June 21, 2005 by Patrick Bond, Dennis Brutus and Virginia Setshedi ZNet Magazine What’s on offer for Africa from the trendy but top-down initiatives called Make Poverty History and Live 8, and even the Johannesburg-based Global Call to Action Against…
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NGOs: Enemies or Allies?
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By Ji Giles Ungpakorn International Socialism This article is an attempt to analyse the politics of the NGOs in Asia, using our experiences as socialists in Thailand as an example. Nearly 20 years have elapsed since the massive proliferation of…
All this ‘Civil Society’ talk takes us nowhere
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January 5, 2002 by Aziz Choudry GATT Watch If there’s one phrase I could do with hearing less of during 2002, it’s “civil society”. I’m not alone. Many of my friends, community activists and organisers in a number of countries…
How NGOs serve Imperialism in Latin America
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December 1997 by James Petras Monhtly Review By the early 1980s the more perceptive sectors of the neoliberal ruling classes realized that their policies were polarizing the society and provoking large-scale social discontent. Neoliberal politicians began to finance and promote…