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Table of Contents - September 2010

This Month's Free Z Magazine Articles

Behind The Scenes: Journal of the 23rd Year by Z Staff
Movement Building: U.S. Social Forum 2010 by Chris Spannos
Military Activity: AFRICOM: Washington's New Imperial Weapon by Stephen Roblin
Media Studies: Paper of Record Or Paper of Power? by Florian Zollmann
Book Review: The Politics of Genocide by Rick Rozoff
Book Review: Anatomy of an Epidemic by Bruce Levine
Book Review: Epic Recession by Suzi Weissman
Free Listings: Zaps - September 2010 by Various Contributors

COMMENTARY
| ACTIVISM
| FEATURES
| REVIEWS
| ZAPS

Commentary

BEHIND THE SCENES: Journal of the 23rd Year by Z Staff

News from Z on vacations, finances, and ZMI

WAR: Losing in Afghanistan by Marjorie Cohn

Wasteful military budget appropriations for a lost cause

FOG WATCH: The Global (In)justice System by Edward Herman

Supposedly benevelent enterprises that facilitate injustice

COURT WATCH: Whistleblowers Under the Conservative Roberts Court by Stephen Bergstein

Expanding rights for corporations and diminishing rights for workers

DEMOCRACY DEFICIT: U.S. Buys the Press in Venezuela by Eva Golinger

Millions of dollars funding anti-Chavez media efforts

BEHIND THE CURTAIN: A Tea Party Tale by Don Monkerud

The big money and big media behind the faux populists

CONSERVATIVE WATCH: Right's New Apocalypse by Bill Berkowitz

Fears of a "Demographic Winter" stoking misogyny and racism

Activism

MOVEMENT BUILDING: U.S. Social Forum 2010 by Chris Spannos

An overview of the second USSF & speculation on its future

LOCAL OPPOSITION: Resisting the Guam Military Build-Up by Seth Kershner

An interview with Chamorro rights activist LisaLinda Natividad

Features

AIRSPACE: Drones Over America by Mike Reizman

Military and police plans for using drones in the U.S.

MILITARY ACTIVITY: AFRICOM: Washington's New Imperial Weapon by Stephen Roblin

Ongoing escalation of U.S. military activity in Africa

MEDIA STUDIES: Paper of Record Or Paper of Power? by Florian Zollmann

How the New York Times covered the U.S. assault on Fallujah

Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: The Politics of Genocide by Rick Rozoff

A new book by Edward S. Herman & David Peterson on worthy & unworth...

BOOK REVIEW: Anatomy of an Epidemic by Bruce Levine

A new book by Robert Whitaker on increased psychiatric drug use

BOOK REVIEW: Epic Recession by Suzi Weissman

Jack Rasmus's book on the global economic crisis

BOOK REVIEW: The Bomb by David Swanson

Howard Zinn's personal reflection on WWII and the atomic bomb

BOOK REVIEW: The Korean War by Jeremy Kuzmarov

Bruce Cumings's new book on the U.S.'s "forgotten war"

BOOK REVIEW: FDR And The New Deal For Beginners by John Pietaro

A new graphic history in the For Beginner's series

Zaps

FREE LISTINGS: Zaps - September 2010 by Various Contributors

Announcements of new events, campaigns, organizations, and media

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Announcements

Events from Zaps

ANARCHY FEST - The fourth annual Victoria Festival of Anarchy & Bookfair is planned for September 5-12, with the Bookfair on the last two days; features workshops, presentations, music and more.

FAIR TRADE - The Fair Trade Futures Conference is scheduled for September 10-12 in Boston, with seminars aimed towards promoting an alternative and more just economy.

BOOKFAIR - The Twin Cities Anarchist Bookfair is scheduled for September 10-12 in south Minneapolis, with skillshares, crafts, food, music, and of course authors, publishers and books.

DEMOCRACY SCHOOL - The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund is hosting a democracy School in Seattle September 17-18, to teach organizing for environmental justice and sustainable communities.

PEACE DAY - September 21 is the UN's International Day of Peace, with this year's theme Youth, Peace and Development.

MOBILIZATION - Appalachia Rising events against mountaintop removal mining are scheduled for September 25-27 in Washington, DC. A weekend conference, Appalachia Rising, Voices from the Mountains, is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. On Monday, the Appalachia Rising Day of Action will feature a march and rally.

JOBS - A mass mobilization and march for jobs, One Nation Working Together, is scheduled for Saturday, October 2 in Washington, DC. The event is supported by local peace and economic justice groups around the country, who are organizing rides there.

SPACE FOR PEACE - The annual International Week of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space is scheduled for October 2-9; resources to help plan educational events or demonstrations are available online and by request.

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