Daily Archives: 7 August 2008

Ben Lilliston: We Need a New Global System

Ben Lilliston, Think Forward, 6 August 2008 As the failed seven-year odyssey to complete the Doha Round of negotiations at the WTO has shown, we need to start developing new systems of global governance. This is particularly true when it … Continue reading

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Dave Zirin: Why He Fears the Fist: A Response to Jonah Goldberg

By Dave Zirin, Edge of Sports, 1 August 2008 Jonah Goldberg’s regular column in the LA Times is usually an awkward grab bag of right wing talking points backed by knowledge of history that would shame a poodle, although a … Continue reading

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Reidar Visser: The Kirkuk Issue Exposes Weaknesses in Iraq’s Ruling Coalition

By Reidar Visser (www.historiae.org) 7 August 2008 Yesterday’s failure of the Iraqi parliament to pass the provincial elections law before the summer recess may well end up being blamed on Sadrists and other “recalcitrants” who refused to give up their … Continue reading

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