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Table of Contents - June 2008

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ACTIVISM
| COMMENTARY
| CULTURE
| FEATURES
| ZAPS

Activism

Mississippi’s SB 2988 by David Bacon

On March 17 Mississippi Governor Hayley Barbour signed the farthest...

StratCom Conference by Bruce k. Gagnon

Admittedly, “StratCom: The Most Dangerous Place on the Face of the ...

War on Communities by Cynthia Peters

Thanks to the organizing efforts of City Life/Vida Urbana and the c...

Commentary

Letters to the Editor by Z magazine Readers

The Dalai Lama says he and George W. Bush are like “two old friends...

If the Left Debated the Campaign Issues by Lydia Sargent

Sargent interviews Albert on economic issues in this election campa...

The Private World of Aircraft Maintenance by Carl Finamore

On April 9 there were 1,100 cancellations by American Airlines and ...

Racial Profiling by Margaret Kwoka

Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit overturne...

The Sean Bell Verdict by Rosa Clemente

On April 25, in a country where beating and killing a dog gets you ...

Is the Religious Right Wounded or in Transition? by Bill Berkowitz

These days, you can hardly pick up a newspaper, open a news magazin...

World Water Crisis by Alex Stonehill

While western politicians and consumers fret over the declining eco...

Culture

Damming the Flood by Ben Terrall

Peter Hallward’s new book is a welcome corrective to the false imp...

Review: Takeover by Jeffrey Frank

"Takeover" offers a comprehensive examination of the history of the...

Features

Triumph of Lunacy by Edward Herman

The public in the United States doesn’t like what is going on and f...

Doctor Wall Street by Jeremy Brecher

A special pamphlet on the history of health care coverage in the U.S.

Market Madness by A.k. Gupta

As dramatic as the consumer price increases are, the frenzy on comm...

Financial Appropriations by William Tabb

Mainstream finance theory of the sort taught to millions of undergr...

Emerging Epic Recession? by Jack Rasmus

Is there something fundamentally different about the current econom...

Colombia "Free Trade" Deal by Roger Bybee

A proposed “free trade” deal with Colombia, where 2,100 unionists h...

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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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