Volume 26, Number 12
About Z
Z Staff
Editorial
Chomsky v. Buckley
Jeffrey Rudolph
Commentary
IMPERIAL RIVALS
Old Game
John Pilger
VOICES
Battle for Freedom
Ramzy Baroud
FOG WATCH
On The ICC
Edward S. Herman
CONSERVATIVE WATCH
Prisons for Profit
Bill Berkowitz
POPULAR MYTHS
A Left-Wing Nation?
Alex Bradshaw
Activism
SCALING BACK
Worker Education
Andy Piascik
Features
FAIRY TALES
Resistance
Paul Street
INTERVIEW
Technology
John Malkin
HISTORY HANDBOOK
Military Supremacy
Nicolas J.S. Davies
GLOBAL TERROR
Empire
Andrew Gavin Marshall
GREEN TIDE
Fukushima
Kevin Zeese
CLASS WARFARE
Investment Property
Rob Larson
NET WORTH
Corporate Tax Shift
Jack Rasmus
RESOURCE WARS
Resource Extraction
Marc Becker
Zaps
Events
Various Contributors
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Table of Contents - December 2013
This Month's Free Z Magazine Articles
- About Z by Z Staff
- Noam Chomsky vs. William F. Buckley by Jeffrey Rudolph
- Imperial Rivals: Old Game, New Enemy by John Pilger
- Popular Myths: Looking for a Left-Wing Nation? You Live in One by Alex Bradshaw
- Scaling Back: The Struggle to Save Worker Education by Andy Piascik
- Fairy Tales: Unreported Resistance by Paul Street
- Interview: Technology in a Free Society by John Malkin
- History Handbook: Tragic History of U.S. Military Supremacy by Nicolas J.S. Davies
- Global Terror: Empire Under Obama by Andrew Gavin Marshall
- Events, Books, Campaigns by Various Contributors
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About Z by Z Staff
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Editorial
Noam Chomsky vs. William F. Buckley by Jeffrey Rudolph
On immoral compasses
Commentary
IMPERIAL RIVALS: Old Game, New Enemy by John Pilger
On the new U.S. "historic mission"
VOICES: Giap, Wallace and The Never-Ending Batttle for Freedom by Ramzy Baroud
On two lives spent fighting for human rights
FOG WATCH: Desmond Tutu on the ICC by Edward S. Herman
The selectivity of the International Court
CONSERVATIVE WATCH: States Guarantee Prison Populations for Profit by Bill Berkowitz
The outrageous private prison contracts
POPULAR MYTHS: Looking for a Left-Wing Nation? You Live in One by Alex Bradshaw
The myth of a centric population
Activism
SCALING BACK: The Struggle to Save Worker Education by Andy Piascik
Resistance at Brooklyn COllege
Features
FAIRY TALES: Unreported Resistance by Paul Street
Recent popular protests
INTERVIEW: Technology in a Free Society by John Malkin
The effect of technology on society
HISTORY HANDBOOK: Tragic History of U.S. Military Supremacy by Nicolas J.S. Davies
The expansive military build-up
GLOBAL TERROR: Empire Under Obama by Andrew Gavin Marshall
America's secret wars
GREEN TIDE: Fukushima: A Global Threat by Kevin Zeese
High risk radiation events
CLASS WARFARE: Home Is Where the Empty Investment Property Is by Rob Larson
The divergent lives of classes
NET WORTH: The Great Corporate Tax Shift by Jack Rasmus
Doubling corporate profits
RESOURCE WARS: Resource Extraction and the Yasuni National Park by Marc Becker
Drilling in an ecologically sensitive park in Ecuador
Zaps
Events, Books, Campaigns by Various Contributors
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Announcements
HUMAN RIGHTS - The U.S. Human Rights Network will celebrate its 10th anniversary with the Advancing Human Rights 2013 Conference, December 6-8, in Atlanta, GA.
Contact: 250 Georgia Avenue SE, Suite 330, Atlanta, GA 30312; info@ushrnetwork.org; http:// www.ushrnetwork.org/.
AFRICAN/SOCIALIST - The Sixth Congress of the African People’s Socialist Party USA will be held December 7-11, in St. Petersburg, FL.
Contact: 1245 18th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33705; 727- 821-6620; info@aps puhuru.org; http://asiuhuru.org/.
SCHOOLS - The Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC) will host a workshop on the DSC “Model Code on Education and Dignity: Presenting A Human Rights Framework for Schools” at the Mid-Hudson Region NY State Leadership Summit on School Justice Partnerships, December 11 in White Plains, NY.
Contact: http://www.dignityin schools.org/.
ANARCHIST/BOOKFAIR - The Humboldt Anarchist Book Fair will be held December 14, in Eureka, CA.
