Table of Contents - October 2008

Commentary

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Net Briefs:

REACTIONARY MOVES Pre-Emptive Strikes Against Protest at RNC: Marjorie Cohn, in truthout.org, reports that on May 21, the Minneapolis... More / Printer-Friendly version

FOG WATCH: Russia & U.S.: *

With the short Russian war on Georgia, the U.S. mainstream media rushed to the barricades in a now familiar and routine manner, as in their usual service supporting... More / Printer-Friendly version

PUBLIC TROUGH: Nuke Troubles:

On June 19 John McCain called for 45 new nuclear plants to be built in the U.S. by 2030. McCain also said his ultimate goal of 100 new nukes is "as... More / Printer-Friendly version

TOXINS: Lead Poisoning:

While new research confirms the powerful influence that childhood lead poisoning has on violent crime and learning ability, the industry argues that the U.S.... More / Printer-Friendly version

Activism

PHOTOS: Convention Protest:

Political Dissent in the Streets of St. Paul photos of the Republican Convention protest from indymedia (links below photos) ... More / Printer-Friendly version

CONSERVATIVE WATCH: Religious Left:

Frederick Clarkson is the editor of Dispatches from the Religious Left: The Future of Faith and Politics in America. The book, a collection of 19 essays by 22... More / Printer-Friendly version

LEGAL SERVICES: Immigrant Justice:

Erasto Vasquez was surprised to see a forklift appear one morning outside his trailer near the corner of East and Springfield, two small rural roads... More / Printer-Friendly version

GRASSROOTS PROTEST: Italy Base Demos: *

On Tuesday, July 29, the Council of State, Italy's highest administrative court, overturned a June 20 decision by the regional court of Veneto to suspend work on a... More / Printer-Friendly version

Features

HEALTH: Psycho-Pharma Complex:

Postpartum depression among women in the United States occurs at a rate of between 10 to 20 percent, but it is rare in several cultures where new... More / Printer-Friendly version

LESSON PLAN: Abstinence-Only: *

When Alfred Kinsey published Sexual Behavior in the Human Male in 1948, he included a stern word of caution to his readers: "as long as sex is... More / Printer-Friendly version

INTERVIEW: India's Crossroads:

Praful Bidwai is a leading independent Indian journalist, political analyst, and activist. He served as editor of the Times of India between 1981 and 1993,... More / Printer-Friendly version

CORPORATE CONTROL: Stuffed & Starved:

In his new book Stuffed and Starved, Raj Patel, former policy analyst for Food First! and now a visiting scholar at the UC Berkeley Center for African... More / Printer-Friendly version

Culture

FILM REVIEW: Harold & Kumar:

Tracing the circuitous, totally illogical byways of politics on popular culture and vice versa can not only be frustrating but infuriating. Take, for... More / Printer-Friendly version

BOOK REVIEW: People's Sports:

By Dave Zirin; The New Press, 2008, 320 pp. The New Press, 2008, 320 pp. When... More / Printer-Friendly version

BOOK REVIEW: Nowtopia:

By Chris Carlsson; AK Press, 2008, 288 pp. Chris Carlsson is a long-time community organizer, writer, and radical historian... More / Printer-Friendly version

BOOK REVIEW: Economists w/ Guns: *

By Bradley R. Simpson; Stanford University Press, 2008, 376 pp. In 1965, following a coup by General Suharto, the Indonesian military... More / Printer-Friendly version

Zaps

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