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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Chomsky: Expanding the Floor of the Cage
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Noam Chomsky
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David Barsamian  I know you’ve just been on a month-long trip to Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. I want to tell you about a little trip that I took with Howard Zinn to Florence. Florence, Italy? I wish. Flore...
Hawkins: Green Party: Still Seeking Unity
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Howie Hawkins
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Greens ran more than 60 candidates in the 1996 election and the results are encouraging for Greens and for anyone who wants to see an independent progressive political movement in this country. Among the Greens' strongest showings were:
Martinez: It's a Terrorist War on Immigrants
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Elizabeth Martinez
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In the spring of 1997, a Latino immigrant who had worked legally in the United States for 40 years committed suicide after receiving a letter saying that under the new welfare law his Supplemental Security Income (SSI) migh...
Herman: Gary Webb and the Media's Rush to the Barricades
Zmag Article, February, 01 1997
Edward Herman
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Gary Webb and the Media's Rush to the Barricades
Sargent: Hotel Satire
Zmag Article, February, 01 1997
Lydia Sargent
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Hotel Satire