Contact: humboldtgrassroots @riseup.net; http://humbold tanarchist bookfair.wordpress. com/.
CLIMATE - The World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities is hosting a follow-up event to the 2012 Rio de Janeiro symposium. The gathering will be held in Qatar on January 28-30, 2014.
Contact: http://environment.tufts. edu/.
Misc
LABOR - The United Association for Labor Education (UALE) will host Organizing for Power: A New Labor Movement for the New Working Class in Los Angeles, March 26-29. Proposals are due December 15.
Contact: LAWCHA, 226 Carr Building (East Campus), Box 90719, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0719;lawcha @duke. edu; http://lawcha.org/.
MEDIA FELLOWSHIP - The Media Mobilizing Project is seeking applicants for the first annual Movement Media Fellowship Program. The Fellow will work with MMP to produce the spring season of Media Mobilizing Project TV. MMPTV is a news and talk show that tells the stories of local communities organizing to win human rights and build a movement to end poverty.
Contact: 4233 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104; 215-821- 9632; milena@media mobilizing.org; http://www.media mobilizing.org/.
RACE - The 7th Facing Race: A National Conference will be held in Dallas, TX November 13-15, 2014. Organizers, educators, artists, funders and everyone interested in racial equity is invited to exchange best practices and learn about innovative models and successful organizing initiatives. Proposals must be submitted by January 24, 2014.
Contact: Race Forward, 32 Broadway, Suite 1801, New York, NY 10004; 212-513-7925; media @raceforward.org; http://race forward.org/.
Books
VETERANS - They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America’s Wars - The Untold Story, by Ann Jones, is about the journey of veterans from the moment of being wounded in rural Afghanistan to their return home.
Contact: Haymarket Books, PO Box 180165, Chicago, IL 60618; 773-583-7884; http://www.haymarketbooks.org/.
LIBYA - Destroying Libya and World Order: The Three-Decade U.S. Campaign to Terminate the Qaddafi Revolution, by Francis A. Boyle, is a history and critique of American foreign policy from Reagan to Obama.
Contact: Clarity Press, Inc., Ste. 469, 3277 Roswell Rd. NE, Atlanta, GE 30305; 404-647-6501; claritypress@usa.net; http://www. claritypress.com/.
CHILDREN - Fannie and Freddie by Becky Z. Dernbach is about two bumbling villains who gamble away the savings of the people of Homeville.
Contact: fannieandfreddiebook @gmail.com; http://fannieand freddie.org/.
PROTEST/COMIC - Fight the Power!: A Visual History of Protest Among English Speaking Peoples, by Sean Michael Wilson and Benjamin Dickson is a graphic narrative that explains how people have fought against oppression.
Contact: Seven Stories Press, 140 Watts Street, New York, NY 10013; 212-226-8760; info@ sevenstories.com; http://www. sevenstories.com.
CHILDREN - Brave Girl by Michelle Markel and illustrated by Melissa Sweet is the true story of Clara Lemlich, a young Ukrainian immigrant who led the largest strike of women workers in U.S. history.
Contact: http://www.harpercollins childrens.com/Kids/.
Film
FESTIVAL - The 2014 Queer Women of Color Film Festival will be held June 13-15 in San Francisco. The festival is currently accepting submissions until December 31.
Contact: QWOCMAP, 59 Cook Street, San Francisco, CA 94118-3310; 415-752-0868; festival@qwocmap.org; http://www.qwocmap.org/.
IRAQ/REFUGEES - Ten years after the U.S.-led war in Iraq, thousands of displaced Iraqi refugees are still facing a crisis in the United States. The Lost Dream follows Nazar and Salam who had to flee Iraq in order to avoid threats by Al- Qaeda-affiliated groups and Iraqi insurgents that consider them “traitors” for supporting U.S. forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Contact: Typecast Films, 888- 591-3456; info@type castfilms. com; http://type castfilms.com/.
Music/Media
HUMAN RIGHTS - Lyrical Revolt! III will be held December 4 in Syracuse, NY. The event will feature hip-hop musician Anhel whose album Young, Gifted, and Brown was just released. The event is sponsored by ANSWER Syracuse, Liberation News, and SyracuseHip Hop.com. Performers and artists are encouraged to send submissions.
Contact: lyricalrevolt@gmail.com; http://www.answercoalition.org/syracuse/.
FOLK - Musician Painless Parker has released his album Music for miscreants, malcontents and misanthropes featuring “Fuck Yeah, the Working Class.”
Contact: info@painlessparkermusic.com; http://painlessparkermusic.com/.
COMEDY - Political comedian Lee Camp’s new album Pepper Spray the Tears Away has been released.
Contact: http://leecamp.net/.
