The laws we make and official policy--The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Also official reports on social, economic, and political situations.
9/11 Commission Report. Center for Democracy & Technology (2004)
Abby, Christopher. “States of Denial: A rape, a visit to the ER, a request for emergency contraception, a refusal on religious grounds. Welcome to the new front in the battle for reproductive rights, where state law says it's okay to deny prescriptions.” Alternet (August 18, 2004)
Ambrasky, Sasha. “Memory and Manipulation: The Trials of Elizabeth Loftus, Defender of the Wrongly Accused.” L.A. Weekly (August 20-26, 2004)
Amnesty International USA (International Human Rights Monitoring Organization)
Angell, Marcia. “The $200 Billion Colossus.” Alternet (August 13, 2004)
“Antiterrorism Legislation and Academic Freedom.” Bill of Rights Defense Committee (2004)
“The Assault on Free Speech, Public Assembly, and Dissent.” National Lawyers Guild (A National Lawyers Guild Report on Government Violations of First Amendment Rights in the United States: 2004)
Bassette, Ann. “The Draft is Coming, Maybe—And I Don’t Want to Go.” Pacific News Service (August 6, 2004)
Becker, Joy. “Group Says GOP Moves to Stifle Vote.” Washington Post (August 26, 2004)
Berry, Wendell. “A Citizen’s Response to the National Security Strategy of the United States of America.” Orion (March/April 2003)
Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Boushey, Heather. “Analysis of the Upcoming Release of 2003 Data on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance.” Center for Economic and Policy Research (August 19, 2004)
Boushey, Heather and Joseph Wright. “Working Moms and Child Care.” Center for Economic and Policy Research (May 5, 2004)
“Companies With Highest Levels Of Employee Injury and Illness.” The Memory Hole (compilation of sources/reports: August 2004)
“Data Mining and Information Sharing.” Center for Democracy and Technology (Ongoing Archive: 2004)
Dawdy, Philip. “Mental Marijuana.” Seattle Weekly (August 18-24)
“Fighting the Backdoor Draft: Military Families File ‘Stop Loss’ Suit.” Counterpunch (August 13, 2004)
Gonzalez, Juan and Mohamed Khater. “Doctor Faces Life Imprisonment for Violating Iraq Sanctions.” Democracy Now (August 20, 2004)
Grassley, Charles E. “Grassley Says FBI Must Address Internal Misconduct.” (Press release/statement posted at the Iowa Senator’s website: February 18, 2004)
Griscom, Amanda. “Polluting the Village to Save It: Bush administration cites "national security" as reason to skirt enviro rules.” Grist (August 12, 2004)
Hearn, Kelly. “The Drug Profiteers.” Alternet (August 13, 2004)
Hertsgaard, Mark. “Terry Firma: An Interview with Terry Tamminen, Schwarznegger’s Top Enviro Official.” Grist (August 20, 2004)
Heuvel, Katrina Vanden. “Clear Channel vs. The First Amendment.” The Nation (March 4, 2004)
Hiltzik, Michael. “Bizarre Alliances Form Prop 72 Opposition.” L.A. Times (August 16, 2004)
“Housing Bubble.” Center For Economic and Policy Research (Ongoing Archive: 2004)
Howland, George, Jr. “The Primary Problem.” Seattle Weekly (August 31, 2004)
Igrejas, Andy. “Counting Chemicals in Your Cabinet.” Alternet (August 16, 2004)
“Institutional Purchasing.” Center For a New American Dream (Ongoing Project: 2004)
Ireland, Doug. “McGreevey’s Closet: New Jersey’s Governor Couldn’t Fool All the People All the Time.” L.A. Weekly (August 20-26, 2004)
Kaplan, Jeffrey. “The Consent of the Governed: The Reign of Corporations and the Fight for Democracy.” Orion (November/December 2003)
Kotlikoff, Laurence J. “The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know About America’s Economic Future.” MIT World (April 28, 2004)
Lisotta, Christopher. “Gay Marriage Squabble: Why California’s Supreme Court Ruling Was a Lost Battle, Not a Lost War.” L.A. Weekly (August 20-26, 2004)
Lydersen, Kari. “Bottled Water Blues: The residents of Mecosta County, Michigan, didn't take kindly to a giant multinational's move to divert springwater from their lakes and streams into bottles and profits.” Alternet (June 3, 2003)
Margulies, Anne H. “The OpenCourseWare Initiative: A New Model for Sharing.” MIT World (March 23, 2004)
“McCarthyism Watch” (Ongoing Series of Reports) Progressive
McNally, Terence. “Voices of the Invisible People.” Alternet (August 16, 2004)
Morris, David. “More Public, Less Private.” Alternet (April 23, 2003)
Moyers, Bill. “Outsourcing and Patriotism.” Alternet (August 21, 2004)
Muhammed, Richard. “Firing Back.” Alternet (August 24, 2004)
Parenti, Christian. “Policing the Color Line.” The Nation (September 13, 2001)
Pasini, Jonathan. “Retirement in Peril.” Tom Paine (August 12, 2004)
Patel, Joseph. “The Mouse That Roared: Danger Mouse.” Res (July/August 2004)
Pyne, Solana. “One Sick Fall: With Health Insurance Out of Reach, A Generation Braces for the Worst.” The Village Voice (July 13, 2004)
Reilly, Katherine C. “Google’s ‘Haphazard’ Ad Policy.” The Nation (August 12, 2004)
Schrag, Peter. “Declaring War on the Drug War.” The American Prospect 11.21 (2000)
Schwarz, Ari. “Testimony Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Hearing on ‘Spyware’.” Center for Democracy & Technology (April 29, 2004)
Sear, Katherine. “Raised On American Streets, Cambodian Youths Face Deportation.” Pacific News Service (August 11, 2004)
Seper, Jerry. “FBI Disciplined 77 Agents Over 14 Year Period.” Washington Times (February 20, 2004)
---. “FBI Report Shows Agents Punished, Fired Over Crimes.” Washington Times (February 19, 2004)
Siddiqui, Ras H. “F.B.I. Tries to Break the Ice with U.S. Muslims.” Pacific News Service (Originally published by Pakistan Link: August 11, 2004)
Sinclair, Hansen. “Lawsuit Surrounds Provisional Ballot Law.” Westside Gazette (August 26, 2004)
Stop Violence Against Women. Amnesty International (Ongoing Global Effort: 2004)
Sutherland, Ronald D. “Taser Wars: Bloomington’s Version of “Shock and Awe”?” The Indy (May 10, 2004)
Swarns, Rachel L. “Senator? Terrorist? A Watch List Stops Kennedy at Airport.” The New York Times (August 20, 2004)
Tiefer, Charles. “Do We Need a Constitutional Amendment for Emergencies in the House of Representatives.” AEI’s Political Corner (Testimony Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution House Committee on the Judiciary)
---. “The Downside of the Competitive Sourcing Initiative.” University of Baltimore School of Law (Testimony Before the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management: 2004)
---. “Introduction: Veering Right—How the Bush Administration Subverts the Law for Conservative Causes.” University of California Press (2004)
“VoIP and Law Enforcement Surveillance.” Center for Democracy & Technology (Ongoing Archive: 2004)
Warrick, Joby. “Appalachia is Paying the Price for White House Rule Change.” Washington Post (August 17, 2004)
“What To Do a Global Strategy.” Center for Democracy and Technology (Ch. 13, 9/11 Commission Report: 2004)
Willis, Derek. “State Parties Adjust to McCain-Feingold: Fundraising Ahead of 2001 Pace as New Law Provides Opportunities and Challenges.” The Center for Public Integrity (August 26, 2004)
Thinking About Law and Policy, Pt. 1
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Monday, August 30, 2004
Thinking About Labor, Pt. 1
Treatment, conditions, exploitation, resistance, organizing and existence of those who labor.
