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Zaidi: Rochester, Radiation, and Repression
Zmag Article, April, 01 1997
A. s. Zaidi
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A. S. Zaidi I feel a sense of closure," said Energy Secretary Hazel O’Leary as she announced a recent settlement awarding $4.8 million to the fam...
Albert: Natural Capitalism?
Zmag Article, April, 01 1997
Michael Albert
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Michael Albert I remember debating the potential of the environment as a radical focus back when it was first becoming visible. Most early 1970s radicals felt environmentalism would be the next big spur to activism. Be...
Bacon: West Coast Janitors Get Ready to Fight
Zmag Article, April, 01 1997
David Bacon
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On March 17, after seven years of rebuilding their union, Service Employees Local 399, Los Angeles janitors are leaving it. Together with janitors from Silicon ...
Chomsky: Expanding the Floor of the Cage, Part II
Zmag Article, April, 01 1997
Noam Chomsky
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As far as I know Clinton and Dole are moderate Republicans, more or less interchangeable representatives of the business community, old-time government insiders. Maybe there were personality differences. They have somewhat different constituencies...
Yanow: The Latest Attack on Women's Lives
Zmag Article, April, 01 1997
Susan Yanow
Yanow's ZSpace page
The most recent attack on abortion rights is focused on late term abortions. As people debate over the actual number of abortions performed and the different ...
Hodges: Igniting the Fuse: Opening Up Third Party Politics
Zmag Article, April, 01 1997
Elizabeth a. Hodges
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Igniting the Fuse: Opening Up Third Party Politics
Parenti: Criminal Injustice: Confronting the prison crisis
Zmag Article, April, 01 1997
Christian Parenti
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pages South End Press, 1996; $18.00 Reviewed by Christian Parenti Incarceration is becoming one of the defining institutions of American s...
Peterson: A Great Chicago Land Grab
Zmag Article, April, 01 1997
David Peterson
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David Peterson Since the Department of Housing and Urban development engineered a federal takeover of the Chicago Housing Authority in late May 1995, CHA t...
Petras: The Political Economy of Early Debt Payment
Zmag Article, April, 01 1997
James Petras
Petras's ZSpace page
On January 15 President Clinton announced that Mexico had repaid all of the $12.5 billion it borrowed from Washington to stave off financial collapse and bail out Wall ...
Herman: The Inky and Me
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Edward Herman
Herman's ZSpace page
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Inky) is widely regarded as a very good newspaper. This reputation derives in part from its great superiority over its predecess...
Bacon: Korean Workers Shut Down the Chaebols
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
David Bacon
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David Bacon Since January 14, pitched battles have raged in the streets of Seoul. Outside the Myongdong Cathedral, union leaders have been directing the general strike paralyzing South Korea, and phalanxes of poli...
Eisenscher: The Fate of Social Security
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Michael Eisenscher
Eisenscher's ZSpace page
Donohue It was a slow news day, just before a major holiday—a good time to release politically sensitive or potentially embarrassing news. Buried in the innards...
Lier: No Justice, But Peace (For Now)
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Piet van Lier
Lier's ZSpace page
Piet van Lier Give me a U. Give me an R. Give me an N. Give me a G. What’s it spell? U-R-N-G! I can’t hear you. U-R-N-G! U-R-N-G! U-R-N-G!" It sounded like a high school basketball game, but several h...
Luna: U.C. Berkeley Students Protest Vote to End Affirmative Action
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Jennie marie Luna
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U.C. Berkeley Students Protest Vote to End Affirmative Action
Mccollom: Reincarnating Freud: Rules, Planets, and Hysteria in the 1990s
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Susana Mccollom
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Reincarnating Freud: Rules, Planets, and Hysteria in the 1990s
Buell: The Politics of Family Leave
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
John Buell
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The Politics of Family Leave
Cook: The Downsizing of Labor Rights
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Christopher d. Cook
Cook's ZSpace page
Workers were a hot item in 1996. Born-again populists of both parties jostled for votes from the anxious and the downsized. Labor was Big again, elevating ...
Guthrie: Environmental Racism on Montana Reservation
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Deirdre Guthrie
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Deirdre Guthrie In 1994, when I first arrived in Montana to work for Red Thunder Incorporated (RTI), now known as Spirit Mountain Cultural Clan, on the Fort Belknap Native American reservation, environmental racism ...
Harris: Panic on Wall Street
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Bob Harris
Harris's ZSpace page
footage of excited bald guys in Brooks Brothers suits messing up each others comb-overs. You’re supposed to think happiness on Wall Street is good news for the rest of us. ...
Martinez: The Movie That Makes Magic With Pennies
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Elizabeth Martinez
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Falling in love with a movie can happen now and then, but how often does a dazzling film like Follow Me Home come along? A film whose politics make the revolution seem possible after all, whose aesthetics are brilliantly unpredictable and whose ac...
