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Issue
No. 221/222 (Jan/Feb 2009)
COVER:
Israel’s blitz: Death and destruction in Gaza
Israel,
Hamas and a colonial war that cannot succeed
Israel's
assault was a calculated attempt to topple the Hamas government and
crush the Palestinian resistance.
BY NUR MASALHA
Understanding
the Gaza catastrophe
Gazans have been victimized
for reasons remote from rockets and Israel's border security concerns.
BY RICHARD FALK
‘Israel continues to violate international
humanitarian law'
Speech of the President of
the UN General Assembly, condemning Israel for its violations of international
law in the Gaza assault.
BY MIGUEL D' ESCOTO BROCKMANN
Gaza
under fire
Why have the Anglo-American intelligentsia
chosen to remain silent?
BY JOHN PILGER
An
international war crimes tribunal on Gaza:
Restoring the power of the UN General Assembly
The UN General Assembly must
act to end Israel's impunity in assaulting the Gazans.
BY GURDIAL SINGH NIJAR
The
wounds of Gaza
Two UK doctors describe the use
of unconventional weapons by Israel during their stay in Gaza.
BY DR GHASSAN ABU SITTAH
AND DR ANG SWEE CHAI
US
weaponry facilitates killings in Gaza
The devastating Israeli firepower
unleashed in Gaza is the product of US technology.
BY THALIF DEEN
The
economics of tunnels
Smuggling of basic necessities
via tunnels along the Gaza-Egyptian border will stop only if Israel
reopens its borders.
BY MOHAMMED OMAR
Does
Israeli intelligence lie?
Top Israeli intelligence officials
say that the Yasser Arafat was wrongfully and wilfully depicted as a
terrorist.
BY IRA CHERNUS
The
continuity of Obama's change
Much of what Obama has said
so far on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been made obsolete by
Israel's Gaza campaign.
BY MOUIN RABBANI AND CHRIS
TOENSING
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ECOLOGY
Ecuador:
The world's first 'eco-constitution'
Ecuador's new constitution pioneers
the extension of inalienable rights to nature.
BY GAR SMITH
ECONOMICS
Protectionism
on the rise
Western countries are resorting
to protectionist measures that may ultimately hurt developing countries.
BY MARTIN KHOR
Will
country bonds lead to a new financial bubble?
More and more countries are
issuing bonds at an alarming rate as their debt increases.
BY ROBERTO BISSIO
Global
unemployment may increase by 50 million – ILO
The global economic crisis
is expected to dramatically increase the number of unemployed persons.
BY KANAGA RAJA
WORLD
AFFAIRS
Spilling
ink instead of blood: Bolivians approve new constitution
A new constitution has finally
been approved which grants long-overdue rights to indigenous Bolivians.
BY BENJAMIN DANGL
Obama's
team: ex-Harvard, pro-biz, pro-war and mostly a slap in the face to
Obama's base
US President Barack Obama's
selected cabinet does not inspire much hope of change.
BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN
and JEFFREY ST CLAIR
HUMAN RIGHTS
Burma:
Inside the junta's torture chambers
A former political prisoner talks
about his experiences inside Burma's prisons.
BY KHUN SAING
WOMEN
Still
in shock, Gazan women tell their stories
Women in the Gaza Strip give
first-person accounts of the ordeals they suffered in the 22-day war.
BY EMAN MOHAMMED
MEDIA
'And
then they came for me'
Mr Wickrematunge's final editorial
for the Sri Lanka's The Sunday Leader before his assassination on 8
January.
BY LASANTHA WICKREMATUNGE
'Pitifully
pusillanimous': The BBC's rejection of the Gaza
aid plea
The BBC has sunk to new depths
with its refusal to run a humanitarian appeal for Gaza conflict victims.
BY KEITH SOMERVILLE
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