Aizenman, Nurith C. “Salvadoran Family Endures the Wages of Separation.” The Washington Post (August 20, 2004)
Alexander, Keith L. and Albert B. Crenshaw. “United Says Pensions’ Termination Likely: Airline Looking to Cut Costs.” The Washington Post (August 20, 2004)
Donnis, Ian. “A jolt with a difference: Cafés, co-ops, small roasters, and religious groups are fueling the popularity of Fair Trade coffee, which pays small growers a living wage.” The Boston Phoenix (August 20-26, 2004)
Ehrenreich, Barbara. “Serving in Florida.” The New York Times (excerpt from Ehrenreich’s book Nickle and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America: 2001)
Ehrenreich, Barbara and James Fallow. “Working Classes.” Atlantic Monthly (May 2, 2001)
Ehrenreich, Barbara and Juan Williams. “Nickle and Dimed.” NPR (May 16, 2001)
Esposito, Joseph J. “The Devil You Don’t Know: The Unexpected Future of Open Access Publishing.” First Monday 9.8 (August 2004)
Galeano, Eduardo. “Salgado 17 Times.” Masters of Photography (Introduction to Salgado’s photo book An Uncertain Grace: Aperture, 1992)
Jones, Dena. “Crimes Unseen: The Dark Story of America’s Big Slaughterhouses, and the Effort to Make Their Grim Work More Humane.” Orion (July/August 2004)
Kelliher, Laurie. “A Meat Story Well Done: How the Omaha World-Herald Inspected a Tough Local Industry.” Columbia Journalism Review (January/February, 2004)
Margaret Kimberly. “Big Box or Bust.” Alternet (originally published by Black Commentator: January 14, 2004)
Margulies, Anne H. “The OpenCourseWare Initiative: A New Model for Sharing.” MIT World (March 23, 2004)
Miller, Laura. “Scraping By.” Salon (May 9, 2001)
Moyers, Bill. “Outsourcing and Patriotism.” Alternet (August 21, 2004)
Pasini, Jonathan. “Retirement in Peril.” Tom Paine (August 12, 2004)
“Play Fair at the Olympics: Respect Worker Rights in the Sportswear Industry.” Oxfam GB and Clean Clothes Campaign (2004)
Ratele, Kopano. “Re tla dirang ka selo se ba re go ke ghetto fabulous? Academics on the Street.” Agenda #57 (2003)
Stanley, Eduardo. “Argentina’s Recovered Factories: A Story of Economic Success.” Pacific News Service (August 16, 2004)
Thoreau, Henry David. Walden (1854)
“Tour the World Economy Through 10 Short Films.” Center For a New American Dream (Ongoing Project: 2004)
US Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Vieth, Warren. “Jobs Grow, Optimism Shrinks in Wisconsin: Displaced Workers Find New Employment, But They’re Earning Less In a Service Economy.” L.A. Times (August 9, 2004)
Walker, Childs. “In the Fight of Their Lives: Several current and former firefighters who trained at a Millersville facility in the '70s and '80s believe the cause of their cancer lies in chemicals used there.” Baltimore Sun (August 1, 2004)
We Are Everywhere: The Rise of Global Anti-Capitalism
“Who’s Killing the Women of Juarez: Mexican City Haunted By Decade of Sexual Violence.” National Public Radio (February 22, 2003)
Aizenman, Nurith C. “Salvadoran Family Endures the Wages of Separation.” The Washington Post (August 20, 2004)
Alexander, Keith L. and Albert B. Crenshaw. “United Says Pensions’ Termination Likely: Airline Looking to Cut Costs.” The Washington Post (August 20, 2004)
Donnis, Ian. “A jolt with a difference: Cafés, co-ops, small roasters, and religious groups are fueling the popularity of Fair Trade coffee, which pays small growers a living wage.” The Boston Phoenix (August 20-26, 2004)
Ehrenreich, Barbara. “Serving in Florida.” The New York Times (excerpt from Ehrenreich’s book Nickle and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America: 2001)
Ehrenreich, Barbara and James Fallow. “Working Classes.” Atlantic Monthly (May 2, 2001)
Ehrenreich, Barbara and Juan Williams. “Nickle and Dimed.” NPR (May 16, 2001)
Esposito, Joseph J. “The Devil You Don’t Know: The Unexpected Future of Open Access Publishing.” First Monday 9.8 (August 2004)
Galeano, Eduardo. “Salgado 17 Times.” Masters of Photography (Introduction to Salgado’s photo book An Uncertain Grace: Aperture, 1992)
Jones, Dena. “Crimes Unseen: The Dark Story of America’s Big Slaughterhouses, and the Effort to Make Their Grim Work More Humane.” Orion (July/August 2004)
Kelliher, Laurie. “A Meat Story Well Done: How the Omaha World-Herald Inspected a Tough Local Industry.” Columbia Journalism Review (January/February, 2004)
Margaret Kimberly. “Big Box or Bust.” Alternet (originally published by Black Commentator: January 14, 2004)
Margulies, Anne H. “The OpenCourseWare Initiative: A New Model for Sharing.” MIT World (March 23, 2004)
Miller, Laura. “Scraping By.” Salon (May 9, 2001)
Moyers, Bill. “Outsourcing and Patriotism.” Alternet (August 21, 2004)
Pasini, Jonathan. “Retirement in Peril.” Tom Paine (August 12, 2004)
“Play Fair at the Olympics: Respect Worker Rights in the Sportswear Industry.” Oxfam GB and Clean Clothes Campaign (2004)
Ratele, Kopano. “Re tla dirang ka selo se ba re go ke ghetto fabulous? Academics on the Street.” Agenda #57 (2003)
Stanley, Eduardo. “Argentina’s Recovered Factories: A Story of Economic Success.” Pacific News Service (August 16, 2004)
Thoreau, Henry David. Walden (1854)
“Tour the World Economy Through 10 Short Films.” Center For a New American Dream (Ongoing Project: 2004)
US Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Vieth, Warren. “Jobs Grow, Optimism Shrinks in Wisconsin: Displaced Workers Find New Employment, But They’re Earning Less In a Service Economy.” L.A. Times (August 9, 2004)
Walker, Childs. “In the Fight of Their Lives: Several current and former firefighters who trained at a Millersville facility in the '70s and '80s believe the cause of their cancer lies in chemicals used there.” Baltimore Sun (August 1, 2004)
We Are Everywhere: The Rise of Global Anti-Capitalism
“Who’s Killing the Women of Juarez: Mexican City Haunted By Decade of Sexual Violence.” National Public Radio (February 22, 2003)
Sunday, August 29, 2004
Harper's Magazine: Must Buy Issue
The September 2004 issue of Harper's magazine is a must buy--well worth the $5.95. This issue is a must for two superb historical mappings:
Lewis H. Lapham's "Tentacles of Rage" Charts the rise and success of the neo-conservative propaganda machine out of the ashes of the 60s Barry Goldwater campaign. Lapham, as an insider to the elite structure, and a long-time writer/publisher, provides a wealth of information about this behind-the-scenes media machine.
Naomi Klein's "Baghdad Year Zero" connects the dots in the neoconservative planning of a private, tax-free, free market, regulation-free paradise in Iraq and the reasons for the continuing acceleration of violence in Iraq. You know, despite my opposition to the War in Iraq, I desperately needed to retain a bit of idealistic belief that my government was trying to do the right thing in its war against Iraq and that it wasn't strictly a cut-and-dry imperialistic rape of Iraq. Klein's article provides an extensive behind-the-scenes look at the build-up, institution, and continuing effects, of the Iraq take-over... it is heartbreaking to read this essay, but it is very important that we learn about this process (remember our democrat candidate also supports this war) so that we can put an end to official pillaging of foreign countries in the name of democratic liberation.
I can't reproduce these articles and they are not online, but I do highly recommend Wisconsin Public Radio host Kathleen Dunn's interview with Naomi Klein in which they discuss the article and the imperialist project in Iraq.
Thanks Harper's and Wisconsin Public Radio ... even though I will once again lose sleep.
Lewis H. Lapham's "Tentacles of Rage" Charts the rise and success of the neo-conservative propaganda machine out of the ashes of the 60s Barry Goldwater campaign. Lapham, as an insider to the elite structure, and a long-time writer/publisher, provides a wealth of information about this behind-the-scenes media machine.
Naomi Klein's "Baghdad Year Zero" connects the dots in the neoconservative planning of a private, tax-free, free market, regulation-free paradise in Iraq and the reasons for the continuing acceleration of violence in Iraq. You know, despite my opposition to the War in Iraq, I desperately needed to retain a bit of idealistic belief that my government was trying to do the right thing in its war against Iraq and that it wasn't strictly a cut-and-dry imperialistic rape of Iraq. Klein's article provides an extensive behind-the-scenes look at the build-up, institution, and continuing effects, of the Iraq take-over... it is heartbreaking to read this essay, but it is very important that we learn about this process (remember our democrat candidate also supports this war) so that we can put an end to official pillaging of foreign countries in the name of democratic liberation.
I can't reproduce these articles and they are not online, but I do highly recommend Wisconsin Public Radio host Kathleen Dunn's interview with Naomi Klein in which they discuss the article and the imperialist project in Iraq.
Thanks Harper's and Wisconsin Public Radio ... even though I will once again lose sleep.
Thinking About Health, Pt. 1
Hmm, what does health mean? Wild, far-ranging, browsing, with few answers, but lots of questions. Good health tips, dangers to our health, healthy perspectives and destructive attitudes, the health industry and governmental policies, alternative health care and mental illness/distress...
