Siddharth VaradarajanWHEN ISRAEL attacked Lebanon a month ago, it had two stated and two unstated military objectives. The stated objectives were the unconditional release of two of its soldiers captured by Hiz
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David Shoshani'Following the prerequisite described in the last article come the three phases that lead to TrueLove. The first one is ‘the processing phase’, the second one is ‘the releasing phase’ and
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Satya Sagar 15th August 2006 marks yet another Independence Day for the modern Indian nation. Fifty nine years ago this day Pandit Nehru, the country’s first Prime Minister, famously declared the new bo
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Uri AvneryToday, the war entered its fifth week. Hard to believe: our mighty army has now been fighting for 29 days against a “gang” and “terrorist organization”, as the military commanders like to desc
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Praful BidwaiA crass and hysterical nationalism is taking hold among a section of the Indian middle class in response to the Mumbai blasts. This nationalism is paranoid. It considers India uniquely vulnerable t
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Jonathan CookIf there were any remaining illusions about the purpose of Israel’s war against Lebanon, the draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a “cessation of major hostilities” pu
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Robert Freeman Few issues in American history - perhaps only slavery itself - are as charged as the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan. Was it necessary? Merely posing the question provokes indignation
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Peter WattA few years ago, the sanctimonious Tony Blair lectured us on the new era of “humanitarian” intervention. Now we would be “fighting not for territory but for values,” he proclaimed. The governm
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John Paul LederachI propose the following definition:Conflict transformation is to envision and respondto the ebb and flow of social conflictas life-giving opportunitiesfor creating constructive change processe
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Jeremy SeabrookBy 2005, there were 83,000 dollar millionaires in India. The country showed, after South Korea, the highest annual increase in millionaires (a 20 per cent leap over 2004). In the United States, a
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Girish MishraFor quite some months, the prices of goods and services, especially of mass consumption, have been increasing relentlessly. On July 3, the prices of petroleum products were increased by 25 to 30 pe
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Akang AoThe contemporary Naga is indebted to pay tons of requiem and sacred gratitude posthumously to our yesteryear freedom fighters for their political wisdom and sagacity whilst mooting our civil, political
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David ShoshaniIn one of our previous articles we have mentioned, somewhat in a poetic fashion, the four tools to find TrueLove. Those four simple and clear instructions would undoubtedly bring TrueLove if follo
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Subcommander Marcos“This is the tree of the free.The bread tree, the arrow tree,the fist tree, the fire tree.It is being drowned in the tumultuous watersOf our nocturnal age,But its staff balancesIts tumbling
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T V R ShenoyI am writing this from Oxford, where I have just been a neutral, but silent, observer to a heated discussion on whether Cressida Dick should be prosecuted. ‘Cressida who?’ you ask, and I cheerfu
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Lynda BrayerBy using the “War on Terror” and “security” to justify a broad range of initiatives that compromise civil rights and liberties, the Bush administration is relying on the oldest and least rat
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Lynda BrayerBut if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. Exodus 21:23-25The lex t
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Ilan PappeImagine a group of high ranking generals who simulated for years Third World War scenarios in which they can move huge armies around, employ the most sophisticated weapons in their disposal and enjoy
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David ShoshaniWe are human beings. Each and every one of us has unique life-circumstances which have brought us up to this point in time. We do not live in a vacuum and there is always a give-and-take feedback
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Noam ChomskySince time is very tight I won’t take my 20 minutes so we can have time to talk, which is more interesting. The idea that Europe – later the United States – is the guarantor of world order is
