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Table of Contents - April 2008

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ACTIVISM
| COMMENTARY
| CULTURE
| FEATURES
| ZAPS

Activism

Activists Target War on Housing by Andrew Mindszenthy

Fifteen years ago, Canada’s federal government scrapped its nationa...

Social Movements Between Woodstock and the Web by Zoltan Grossman

Recently, I’ve gotten some questions about the surge of activism th...

Commentary

Cartoonerama by Jen Sorensen

2 cartoons, by Ted Rall & Jen Sorenson.

Thinking Ouside the (Ballot) Box by Aurora Levins morales

Having a black man and a white woman run helps to obscure the fact ...

Serving the Dominant Elites by Lydia Sargent

In January 2008 I interviewed Michael Albert on the presidential el...

We'd Like a Woman President But... by Lydia Sargent

As women, no matter what we pursue, we always get that qualifying “...

Executive Signing Statements by Anthony Dimaggio

A signing statement is an official announcement from the Executive—...

Immigration Reform Now, Piece By Piece by César cuauhtémoc garcía Hernández

Congress’s stalemate on comprehensive reform is not an excuse for i...

Culture

Review: Challenging Authority by Edgey Wildchild

Frances Fox Piven’s book "Challenging Authority" is about how socia...

Review: Subcommander Marcos by Robert Ovetz

Henck’s book is a case study of the emergence and evolution of a ne...

Features

"Good News," Iraq & Beyond, Part 1 by Noam Chomsky

Iraq remains a significant concern for the population, but that is ...

Safari Journalism by Edward Herman

At the center of Schindler’s analysis is his detailed showing that ...

Indonesia After Shuarto by Andre Vltchek

After the death in January of Indonesia’s former dictator from 1967...

From Financial Crisis to Recession, Part II by Jack Rasmus

What follows is a description of how the financial crisis has been ...

Free Trade Fundumentalism by Roger Bybee

NY Times editorialists and leading columnists continue to embrace a...

U.S. Foreign Policy and Kenya by Anne Holmes

ZMO ONLINE-ONLY ARTICLE: Before Kofi Annan enters the history books...

Understanding the Washington-Tehran Deals by Tom Odonnell

ZMO ONLINE-ONLY ARTICLE: In 2003 Iran had offered a “grand bargain”...

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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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