Table of Contents - December 2002

Cross-Border Organizing by David Bacon

Indigenous people from Oaxaca have been migrating within Mexico and to the U.S. for decades. Many were braceros during that program’s 22-year run fro... More / Printer Friendly Version

The Real (Radical) Harry Hay by Michael Bronski

Even in the glow of its conservatism, America—which was formed via revolution, after all—has always taken a certain pride in its radicals. Even s... More / Printer Friendly Version

U.S. War Plans & the Saudi Arabia Debate by Leonard Innes

This summer, the Rand Corporation gave a secret briefing at the Pentagon on a certain Middle East country. The briefing labeled the country under discussion an “e... More / Printer Friendly Version

U.S. Troops in Philippines by Jordan Green

Early in October, an American soldier was killed in Zamboanga City in the Philippines outside a karaoke bar popular with U.S. military personnel, when a nail bomb deli... More / Printer Friendly Version

Nation-Busting Euphoria, Nation-Building Fatigue by Edward Herman

The United States has a long tradition of arrogance, racism, unilateralism, and disregard of international law in its external dealings. So while it is easy to imagine... More / Printer Friendly Version

The Raboteau Revolt by Clara James

Burning barricades of smoldering tires mark every entrance to the “liberated territory,” a seaside slum which separates the dusty port town of Gonaïves ... More / Printer Friendly Version

"Sound Science," Common Sense & Global Warming by Site Administrator

For anyone who still needs “sound science” about global warming, here’s a small sampler: Temperatures are rising. James Hansen and colleagues of New Yor... More / Printer Friendly Version

Israeli Queers Revolt by Sue Katz

When was the last time you heard of a demonstration against a beauty contest? It might seem like a flash from the past, but the Israeli queer group, Black Laundry (Kvi... More / Printer Friendly Version

Afghan Women: Enduring American "Freedom" by Sonali Kolhatkar

In January 2002, George W. Bush said in his State of the Union address, “The last time we met in this chamber, the mothers and daughters of Afghanistan were capti... More / Printer Friendly Version

Media Moments by Michael Parenti

For some time now I have been suffering from what I call “media moments.” We all heard of “senior moments,” a term used mostly by people of mature ... More / Printer Friendly Version

ALCA Viewed from the U.S. by James Petras

In conversations and interviews with U.S. businesspeople and bankers on Wall Street, financial editors and government officials in Washington, as well as from a readin... More / Printer Friendly Version

Lynching and Racial Violence by Peter Rachleff

Between the end of Reconstruction (mid-1870s) and World War II, there were some 3,500 documented incidents of lynching and mob violence against African ... More / Printer Friendly Version

The Manufactured Threat by Site Administrator

The Bush administration has floated several reasons for going to war with Saddam Hussein. The one that seems to have the most currency is that we need to stop Saddam b... More / Printer Friendly Version

7th Free Trade Summit by Site Administrator

In June, I sat in on a meeting of campesinos—peasant farmers— in Ecuador’s coastal province of Manabí. The topic at hand was the upcoming 7th Summi... More / Printer Friendly Version

Monocultures of the Mind: An Interview with Vandana Shiva by David Barsamian

Vandana Shiva is an environmental activist. She is director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in New Delhi. She has pioneered research on ... More / Printer Friendly Version

Long Day's Journey After Election Night by Norman Solomon

With Republicans gaining control of the Senate, few analysts doubt that 9-11 set the stage for George W. Bush to lead his party to victory. Midway through September 20... More / Printer Friendly Version

Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays by June Jordan (Basic Civitas Books: 2002) by Silja j.a. Talvi

When June Jordan passed away on June 14, 2002, the world lost a prolific poet and writer whose continual outrage at social injustices had always been te... More / Printer Friendly Version

Western Terror: From Potosi to Baghdad by Andre Vltchek

The North American empire is admired by some, condemned by others, but feared by all. There are those, including the British prime minister, who see it ... More / Printer Friendly Version