Abby, Christopher. “States of Denial: A rape, a visit to the ER, a request for emergency contraception, a refusal on religious grounds. Welcome to the new front in the battle for reproductive rights, where state law says it's okay to deny prescriptions.” Alternet (August 18, 2004)
Angell, Marcia. “The $200 Billion Colossus.” Alternet (August 13, 2004)
Body Positive (Website that deals with issues surrounding body image and health)
Bono. “The Biggest News Around.” Alternet (July 27, 2004; originally published in the Boston Globe)
Breast Cancer Fund (Group that informs about, and funds fight against, breast cancer)
Cannon, Michael F. and Marie Gryphon. “Schools Shouldn’t Play Doctor.” Cato Institute (July 14, 2004)
“Companies With Highest Levels Of Employee Injury and Illness.” The Memory Hole (compilation of sources/reports: August 2004)
Dawdy, Philip. “Mental Marijuana.” Seattle Weekly (August 18-24)
Downey, Roger. “This is Your Brain on a Frappuccino.” Seattle Weekly (August 18-24, 2004)
“Fear of a Crimson Planet: Information on Radical Menstruation.” Cultural Revitalization Project (Hosted by Campus Activism: 2004)
Gonzalez, Juan, Peter Bach and Winston Price. “Study Shows Racial Disparity in Healthcare.” Democracy Now (August 20, 2004)
Hearn, Kelly. “The Drug Profiteers.” Alternet (August 13, 2004)
Hester, J. David. “Rhetoric of the Medical Management of the Intersexed Child.” Genders #38 (2003)
Igrejas, Andy. “Counting Chemicals in Your Cabinet.” Alternet (August 16, 2004)
Kelliher, Laurie. “A Meat Story Well Done: How the Omaha World-Herald Inspected a Tough Local Industry.” Columbia Journalism Review (January/February, 2004)
Kerbaj, Richard. “Therapy the New Religion.” The Age (June 25, 2004): online at
Kuttner, Robert. “Wrong Cure: Only in a country so beholden to the drug industry could reimportation seem like a good solution.” The American Prospect (August 23, 2004)
Landis, Bill. “Go E-Mail the Doctor: Online Pharmacies Offer Relief to the Uninsured, Vulnerable, and Desperate.” Village Voice (October 15-21, 2003)
Lindquist, Susan. “Are We as Crazy as Mad Cows?” MIT World (March 29, 2004)
Manning, Richard. “The Oil We Eat.” Harper’s (February 2004)
McNally, Terence. “Voices of the Invisible People.” Alternet (August 16, 2004)
Pinkerton, James. “As the AIDs Bureaucracy Cashes In, the Prospect of a Cure Dims.” Los Angeles Times (August 6, 2004: reposted at New America Foundation)
Pyne, Solana. “One Sick Fall: With Health Insurance Out of Reach, A Generation Braces for the Worst.” The Village Voice (July 13, 2004)
Rajiva, Lila. “Synthetic Science.” Alternet (February 24, 2004)
“Report: Prozac Found in Britain’s Drinking Water.” Yahoo! News (August 8, 2004)
Roan, Sheri. “More Choice, At a Cost.” L.A. Times (August 16, 2004)
Sabhlok, Sukrit. “Lest We Create a Generation of Slouchers.” Vibewire (August 6, 2004)
Scherer, Michael. “Meatpacking Maverick.” Mother Jones (November/December 2003)
---. “Where’s the Beef From?” Mother Jones (January 7, 2004)
Walker, Childs. “In the Fight of Their Lives: Several current and former firefighters who trained at a Millersville facility in the '70s and '80s believe the cause of their cancer lies in chemicals used there.” Baltimore Sun (August 1, 2004)
Abby, Christopher. “States of Denial: A rape, a visit to the ER, a request for emergency contraception, a refusal on religious grounds. Welcome to the new front in the battle for reproductive rights, where state law says it's okay to deny prescriptions.” Alternet (August 18, 2004)
Angell, Marcia. “The $200 Billion Colossus.” Alternet (August 13, 2004)
Body Positive (Website that deals with issues surrounding body image and health)
Bono. “The Biggest News Around.” Alternet (July 27, 2004; originally published in the Boston Globe)
Breast Cancer Fund (Group that informs about, and funds fight against, breast cancer)
Cannon, Michael F. and Marie Gryphon. “Schools Shouldn’t Play Doctor.” Cato Institute (July 14, 2004)
“Companies With Highest Levels Of Employee Injury and Illness.” The Memory Hole (compilation of sources/reports: August 2004)
Dawdy, Philip. “Mental Marijuana.” Seattle Weekly (August 18-24)
Downey, Roger. “This is Your Brain on a Frappuccino.” Seattle Weekly (August 18-24, 2004)
“Fear of a Crimson Planet: Information on Radical Menstruation.” Cultural Revitalization Project (Hosted by Campus Activism: 2004)
Gonzalez, Juan, Peter Bach and Winston Price. “Study Shows Racial Disparity in Healthcare.” Democracy Now (August 20, 2004)
Hearn, Kelly. “The Drug Profiteers.” Alternet (August 13, 2004)
Hester, J. David. “Rhetoric of the Medical Management of the Intersexed Child.” Genders #38 (2003)
Igrejas, Andy. “Counting Chemicals in Your Cabinet.” Alternet (August 16, 2004)
Kelliher, Laurie. “A Meat Story Well Done: How the Omaha World-Herald Inspected a Tough Local Industry.” Columbia Journalism Review (January/February, 2004)
Kerbaj, Richard. “Therapy the New Religion.” The Age (June 25, 2004): online at
Kuttner, Robert. “Wrong Cure: Only in a country so beholden to the drug industry could reimportation seem like a good solution.” The American Prospect (August 23, 2004)
Landis, Bill. “Go E-Mail the Doctor: Online Pharmacies Offer Relief to the Uninsured, Vulnerable, and Desperate.” Village Voice (October 15-21, 2003)
Lindquist, Susan. “Are We as Crazy as Mad Cows?” MIT World (March 29, 2004)
Manning, Richard. “The Oil We Eat.” Harper’s (February 2004)
McNally, Terence. “Voices of the Invisible People.” Alternet (August 16, 2004)
Pinkerton, James. “As the AIDs Bureaucracy Cashes In, the Prospect of a Cure Dims.” Los Angeles Times (August 6, 2004: reposted at New America Foundation)
Pyne, Solana. “One Sick Fall: With Health Insurance Out of Reach, A Generation Braces for the Worst.” The Village Voice (July 13, 2004)
Rajiva, Lila. “Synthetic Science.” Alternet (February 24, 2004)
“Report: Prozac Found in Britain’s Drinking Water.” Yahoo! News (August 8, 2004)
Roan, Sheri. “More Choice, At a Cost.” L.A. Times (August 16, 2004)
Sabhlok, Sukrit. “Lest We Create a Generation of Slouchers.” Vibewire (August 6, 2004)
Scherer, Michael. “Meatpacking Maverick.” Mother Jones (November/December 2003)
---. “Where’s the Beef From?” Mother Jones (January 7, 2004)
Walker, Childs. “In the Fight of Their Lives: Several current and former firefighters who trained at a Millersville facility in the '70s and '80s believe the cause of their cancer lies in chemicals used there.” Baltimore Sun (August 1, 2004)
Saturday, August 28, 2004
The Assault on Free Speech, Public Assembly, and Dissent: A National Lawyers Guild Report
This is an extremely important report that should be read to get an ideal of the continuing assault on our democratic rights.
“The Assault on Free Speech, Public Assembly, and Dissent.” National Lawyers Guild (A National Lawyers Guild Report on Government Violations of First Amendment Rights in the United States: 2004)
“The Assault on Free Speech, Public Assembly, and Dissent.” National Lawyers Guild (A National Lawyers Guild Report on Government Violations of First Amendment Rights in the United States: 2004)
Friday, August 27, 2004
Thinking Globally, Pt. 1
This archive attempts to collect information about the world, in particular, trends, conditions, culture, history, politics, economics, problems, and successes around the world. We are globally interconnected and it is important that we inform ourselves about the world-at-large.
ABYZ News Links (Newspaper and News Media Guide—Global in Scope)
Ahrari, Ehsan. “House of Saud Exits Cocoon of Denial.” Asia Times (August 13, 2004)
Aizenman, Nurith C. “Salvadoran Family Endures the Wages of Separation.” The Washington Post (August 20, 2004)
Alternative News Links
Amnesty International USA (International Human Rights Monitoring Organization)
Artsy, Avisha. “Dialogues For Peace: Youth at the Barcelona Forum.” Wiretap (August 16, 2004)
Barber, Benjamin R. “The Educated Student: Global Citizen or Global Consumer?” Liberal Education (Spring 2002)
---. “Globalizing Democracy.” The American Prospect (September 11, 2000)
Bhagat, Rasheeda. “Tormentors and Tormented.” The Hindu Business Limited (June 11, 2004)
Branford, Becky. “Chavez at Eye of Storm.” BBC News (August 13, 2004)
Chatterjee, Pratap. “Controversial Commando Wins Iraq Contract.” CorpWatch (June 9, 2004)
---. “Information Warriors: Rendon Group Wins Hearts and Minds in Business, Politics and War.” Corpwatch (August 4, 2004)
---. “New Halliburton Whistleblowers Say Millions Wasted in Iraq.” Corpwatch (June 16, 2004)
Clark, Jude. “Urban Culture: Representations and Experiences in/of Urban Space and Culture.” Agenda #57 (2003)
Dirda, Michael. “Borges: A Life.” Washington Post (August 8, 2004)
Donnis, Ian. “A jolt with a difference: Cafés, co-ops, small roasters, and religious groups are fueling the popularity of Fair Trade coffee, which pays small growers a living wage.” The Boston Phoenix (August 20-26, 2004)
Ekbladh, David. “How To Build a Nation.” Wilson Quarterly (Winter 2004)
El-Moslimany, Samia. “Azizah Rising.” Saudi Aramco World (March/April 2004)
Ferguson, Niall. “Bone Tired? You Need a Job in Europe.” Los Angeles Times (August 11, 2004)
