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 NI (No.342)Contents 9 THE STARTING-POINT - The altered landscape The fractured violence of the post-11 September world makes it all the more necessary to chart new paths into a better future, argues Jordi Pigem. 12 GLOBAL DEMOCRACY - A parliament for the planet Globalization without representation? George Monbiot demands a real voice for the world's people. 15 CULTURE - Unchanging captive hearts Beyond the global monoculture, Jeremy Seabrook celebrates alternative ways of being embodied in diverse local cultures. 18 The right to rave Eduardo Galeano claims our right to dream, to dance, to demand the impossible. 20 ENVIRONMENT - Going down in history Global warming is sinking the island state of Tuvalu. But the concept of 'ecological debt' could yet bring the rest of earth back from the brink, as Andrew Simms explains. 22 RELIGION - Time for renaissance Tehmina Durrani has launched her own movement for Islamic renewal to reclaim her faith from the fundamentalists. 24 The impossible dream 1789 and 2001. They said could never be done. Dangerous demands from the French Revolution set against our own. 26 JUSTICE & SECURITY - Might or right The world has to be able to intervene to stop genocide. But Peter Singer contends that we need a new rulebook - and new global institutions to write it. 28 MONEY - Heavy surf and tsunamis Ellen Frank explains why even the globalizers may have an interest in financial reform, while Carolyne Culver puts the Tobin Tax on the table. 30 Give us your dreams A selection of NI readers' own utopian visions. 32 FOOD & FARMING - The end of the styrofoam strawberry The hungry will be fed not by ever-grander schemes, ever-bigger farms, but by smaller farms that are more in touch with the earth, believes Peter Rosset. 34 LOCAL RESISTANCE - Bringing it all back home Jim Shultz hones some strategic tools we can use to fend off the free-trade agenda. <<Regular Features>> 2 Letters 4 Southern Exposure Morning prayers in Iran, by local photographer Javad Montazeri. 5 View from the South Meditations on The Couple - footsteps, kisses, bones and sins - by Eduardo Galeano. 6 Currents Tobacco companies pull a fast one; Mozambique's swords into ploughshares; social innovation in response to Argentina's financial crisis. PLUS: Word Corner - Holocaust. PLUS: Big Bad World - Cartoon on the meaning of immorality. PLUS: Seriously 36 Chronicle of the Year 2001 An alternative view of the year's events with special focus boxes on: African Union; 11 September; Afghanistan; Israel/Palestine; WTO; Asylum; and Alternative Nobel Prizewinners 44 Special Jumbo NI Crossword 45 Mixed Media BOOKS, MUSIC, FILM/VIDEO 48 Country Profile - Romania |
 NI-Japan (No.30) Contents Anti-war! Anti-transnational corporation! Anti-road construction! Anti-globalization! There are many issues to be 'anti' about. But we should not be just opposing. What positive steps can we take on important issues, such as economy, environment, food and agriculture, justice and security? In this issue, NI-Japan introduces some people who have already taken the first steps and looks at some concrete projects here in Japan to make a better world. <This month's main theme article> ·Translation of "The altered landscape" (p9-11) |