Joe Stiglitz is no fan of Washington consensus-style globalization. Read “The Globalizer Who Came In From The Cold,” an interview with Stiglitz on the IMF, World Bank and WTO conducted by Gregory Palast.
After weeks of evasion and deflection, reminiscent of two illicit lovers keen to avoid scandal, the United States and Uzbekistan announced on October 12 that they had made a deal.
Liza Featherstone will be reporting periodically on the antiwar movement for The Nation. This article is part of the Haywood Burns Community Activist Journalism series, sponsored by the New World Foundation and the Nation Institute.
As the war on terrorism gears up, governments around the world are already justifying repression in the name of that cause, while the Bush Administration and its allies send signals that they may look the other way.
By night our missiles rain on them,
By day we drop them bread.
They should be grateful for the food–
Unless, of course, they’re dead.
What do we bomb next? Saudi Arabia? The Saudis would be a logical target if President Bush were serious about his stated goal of punishing nations that support terrorism.
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