Table of Contents - June 2007

Ji had: Theirs & Ours, Part 1 by David Barsamian

Tariq Ali, an internationally renowned writer, was born in Lahore in 1943. It was then a part of British-ruled India, now in Pakistan. For many years he has been based in London where he is an edit... More / Printer Friendly Version

300: A Gay Porn Movie? by Michael Bronski

Zack Snyder’s idiotic sword and sandal trifle 300 is notable on three accounts. The first are the relatively cool computer generated images (CGI) that make the movie look like a cross bet... More / Printer Friendly Version

Kicking Away the Ladder, Part 2 by Noam Chomsky

If you look at the state sector in the United States, your taxes have been funding growth for years. Now the funding is shifting. Pentagon funding is declining and funding for the National In... More / Printer Friendly Version

The Iran-UK Face-Off by Larry Everest

The March 23-April 4 standoff between Britain and Iran over Iran’s seizure of 15 British military personnel ended without a military clash, but it would be wrong to conclude that the Bush... More / Printer Friendly Version

Bob “Ballots for Bush” Bennett  by Bob Fitrakis

Ohio’s Bob “Ballots for Bush” Bennett, an essential player in putting George W. Bush back in the White House in 2004, is no longer chair of the Cuyahoga County Board of Electio... More / Printer Friendly Version

Challenging Canadian Mining Companies by Al Gedicks

Canadian mining companies, which constitute almost 60 percent of the world’s exploration and mining companies, have made Latin America the world’s most popular resource frontier. Th... More / Printer Friendly Version

Alberto Gonzales & the Lawyers of the Third Reich by Site Administrator

As Attorney General Alberto Gonzales struggles to keep his job due to the U.S. Attorney firings scandal, many have forgotten the role he played in creating policies that are profoundly more... More / Printer Friendly Version

The U. S. Now Poses the Greatest Threat of Any Country in History by Site Administrator

My harsh title is not based on the belief that U.S. leaders are the most vicious ever, although they are amply arrogant, ruthless, and even vicious, rendered more hypocritical by the veneer o... More / Printer Friendly Version

The Secret Air Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by Jeff Nygaard

A relentless attack from the air against Iraq and Afghanistan has been going on for years, with the United States conducting an average of 75 to 100 airstrikes in the 2 countries every day. T... More / Printer Friendly Version

School’s Out? by Ari Paul

The fight to close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (formerly known as the School of the Americas or SOA) at Ft. Benning in Georgia has been an uphill battle. But the... More / Printer Friendly Version

Right to the City by Site Administrator

On January 11, 2007 at the Japanese American Cultural Community Center in Little Tokyo in downtown Los Angeles, Gihan Perera, the executive director of the Miami Workers Center, addressed an en... More / Printer Friendly Version

Imagine A Country: Life in the new millenium by Holly Sklar

Imagine a country where one out of five children is born into poverty and wealth is being redistributed upward. Since the 1970s, the top 1 percent of households has doubled their share of the n... More / Printer Friendly Version

Blood Diamond: Double Think & Deception, Part 1 by keith harmon snow

The Hollywood film Blood Diamond depicts horrific bloodshed in West Africa spawned by the lust for diamonds. The film opens with the understatement that “thousands have died and... More / Printer Friendly Version

The Price of Fire: Resource Wars and Social Movements in Bolivia by Ben Dangl by Susan Spronk

Anyone who has had the privilege to travel or live in Bolivia has likely observed that there are at least two things that remarkable country does not lack: territory and imagination. Ben Dang... More / Printer Friendly Version

Prison Helps No One by Daniel Sturm

After more than a decade of failed attempts to abolish the death penalty in Ohio, a theater play brought the issue back to the front pages. Lucasville: The Untold Story of a Prison Uprisi... More / Printer Friendly Version

Where is the European Labor Movement? by Site Administrator

In March the European Union (EU) celebrated its 50th anniversary. The signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957 served as the inspiration for the end of a war-torn divided Europe and the beginning ... More / Printer Friendly Version

Postage Hikes Threaten Print Media by Z Staff

Like all print media—from mainstream corporate conglomerates to alternative independent publishers—Z Magazine has suffered declining readership and sales in the past few years. This t... More / Printer Friendly Version