“Fighting the Backdoor Draft: Military Families File ‘Stop Loss’ Suit.” Counterpunch (August 13, 2004)
Fitzgerald, Frances. “The View From Out There: History Lessons—How Textbooks From Around the World Portray the U.S.” Washington Post (August 8, 2004)
Franklin, Ruth. “Journey Without Maps.” The New Republic (August 13, 2004)
Frantz, Douglas, Josh Meyer and Richard B. Schmitt. “Cyberspace Gives Al Qaeda Refuge.” L.A. Times (August 15, 2004)
Gentleman, Amelie. “Summertime, and Living Is Not Easy For French Racked With Self-Doubt.” The Guardian (August 10, 2004)
Gomez, Edward M. “World Views.” SF Gate (Weekly Digest of World News)
Gonzalez, Juan and Mohamed Khater. “Doctor Faces Life Imprisonment for Violating Iraq Sanctions.” Democracy Now (August 20, 2004)
Gumbi, Bandile. “Speaking the Word.” Agenda #57 (2003)
Harding, Luke. “Germans Bridle at Language Law.” Guardian (August 8, 2004)
Hitchens, Christopher. “Edward Said: Polymath With a Cause.” Washington Post (August 15, 2004)
Holt, Kate. “DR Congo’s Shameful Sex Secret.” BBC News (June 3, 2004)
“Intolerable Killings: Ten years of Abductions and Murders in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua.” Amnesty International USA (Ongoing Reports)
Joseph, James A. “Public Values in a Divided World: A Mandate for Higher Education.” Liberal Education (Spring 2002)
Kearney, John. “The Real Wahhab: A new book argues that the founder of Wahhabi Islam was really a tolerant, peace-loving reformer. Some scholars are crying foul.” The Boston Globe (August 8, 2004)
Kelley, Norman. “The Continuous Decline of the West.” Brooklyn Rail (July 2004)
King, Michael. “War Drums.” The Austin Chronicle (August 6, 2004)
Kuttner, Robert. “Wrong Cure: Only in a country so beholden to the drug industry could reimportation seem like a good solution.” The American Prospect (August 23, 2004)
Lam, Andrew. “Hong Kong Film Fade Out.” Alternet (August 20, 2004)
Lapham, Lewis. “The Road to Babylon.” Harper’s (May 28, 2003)
Laquer, Walter. “The Terrorism to Come.” Policy Review (August 2004)
Lewis, Bernard. “In Depth: Bernard Lewis.” Book TV (April 6, 2003)
Livingston, Reb. “Give the Boot to the Muse: Behold the Power of Duende.” Drunken Boat #4 (Spring 2002)
Ludden, Jennifer and Robert Hass. “Requiem For a Poet: Czeslaw Milosz.” National Public Radio (Audio: August 14, 2004)
Manning, Richard. “The Oil We Eat.” Harper’s (February 2004)
Marchand, Philip. “An Extra Whack: The Genius Of Language: Fifteen Writers Reflect On Their Mother Tongues.” Toronto Star (August 8, 2004)
McCollam, Douglas. “The List: How Chalabi Played the Press.” Columbia Journalism Review (July/August 2004)
McCourt, Frank. “Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir.” Book TV (August 21, 1997)
McKibben, Bill. “Helping Hand or Big Fat Fist?: Why Countries Are Saying No To U.S. Food Aid.” Orion (July/August 2004)
McNally, Terence. “Voices of the Invisible People.” Alternet (August 16, 2004)
Medina, Dolissa. “’Maria Full of Grace’ Goes Beyond Drug War’s Numbers.” Pacific News Service (Originally published in El Tecolote: August 10, 2004)
Miller, Andie. “Trucking With Tommy.” Mail & Guardian (August 22, 2004)
“Millions Turn Out For Referendum On Venezuelan Leader.” L.A. Times (August 15, 2004)
Mitchell, Katharyne. “Multiculturalism, Or the United Colors of Capitalism.” Antipode 25.4 (1993)
Moyers, Bill. “Outsourcing and Patriotism.” Alternet (August 21, 2004)
Muslim Women’s League
“Mystery Over Iran Judo Protest.” BBC News (August 15, 2004)
Nordhaus, Ted. “Truth and Denial in Venezuela.” Alternet (August 20, 2004)
North, Andrew. “Round Two For Kabul’s Trial of the Year.” BBC News (August 15, 2004)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War On Journalism (Robert Greenwald’s 2004 documentary/website)
Owen, David. “Mosaic TV: A Window On the Middle East.” NCM (August 12, 2004)
Parenti, Christian. “Fables of Reconstruction.” Alternet (originally published in The Nation: August 18, 2004)
Paxton, Robert. “The Anatomy of Fascism.” Book TV (August 21, 2004)
Perrottet, Tony. “The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games.” Book TV (August 14, 2004)
Pinkerton, James. “As the AIDs Bureaucracy Cashes In, the Prospect of a Cure Dims.” Los Angeles Times (August 6, 2004: reposted at New America Foundation)
Pojmann, Karen. “Faces of Racism: Nigerians Embrace My Whiteness and Shun My Igbo Husband.” Pacific News Service (August 9, 2004)
Prial, Frank J. “Much of Bordeux Goes Begging.” New York Times (August 11, 2004)
Rabkin, Yakov M. “Social Science: Famed for inventing the periodic table of elements, 19th-century chemist Dmitry Mendeleyev believed in science's potential to govern society.” Moscow Times (August 6, 2004)
Rajiva, Lila. “Cleaning House.” Alternet (February 5, 2004)
---. “The Globalized Village.” Alternet (October 23, 2003)
---. “Iraqi Women and Torture, Part One: Rapes and Rumors of Rape.” Dissident Voice (July 27, 2004)
---. “Iraqi Women and Torture, Part II: Theater That Educates, News That Propagandizes.” Dissident Voice (July 30, 2004)
---. “Iraqi Women and Torture, Part III: Violence and Virtual Violence.” Dissident Voice (August 4, 2004)
---. “Iraqi Women and Torture, Part IV
Gendered Propaganda, the Propaganda of Gender.” Dissident Voice (August 9, 2004)
Ratele, Kopano. “Re tla dirang ka selo se ba re go ke ghetto fabulous? Academics on the Street.” Agenda #57 (2003)
“Report: Prozac Found in Britain’s Drinking Water.” Yahoo! News (August 8, 2004)
Romano, Carlin. “A Hunched Back, A Searching Heart, and a Fiery Wit.” Chronicle of Higher Education (July 2, 2004)
---. “Revising the Grecian Formula.” The Chronicle of Higher Education (August 13, 2004)
Rosen, Nir. “Home Rule: A dangerous excursion into the heart of the Sunni opposition.” The New Yorker (This is a condensed version of a 7 part report originally published in the Asia Times—to access this 7 part report : July 5, 2004)
Roy, Arundhati. “Public Power in the Age of Empire: Arundhati Roy on War, Resistance and the Presidency.” Democracy Now (August 23, 2004)
Roy, Sandip. “Al Jazeera Closure a Warning To Other Arab Media.” Pacific News Service (August 16, 2004)
Rubin, Michael. “Talking Turkey: She’s a Democracy—No Qualifiers.” Middle East Forum (August 6, 2004)
Rustin, Susanna. “Hello To All That: Scarred by his experiences in France in 1945, Paul Fussell has sought to demystify the romanticism of battle, beginning with his literary study of the Great War. His latest book is about American GIs in Europe; his next concerns the nature of generalship.” Guardian (July 31, 2004)
Ryle, John. “Disaster in Darfur.” New York Review of Books (August 12, 2004)
Sakhra-l’Assal. “Interview with Peter Lamborn Wilson.” The Hermetic Library (2002 To appear in Dutch in Buiten de Orde, Utrecht, vol. 13 # 1, March, 2002. An abbreviated version appeared in Ravage, Amsterdam, # 2, February, 2002)
San Juan, E., Jr. “The Question of Race in the 21st Century.” (Remarks on the 9th Annual Multicultural Students Convocation, Washington State University, Oct. 13, 1998.)
Sassen, Saskia. “Citizenship Destabilized.” Liberal Education (Spring 2003)
Schaller, Thomas F. “Indian Interests: What’s On the Minds of Citizens in the World’s Largest Democracy.” The Gadflyer (August 17, 2004)
Sear, Katherine. “Raised On American Streets, Cambodian Youths Face Deportation.” Pacific News Service (August 11, 2004)
Sengupta, Somini. “Death and Sorrow Stalk Sudanese Across Border.” The New York Times (August 20, 2004)
Shlaim, Avi. “The Lost Steps.” The Nation (August 12, 2004)
Situationist International and students of Strasbourg University. “On the Poverty of Student Life.” Bureau of Public Secrets (First published November 1966 at the expense of the Strasbourg Student Union: translated Ken Knabb)
Sohigian, Jason. “Armenians Must Raise Their Voices For Truth and Justice in Sudan.” NCM (August 15, 2004)
Solnit, Rebecca. “Hatred at One End, Rejection at the Other: A Writer Retraces Walter Benjamin’s Failed Walk to Freedom.” L.A. Times (August 1, 2004)
Stanley, Eduardo. “Argentina’s Recovered Factories: A Story of Economic Success.” Pacific News Service (August 16, 2004)
Sydell, Laura. “Informed Deals Help Mexican Entrepreneurs Get Started.” National Public Radio
Taguma, Kenji G. "American Activist Remembered as Man of Principle.” NCM (August 14, 2004)
Teachout, Terry. “Unloved Elgar.” Commentary (2003)
Vong, Pueng. “Shanghai Surprise: China’s Rudeness Its Strength.” Pacific News Service (August 13, 2004)
We Are Everywhere: The Rise of Global Anti-Capitalism
Weatherford, Jack. “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.” Book TV (August 7, 2004)
White, Armond. “Stander: Writer/director Bronwen Hughes has managed to make anti-Apartheid activity look dashing.” Africana (August 20, 2004)
“Who’s Killing the Women of Juarez: Mexican City Haunted By Decade of Sexual Violence.” National Public Radio (February 22, 2003)
Wilson, Peter Lamborn. “Irish Soma.” Lux Illuminati (June 2004)
Woolf, Virginia. “Portrait of a Londoner.” Guardian (August 11, 2004)
