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Quote of the Day (7)
2008-03-20 17:01:00 Kishore Mahbubani talks about how Mao?s Cultural Revolution paved the way for China?s prosperity today in a conversation with the New Perspectives Quarterly Global Viewpoint editor Nathan Gardels. Mahbubani is the dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore and author of “The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Power ...
By: (Mis)readings
Feudalism: Monday Time Waster
2008-01-28 17:59:00 For those of you who are looking for a way to NOT get anything done today are in for a treat. Today’s designated productivity cure is guaranteed to waste your day heh. Feudalism is a free browser game that puts you in control of a small town. Your goal is to build an army, conquer other ...
By: Brown Thoughts
Who will prevail after Bhutto?s death: Feudalism, Fundamentalism or the mid
2007-12-30 06:35:00 There’s a lot of discussion, a lot of it political and a lot of it nonsensical, about the murder of Bhutto and the dangers in Pakistan as an election issue in the USA. I mean, when the NYTimes, Joe Biden and the adults like Christopher Dodd blast certain candidates you know that some things are more ...
Feudalism is dead, long live feudalism!
2007-12-21 23:52:00 After previously snubbing the Sumilao farmers and ordering riot police to block their way to the presidential palace, officials led by the President finally heeded the indigenous peasants? request for an audience. After two meetings in Malacanang, the palace issued an order favorable to the peasants. It was a triumph of symbols, Januar Yap writes... [ This is a content summary only. Visit PinoyBlogoSphere.com for full links, other content, and more! ]
Feudalism is dead, long live feudalism!
2007-12-21 10:21:00 After previously snubbing the Sumilao farmers and ordering riot police to block their way to the presidential palace, officials led by the President finally heeded the indigenous peasants’ request for an audience. After two meetings in Malacanang, the palace issued an order favorable to the peasants. It was a triumph of symbols, Januar Yap writes of ...
By: (Mis)readings
Nuclear Feudalism: Terror War Profits and the Crack-Up of Pakistan
2007-09-11 10:29:00 by Chris Floyd I. There is high drama in Pakistan these days, as terror, tribalism and repression cut a deadly swathe through the collapsi ng regime of military strongman Pervez Musharraf. The latest uphe aval came on the political front this weekend, as the nation's last elected leader was forcibly barred from entering the country — while yet another former leader was frantically negotiating a backroom deal, with Washington's blessing, on sharing power upon her own imminent return from exile, as the Times of India notes. The dictator is being propped up by the largess of his Terror War patron, George W. Bush, who for years has overlooked (or abetted) the entwining of Pakistan's military and security organs with the Taliban, their support for a range of terrorist groups, and the clandestine peddling of nuclear weapons technology to "rogue regimes" all over the world. The military alliance between the United States and Pakistan — toasted again last week by ...
Miss Cantabria y la vuelta al feudalismo
2007-02-22 10:52:00 Ya hemos llegado al esperpento más rancio y casposo de la España feudalista y ha ocurrido en Cantabria, una tierra como reza su lema: Infinita. Hemos visto como en pleno debate de la plena igualdad de la mujer, una vez más, un concurso trasnochado ya en su creación, ha vuelto a trasladarnos al medievo con la decisión de retirar a la ganadora del Certamen Miss Cantabria de su justa corona, por el simple hecho de ser madre, en definitiva, por tener un hijo. Eso pasa en la actualidad, cuando tenemos la lucha ganada por la mujer en las que los partidos polÃticos incluyen en sus listas cláusulas que garantizan la plena igualdad de sus miembros en la composición de sus listas a representar a todos los ciudadanos en nuestros municipios y comunidades autónomas.Pues bien, con este increÃble hecho, nos han devuelto a la realidad de lo que son los concursos de belleza: la Edad Media. Este increÃble hecho, nos ha hecho ver que se siguen incumpliendo las leyes en ciertos certámenes, ...
Land Reform: Time for Feudalism to go
2007-02-06 05:32:02 Adil Najam The Pakistan Kisan Conference met in Lahore this Sunday and (again) demanded an end to feudalism. My first reaction to reading the news was to remember Faiz (remembering Faiz, by the way, is my default mode in just about all matters): youN arz o talab say kab aiye dill, pathar-dil paani houtay haiN tum laakh raza ki khoo Dallo, kab khoo-i-sitamgar jaati hai But this was tempered immediately as I read of a new World Bank report that highlights the troubling inequity in land ownership in Pakistan. Before saying more about both, let me just put my own views on the table. First, I think that the ?feudalism? card is a favorite boogie of the urban educated elites of Pakistan. It is a very convenient thing to blame all our problems on. Why have we not had democracy? Feudalism. Why does the economy not flourish? Feudalism. Why did we lose to South Africa yesterday? Feudalism. Feudalism and the so-called ?unparh, jahil awam? are our scapegoats of choice. It is a very easy way for... |
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