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An article which gives some indication of how much control has already been surrendered to the transnational corporate institutions, and their present style of political operation… © Copyright by Michel Chossudovsky, Ottawa, 1999. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to post this text on non-commercial community internet sites, provided the essay remains intact and the … Continue reading
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION DESTROYSFLEDGLING DEMOCRACY The small country of Bougainvllle is by geography, race and culture a part of the Solomon group of islands in the Pacific. The island, 170 miles long by 30 miles across, was taken from its people and given to Germany in the 19th century carve-up by the European colonial powers. After … Continue reading
Although it has been some time now since the 1996 hostage situation in Papua New Guinea was concluded, we feel a statement to set the record straight is now appropriate. The Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM) – the Free West Papua Movement – does not accept total responsibility for the deaths of two young Indonesian hostages … Continue reading
East Timor is the eastern half of Timor Island, which lies about 300 miles northwest of Darwin, Australia. East Timor was a Portuguese colony from the early 17th century until 1974, when the Portuguese began a process of decolonisation. However, the neighbouring country of Indonesia, under the military dictatorship of General Suharto, had other plans, … Continue reading
On the 13 of June, 38% of the Swedish electorate turned out to elect their 22 EUP-representatives. One may quite safely assume that of those 62% who stayed at home a great majority were EU-negative; the big loser in these elections was the strongly EU-negative Green Party, which lost two of its four seats. The … Continue reading
With regard to parties, the Swedish and Norwegian political landscapes are very alike. Both countries have a small social liberal party (less than 5%) and a bigger “conservative” one. The Swedish moderates (20-25%) are a synthesis of conservatism and neo-liberalism; in Norway the conservative Right Party (10-15%) exists beside the neo-liberal Progress Party (10-15%). There … Continue reading
THIRDWAY THINK-TANK | The Voice of the Radical Centre 