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Demonizing Race
Elaine Brown
Ask people about racism in the US and many of its citizens will say it’s a thing of the past. People of color have equal opportunity and, if anything, there is now reverse discrimination. But how do we explain the marked difference in college attendance between whites and non-whites? The extremely disproportionate rates of incarceration […]
Capital Punishment, Capital Crime?
Stephen Bright
“In fact the most glaring weakness is that no matter how efficient and fair the death penalty may seem in theory, in actual practice it is primarily inflicted upon the weak, the poor, the ignorant and against racial minorities.” This statement was made nearly 50 years ago by former California Governor Pat Brown. George Ryan […]
East Timor: The Tragedy Continues
Elaine Briere
Interview by David Barsamian.
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. Recorded at Tamiment Library, NYU.
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 address […]
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 […]

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