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Prayers v Sanctions

You may already have read the report on this website by by Krista Clement, A Mother’s Glimpse into the Life and Death of Iraq. We have subsequently been contacted by Emma Brown — a quirk of fate, for she had not seen Krista’s letter — with a suggestion primarily (but not exclusively) aimed at Christians, … Continue reading

Iraqi Suffering

This very sad open letter came to 3W, with its account of the present situation for ordinary people in an Iraq still under import/export sanctions imposed by the Gulf War allies. Are their victims real people, or mere collateral damage? December 8, 1999 A Mother’s Glimpse into the Life and Death of Iraq I have … Continue reading

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

By Gharib Hanif Situated in the extreme north of the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent, Kashmir has an area of 85,000 square miles and an estimated population of 13 million. It borders upon China, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. HISTORY Reliable sources trace the history of Kashmir only to the seventh century, although it is known that in the … Continue reading

ULSTER INDEPENDENCE ….. THE WAY AHEAD

This is the text of a speech by David Kerr to the Conference of Secessionist and Independence groups hosted by Third Way in London on 23 February 1997. David is the Editor of Ulster Nation, and a member of the National Executive of the Third Way. When we talk about a “nation” we are not … Continue reading

Global Corporate Rewrite of Global Work Laws?

Introduction The big corporates are at it again, trying to originate or change international agreements and laws to suit their own profiteering purposes, and indifferent to the price paid by the rest of the population… this time it is the already existing international agreements on employee rights that are under threat; and having long since … Continue reading

SOCIAL JUSTICE

This is an account of the Seattle demonstrations against the activities and plans of the WTO, as given in a free e-zine. We have every sympathy for their cause, but fear that the respite gained through their action might only be temporary, and that only a radical reform of the financial and economic system at … Continue reading