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Devolution: Right-Wing Economics
Marc Breslow
Economist Marc Breslow, editor of Dollars and Sense discusses devolution–the transfer of authority from federal to state governments in the form of block grants. Interview by David Barsamian.
Labor in the Age of Globalization
Jeremy Brecher
Widespread support for the United Parcel Service strike may have signaled a resurgence of union activity. The United Auto Workers strike against General Motors was rooted in issues relating to globalization (GM is relocating factories to China, Brazil and Poland).
Globalization: The Race to the Bottom
Jeremy Brecher
The international economy has been transformed by the growth of transnational corporations. Three hundred of them now own about one-quarter of the productive assets of the world. Of the top 100 economies, 47 are corporations. Businesses lay off workers here and then they subcontract the work to low-wage, non-union Third World countries. A major consequence […]
Pillar of Fire: Martin Luther King
Taylor Branch
Taylor Branch’s Pillar of Fire covers the epic years of 1963 to 1965 in the civil rights movement. It is the second volume of his trilogy. Parting the Waters, the first book, was honored with the Pulitzer Prize. At Canaan’s Edge is the final tome. Notwithstanding his personal foibles, which Branch confronts and details, Dr. Martin Luther King looms more […]
Weapons in Space: Taking the Offensive
Robert Bowman
A year and a half before the 9/ 11th attacks, the CIA testified before the Senate that the US is more likely to be attacked from non-missile delivery means than with missiles. Any attack would most likely come from a non-state entity. In other words, Bush’s resurrected trillion dollar space-based anti-missile program, Star Wars, won’t […]
School of the Assassins
Father Roy Bourgeois
The U.S.-run School of the Americas, located at Fort Benning, Georgia, is a training academy for the Latin American military. In recent years, SOA has attracted large- scale demonstrations and arrests. What brings protesters? SOA has produced a string of death squad killers who specialize in the murder of non- combatants, including children, priests, nuns […]
Pentagon Pork
Robert Borosage
Interview by David Barsamian.
Civil Rights Under Attack
Julian Bond
It’s less than 40 years since the end of legal segregation in the United States. But the hard won victories of the 1960’s civil rights movement are at risk today. From Jim Crow to John Ashcroft, the struggle continues. The Bush Administration, led by Attorney General Ashcroft, is wielding broad new powers under the Patriot […]
A Latino Response to Cultural Cleansing
Ruben Blades
Census figures are in. The Latino population in major U.S. cities has grown 43% in ten years. Los Angeles, Dallas and Chicago had the largest growth. Market researchers are fully aware of the Latino market, but when will the Latino presence be heard in the voices of policymakers? In California, 73% of the voters who […]
U.S. Policy in Latin America
Larry Birns
Henry Stimson once referred to Latin America as “our little region over here which has never bothered anybody.” He wasn’t kidding. The influence of the United States in Latin America is overwhelming, much more so than in the rest of the world. Obvious consequences flow from that. Under the umbrella of the Monroe Doctrine, the […]
Green Party Politics
Jello Biafra, Medea Benjamin, Manning Marable
The Republicans and Democrats had their corporate-paid-for coronations in Philadelphia and LA. The network anchors, with their golden rolodex of experts, chimed in with much gravitas. But somehow the media could not find their way to Denver, where the Green Party held its national convention. In stark contrast to the lavish spectacles of the two […]
Worker Solidarity & Human Rights
Elaine Bernard
An injury to one is an injury to all has long rallied workers. It’s not merely a slogan but a basis for organizing and action. When workers are being denied basic human rights, solidarity is the vehicle for recovering eroded rights and winning new ones.

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