Wright, Robin. “U.S. Struggles to Win Hearts, Minds in Muslim World: Diplomacy Efforts Lack Funds, Follow-Through.” The Washington Post (August 20, 2004)
Yglesias, Matthew. “Penalty Kicks: Bush tried to take credit for bringing Iraq to the Olympics; their soccer team gave him what he deserved.” The American Prospect (August 24, 2004)
Zion, Lawrie. “Along the Danube and Into the Deep End.” The Australian (August 4, 2004)
ABYZ News Links (Newspaper and News Media Guide—Global in Scope)
Ahrari, Ehsan. “House of Saud Exits Cocoon of Denial.” Asia Times (August 13, 2004)
Aizenman, Nurith C. “Salvadoran Family Endures the Wages of Separation.” The Washington Post (August 20, 2004)
Alternative News Links
Amnesty International USA (International Human Rights Monitoring Organization)
Artsy, Avisha. “Dialogues For Peace: Youth at the Barcelona Forum.” Wiretap (August 16, 2004)
Barber, Benjamin R. “The Educated Student: Global Citizen or Global Consumer?” Liberal Education (Spring 2002)
---. “Globalizing Democracy.” The American Prospect (September 11, 2000)
Bhagat, Rasheeda. “Tormentors and Tormented.” The Hindu Business Limited (June 11, 2004)
Branford, Becky. “Chavez at Eye of Storm.” BBC News (August 13, 2004)
Chatterjee, Pratap. “Controversial Commando Wins Iraq Contract.” CorpWatch (June 9, 2004)
---. “Information Warriors: Rendon Group Wins Hearts and Minds in Business, Politics and War.” Corpwatch (August 4, 2004)
---. “New Halliburton Whistleblowers Say Millions Wasted in Iraq.” Corpwatch (June 16, 2004)
Clark, Jude. “Urban Culture: Representations and Experiences in/of Urban Space and Culture.” Agenda #57 (2003)
Dirda, Michael. “Borges: A Life.” Washington Post (August 8, 2004)
Donnis, Ian. “A jolt with a difference: Cafés, co-ops, small roasters, and religious groups are fueling the popularity of Fair Trade coffee, which pays small growers a living wage.” The Boston Phoenix (August 20-26, 2004)
Ekbladh, David. “How To Build a Nation.” Wilson Quarterly (Winter 2004)
El-Moslimany, Samia. “Azizah Rising.” Saudi Aramco World (March/April 2004)
Ferguson, Niall. “Bone Tired? You Need a Job in Europe.” Los Angeles Times (August 11, 2004)
“Fighting the Backdoor Draft: Military Families File ‘Stop Loss’ Suit.” Counterpunch (August 13, 2004)
Fitzgerald, Frances. “The View From Out There: History Lessons—How Textbooks From Around the World Portray the U.S.” Washington Post (August 8, 2004)
Franklin, Ruth. “Journey Without Maps.” The New Republic (August 13, 2004)
Frantz, Douglas, Josh Meyer and Richard B. Schmitt. “Cyberspace Gives Al Qaeda Refuge.” L.A. Times (August 15, 2004)
Gentleman, Amelie. “Summertime, and Living Is Not Easy For French Racked With Self-Doubt.” The Guardian (August 10, 2004)
Gomez, Edward M. “World Views.” SF Gate (Weekly Digest of World News)
Gonzalez, Juan and Mohamed Khater. “Doctor Faces Life Imprisonment for Violating Iraq Sanctions.” Democracy Now (August 20, 2004)
Gumbi, Bandile. “Speaking the Word.” Agenda #57 (2003)
Harding, Luke. “Germans Bridle at Language Law.” Guardian (August 8, 2004)
Hitchens, Christopher. “Edward Said: Polymath With a Cause.” Washington Post (August 15, 2004)
Holt, Kate. “DR Congo’s Shameful Sex Secret.” BBC News (June 3, 2004)
“Intolerable Killings: Ten years of Abductions and Murders in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua.” Amnesty International USA (Ongoing Reports)
Joseph, James A. “Public Values in a Divided World: A Mandate for Higher Education.” Liberal Education (Spring 2002)
Kearney, John. “The Real Wahhab: A new book argues that the founder of Wahhabi Islam was really a tolerant, peace-loving reformer. Some scholars are crying foul.” The Boston Globe (August 8, 2004)
Kelley, Norman. “The Continuous Decline of the West.” Brooklyn Rail (July 2004)
King, Michael. “War Drums.” The Austin Chronicle (August 6, 2004)
Kuttner, Robert. “Wrong Cure: Only in a country so beholden to the drug industry could reimportation seem like a good solution.” The American Prospect (August 23, 2004)
Lam, Andrew. “Hong Kong Film Fade Out.” Alternet (August 20, 2004)
Lapham, Lewis. “The Road to Babylon.” Harper’s (May 28, 2003)
Laquer, Walter. “The Terrorism to Come.” Policy Review (August 2004)
Lewis, Bernard. “In Depth: Bernard Lewis.” Book TV (April 6, 2003)
Livingston, Reb. “Give the Boot to the Muse: Behold the Power of Duende.” Drunken Boat #4 (Spring 2002)
Ludden, Jennifer and Robert Hass. “Requiem For a Poet: Czeslaw Milosz.” National Public Radio (Audio: August 14, 2004)
Manning, Richard. “The Oil We Eat.” Harper’s (February 2004)
Marchand, Philip. “An Extra Whack: The Genius Of Language: Fifteen Writers Reflect On Their Mother Tongues.” Toronto Star (August 8, 2004)
McCollam, Douglas. “The List: How Chalabi Played the Press.” Columbia Journalism Review (July/August 2004)
McCourt, Frank. “Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir.” Book TV (August 21, 1997)
McKibben, Bill. “Helping Hand or Big Fat Fist?: Why Countries Are Saying No To U.S. Food Aid.” Orion (July/August 2004)
McNally, Terence. “Voices of the Invisible People.” Alternet (August 16, 2004)
Medina, Dolissa. “’Maria Full of Grace’ Goes Beyond Drug War’s Numbers.” Pacific News Service (Originally published in El Tecolote: August 10, 2004)
Miller, Andie. “Trucking With Tommy.” Mail & Guardian (August 22, 2004)
“Millions Turn Out For Referendum On Venezuelan Leader.” L.A. Times (August 15, 2004)
Mitchell, Katharyne. “Multiculturalism, Or the United Colors of Capitalism.” Antipode 25.4 (1993)
Moyers, Bill. “Outsourcing and Patriotism.” Alternet (August 21, 2004)
Muslim Women’s League
“Mystery Over Iran Judo Protest.” BBC News (August 15, 2004)
Nordhaus, Ted. “Truth and Denial in Venezuela.” Alternet (August 20, 2004)
North, Andrew. “Round Two For Kabul’s Trial of the Year.” BBC News (August 15, 2004)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War On Journalism (Robert Greenwald’s 2004 documentary/website)
Owen, David. “Mosaic TV: A Window On the Middle East.” NCM (August 12, 2004)
Parenti, Christian. “Fables of Reconstruction.” Alternet (originally published in The Nation: August 18, 2004)
Paxton, Robert. “The Anatomy of Fascism.” Book TV (August 21, 2004)
Perrottet, Tony. “The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games.” Book TV (August 14, 2004)
Pinkerton, James. “As the AIDs Bureaucracy Cashes In, the Prospect of a Cure Dims.” Los Angeles Times (August 6, 2004: reposted at New America Foundation)
Pojmann, Karen. “Faces of Racism: Nigerians Embrace My Whiteness and Shun My Igbo Husband.” Pacific News Service (August 9, 2004)
Prial, Frank J. “Much of Bordeux Goes Begging.” New York Times (August 11, 2004)
Rabkin, Yakov M. “Social Science: Famed for inventing the periodic table of elements, 19th-century chemist Dmitry Mendeleyev believed in science's potential to govern society.” Moscow Times (August 6, 2004)
Rajiva, Lila. “Cleaning House.” Alternet (February 5, 2004)
---. “The Globalized Village.” Alternet (October 23, 2003)
---. “Iraqi Women and Torture, Part One: Rapes and Rumors of Rape.” Dissident Voice (July 27, 2004)
---. “Iraqi Women and Torture, Part II: Theater That Educates, News That Propagandizes.” Dissident Voice (July 30, 2004)
---. “Iraqi Women and Torture, Part III: Violence and Virtual Violence.” Dissident Voice (August 4, 2004)
---. “Iraqi Women and Torture, Part IV
Gendered Propaganda, the Propaganda of Gender.” Dissident Voice (August 9, 2004)
Ratele, Kopano. “Re tla dirang ka selo se ba re go ke ghetto fabulous? Academics on the Street.” Agenda #57 (2003)
“Report: Prozac Found in Britain’s Drinking Water.” Yahoo! News (August 8, 2004)
Romano, Carlin. “A Hunched Back, A Searching Heart, and a Fiery Wit.” Chronicle of Higher Education (July 2, 2004)
---. “Revising the Grecian Formula.” The Chronicle of Higher Education (August 13, 2004)
Rosen, Nir. “Home Rule: A dangerous excursion into the heart of the Sunni opposition.” The New Yorker (This is a condensed version of a 7 part report originally published in the Asia Times—to access this 7 part report : July 5, 2004)
Roy, Arundhati. “Public Power in the Age of Empire: Arundhati Roy on War, Resistance and the Presidency.” Democracy Now (August 23, 2004)
Roy, Sandip. “Al Jazeera Closure a Warning To Other Arab Media.” Pacific News Service (August 16, 2004)
Rubin, Michael. “Talking Turkey: She’s a Democracy—No Qualifiers.” Middle East Forum (August 6, 2004)
Rustin, Susanna. “Hello To All That: Scarred by his experiences in France in 1945, Paul Fussell has sought to demystify the romanticism of battle, beginning with his literary study of the Great War. His latest book is about American GIs in Europe; his next concerns the nature of generalship.” Guardian (July 31, 2004)
Ryle, John. “Disaster in Darfur.” New York Review of Books (August 12, 2004)
Sakhra-l’Assal. “Interview with Peter Lamborn Wilson.” The Hermetic Library (2002 To appear in Dutch in Buiten de Orde, Utrecht, vol. 13 # 1, March, 2002. An abbreviated version appeared in Ravage, Amsterdam, # 2, February, 2002)
San Juan, E., Jr. “The Question of Race in the 21st Century.” (Remarks on the 9th Annual Multicultural Students Convocation, Washington State University, Oct. 13, 1998.)
