Re: nettime The Mendicants of the New Empire

2003-12-09 Thread Carl Guderian
Martin Hardie wrote: December 6 / 7, 2003 When NGOs Attack Implications of the Coup in Georgia By JACOB LEVICH Is this really so bad? That NGOs whore for the IMF doesn't let the likes of Shevardnadze, Lukashenko or Castro off the hook. Yeah, that Milosevic--warmongering scum, but he sure

nettime The Mendicants of the New Empire

2003-12-08 Thread Martin Hardie
We have just got through a local government election here in Mozambique - massive 30% voter turnout. People just don't seem interested in voting when government either does not function or appears corrupt. Funny that. The players here are either business (mostly Portuguese or South African or