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Thomas: Bill Bradley: Progressives' Pal or Wall Street Stooge?
Zmag Article, March, 01 2000
Martin Thomas
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In the next decade, the most pressing issue likely to face the president will involve disputes over international economics, finance, and trade. It is important we have a president who needs no tutoring,” says David M. Smick, former chi...
Staff: For Justice and Against Prison
Zmag Article, March, 01 2000
Z Staff
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The Manchester Guardian of February 15 includes an article by a Duncan Campbell of Los Angeles. Here we borrow from his research and from prior Z essays by Christian Parenti, George Wright, and Stephen Shalom. U.S. citizens constitute 5 p...
Rodgers: World Hunger: Twelve Myths
Zmag Article, March, 01 2000
John h. Rodgers
Rodgers's ZSpace page
New York: Grove Press, 1998, 270 pp, paperback, second edition Review by John H. Rodgers In the wake of one crisis after another in the world financial system, there is growing space for the reconsideration of ...
Petras: The Rural Landless Workers Movement
Zmag Article, March, 01 2000
James Petras
Petras's ZSpace page
Over the past 30 years, Brazilian governments—both military and civilian—have proclaimed the need for “agrarian reform” but have resisted implementing an effective policy. INCRA (National Institute of Colonization and Agrar...
Dodge: The Juvenile Court
Zmag Article, March, 01 2000
Mara Dodge
Dodge's ZSpace page
In 1999, 100 years after the establishment of the nation’s first juvenile court in Cook County (Chicago), Illinois, nearly all states have succeeded in passing sweeping legislation to “criminalize” or “adultify” their ...
Boutros-ghali: none
Zmag Article, March, 01 2000
Boutros Boutros-ghali
Boutros-ghali's ZSpace page
Random House, NY, 1999, 352 pp, Review by Tom Gallagher Some will remember that before serving as spokesperson for the victims of erectile dysfunction, Senator Robert Dole was the 1996 Republican nominee for the United States preside...
Melton: Protect Griffy Alliance vs. Indiana University
Zmag Article, March, 01 2000
Jeff Melton
Melton's ZSpace page
Early last fall, Indiana University revealed its intention to lease 300 acres of university land to a hastily formed private corporation (formed by IU alumni with close ties to the board of trustees) for the purpose of building a private gol...
Su: xa1 La Huelga Va!
Zmag Article, March, 01 2000
Carlos Su
Su's ZSpace page
Rocío García is one of the participants of the nine-month student strike at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The strike was called on April 20, 1999, as a response to a dramatic tuition increase by the universit...
Administrator: Booming Economic Inequality, Falling Voter Turnout
Zmag Article, March, 01 2000
Site Administrator
Administrator's ZSpace page
We should have a lot more to show for an economic boom that recently broke the record for the longest expansion in our nation’s history. February marked 107 months—nine years—of uninterrupted economic growth beginning in March...
Anderson: Diallo Rorschach
Graphic, March, 01 2000
Kirk Anderson
Anderson's ZSpace page
diallo, police, cops, murder, police brutality
