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Indian Realities: Poetry and Viewpoints
John Trudell
Out of the thousands of FBI documents on John Trudell, the Bureau said this: “Trudell is an intelligent individual and eloquent speaker who has the ability to stimulate people into action. He has the ability to meet with a group of pacifists and in a short time have them yelling and screaming ‘Right on!’ In […]
Native American Poetry and Perspectives
John Trudell
The Making of The Panama Deception
Barbara Trent
In December 1989, just a month after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the U.S. invaded Panama. It was called Operation Just Cause. The Bush Administration cited “the inherent right of self- defense” in Article 51 of the UN Charter to justify its action. The U.S. intervention in Panama, just one of many in Latin […]
The Struggle for Indigenous Rights: From Chiapas to Hawaii
Haunani-Kay Trask
Indigenous peoples throughout the world are asserting their rights. Chiapas in southern Mexico and Hawaii in the north Pacific are two of the most important struggles. Land, language and cultural autonomy are central to their demands. Their lands are not theme parks. Native peoples are not exotic colonies. They represent values, traditions and sensitivities that […]
Environmental Racism in Hawaii and the Pacific Basin
Haunani-Kay Trask
Traditional Hawaiian and Pacific culture has undergone grotesque commercialization. Hotels promote Polynesian revues with hula-hula girls. Shopping malls and golf courses cover sacred sites. Indigenous people are stereotyped and marginalized. In addition, major U.S. military bases are causing serious environmental problems. Japan, France and other countries also contribute to environmental degradation in the region. The […]
Spoils of War: The Human Cost of America’s Arms Trade
John Tirman
The U.S. now exports more weapons than all other countries combined. The President and his trade negotiators actively promote arms sales. The deals are huge money-makers for U.S. corporations. But the buck doesn’t stop with profits. Regimes like Turkey and Indonesia turn those weapons against their own citizens. The price of moral degradation, human rights […]
Telling It Like It Is
Studs Terkel
Memory is not simply recalling events. It is, as poet Peter Balakian notes, a moral act. Beyond that, how society constructs and represents the past is profoundly political. What is celebrated, denigrated or omitted has widespread ideological implications.
Race in America
Studs Terkel
Hear Me, Don’t Just See Me: An Indigenous View of Columbus
Leeann Tallbear
1992 marks the quincentennial of Columbus’s so-called discovery of America. Although he may be a hero for some Europeans and their descendents, the indigenous peoples of North and South America have a decidedly different perspective on the Italian-born Spanish explorer. The celebration of Columbus in parades and in history textbooks is being challenged.
Palestinian Uprising
Philippa Strum
Interview by David Barsamian.
The Case for Affirmative Action
Nadine Strossen
Few government programs are more maligned and misunderstood than affirmative action. What it does and doesn’t do is shrouded in misconceptions. Few realize that women benefit most from the program. Women doing the same work still earn considerably less than their male counterparts. The percentage of women in senior management positions is minuscule. Racial discrimination […]
The Right Turn of the Supreme Court
Nadine Strossen
The Supreme Court is at the center of numerous controversies ranging from freedom of speech to reproductive rights. No issue is more volatile than Roe v. Wade, which guarantees women the right to an abortion. The Court is currently hearing a case which may decide the fate of Roe. Nadine Strossen contends that the Court […]

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