Ha-Joon Chang: ‘Do as we say, not as we do’

28Mar10

Over at New Left Project David Wearing has a fantastic interview with leading development economist Ha-Joon Chang, discussing the impact of neoliberal development policies on poorer countries and Britain’s record on international development. Here’s a snippet: So, what’s your assessment of New Labour’s record in this area [i.e. international development]? I would give credit to [...]

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Tags: development, economics, Ha-Joon Chang, international development, neoliberalism, New Labour, New Left Project

‘Proximity talks’

26Mar10

Israeli Vice Prime Minister, Minister for Strategic Affairs and close Netanyahu ally Moshe Ya’alon explains that Netanyahu’s attempts to resume “indirect negotiations” with the Palestinian Authority are just a “maneuver” designed to “create the illusion that an agreement can be reached”: “And I say so out of knowledge,” Ya’alon told Yediot. “Nobody in the forum [...]

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Tags: "peace process", Moshe Ya'alon, Netanyahu, Obama, proximity talks, rejectionism, settlements, US-Israel

One Massacre Too Many

24Mar10

My review of Norman Finkelstein’s new book on the Gaza massacre is up at New Left Project – read it here. “Norman Finkelstein’s latest, This Time We Went Too Far: Truth & Consequences of the Gaza Invasion, is a damning chronicle of both the invasion itself and the cynicism and wilful blindness of those who [...]

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Tags: Gaza, meta, Norman Finkelstein, This Time We Went Too Far

Goldstone report: a manufactured controversy

17Mar10

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Tags: Cast Lead, Gaza, Gaza massacre, Goldstone, Norman Finkelstein

A history of rejectionism

17Mar10

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Tags: "peace process", Norman Finkelstein, rejectionism, Ze'ev Maoz

Avi Shlaim rocks Cambridge

03Mar10

On Monday the prominent Middle East historian Avi Shlaim came to Cambridge to speak on the ‘history and historiography of the Israeli-Arab conflict’. He gave a brief overview of the conflict to date and sketched the development of and subsequent split within the ‘New Historians’ (a group of Israeli historians – notably Benny Morris, Ilan [...]

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Tags: "peace process", 1948, Avi Shlaim, Cambridge, Edward Said, Gaza, Gaza massacre, historiography, history, Oslo, zionism