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"Sophisticated colonialism". A punchy piece in The Nation from Naomi Klein argues that post-conflict reconstruction in Iraq, Afghanistan, as well as post-tsunami rebuilding is all about drastically reshaping countries' policies and practices. In Iraq, Klein argues, "Wolfowitz was just doing what the World Bank is already doing in virtually every war-torn and disaster-struck country in the world--albeit with fewer bureaucratic niceties and more ideological bravado". Activist Shalmali Guttal gets a snappy quote in the piece: "we used to have vulgar colonialism. Now we have sophisticated colonialism, and they call it 'reconstruction.'" It remains to be seen how sophisticated the Wolfowitz bank will be. Alex Wilks ~ April 27, 2005
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