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| Ivory Coast
Two oligarchic factions tear the country apartTwo “presidents of the Republic", the outgoing Laurent Koudou Gbagbo and his rival Alassane Dramane Ouattara, are tearing Ivory Coast apart. Each of the “presidents” relies on real support at the national level. This internal virtually balanced “legitimacy”, is combined with an external legitimation — characteristic of the limited sovereignty of the African post-colonial states — by the “international community", which is unbalanced. -> read article... |
| Sri Lanka
Review of a history of oppression: The Tamils of Sri LankaIn February 2011, the President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, celebrated the 63rd anniversary of the island’s independence. In his speech, he stressed the necessity of “protecting the reconstructed nation”, as well as protecting “one of the oldest democracies in Asia”, its unity and its unitary character. -> read article... |
| Israeli State
Globalised Israel: The Rules Have ChangedWe have reproduced here substantial extracts from the translation of an article, " Post Zionist Israel : The Rules Have Changed ", from No 106 of the review Challenge, November-December 2007. The article itself was adapted from a paper discussed at the annual seminar of the Organization for Democratic Action, October 2007. This review, Challenge, together with Al Sabar (in Arabic) and Etgar (in Hebrew), is part of a Jewish-Arab network in response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. -> read article... |
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