Sassen, Saskia. “Citizenship Destabilized.” Liberal Education (Spring 2003)
Schaller, Thomas F. “Indian Interests: What’s On the Minds of Citizens in the World’s Largest Democracy.” The Gadflyer (August 17, 2004)
Sear, Katherine. “Raised On American Streets, Cambodian Youths Face Deportation.” Pacific News Service (August 11, 2004)
Sengupta, Somini. “Death and Sorrow Stalk Sudanese Across Border.” The New York Times (August 20, 2004)
Shlaim, Avi. “The Lost Steps.” The Nation (August 12, 2004)
Situationist International and students of Strasbourg University. “On the Poverty of Student Life.” Bureau of Public Secrets (First published November 1966 at the expense of the Strasbourg Student Union: translated Ken Knabb)
Sohigian, Jason. “Armenians Must Raise Their Voices For Truth and Justice in Sudan.” NCM (August 15, 2004)
Solnit, Rebecca. “Hatred at One End, Rejection at the Other: A Writer Retraces Walter Benjamin’s Failed Walk to Freedom.” L.A. Times (August 1, 2004)
Stanley, Eduardo. “Argentina’s Recovered Factories: A Story of Economic Success.” Pacific News Service (August 16, 2004)
Sydell, Laura. “Informed Deals Help Mexican Entrepreneurs Get Started.” National Public Radio
Taguma, Kenji G. "American Activist Remembered as Man of Principle.” NCM (August 14, 2004)
Teachout, Terry. “Unloved Elgar.” Commentary (2003)
Vong, Pueng. “Shanghai Surprise: China’s Rudeness Its Strength.” Pacific News Service (August 13, 2004)
We Are Everywhere: The Rise of Global Anti-Capitalism
Weatherford, Jack. “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.” Book TV (August 7, 2004)
White, Armond. “Stander: Writer/director Bronwen Hughes has managed to make anti-Apartheid activity look dashing.” Africana (August 20, 2004)
“Who’s Killing the Women of Juarez: Mexican City Haunted By Decade of Sexual Violence.” National Public Radio (February 22, 2003)
Wilson, Peter Lamborn. “Irish Soma.” Lux Illuminati (June 2004)
Woolf, Virginia. “Portrait of a Londoner.” Guardian (August 11, 2004)
Wright, Robin. “U.S. Struggles to Win Hearts, Minds in Muslim World: Diplomacy Efforts Lack Funds, Follow-Through.” The Washington Post (August 20, 2004)
Yglesias, Matthew. “Penalty Kicks: Bush tried to take credit for bringing Iraq to the Olympics; their soccer team gave him what he deserved.” The American Prospect (August 24, 2004)
Zion, Lawrie. “Along the Danube and Into the Deep End.” The Australian (August 4, 2004)
Selected Bibliography Of Works in Aural History
Thompson, Emily. “The Soundscape of Modernity Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900-1933.” MIT World (September 26, 2002)
Selected Bibliography of Works in Aural History
Attali, Jaques. Noise: The Political Economy of Music. 1977; Minneapolis: Univ. Minnesota Press, 1985.
Corbin, Alain. Village Bells: Sound and Meaning in the 19th Century French Countryside. 1994; NY: Colombia Univ. Press, 1998.
Douglas, Susan. Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination. NY: Times Books, 1999.
Johnson, James. Listening in Paris: A Cultural History. Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 1995.
Kahn, Douglas. Noise Water Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1999.
Picker, John. "The Soundproof Study: Victorian Professionals, Work Space, and Urban Noise," Victorian Studies 42 (Spring 1999/2000): 427-453.
Schafer, R. Murray. The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Turning of the World. Rochester, VT: Destiny Books, 1994.
Schmidt, Leigh. Hearing Things: Religion, Illusion, and the American Enlightenment. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 2000.
Smith, Bruce. The Acoustic World of Early Modern England: Attending to the O-Factor. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2000.
Smith, Mark. "Listening to the Heard Worlds of Antebellum America," Journal of the Historical Society 1 (Spring 2000): 65-99.
Sterne, Jonathan. The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction. Raleigh-Durham: Duke Univ. Press, Forthcoming January 2003.
Thompson, Emily. The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900-1933. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2002.
Truax, Barry. Acoustic Communication. 2d. ed. Westport, CT.: Ablex, 2001.
Selected Bibliography of Works in Aural History
Attali, Jaques. Noise: The Political Economy of Music. 1977; Minneapolis: Univ. Minnesota Press, 1985.
Corbin, Alain. Village Bells: Sound and Meaning in the 19th Century French Countryside. 1994; NY: Colombia Univ. Press, 1998.
Douglas, Susan. Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination. NY: Times Books, 1999.
Johnson, James. Listening in Paris: A Cultural History. Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 1995.
Kahn, Douglas. Noise Water Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1999.
Picker, John. "The Soundproof Study: Victorian Professionals, Work Space, and Urban Noise," Victorian Studies 42 (Spring 1999/2000): 427-453.
Schafer, R. Murray. The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Turning of the World. Rochester, VT: Destiny Books, 1994.
Schmidt, Leigh. Hearing Things: Religion, Illusion, and the American Enlightenment. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 2000.
Smith, Bruce. The Acoustic World of Early Modern England: Attending to the O-Factor. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2000.
Smith, Mark. "Listening to the Heard Worlds of Antebellum America," Journal of the Historical Society 1 (Spring 2000): 65-99.
Sterne, Jonathan. The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction. Raleigh-Durham: Duke Univ. Press, Forthcoming January 2003.
Thompson, Emily. The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900-1933. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2002.
Truax, Barry. Acoustic Communication. 2d. ed. Westport, CT.: Ablex, 2001.
Studs Terkel
I read Studs Terkel's interview of C.P. Ellis tonight for the fourth time. How can a narrative that I know by heart move me so...? The story of C.P. Ellis and Ann Atwater should be read by everyone (Its available in Studs Terkel's book American Dream. You can also find it in Paula Rothenberg's edited collection Race, Class, and Gender in the United States, 6th edition, Worth Publishers, 2004).
Peace--Michael Benton
Biography
Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times (superb video of Studs giving a talk—introduced brilliantly by Dave Eggers, founder of McSweeney’s)
Conversations With America
America’s Storyteller
University of Chicago Student Response Upon Listening To a Lecture By Studs Terkel
Community Hero
Studs Terkel on Transom
Studs on Center For Literary Arts
Something Real
National Public Radio (WUPR) Interview
Studs Terkel Tries to Stem Our Nation’s Memory Loss
The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the South (Book about C.P. Ellis and Ann Atwater)
Blurb
Chapter 3
An Unlikely Friendship (Documentary about Atwater and Ellis):
Blurb
Film Beat Review
Film Beat feature on the Director Diane Bloom
Peace--Michael Benton
Biography
Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times (superb video of Studs giving a talk—introduced brilliantly by Dave Eggers, founder of McSweeney’s)
Conversations With America
America’s Storyteller
University of Chicago Student Response Upon Listening To a Lecture By Studs Terkel
Community Hero
Studs Terkel on Transom
Studs on Center For Literary Arts
Something Real
National Public Radio (WUPR) Interview
Studs Terkel Tries to Stem Our Nation’s Memory Loss
The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the South (Book about C.P. Ellis and Ann Atwater)
Blurb
Chapter 3
An Unlikely Friendship (Documentary about Atwater and Ellis):
Blurb
Film Beat Review
Film Beat feature on the Director Diane Bloom
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Thinking About Environment and Place, Pt. 3
Banerjee, Subhankar. “Pressing Forward: Artic Refuge Photography.” Orion (2004)
Bass, Rick. “Paradise Lost.” Orion (2002)
Bass, Rick, et al. “This American Land: Saving the Roadless Yaak.” Orion (2003)
Belzer, Judith. “Seeing as Believing.” Orion (2003)
Burwell, Hope. “Jeremiad for Belarus: Revisiting the Accident ‘That Could Never Happen Here.” Orion (March/April 2004)
Geesaman, Lynn. “A Place to Wonder.” (2003)
Harkinson, Josh. “Profits of Place: A Different Version of Success Emerges Along Main Street.” Orion (January/February 2004)
Kunstler, James Howard. “Man in Nature: The Fiasco of Suburbia.” Orion (2001)
---. “Maul of America.” Orion (2002)
Jones, Dena. “Crimes Unseen: The Dark Story of America’s Slaughterhouses, and the Effort to Make Their Grim Work More Humane.” Orion (July/August 2004)
Lopez, Barry, Scott Russell Sanders, and Robert Pyle. “Upholding Wonder.” Orion (2001)
Morper, Daniel. “Tracking the Light.” Orion (2003)
Nabhan, Gary Paul. “Listening to the Other: Can a Sense of Place Help the Peace-Making Process?” Orion (May/June 2004)
Pinckney, Roger. “Blue Root Real Estate.” Orion (2002)
---. “Burying Miss Louise.” Orion (January/February 2004)
Raymo, Chet. “The Road to Hell is Paved.” Orion (2001)
Renner, Marcus. “The People’s Freeway: Reclaiming a Concrete Corridor to Make Way for the Next—and Better—Los Angeles.” Orion (May/June 2004)
Williams, Terry Tempest. “America’s Energy Plan in Action: Bearing Witness.” Orion (2002)
---. “Engagement: The Open Space of Democracy.” Orion (July/August 2004)
---. “Ground Truthing: An Open Journal From the Artic.” Orion (May/June 2004)
Wohlforth, Charles. “On Thin Ice.” Orion (March/April 2004)
Zuckerman, Seth. “The Klamath Debacle: Bankrupting an Ecosystem.” Orion (2001)
Bass, Rick. “Paradise Lost.” Orion (2002)
Bass, Rick, et al. “This American Land: Saving the Roadless Yaak.” Orion (2003)
Belzer, Judith. “Seeing as Believing.” Orion (2003)
Burwell, Hope. “Jeremiad for Belarus: Revisiting the Accident ‘That Could Never Happen Here.” Orion (March/April 2004)
Geesaman, Lynn. “A Place to Wonder.” (2003)
Harkinson, Josh. “Profits of Place: A Different Version of Success Emerges Along Main Street.” Orion (January/February 2004)
Kunstler, James Howard. “Man in Nature: The Fiasco of Suburbia.” Orion (2001)
---. “Maul of America.” Orion (2002)
Jones, Dena. “Crimes Unseen: The Dark Story of America’s Slaughterhouses, and the Effort to Make Their Grim Work More Humane.” Orion (July/August 2004)
Lopez, Barry, Scott Russell Sanders, and Robert Pyle. “Upholding Wonder.” Orion (2001)
Morper, Daniel. “Tracking the Light.” Orion (2003)
Nabhan, Gary Paul. “Listening to the Other: Can a Sense of Place Help the Peace-Making Process?” Orion (May/June 2004)
Pinckney, Roger. “Blue Root Real Estate.” Orion (2002)
---. “Burying Miss Louise.” Orion (January/February 2004)
Raymo, Chet. “The Road to Hell is Paved.” Orion (2001)
Renner, Marcus. “The People’s Freeway: Reclaiming a Concrete Corridor to Make Way for the Next—and Better—Los Angeles.” Orion (May/June 2004)
Williams, Terry Tempest. “America’s Energy Plan in Action: Bearing Witness.” Orion (2002)
---. “Engagement: The Open Space of Democracy.” Orion (July/August 2004)
---. “Ground Truthing: An Open Journal From the Artic.” Orion (May/June 2004)
Wohlforth, Charles. “On Thin Ice.” Orion (March/April 2004)
Zuckerman, Seth. “The Klamath Debacle: Bankrupting an Ecosystem.” Orion (2001)
Ranks of Those Living in Poverty and Those Without Health Insurance Increases Again in 2003: Nearly 36 Million Americans Living in Poverty
Yahoo Report
"The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, while the ranks of the uninsured swelled by 1.4 million, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.
