Issue 309 / January-February 1999
Issue 309 / January-February 1999
The Radical Twentieth Century
The century is being hijacked.
Time to reclaim it, says Chris Brazier.
A bunch of fives
From unsung martyrs to big ideas, from dangerous corporations
to ridiculous wars, here is the century in lists of five.
ANTI-COLONIALISM
The heart of Africa
Amid attempts to wrestle with conflict in Burundi and DR Congo,
former Tanzanian leader Julius Nyerere reflects with Ikaweba
Bunting on an anti-colonial life.
ECOLOGY
The powerboat and the planet
The NI looks back over the brief but vibrant history of the
environmental movement.
FEMINISM
Domestic murder and the golden sea
India's Urvashi Butalia starts her journey through the women's
century by recalling an incident chillingly close to home.
LABOUR
After the eclipse
The labour movement has seen revolution, reform and apparent defeat.
But the best is yet to come, argues Jeremy Seabrook.
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 1900 & 2000 - THE FACTS
PEACE
No more war heroes
Few people escaped war and its ravages entirely. But the peace movement
still made a difference, believes Dorothy Thompson.
Betrayal and promise
Pre-millennial blues are understandable given the state we're in,
says Eduardo Galeano. But there's plenty of hope of redemption
out there if only you will look.
Big Bad Century
Come out from under that desk, barks cartoonist P J Polyp - this
is what we've
all been waiting for, this is.....The Exponential Century.
Heaven, hell and spring sunshine
Chris Brazier writes a postscript for the twentieth century -
and burrows
into the gaping cracks in the new world order.
CHRONICLE OF 1998
An alternative view of the year's events, with special features on Indonesia,
weather, the Middle East, international justice, DR Congo, Iraq
and alternative prize winners.
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