Saturday, November 24, 2007

Rising in Malaysia. Handle With Care. The Dangers of Feeding Poor People.

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In downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, some Dior dresses just got dry-cleaned with tear gas, in an interesting illustration of the principle th...
Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Bangladesh and Wall Street After the Flood: Two Different Kinds of Property

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Early estimates say that maybe 3,000 people have died in the Bangladesh cyclone and floods. And the footage shows that much poor-people'...
Sunday, November 18, 2007

Approach With Caution, Americans: Adam Smith Has a Gun

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When hard rain falls on a tin-roofed house it sounds like a machine-gun assault. Unless you know the person you're talking to very well...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Getting Shot in the Stomach: Hunger and Dissent in Burma, and Other Countries...

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Talking with some Burmese activists the other day, one young leader made a crucial point. The discussion included familiar topics like sanc...
Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Vomiting to Death on a Plane. Arsenic Democracy.

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On Tuesday the big front page news in the two leading newspapers of northern Sumatra was that Indonesia's President, Gen. Susilo Bambang...
Sunday, November 11, 2007

Military Dictatorship: Administer Only as Needed

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Referring to the $10 billion in military and financial aid that the US has given the government of Pakistan since it formally switched sides...
Friday, November 9, 2007

State of Emergency in Pakistan, But Not in the United States.

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Gen. Pervez Musharraf has declared a state of emergency in Pakistan, and in the White House, Bush and Cheney may be, in some part, a little ...
Thursday, November 8, 2007

Duduk - Duduk, Ngobrol - Ngobrol. Sitting Around Talking, in Indonesia.

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Sitting around in a house in Indonesia over green agar-agar (seaweed gelatin) for diarrhea, the talk is of the "dog" POLRI police,...
Friday, October 26, 2007

The Bush Standard: If You Aid a Terrorist You Are a Terrorist. An Al Jazeera Debate Re. Accountability for Terrorism.

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Unofficial Transcript 101 East 10.31.2007 | Aljazeera -- International English Edition (first aired Oct. 25, 2007) TEYMOOR NABILI: In recent...
Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Legal Arms for Illegal Purposes: A Note on the Aceh Militias

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In Central Aceh, the TNI has an ethnic Javanese and Gayo militia force that is estimated to be larger than the Aceh-wide GAM. An investigato...
Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Good Cop - Bad Cop Blackmail on Aceh: The Advantages of Seeming Crazy

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The TNI - POLRI is now saying that they have about 35,000 men in Aceh, which, if true, would mean that under the Helsinki deal with GAM sign...

Kejelasan tercapai, Penindas bertahan di tempat: kesepakatan yang melucuti senjata sepihak di Aceh

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Hari ini (15 Agustus 2005), Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) akan menandatangani kesepakatan dengan pemerintah Indonesia. Dengan ini mereka sepaka...
Monday, August 15, 2005

How Many Weapons Did the Aceh GAM Have?: The Pathetic Pretense for Indonesian Terror

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With the release today of the final Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Indonesia and GAM the fact has now been revealed that the GAM ...

Clarity Achieved, Oppressors Still in Place: A Deal Disarms One Side in Aceh

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Today (August 15, 2005) the Aceh Freedom Movement (GAM, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka) will sign a deal with the government of Indonesia under which ...