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Zmag Article Bondgraham: Dollar Day for New Orleans

Zmag Article, February, 01 2008 Darwin Bondgraham
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Thursday, December 20, 2007 should forever be remembered as a dollar day for New Orleans. The water is long gone, but there’s still suffering in the streets.

Zmag Article Stephen: Leonard Weinglass & the Miami Five

Zmag Article, February, 01 2008 Hallmark Stephen
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The "Miami Five" were convicted on charges ranging from acting as unregistered agents to conspiracy to commit murder—three of them have life sentences without parole. Their "offense" is to have infiltrated terrorist cells in Miami that in the earl...

Zmag Article Ballvé: Attack on Peace Community in Colombia

Zmag Article, February, 01 2008 Teo Ballvé
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When it was founded in 1997, the Peace Community declared its neutrality in Colombia’s long-running internal conflict. This meant that the entry of armed actors into the community, including the state security forces, was forbidden.

Zmag Article Read: Liberia: A Gulag of Misery

Zmag Article, February, 01 2008 Dan Read
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Firestone workers on Liberian rubber plantations are given a quota to fill for a day’s work, which for the “tappers” amounts to extracting fresh rubber from no less than 750 trees. According to the company CEO, Dan Adomitis, this quota can take an...

Zmag Article Nall: Overview of Last Three National Anti-War Protests

Zmag Article, January, 01 2008 Jeff Nall
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This year, five poignant and increasingly radical national protests have taken place, dating back to January 27, 2007 when nearly half a million people occupied Washington, DC. Despite the increasing number of protesters willing to be arrested, no...

Zmag Article Tokar: Global Warming and the Struggle for Justice

Zmag Article, January, 01 2008 Brian Tokar
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If 2006 was the year that the “inconvenient truth” of global climate disruption made its way into the popular consciousness, then hopefully 2007’s revelations will result in more substantive and long-lasting changes.

Zmag Article Various submissions: ZAPS - January 2008

Zmag Article, January, 01 2008 Various submissions
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Free listings of events, media, organizations, & more - submitted to Z Magazine for January 2008.

Zmag Article Ivaw: The Winter Soldier Campaign

Zmag Article, December, 01 2007 Iraq veterans against the war -- Ivaw
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IVAW (Iraq Veterans Against the War) is launching a new “Winter Soldier” campaign that will conduct a public investigation into the atrocities occuring in Iraq and Afghanistan. Organizing is still underway for the public hearings, with more inform...

Zmag Article Lamb: Eighty and Still Protesting

Zmag Article, December, 01 2007 James Lamb
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Each Friday I stand on a busy street corner in Claremont, California. I stand with 20 to 30 other seniors and younger companions, each of us holding a sign which declares “Bring the Troops Home,” “or Government Unfair to Vets,” or “Ain’t Gonna War...

Zmag Article Paul: Organizing Domestic Workers

Zmag Article, December, 01 2007 Ari Paul
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There are many adjectives to describe New York City’s 200,000 nannies, housekeepers, and elderly care workers, but one that comes up a lot among them is “invisible.” Often paid under the table, they exist outside the formal economy. They work in h...

Zmag Article Paul: NYC Subway Workers Fight for Survival

Zmag Article, November, 01 2007 Ari Paul
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Steve St. Hill is lucky to be alive. A track worker with New York City Transit for 15 years, St. Hill was working on the N/W line in Queens last September when a train failed to stop, going through his work site. A flagger blew his air-horn in tim...

Zmag Article Berlet: Crackpots, the Left, and “Jewish Banker Cabals”

Zmag Article, November, 01 2007 Chip Berlet
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If I told you that Jewish bankers ran the world and there was a secret cabal who had manipulated history for centuries, you would dismiss me as a crackpot and anti-Semite (or at least you should). Apparently, if you change the name of the conspira...

Zmag Article Barnes: Think Outside The Bomb

Zmag Article, November, 01 2007 Megan Barnes
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Leimomi Kamiya explains to a wide-eyed audience that many Marshall Island natives have little knowledge about the effects of massive radiation contamination in their country, deposited by over 100 U.S. and UK nuclear bomb tests. “It’s sad when you...

Zmag Article Saldana: Leonard Peltier: Silence Screams

Zmag Article, November, 01 2007 Carolina Saldana
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Leonard Peltier turned 63 on September 12, 2007. He has spent more than 31 years in some of the cruelest prisons in the United States, unjustly condemned to a double life sentence for the shooting death of two FBI agents in 1975. His situation is ...

Zmag Article Trigona: Propagandhi: A Band With Values

Zmag Article, November, 01 2007 Marie Trigona
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They are thrasher, punk, and political. With almost 20 years on the music scene, Canadian punk rock band Propagandhi has made more than just a musical name for themselves. Propagandhi has come a long way politically and artistically since forming ...

Zmag Article Albert: Rorty the Politico

Zmag Article, September, 24 2007 Michael Albert
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Society’s Pliers Rorty the Politico Criticizing a philosopher who criticizes the Left By Michael Albert   In his recent book, Achieving Our Country, “one of America’s foremost philosophers,” ...

Zmag Article Barsamian: Journalism That Matters

Zmag Article, April, 01 2007 David Barsamian
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P . Sainath is an award-winning journalist who writes about India. He is Rural Affairs editor of the Hindu , one of India’s most important newspapers. “I cover the people who...

Zmag Article Normstoc: Looking Back at the 7th World Social Forum

Zmag Article, April, 01 2007 Norman Normstoc
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A s the snow-covered alpine resort in Davos, Switzerland prepared for the arrival of 2,400 business and political leaders and their staffs in late January, about 25 times as many activists and...

Zmag Article Berkowitz: Families First On Immigration

Zmag Article, April, 01 2007 Bill Berkowitz
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T he newly-formed Families First on Immigration is a coalition of such long-time conservative notables as former Republican Party presidential hopeful Gary Bauer, who heads American Values, former ...

Zmag Article Solomon: Making an Example of Ehren Watada

Zmag Article, March, 01 2007 Norman Solomon
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T he people running the Iraq war were eager to make an example of Ehren Watada at a court martial in February. But the man on trial set a profound example of conscience—helping to undermine t...

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