November 05, 2004
The Last Letters
Can America make allies of Pakistan’s people rather than its military? In the eighteenth - and last - of openDemocracy's Letters to Americans series, Pakistani human rights campaigner Asma Jahangir writes to Steve Coll, Pulitzer-prizewinning author of ‘Ghost Wars: the secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden’ and managing editor of the Washington Post.
America, Pakistan, and the limits of militarism - openDemocracy
Also on openDemocracy, thoughtful writers around the world respond briefly to the election results in America.
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November 02, 2004
Moving On
Does United States democracy need the world’s aid? In the seventeenth of openDemocracy's Letters to Americans series, Swedish activist with The World Speaks, Kajsa Klein, writes to the African American writer and civic leader, Julianne Malveaux.
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October 29, 2004
America in Africa: plunderer or partner?
Is America’s foreign policy a slave to political priorities and business interests? In the fifteenth of openDemocracy's Letters to Americans series, Ken Wiwa, justice campaigner and advocate for the Ogoni people in the Niger delta, writes to Gayle Smith, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
America in Africa: plunderer or partner? - openDemocracy
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October 25, 2004
America and Japan: the next century and a half
Can the crucial relationship between the United States and Japan best be served by disagreement as well as harmony? In the latest of openDemocracy's Letters to Americans series, Japan’s former ambassador in Washington, Yoshio Okawara, writes to the historian John Dower, author of Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War Two.
America and Japan: the next century and a half - openDemocracy
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October 19, 2004
America and France: whose betrayal?
After Iraq, can the oldest transatlantic alliance ever be repaired? In the thirteenth of openDemocracy's Letters to Americans series, Sabine Herold of the libertarian group ‘Liberté Chérie’ writes to Kenneth Timmerman, author of The French Betrayal of America
America and France: whose betrayal?
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October 12, 2004
America through an Iraqi lens
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How wide is the gap between Americans and Iraqis? In the twelfth of openDemocracy's Letters to Americans series, Iraqi blogger and mother of three sons, Faiza Al-Araji, writes to Anthony Swofford, ex-US marine and author of the 1991 Gulf war memoir, Jarhead.
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October 06, 2004
America & Israel: What kind of friends?
How real, and how rightful, is America’s support for Israel? In the eleventh of openDemocracy's Letters to Americans series, the journalist and West Bank settler Yisrael Harel writes to Jo-Ann Mort, peace campaigner and co-author of a book about the Kibbutzim, and says America should support Israel more.
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September 28, 2004
Revolution in the head
Can the writer’s imagination dissolve the lies of power? In the tenth of openDemocracy's Letters to Americans series, the exiled Chinese poet Yang Lian writes to Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm.
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September 24, 2004
American Freedom v. the European Dream
This week, in the ninth exchange of the unique Letters to Americans series on www.openDemocracy.net, Petr Mach, Economic Advisor to President Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic, argues that sclerotic European governments are simply less democratic and less interested in freedom than the US government. From Washington, Jeremy Rifkin, President of the Foundation of Economic Trends, writes a passionate response. He praises what he calls a new "European dream" and says it delivers a far better quality of life.
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September 21, 2004
Is America's worst enemy nationalism?
The Bush administration responded to 9/11 by exploiting a force deeply rooted in the United States: American nationalism. This force, says British writer Anatol Lieven in an extract from his new book America Right or Wrong, is now deforming the country’s relationship with the world and damaging America itself.
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September 14, 2004
America's Promise
Can the United States see its Latin American neighbours as equals? In the eighth of openDemocracy's Letters to Americans series, the Bolivian labour and anti–privatisation organiser Oscar Olivera writes to Jim Schultz, author of The Democracy Owners’ Manual.
Olivera: "Against the world, against the people, against life: that is what the United States means to me."
Schultz: "America is a promise: one of the most glorious a nation has ever made."
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September 07, 2004
"Mrs. Roosevelt, I’m happy that you’re no longer here"
Is the United States’s love affair with human rights over? In the seventh of openDemocracy's Letters to Americans series, the Iranian lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi writes a heartfelt letter to Eleanor Roosevelt, pioneer of American humanitarianism and commitment to the United Nations.
Ebadi writes: Mrs. Roosevelt, I’m happy that you’re no longer here. Given the great hope you had for a better world, to see the world in the state it finds itself in today would be very painful.
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September 03, 2004
America's dreaming
Can the “American dream” belong also to the world? In the latest of openDemocracy's Letters to Americans series, the Iranian scholar Ramin Jahanbegloo, who teaches at the Cultural Research Bureau in Tehran, and the philosopher Richard Rorty of Stanford University discuss the future of America’s national story.
IRAN: "People in many countries have stake in the American dream."
