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2002


August
Did Bindman & Partners help Jack Straw to secure General Pinochet's release?

There were grounds for a judicial review of the Home Secretary's decision to block the extradition of Pinochet to Spain, the grounds being illegality (substantive ultra vires) and procedural impropriety (procedural ultra vires).
 

2001


October

America's pipe dream


'A pro-western regime in Kabul should give the US an Afghan route for Caspian oil.'
By George Monbiot, partly researched by FlyingFish

August

A Meeting of Blood and Oil: The Balkan factor in Western energy security

Could Caspian energy resources conceivably be a factor behind NATO's Balkan strategy?

February

A discreet deal in the pipeline


'Nato mocked those who claimed there was a plan for Caspian oil.'
Researched by FlyingFish, written by George Monbiot
 

2000


September

The OECD's Crocodile Tears


Until international trade law incorporates human and environmental protections at its core, or until international human rights and environmental law are updated and strengthened to cover any large organisation as well as the state, then the protests shall continue...

April

Reclaim the Law


The jury's power of a verdict according to conscience is enshrined as a bulwark against oppressive measures of the state
 

1999



August

GM Spin Doctor - Heal Thyself


How a cynical, arrogant public relations firm joined forces with a cynical, arrogant biotech corporation and a cynical, arrogant government to try to force down our throats not only GM food but also human and environmental exploitation

1998



December

A Bad Case of Pinochet


What is law for, when those most culpable for the greatest crimes remain immune to justice?

October

The Price of Oil, The Price of Life


The political and cultural economy of the Rushdie Affair, including the sad story of British Petroleum's origins in Iran - a story which, funnily enough, the Company never thought to inform us of in their full-page ads

October

Why Strawberries and Cream Made Me Cry


A history of Eritrea and Ethiopia - the source of those infamous images of starving Ethiopians who became camera fodder for us bloated, guilt-ridden consumers of news

August

Dissent and Compromise

  Hard to know what to make of this one. Something about alienation, the media, repression, love and Plato's cave

 

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