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| China
Rebellion in the rust beltThe Peoples Republic of China (PRC) has joined the WTO (World Trade Organization), not without difficulty and after 15 years of determined effort by a regime which is described as post-Maoist but which is in fact anti-Maoist in its social and economic logic. The next congress of the CCP will be held in the autumn. It is supposed to draw a balance sheet of the Deng Xiaoping years and organize the succession, or the appearance of succession, to the direct heirs of Deng around Jiang Zemin. -> read article... |
| War Drive
Palestine terrorisedAS we went to press the Israeli army was continuing its siege of Ramallah, Bethlehem, Hebron, Nablus, Jenin and many other Palestinian towns. -> read article... |
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| Review
Making peace with America Two Hours Which Shook the World, by Fred Halliday, Saqi books, London 2002, £12.95.
Subtitled "September 11, Causes and Consequences" Fred Halliday’s book says little about the "two hours which shook the world", but is in fact an assessment of the international political factors which gave rise to the attack, notably the questions of Islamic fundamentalism, globalisation and United States capitalism. -> read article... |