USA: "The US is a country of idealistic dreamers as well as chauvinistic militarists"
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September 02, 2004
My America: Letters to Americans
http://www.openDemocracy.net is een website voor debat over wereld politiek en cultuur. Op weg naar de Amerikaanse verkiezingen publiceert openDemocracy wekelijks een uitwisseling van brieven waarin Amerikanen en niet-Amerikanen van gedachte wisselen over de rol van Amerika in de wereld. My America: Letters to Americans heeft een breed aanbod van verassende en stimulerende briefwisselingen tussen politici, schrijvers en artiesten met verschillende standpunten over wat Amerika voor hen betekent. Er was bijvoorbeeld een briefwisseling tussen de Chinese mensenrechten activist, Wei Jingsheng en Anne-Marie Slaughter van Princeton Universiteit; Britse econoom Will Hutton en Grover Norquist van Americans for Tax Reform; Indiaanse redacteur Antara Dev Sen en Dinesh D’Souza, schrijver van What’s So Great About America.
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September 01, 2004
My America: Letters to Americans
openDemocracy.net is a website for debate about global politics and culture. Leading up to the US election in November, openDemocracy is publishing a weekly exchange of letters in which Americans and non-Americans share their thoughts and feelings about the world’s lone superpower. My America: Letters to Americans delivers a wide range of fresh, provocative and stimulating exchanges as politicians, writers, and artists with differing viewpoints describe what America means to them. Letters exchanges so far have included: Chinese human rights activist, Wei Jingsheng and Anne-Marie Slaughter of Princeton University; British economist Will Hutton and Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform; Indian editor Antara Dev Sen and Dinesh D’Souza, writer of What’s So Great About America. This project is an example of what openDemocracy does best, assisting hard thought about global issues through strong argument and counter-argument.
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My America: Letters to Americans
openDemocracy.net e` un sito che promuove il dibattito sulla politica globale e la cultura. My America: Letters to Americans (La mia America: Lettere agli Americani) e` un progetto unico nel quale persone conosciute o semplicemente interessanti non Americane scrivono una lettera ad una persona Americana di loro scelta che a sua volta risponde. Le lettere sono ambedue pubblicate e discusse in un forum on line.
Ad oggi, tra gli scambi di lettere pubblicate ci sono quelle di Wei Jingsheng, un attivista per I diritti umani, e Anne Marie Slaughter della Universita` di Princetown; L’economista Inglese Will Hutton e Grover Norquist dell’associazione Americans for Tax Reform (Americani per la riforma delle tasse); l’editore Indiano Antara Dev Sen e Dinesh D’Souza autore di “what’s So Great About America” (Che c’e` di grande circa l’America). Questo progetto e` un esempio di quello che “openDemocracy.net” fa` meglio: promuove difficili discussioni su argomenti globali attraverso un forte dibattito di idée.
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My America: Letters to Americans
opendemocracy.net est un site web pour le débat sur la politique et la culture globale. My America: letter to Americans (Mon Amérique: lettre aux Américains) est un projet unique en son genre dans lequel des gens de tout niveau social mais qui ne sont pas des citoyens Américains, écrivent une lettre a un ou une Américaine de leur choix, qui a leur tour y répondera. Les lettres sont ensuites publiées en pair sur le forum de notre site web et deviennes des points de discussion. Parmis les lettre échangées jusqu’a present se trouvent des lettres d’un activiste des droits de l’homme Chinnois, Wei Jingsheng et celle d’Anne-Marie Slaughter de l’Université de Princeton; de l’Economiste Britanique Will Hutton et celle de Grover Norquist de l’Americain Tax Reform”; de l’éditeur Indien Antara Dev Sen et de Dinesh d’Souza, écrivain de “ what is so great about America” (Qu’est ce qui fait que l’Amérique soit tellement formidable). Ce projet est un example de ce que opendemocracy.net fait de mieux, en assistant des discussions sur des idées dures au travers d’arguments et de contre arguments.
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My America: Letters to Americans
www.openDemocracy.net är en webbplats för debatt om global politik och kultur. My America: Letters to Americans är ett unikt projekt där kända eller helt enkelt intressanta icke-amerikaner skriver ett brev till en utvald amerikan som sedan svarar. Breven publiceras parvis på webbplatsen och diskuteras sedan av läsarna i diskussionsforumet. Brevväxlingar har hittills bland annat ägt rum mellan: den kinesiske människorättsaktivisten Wei Jingsheng och Anne-Marie Slaughter (Princeton universitetet); den brittiske ekonomen Will Hutton och Grover Norquist (Americans for Tax Reform); den indiska redaktören Antara Dev Sen och Dinesh D’Souza, författare till What’s So Great About America. Projektet är ett exempel på openDemocracy.nets specialitet -- att underlätta nytänkande om globala frågor genom att frammana starka argument och motargument.
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