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Peters: Punishing and Prescribing Sexuality
Mar 13, 2001
ItÕs practically clichŽ to say that the marketplace uses sex to sell. Not only do the commercials feature attractive female hands caressing gear shifts, but the shows themselves feature instant sexual gratification, without so much as a nod toward respons
Podur: Onward to Mexico City
Feb 28, 2001
To call it waffling would be an understatement. But whatever you call it, Mexico's President Vicente Fox has been changing his position on the Zapatistas at least every fifteen minutes. Maybe even every five minutes.
Peters: Sex in Service of the Marketplace
Feb 25, 2001
LetÕs see. Where was I? Oh yesÉlamenting the shallow, voyeuristic, mystified, moralistic ways we talk about sex.
Peters: Jesse, You Should Have Used a Condom
Feb 09, 2001
Jesse Jackson has begged our forgiveness for his extra-marital affair, which produced a child born about 20 months ago. But itÕs none of our business who Jesse sleeps with (assuming his relationships are consensual). If the public has anything to be disap
Prashad: The Ground Beneath Our Feet: Earthquake in India
Feb 07, 2001
Never underestimate the power of the Earth. Vast, deep, unstable. Tectonic plates in motion beneath miles of sod and stone. And above, flora and fauna bursting forth. Of that lot the humans walk on the Earth at our own rhythm, divided by classes and natio
Peters: Trivializing Teens
Jan 27, 2001
The good news is: It takes a constant bombardment of advertising, articles, and advice to convince teens that they ARE their skin-exfoliators, hair de-frizzers, and lip moisturizers.
Prashad: The Great Indian Mail Strike of 2000
Jan 05, 2001
For two weeks in December 2000, almost all of the 600,000 postal workers in India struck work, on behalf of 300,000 part-time workers. From Cyberabad to Silicon Galli computers tried in vain to send packages to each other, as the Sensex sang a dirge for t
Podur: Mexico's New President Vicente Fox and the Zapatistas
Dec 12, 2000
Mexico's New President Vicente Fox and the Zapatistas
Peters: On Breakfast, Kids and Common Sense
Dec 11, 2000
Ivy League institutions, major hospitals, and corporate money teamed up recently to make the startling revelation: kids should eat breakfast. You may be forgiven for thinking that you already knew eating in the morning was a good idea for kids, and for h
Prashad: Beauty Queens and the Capitalist Beast
Dec 07, 2000
All the men are computer programmers, all the women are beauty queens, and some of us are humorless. So it seems in the land of Silicon(e) India. Bill Gates says that Indians are the second smartest people on the planet, and the international consortium o
Peters: Children's Museums A Rant
Nov 25, 2000
Question: What do you get when you cross "generous funding" from bloated financial institutions with a culture that picks on parents? Answer: Children's Museums.
Prashad: Betrayed Redemption in Chile
Nov 15, 2000
On Friday, 10 November, the Santiago (Chile) Court of Appeals refused to grant parole to retired army General Torres Silva. A few hours later, Judge Sergio Munoz indicted a general on active duty, Hernan Ramirez for the same crime. Both these leading figu
Prashad: Nobody Hid This Crime: The Police Open Fire in Naidu.Com
Oct 06, 2000
This crime was committed under the shadow of the State Assembly in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh, India). For three quarters of an hour the guns of the police tore through the thousands of people, hundreds fell, two never to rise again. The streets could not
Prashad: The Affirmative Action Election
Aug 30, 2000
As we approach the calendar end of the Christian millennium, we, as progressives, are posed with an electoral choice that has begun to startle me. So much commentary seems to go by these days on what appears to be the only election worth anything, that fo
Peters: Same-Sex Domestic Partnership Benefits Represent a Limited Gain
Aug 25, 2000
Since when did we imagine that the countryÕs top automakers, Disney Corporation, AT&T, Nike, and the Gap had the interests of gays and lesbians in mind?
Peters: Talking to Kids about Class
Aug 03, 2000
My daughter had been studiously observing the Stop and Shop employee who was bagging our groceries. As she left the store, she seemed perplexed about something. Finally, she asked her father, ÒDad, is bagging groceries a really bad job?Ó
Prashad: The Hunt for Mexicans
Jul 16, 2000
On 16 February 2000, the American Federation of Labor-Coalition of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) which represents 13 million US workers dropped a bombshell. Vice President Linda Chavez-Thompson said that 'the current system of immigration enforcement
Peters: Robin Hood Was Right
May 28, 2000
The Newtown Florist Club in Gainesville, Georgia was a group of African American churchwomen that brought flowers to the sick. After a while, they noticed that a lot of the sick had gotten that way because of environmental problems. The Newtown churchwome
Prashad: 'Just Say No to PepsiCo': So Say 101 Indian workers
May 13, 2000
One hundred million people and sixty million cattle in India are in the midst of a crippling drought. The states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh have been hit with poor monsoon rain. According to the Union Minister of Stat
Mar 21, 2001
Magical Realism is an Indian habitus discovered accidentally by Latin American fiction. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, may his recent illness be as painless as possible, wrote in a style that evokes for me the social relations of the Indian subcontinent. No wond