It was the third straight annual increase for both categories. While not unexpected, it was a double dose of bad economic news during a tight re-election campaign for President Bush."
For the full report from the Census Bureau.
"The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, while the ranks of the uninsured swelled by 1.4 million, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.
It was the third straight annual increase for both categories. While not unexpected, it was a double dose of bad economic news during a tight re-election campaign for President Bush."
For the full report from the Census Bureau.
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Thinking About Gender, Pt. 1
Archive of articles, essays and websites concerned with the the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex. Includes sources that document discrimination, exploitation or violence that has a gender basis. Also contains sources that challenge these simplistic associations and question the construction/representation of gender traits.
Abby, Christopher. “States of Denial: A rape, a visit to the ER, a request for emergency contraception, a refusal on religious grounds. Welcome to the new front in the battle for reproductive rights, where state law says it's okay to deny prescriptions.” Alternet (August 18, 2004)
Agenda (A Journal About Woman and Gender—Global Perspective)
Bartels, Eric. “My Problem With Her Anger.” Alternet (August 17, 2004)
Bhagat, Rasheeda. “Tormentors and Tormented.” The Hindu Business Limited (June 11, 2004)
Body Positive (Website that deals with issues surrounding body image and health)
Crespin, Jessa. “An Interview With Leslie Cannold.” Bookslut (August 2004)
Crouch, Stanley. “For Young Black Men, Rap’s Lure is False.” New York Daily News (June 7, 2004)
DiNovella, Elizabeth. “Helen Thomas: [The First Lady of the Press].” Progressive (August 2004)
El-Moslimany, Samia. “Azizah Rising.” Saudi Aramco World (March/April 2004)
Fierce (Monthly themes—“For women who are too bold for boundaries”—emphasis on self-determination, respect, and ability—positive images and voices)
“The Growth of Capitalist Identity.” Adbusters Online Exhibit:
Harris, Lynn, et al. “It’s That Time of Month To Discuss That Time of Month.” The Black Table (August 12, 2004)
Hester, J. David. “Rhetoric of the Medical Management of the Intersexed Child.” Genders #38 (2003)
“Intolerable Killings: Ten years of Abductions and Murders in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua.” Amnesty International USA (Ongoing Reports)
Karlyn, Kathleen Rowe. “Scream, Popular Culture and Feminism’s Third Wave: ‘I’m Not My Mother.’” Genders #38 (2003)
Kim, Janet. “CODEPINK Hits Future Site of Republican National Convention.” The Village Voice (August 19, 2004)
Kort, Michele. “Our August Amazons: Women’s Sports Reach Olympian Heights.” Ms. Magazine (Summer 2004)
Matloff, Judith. “Mothers at War: Babies or Battle Zones? More Journalists These Days are Choosing Both, and Facing the Consequences.” Columbia Journalism Review (July/August 2004)
McNamara, Mary. “A Royal Gain.” L.A. Times (August 16, 2004)
Muslim Women’s League
Naylor, Brian. “Vatican Instructs Bishops on Gender Roles.” NPR (July 31, 2004)
Negra, Diane. “Quality Postfeminism?: Sex and the Single Girl on HBO.” Genders #39 (2004)
Rajiva, Lila. “Synthetic Science.” Alternet (February 24, 2004)
“Rape and Rights.” L.A. Times (August 1, 2004): online at
Reid-Luster, Asata. “Summer Moon: Sisterhood for the Ages.” Fierce (Spring 2003)
Reilly, Adam. “Who’s Your Granny?: Pondering the Improbable Senate Campaign of Doris Haddock, a.k.a. Granny D.” The Boston Phoenix (August 20-26, 2004)
Roberts, Roxanne. “Do Me a Favor, Keep a Lid On Your Double Latte.” Washington Post (August 11, 2004)
Schappel, Elisa. “How Mad Can a Mother Get.” Alternet (August 17, 2004)
Seigel, Jessica. “Taking Back the Whip.” Ms. Magazine (Summer 2004)
Siegel, Carol. Siegel, Carol. “Curing Boys Don’t Cry: Brandon Teena’s Stories.” Genders #37 (2003)
Smead, Julie. “Fairy Tales and Folklore with a Feminine Touch.” Lexington Herald-Leader (August 13, 2004)
Smith, Larry. “Marriage and Its Discontents: Bitch vs. Bastard.” Alternet (August 17, 2004)
Spence, Lester. “The Black Slate: Rethinking Down Low Politics.” Africana (August 17, 2004)
Strickland, Ronald. “Gender, Class and the Humanities in the Corporate University.” Genders #35 (2002)
“Talk is Cheap Get Unplugged” Frank #4 (2004):
Wald, Gayle. “’I Want it That Way’: Tennybopper Music and the Girling of Boy Bands.” Genders #35 (2002)
Wedner, Diane. “Solo Performances.” L.A. Times (August 1, 2004)
“Who’s Killing the Women of Juarez: Mexican City Haunted By Decade of Sexual Violence.” National Public Radio (February 22, 2003)
Abby, Christopher. “States of Denial: A rape, a visit to the ER, a request for emergency contraception, a refusal on religious grounds. Welcome to the new front in the battle for reproductive rights, where state law says it's okay to deny prescriptions.” Alternet (August 18, 2004)
Agenda (A Journal About Woman and Gender—Global Perspective)
Bartels, Eric. “My Problem With Her Anger.” Alternet (August 17, 2004)
Bhagat, Rasheeda. “Tormentors and Tormented.” The Hindu Business Limited (June 11, 2004)
Body Positive (Website that deals with issues surrounding body image and health)
Crespin, Jessa. “An Interview With Leslie Cannold.” Bookslut (August 2004)
Crouch, Stanley. “For Young Black Men, Rap’s Lure is False.” New York Daily News (June 7, 2004)
DiNovella, Elizabeth. “Helen Thomas: [The First Lady of the Press].” Progressive (August 2004)
El-Moslimany, Samia. “Azizah Rising.” Saudi Aramco World (March/April 2004)
Fierce (Monthly themes—“For women who are too bold for boundaries”—emphasis on self-determination, respect, and ability—positive images and voices)
“The Growth of Capitalist Identity.” Adbusters Online Exhibit:
Harris, Lynn, et al. “It’s That Time of Month To Discuss That Time of Month.” The Black Table (August 12, 2004)
Hester, J. David. “Rhetoric of the Medical Management of the Intersexed Child.” Genders #38 (2003)
“Intolerable Killings: Ten years of Abductions and Murders in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua.” Amnesty International USA (Ongoing Reports)
Karlyn, Kathleen Rowe. “Scream, Popular Culture and Feminism’s Third Wave: ‘I’m Not My Mother.’” Genders #38 (2003)
Kim, Janet. “CODEPINK Hits Future Site of Republican National Convention.” The Village Voice (August 19, 2004)
Kort, Michele. “Our August Amazons: Women’s Sports Reach Olympian Heights.” Ms. Magazine (Summer 2004)
Matloff, Judith. “Mothers at War: Babies or Battle Zones? More Journalists These Days are Choosing Both, and Facing the Consequences.” Columbia Journalism Review (July/August 2004)
McNamara, Mary. “A Royal Gain.” L.A. Times (August 16, 2004)
Muslim Women’s League
Naylor, Brian. “Vatican Instructs Bishops on Gender Roles.” NPR (July 31, 2004)
Negra, Diane. “Quality Postfeminism?: Sex and the Single Girl on HBO.” Genders #39 (2004)
Rajiva, Lila. “Synthetic Science.” Alternet (February 24, 2004)
“Rape and Rights.” L.A. Times (August 1, 2004): online at
Reid-Luster, Asata. “Summer Moon: Sisterhood for the Ages.” Fierce (Spring 2003)
Reilly, Adam. “Who’s Your Granny?: Pondering the Improbable Senate Campaign of Doris Haddock, a.k.a. Granny D.” The Boston Phoenix (August 20-26, 2004)
Roberts, Roxanne. “Do Me a Favor, Keep a Lid On Your Double Latte.” Washington Post (August 11, 2004)
Schappel, Elisa. “How Mad Can a Mother Get.” Alternet (August 17, 2004)
Seigel, Jessica. “Taking Back the Whip.” Ms. Magazine (Summer 2004)
Siegel, Carol. Siegel, Carol. “Curing Boys Don’t Cry: Brandon Teena’s Stories.” Genders #37 (2003)
Smead, Julie. “Fairy Tales and Folklore with a Feminine Touch.” Lexington Herald-Leader (August 13, 2004)
Smith, Larry. “Marriage and Its Discontents: Bitch vs. Bastard.” Alternet (August 17, 2004)
Spence, Lester. “The Black Slate: Rethinking Down Low Politics.” Africana (August 17, 2004)
Strickland, Ronald. “Gender, Class and the Humanities in the Corporate University.” Genders #35 (2002)
“Talk is Cheap Get Unplugged” Frank #4 (2004):
Wald, Gayle. “’I Want it That Way’: Tennybopper Music and the Girling of Boy Bands.” Genders #35 (2002)
Wedner, Diane. “Solo Performances.” L.A. Times (August 1, 2004)
“Who’s Killing the Women of Juarez: Mexican City Haunted By Decade of Sexual Violence.” National Public Radio (February 22, 2003)
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Mike Denton, Michigan Board of Education Trustee, Teaches His 18 Year Old Daughter Melissa About Democracy, Friendship and Voting
(originally published in the September 2004 issue of Harper's Magazine)
From an e-mail message sent on June 9 by eighteen-year-old Melissa Denton to about twenty of her friends. Her father, Mike Denton, is a trustee of the Board of Education in Linden, Michigan.
