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Monday, June 13, 2005 |
Renegade insurgents from the Mars Pavilion have invaded the American Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (Message from the Secretary-at-Large).
The U.S. Department of Art and Technology provides a virtual tour.
12:29:55 PM 
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Writing off 100% of debts owed to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund by some of the poorest countries could be the beginning of a change for the better. However, why should we trust the World Bank? Only countries that are committed to the capitalist way of life will benefit. This is a form of blackmail. Western capitalist corporations will remain the main beneficiaries, of course.
And providing new loans that will have to be repaid will just start the game again. Moreover, 'aid' has a tendency to flow back to the givers.
Observer: "Consultants are creaming off a staggering $20 billion from hard-won global aid budgets. The $20bn total is 40 per cent of the international communities' overseas development pot of $50bn - money that is meant to relieve poverty in developing countries."
I am anxious to know where the loopholes will be, where the tricks will be played to make this whole propaganda offensive (or diversion scheme?) a farce. First see, then believe.
10:58:42 AM
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TimesOnLine: "Ministers were warned in July 2002 that Britain was committed to taking part in an American-led invasion of Iraq and they had no choice but to find a way of making it legal.
The warning, in a leaked Cabinet Office briefing paper, said Tony Blair had already agreed to back military action to get rid of Saddam Hussein at a summit at the Texas ranch of President George W. Bush three months earlier."
Guardian: "One of Britain's most eminent judges yesterday accused the British and US governments of whipping up public fear of terrorism, and of being determined 'to bend established international law to their will and to undermine its essential structures'."
In a working democracy this should be enough to depose Tony Blair and George Bush.
10:33:08 AM
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