTION on IRAQ'S INTERIM GOVERNMENT

By Phyllis Bennis

WAR: TRADE BY OTHER MEANS: How the US is getting a free trade agreement minus the negotiations

By Marylou Malig

THE US’ STRATEGY OF DESPERATION

By Walden Bello

Number 102, July 2004

FLAWED JULY FRAMEWORK MUST BE REJECTED

"Development can no longer be pursued within a WTO paradigm"

Focus on the Global South

WTO THREATENS RURAL POOR: THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED AGRICULTURE FRAMEWORK o­n INDONESIA

Aileen Kwa

US AND EU PUT IN PLACE THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR MORE DUMPING: COMMENTS o­n THE GENERAL COUNCIL CHAIR'S DRAFT FRAMEWORK FOR JULY

Aileen Kwa

BIG PHARMA: PART OF THE PROBLEM OR PART OF THE SOLUTION

Walden Bello

Number 103, August 2004

G20 : LEADERS SUCCUMB TO DIVIDE-AND-RULE TACTICS: THE STORY BEHIND WASHINGTON'S
TRIUMPH IN GENEVA

By Walden Bello and Aileen Kwa

OUTSIDE VIEW: FAULTY FRAME, SAVAGE REALITY

By Devinder Sharma

ACCEDING COUNTRIES AS PAWNS IN A POWER PLAY: A CASE STUDY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

By Jane Kelsey

 

Number 104, September 2004

THOSE LANDS PAVED NOW – ONE YEAR AFTER LEE KYUNG HAE

By Raj Patel

FARMERS' SUICIDES IN KARNATAKA STATE

By Shalmali Guttal

THAILAND: FROM THE KITCHEN OF THE WORLD TO FOOD SOVEREIGNTY

By Isabelle Delforge

AGENT BLUE AND THE BUSINESS OF KILLING RICE

By Gerard Greenfield

Number 105 October 2004

HUNGER ON THE RISE IN THE PHILIPPINES

By Jenina Joy Chavez, Mary Ann Manahan and Joseph Purugganan

THE WORLD BANK IN THE LAND OF KIOSKS: COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT IN EAST TIMOR

By Ben Moxham

“GOOD GOVERNANCE” AND THE MDGS: CONTRADICTORY OR COMPLEMENTARY?

By Alejandro Bendaña

Number 106, December 2004

PROGRESSIVES BOUNCE BACK AS LIBERALS CONTINUE TO UNRAVEL IN THE US

By Walden Bello

BUSH'S VICTORY, FALLUJAH, AND THE GLOBAL ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT

By Walden Bello

MILKING THAILAND: THE THAI-AUSTRALIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

Ben Moxham

DEFENDING A VANISHING MORATORIUM: GMOS AND THE WTO

Peter Rossman

IRAQ'S NEW PATENT LAW: A DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST FARMERS

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