Table of Contents - November 2004

U.S. Corporations Win the Immigration Debate: The growth of "managed migration" by David Bacon

Last February George Bush finally introduced his long-awaited plan for immigration reform. For three years, the Administration raised expectations with compassionate-sounding, pr... More / Printer Friendly Version

Politics & Film: An interview with John Sayles by David Barsamian

John Sayles is perhaps the most celebrated independent filmmaker in the U.S. Among his classics are Return of the Secaucus Seven, Matewan, Eight Men Out, and Lone Star... More / Printer Friendly Version

Hard Right Styles, Frames, & Narratives by Chip Berlet

Out past the Republicans are a whole series of social and political movements sometimes called the Hard Right. This category includes everyone from the most zealous members of th... More / Printer Friendly Version

Project ELF RIP by Site Administrator

The curtains are about to close on an epic drama in the north woods of Wisconsin and Michigan. On Friday, September 17, the U.S. Navy announced intentions to close its two ELF (e... More / Printer Friendly Version

Parecon: Life After Capitalism? - Barbara Ehrenreich Interviews Michael Albert by Barbara Ehrenreich

This is the second essay in our series on political vision. Those wanting to know more about the economic vision discussed here, should go to our website www.zmag.org, which list... More / Printer Friendly Version

Why School Sucks: My rant on cumpulsory schooling by Site Administrator

In ninth grade, I flunked algebra. That same year, my algebra teacher flunked eight other kids in my class, so at least I wasn’t the only one. While everyone else moved on t... More / Printer Friendly Version

Iraq: Sovereignty at Gunpoint - On the road to a colonial dictatorship by Joachim Guilliard

The interim government of Iraq was installed almost clandestinely on June 28 in its boss’s office. Two days earlier than announced and without the expected fanfare, the with... More / Printer Friendly Version

The Imposition of Counsel on Milosevic: Marlise Simons continues her exemplary propaganda service by Edward Herman

In an earlier study of Marlise Simons’s coverage of the Yugoslavia Tribunal in the New York Times, David Peterson and I described how she framed the issues, rewrote hi... More / Printer Friendly Version

Elections in Afghanistan by Sonali Kolhatkar

Now that the October 9 U.S.- sponsored Afghan presidential elections are over, a huge sigh of relief is probably being heaved in Washington. As of this writing, the vote counting... More / Printer Friendly Version

Freeing the World to Death: Essays on the American Empire by William Blum (Common Courage, 2005, 314 pp.) by Site Administrator

Freeing the World to Death: Essays on the American Empire is the latest addition of William Blum’s growing canon of books exposing the brutal realities of U.S. government ac... More / Printer Friendly Version

Superpatriotism by Michael Parenti (San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2004, 160 paages) by Michael Parenti

Try to imagine the brainstorming session it took to satisfy the acronym, “USA PATRIOT Act.” The solution: “Uniting and Strengt- hening America by Providing Appropr... More / Printer Friendly Version

UNITE’s Current Campaign by Site Administrator

When attempting to form or join unions, workers, especially workers of color, face almost insurmountable challenges. If they complain or speak-up, they are harassed, fired, bulli... More / Printer Friendly Version

The Road Back to 1929: Historic income shift to benefit the wealthy by Jack Rasmus

It is now an undeniable fact that George W. Bush is the first president to finish a term in office with a net loss of jobs since Herbert Hoover 75 years ago. Officially, more tha... More / Printer Friendly Version

Missing: A Media Focus on the Supreme Court by Norman Solomon

The big media themes about the 2004 presidential campaign have reveled in vague rhetoric and flimsy controversies. But little attention has focused on a matter of profound import... More / Printer Friendly Version

A Military Draft by Site Administrator

In May 2004, the Seattle Post Intelligencer published an article about a document they received through the Freedom of Information Act. The paper learned that the Social Se... More / Printer Friendly Version

Extremism In The Defense Of Liberty by John Zavesky

Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and a sizable roster of other major rock stars united for a series of concerts this fall in swing states to voice their collective... More / Printer Friendly Version