CONTENTS: NO.223 MARCH 2009 ECONOMICS How Wall Street paid for its own funeral by - Marina Litvinsky 2 COVER Rethinking Agriculture: New challenges, a new development agenda Rethinking agriculture by - Lim Li Ching, Elenita Daho and Hira Jhamtani 4 Organic agriculture good for food security in Africa by - Kanaga Raja 9 Africa's Green Revolution rolls out the Gene Revolution by - Mariam Mayet 12 Resilience: More than a trendy word by - Juan Hoffmaister 18 The corporate agrofuel looting of Africa by - Nnimmo Bassey 21 The Green Revolution in Asia: Lessons for Africa by - Hira Jhamtani 27 farmers and consumers benefit from sustainable agriculture by - Anton Muhajir 31 Corporate livestock farming: A threat to global food security by - Susanne Gura 33 Ecological agriculture: A new opportunity for Africa's small farmers 38 Agriculture is at the core of sustainable development by - Elenita Dano and Juan Hoffmaister 41 HUMAN RIGHTS Iran: Hidden menace of 'iron soldiers' by - Mahdi Afruzmanesh 45 WOMEN Economic crisis to put more women out of work this year by - Kanaga Raja 47 A VIEWPOINT Fantasies amidst the shanties by - Pamela Philipose 50 POETRY The washerwoman by - Veronica Volkow 52 No.224 APRIL 09 ECOLOGY Nuclear nightmare - Mark Dowic 2 COVER The G20 Summit After the hype, a big letdown Reality behind the hype of the G20 summit by - Martin Khor 5 The G20 summit: How notto rule the world - Jayati Ghosh 7 The US, the EU and China at the G20 summit by -T Rajamoorthy 10 Development-blind G20 outcome empowers an unreformed IMF by - Bhumika Muchhaia 14 Taxing matters: The G20 and offshore tax havens by - Peter Glllespie 17 Yuan's role presents dilemma for Chinese policymakers by Liu Jic and Zhang Chongfang 20 G20 summit - some civil society reactions by - Kanaga Raja 23 Stiglitz panel calls for sweeping reforms of financial system by Kanaga Raja 24 WORLD AFFAIRS Thailand trapped by rival oligarchies by - Tom Fawthrop 28 Bouteflika's triumph and Algeria's tragedy by - Jacob Mundy31 ACTIONS & ALTERNATIVES Mercosur's cooperatives in an age of integration by -Michael Fox 36 TRIBUTE VG Kiernan (1913-2009): Historian in the battle against Empire by - John Trumpbour 40 POETRY Nothingness by - Xuan Dieu 44 No.225 MAY 2009 ECOLOGY Legendary Vietnamese general fights to save environment - Tom Fawthrop 2 ECONOMICS A world without tax havens? -John Ghristensen 4 COVER The IMF: Real change or more of the same? The IMF: Resurgent but unchanged - Bhumika Muchhala 8 A new life for the IMF: Capitalising on crisis - Robert Weissman 11 IMF voting shares: No plans for significant changes - Mark Weisbrot and Jake Johnston 15 WORLD AFFAIRS Philippines: 'Death at 4:30 pm' - Brad Miller 18 Latin America changes: Hunger strikes, coca leaves and underground diplomacy - Benjamin Dangl 22 Peru: Battle for the Amazon -Kiraz Janicke 25 New president promises to beat poverty in El Salvador - Raul Gutierrez 27 Israel: 'Racists for Democracy' -Uri Avnery 29 HUMAN RIGHTS Rights-based approach to food crisis needed - UN expert -Kanaga Raja 32 WOMEN The gender agenda in Venezuela - Nandi Mgijima 35 VIEWPOINT Somalia: Pirates or saviours of the coast? - Andrew Mwangura 37 Burma: Character assassination, or something worse? - Kyaw Zwa Moe 39 POETRY A monk - Bian Zhilin 40 NO.226 JUNE 2009 ECOLOGY A global land-grab - Martin Large and Neil Ravenscroft2 COVER Back to the UN: Historic conference addresses global economic crisis UN sets big agenda for economic crisis action - Martin Khor 4 Economic crisis: rich countries block reform at UN summit 6 UN finance conference adopts outcome document, but differences remain - Bhumika Muchhala and Meena Raman 9 South's leaders stress the UN's leading role in economic affairs - Bhumika Muchhala 13 Conference panel calls for debt moratorium and arbitration system - Meena Raman 16 North's bailout destroyed trading system's playing field, says Stiglitz - Bhumika Muchhala 19 'Developing countries must lead process to realise conference goals' - Yilmaz Akyuz21 WORLD AFFAIRS Honduran coup: Same story, different stage, new reality - Michael Fox 23 Iran: A nation divided - AlirezaDoostdar28 The Israel Project's secret hasbara handbook exposed - Richard Silverstein 30 Forget the headlines: Iraqi freedom deferred - Ramzy Baroud 33 WOMEN Seasonal widows - Mario Osava 35 VIEWPOINT Why programmes fail - Richard Levins 37 POETRY Song - Vmicius de Moraes 40 No.227JULY 2009 ECOLOGY India: Rural self-sufficiency -Sandip Chattopadhyay 2 ECONOMICS Collapse of mineral prices poses a challenge to African reform agenda - Abdulai Darimani and Kwesi W Obeng 4 COVER The H1N1 swine flu pandemic and the globalisation of industrial livestock farming H1N1 and the great swine cover-up - Laura Carlsen 8 A food system that kills - GRAIN 12 The hog industry strikes back -Robert Wallace 15 Poor countries worry about flu vaccine shortage - Martin Khor 20 The global response to swine flu: 'the brighter side of globalisation' or just reinforcing inequalities? - Marion Birch 22 WORLD AFFAIRS Pan-Africanism in Mwalimu Nyerere's thought - Issa G by Shivji 25 Honduras: The forces behind the coup 30 Colombia: US bases stoke the flames of regional conflict - Roque Planas 33 HUMAN RIGHTS UN conference calls for action on investigation findings on Gaza war - Riaz K Tayob 35 WOMEN Afghanistan, Gaza and the battle for improved maternal and infant healthcare 40 VIEWPOINT Fast-tracked swine flu vaccine under fire - Mae-Wan Ho and Joe Cummins 42 ACTIONS & ALTERNATIVES One person, one vote - Monti Aguirre 46 POETRY Come thunder- Christopher Okigbo 48