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Date: Sun Jan 14 2007 - 13:44:39 EST
---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: rupe india <riupeindia@yahoo.co.in> Subject: Latest issue of Aspects of India's Economy New on the website of Aspects of India's Economy (journal of the Research Unit for Political Economy, Mumbai, India) at <http://www.rupe-india.org/> : A Counter-Revolution in Military Affairs? Notes on US High-Tech Warfare by Jacob Levich Wired or postmodern warfare, it was widely claimed, would transform the 21st-century battlefield and assure American supremacy for generations to come.... After several years of grueling guerrilla warfare in the Middle East, US strategists are now re-learning the fundamental lessons of Vietnam: that guerilla war is a political, not merely a military, struggle; that technology, no matter how sophisticated or lethal, cannot defeat a determined popular resistance over the long term; that resistance fighters draw their power from the sympathies and co-operation of the people.... A re-evaluation of the revolution in military affairs most highly-touted weapons in light of the realities of combat reaffirms that it is people, not armaments, that remain decisive. <http://www.rupe-india.org/42/rma.html> Wheat Imports A Tool for Re-Shaping India's Agriculture by RUPE ... These are India's largest cereals imports in the last three decades, and are equivalent to about nine per cent of domestic wheat production.... the wheat imports are part of a broader policy which will further degrade India's food security and serve the interests of foreign and domestic big capital. http://www.rupe-india.org/42/wheat.html Earlier issues on the site: Global Power, Client State: India's Place in the US Strategic Order (Aspects no. 41) <http://www.rupe-india.org/41/contents.html> How Labour Reforms Are Implemented: The Story of Otis Elevators (from Aspects no.s 39 & 40) <http://www.rupe-india.org/39/otis.html> Maintaining Continuity in the Face of Mounting Popular Discontent: UPA Government's Economic Policies (from Aspects no. 38) <http://www.rupe-india.org/38/budget.html> The Real State of India's Economy and The Real Scale of Unemployment (from Aspects no.s 36 & 37) (<http://www.rupe-india.org/36/contents.html> and <http://www.rupe-india.org/36/app1.html>) The Economics and Politics of the World Social Forum (Aspects no. 35) <http://www.rupe-india.org/35/contents.html> Behind the Invasion of Iraq (Aspects no.s 33 & 34) <http://www.rupe-india.org/34/contents.html>
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