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Title	Type	Date	Words
The Trouble with Diversity.	Book review	Apr 1, 2008	240
Laos.	Country overview	Dec 1, 2007	1164
Big babies.		Oct 1, 2007	315
Dumbing down democracy: Richard Swift fears for a political culture where we are being treated like small children.		Oct 1, 2007	1931
Cotton.	Brief article	Apr 1, 2007	310
Cotton: peril and promise; Gentle and breathable to wear; harsh and suffocating to work with. Richard Swift unpicks the world's favourite fabric.		Apr 1, 2007	1366
Death by cotton: Richard Swift travels to the troubled cotton belt of eastern Maharashtra, where a tragedy has been unfolding.		Apr 1, 2007	2323
Organic and beyond: can 'going organic' save India's besieged cotton farmers? Not on its own, argues Richard Swift, as he sorts through the evidence.		Apr 1, 2007	1850
Europa!	Brief article	Oct 1, 2006	319
Dictatorship of no alternatives: Richard Swift reports on how an internationalist vision fell among the wolves.	Cover story	Oct 1, 2006	1238
The next move? Richard Swift explores how Europe might do it differently.		Oct 1, 2006	1621
Squatter town.	Editorial	Jan 1, 2006	356
Welcome to squatter town: Richard Swift takes the measure of our urban future.		Jan 1, 2006	884
The lease on life: Richard Swift breaks bread with the resilient squatters of Bangkok.		Jan 1, 2006	2963
Empire Left & Right: the most ancient form of human domination just won't go away and historians and philosophers of every political stripe have joined battle over its meaning. Richard Swift acts as referee.		Jan 1, 2006	2828
Disney rewrites Carib history.	Brief Article	Jun 1, 2005	171
From this month's editor.	Brief Article	Mar 1, 2005	246
Life after communism.		Apr 1, 2004	306
The wild east: life in the high-rise jungle of urban post-communism is not for the faint-hearted. Richard Swift takes the measure of a new capitalism--that's all shock and no therapy.		Apr 1, 2004	2217
Revolution of roses: the people of Georgia have had enough. But does this mean real change? Richard Swift reports on the debate.		Apr 1, 2004	1712
Democracy--beyond the market: throughout the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Richard Swift finds a new breed of activists are struggling for sustainable democracy.		Apr 1, 2004	2495
Corporate crime wave. (Corporate Crime/Keynote).		Jul 1, 2003	2925
2002: The year of insecurity; Richard Swift looks at how the politics of insecurity played out in 2002--and holds out for a different notion of safety. (The World: Chronicle 2002).		Jan 1, 2003	1872
The occupation is killing us all: attitudes may have hardened and grown bitter, but Richard Swift thinks only a complete end to occupation will undermine the extremists on both sides. (Israel & Palestine: Keynote).		Aug 1, 2002	3007
The U$ will pay! Richard Swift ducks the tax. (Israel & Palestine: The US Stake).	Brief Article	Aug 1, 2002	296
Room for manoeuvre: breaking into a dialogue of the deaf isn't easy, but Richard Swift finds some spaces. (Israel & Palestine: Conclusion).	Brief Article	Aug 1, 2002	658
Rush to nowhere: Richard Swift says it's time we slammed on the brakes. (Keynote).		Mar 1, 2002	3014
The enclosed summit.	Brief Article	Sep 1, 2001	789
From this month's editory.		Jan 1, 2001	271
Health hazard: but Richard Swift believes we don't have to live on the critical list.		Jan 1, 2001	2869
Democracy: is that all there is? Richard Swift thinks not.		Jun 1, 2000	2396
Propaganda (it is sometimes difficult to distinguish public relations from propaganda).		Jul 1, 1999	463
Mindgames: it's just a short step from political propaganda to corporate public relations - Richard Swift wighs the implications for ... debate.		Jul 1, 1999	2745
One-trick pony: Richard Swift talks with Stuart Ewen about the origins of the PR industry and its implications for democratic debate.		Jul 1, 1999	1723
Lies and the laptop bombardiers: the barrage of words ... that accompanied the ... crisis in Kosovo was an exercise pn official cheer-leading ...		Jul 1, 1999	1482
Horn of tragedy: ... the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea.		Sep 1, 1998	841
Cocoa chain.	Editorial	Aug 1, 1998	501
Cocoa chain: ... the bittersweet journey from cocoa to chocolate.		Aug 1, 1998	2691
Deep roots in cocoa country: life may be tough and real hardship never far distant.		Aug 1, 1998	1886
Race to stand still: cocoa prices may go up, but the quality of life goes down.		Aug 1, 1998	2197
Chocolate - the facts: the relationship of the bitter tropical bean to that gooey brown goodness is usually ignored.		Aug 1, 1998	313
Best of the best: why Ghana's cocoa farmers are no longer content to be used as pawns in the international cocoa-marketing game.		Aug 1, 1998	1606
Cocoa chain: the history of the bean.		Aug 1, 1998	2078
Cocoa farmer in Cadbury's court: Asamoah visits the `real world'.		Aug 1, 1998	2525
Chocolate saves the world! ... takes a look at the magic bean to see if it can be persuaded to work better for everyone.		Aug 1, 1998	997
Endangered species: who's next?		Mar 1, 1997	2837