At the journey’s end, some proposals for how to make trade more just.
April 2006's Issue
The recent trade summit in Hong Kong did virtually nothing to make trade more fair for poorer countries - even though the current round of talks is meant to be devoted to development.
The clamour for ‘trade justice’ is growing around the world - and with good reason. But what does it actually mean? This month’s issue of the New Internationalist embarks on a journey of exploration. It involves stops in Hong Kong and Bangladesh but also takes us through the global trading system and the reasons why it isn’t working for so many of the world’s people. But this issue also goes beyond `what’s wrong’ and towards alternative ideas for better, fairer ways of organizing global trade.
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Interview with Irene Fernandez
Interview with Irene Fernandez – defender of Malaysia’s migrant workers and winner of an ‘alternative Nobel Prize’.
- Paul Allen
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Polyp's Big Bad World - April 2006
Polyp announces the next creative strategy in the War on Terror.
Trade Justice
What is it? Vanessa Baird embarks upon a journey of discovery.
- Vanessa Baird
- 1 Apr 2006
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Troubled water
India is pressing ahead with the most ambitious dam-building programme ever conceived. Rainer Hoerig sees trouble ahead.
- Rainer Hoerig
- 1 Apr 2006
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The second founding of Bolivia
Indigenous leader Evo Morales’ election victory continues to cause shockwaves around the world. Eduardo Galeano sees it as symbolizing the second founding of Bolivia.
- Eduardo Galeano
- 1 Apr 2006
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Blood of the Matyr
Blood of the Martyr is a photo taken early in the Iranian revolution of 1979 by Kaveh Golestan, who was killed in Iraq in 2003 while working for the BBC.
- Kaveh Golestan
- 1 Apr 2006
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The Next Gulf: London, Washington and Oil Conflict in Nigeria
The Next Gulf by Andy Rowell, James Marriott & Lorne Stockman
- Phil England
- 1 Apr 2006
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A Month And A Day & Letters
A Month and a Day & Letters by Ken Saro-Wiwa
- Peter Whittaker
- 1 Apr 2006
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Fonotone Records, Frederick, Maryland
Fonotone Records, Frederick, Maryland by various
- Louise Gray
- 1 Apr 2006
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My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Brian Eno & David Byrne
- Louise Gray
- 1 Apr 2006
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Koizumi Junichiro
He released an album of Elvis songs. He wears Hawaiian-style shirts. He’s a rebel. But don’t be fooled – Japanese leader Koizumi Junichiro is playing the nationalist, neoliberal game as well as anyone at the moment.
- 1 Apr 2006
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Governors of cyberspace
The international round-up continues with the debate now raging about control of the internet.
- Milton Mueller
- 1 Apr 2006
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Keep buying!
To Dhaka, Bangladesh, to talk to the people who made your amazingly cheap T-shirt.
- 1 Apr 2006
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The slide of sugar
How globalization came into the life of sugar labourer Kawlowtee, by Lindsey Collen.
- Lindsey Collen
- 1 Apr 2006
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