Hey everyone!!!
If you are registered to vote, next Monday is the Linden Board Election and we all have to vote for John Walsh and Nancy Donlan ... Not the Plumb/Wright assholes.
My Dad says that if they win he will let me have people over and will buy all of us beer. I'm talking like 20 cases, people. Minimum.
(But don't tell him I told you because I think I am only supposed to use that as a last resort.)
But he will only do it if they win. So all of you vote for them because free beer is tight.
Thanks and love you all!!
Melissa
P.S. And if you are wondering why the hell my Dad would care ... It's because he's on the school board and he doesn't want to get stuck with pieces of shit.
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So, how did Melissa do? Donlan won. But so did asshole/piece of shit Wright! 1 out of 2. So was that worth 10 cases? Maximum. Quo Vadimus proudly presents the 2004-2005 Linden Community Schools Board Members (and this last paragraph--Thanks QV).
From an e-mail message sent on June 9 by eighteen-year-old Melissa Denton to about twenty of her friends. Her father, Mike Denton, is a trustee of the Board of Education in Linden, Michigan.
Hey everyone!!!
If you are registered to vote, next Monday is the Linden Board Election and we all have to vote for John Walsh and Nancy Donlan ... Not the Plumb/Wright assholes.
My Dad says that if they win he will let me have people over and will buy all of us beer. I'm talking like 20 cases, people. Minimum.
(But don't tell him I told you because I think I am only supposed to use that as a last resort.)
But he will only do it if they win. So all of you vote for them because free beer is tight.
Thanks and love you all!!
Melissa
P.S. And if you are wondering why the hell my Dad would care ... It's because he's on the school board and he doesn't want to get stuck with pieces of shit.
-----
So, how did Melissa do? Donlan won. But so did asshole/piece of shit Wright! 1 out of 2. So was that worth 10 cases? Maximum. Quo Vadimus proudly presents the 2004-2005 Linden Community Schools Board Members (and this last paragraph--Thanks QV).
Team America: World Police
(courtesy of Ann Sterling who posted it at MediaSquatters)
From the creators of South Park a new action movie that re-imagines current global concerns:
Team America: World Police
From the creators of South Park a new action movie that re-imagines current global concerns:
Team America: World Police
Thinking About Environment and Place, Pt. 2
Environment is different from place in that environment is the actual material conditions of habitats and the way in which beings inhabit those environments, while place involves the more "constructed" imagining/labeling/beliefs/politics of/about our habitats. These files collect articles on the intersections and politics of both environment and place—in the broadest sense.
Akst, Daniel. “Buyer’s Remorse.” Wilson Quarterly (Winter 2004)
Angell, Marcia. “The $200 Billion Colossus.” Alternet (August 13, 2004)
Avant-Gardening: Creative Organic Gardening
BushGreenWatch. “Scientific Fraud Condemns Panther.” Alternet (August 5, 2004)
Clark, Jude. “Urban Culture: Representations and Experiences in/of Urban Space and Culture.” Agenda #57 (2003)
Cowie, Denise. “Rain Catchers.” Lexington Herald-Leader (August 14, 2004)
Cusac, Anne-Marie. “Fire Hazard: Bush Leaves Nuclear Plants at Risk.” Progressive (August 2004)
Dorfman, Mark. “Testing the Waters 2004: A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches.” Natural Resources Defense Council (August 2004)
Engler, Mark. “Go Ahead, Mr. Wendell: At 70, Wendell Berry Remains a Champion of Agrarian Ideals.” Grist (August 5, 2004)
“G-D Hipsters.” Translated by Steven L. Weiss. Harper’s (March 2004)
Gessner, David. “Sick of Nature: Today's nature writing is too often pious, safe, boring. Haven't these people re-read Thoreau lately?” The Boston Globe (August 1, 2004)
Giannangelo, Frank and Vicky Giannangelo. “What is Organic Gardening?” The Meta Arts (2002)
Griscom, Amanda. “If At First You Don’t Succeed, Go Negative: Bush Campaign Tries to Trash Kerry Record.” Grist (August 19, 2004)
Grossman, Elizabeth. “High-Tech Wasteland: It’s the Information Age—So Why Don’t We Know How To Discard a Laptop Safely?” Orion (July/August 2004)
Hertsgaard, Mark. “Terry Firma: An Interview with Terry Tamminen, Schwarznegger’s Top Enviro Official.” Grist (August 20, 2004)
Huhtala, Peter. “For Those About to Rockfish.” Grist (August 20, 2004)
Igrejas, Andy. “Counting Chemicals in Your Cabinet.” Alternet (August 16, 2004)
“Intolerable Killings: Ten years of Abductions and Murders in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua.” Amnesty International USA (Ongoing Reports)
Janz, Bruce. “Places That Disaster Left Behind.” (August 20, 2004)
Jayadev, Raj. “New Youth Activists Emerge From Spiraling San Jose Violence.” Pacific News Service (March 9, 2004)
Jones, Dena. “Crimes Unseen: The Dark Story of America’s Big Slaughterhouses, and the Effort to Make Their Grim Work More Humane.” Orion (July/August 2004)
Kelliher, Laurie. “Suburban Myth: Elizabeth Llorente's stories puncture our preconceptions of the suburbs. And she's getting others to take a closer look in their own backyards.” Columbia Journalism Review (July/August 2004)
Kennedy, Robert F., Jr. “The Forest for the Trees.” Alternet (August 5, 2004)
Lyman, Francesca. “Finding Hope Up a Creek.” Alternet (August 10, 2004)
Manning, Richard. “The Oil We Eat.” Harper’s (February 2004)
Martin, Patrick. “17,000 Violent Deaths in Detroit—The Social Meaning of a Horrifying Statistic.” World Socialist Web Site (October 29, 2003)
McKibben, Bill. “Helping Hand or Big Fat Fist?: Why Countries Are Saying No To U.S. Food Aid.” Orion (July/August 2004)
McNally, Terence. “Voices of the Invisible People.” Alternet (August 16, 2004)
Oldham, Jennifer. “Shrimp Pose Big Problem For LAX.” L.A. Times (August 15, 2004)
Pegg, J. R. “Polluted U.S. Beaches Closing in Record Numbers.” Environment News Service (August 6, 2004)
“The Problem, My Friend, Is Blowin' in the Wind: Blowing Desert Dust Is Growing Environmental Problem.” Grist (Special Report: August 20, 2004)
Rajiva, Lila. “Cleaning House.” Alternet (February 5, 2004)
---. “The Globalized Village.” Alternet (October 23, 2003)
Ratele, Kopano. “Re tla dirang ka selo se ba re go ke ghetto fabulous? Academics on the Street.” Agenda #57 (2003)
“Report: Prozac Found in Britain’s Drinking Water.” Yahoo! News (August 8, 2004)
Rickert, Jeff. “Escape From Oil Addiction.” Tom Paine (August 12, 2004)
Ridley, Kimberly. “Nature and Nuture: How to Put Your Feet Back on the Ground in a Rootless Culture.” Hope Magazine (Summer 1999)
Ronan, Courtney. “Athens: Where the Classics Live On.” Realty Times (March 13, 2000)
Samuelson, Robert J. “Shop ‘til We Drop?” Wilson Quarterly (Winter 2004)
“The Ten Point Plan for Good Jobs and Energy Independence.” Apollo Alliance (2003)
Thrift, Nigel. “Space: The Fundamental Stuff of Human Geography.” (originally published in Sarah L. Holloway, et al, eds. Key Concepts in Geography: Sage, 2003)
Warrick, Joby. “Appalachia is Paying the Price for White House Rule Change.” Washington Post (August 17, 2004)
We Are Everywhere: The Rise of Global Anti-Capitalism
Weiss, Kenneth R. “Montana Miracle.” L.A. Times (August 15, 2004)
White, Scott. “Lexington Erasing Black Heritage.” Lexington Herald-Leader (August 15, 2004)
“Who’s Killing the Women of Juarez: Mexican City Haunted By Decade of Sexual Violence.” National Public Radio (February 22, 2003)
Williams, Terry Tempest. “Engagement.” Orion (July/August 2004)
Wilson, Peter Lamborn. “Excerpt from Avant-Gardening.” Autonomedia (1999)
---. “Tombeau for L.” Dreamtime Village (February 2004)
Akst, Daniel. “Buyer’s Remorse.” Wilson Quarterly (Winter 2004)
Angell, Marcia. “The $200 Billion Colossus.” Alternet (August 13, 2004)
Avant-Gardening: Creative Organic Gardening
BushGreenWatch. “Scientific Fraud Condemns Panther.” Alternet (August 5, 2004)
Clark, Jude. “Urban Culture: Representations and Experiences in/of Urban Space and Culture.” Agenda #57 (2003)
Cowie, Denise. “Rain Catchers.” Lexington Herald-Leader (August 14, 2004)
Cusac, Anne-Marie. “Fire Hazard: Bush Leaves Nuclear Plants at Risk.” Progressive (August 2004)
Dorfman, Mark. “Testing the Waters 2004: A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches.” Natural Resources Defense Council (August 2004)
Engler, Mark. “Go Ahead, Mr. Wendell: At 70, Wendell Berry Remains a Champion of Agrarian Ideals.” Grist (August 5, 2004)
“G-D Hipsters.” Translated by Steven L. Weiss. Harper’s (March 2004)
Gessner, David. “Sick of Nature: Today's nature writing is too often pious, safe, boring. Haven't these people re-read Thoreau lately?” The Boston Globe (August 1, 2004)
Giannangelo, Frank and Vicky Giannangelo. “What is Organic Gardening?” The Meta Arts (2002)
Griscom, Amanda. “If At First You Don’t Succeed, Go Negative: Bush Campaign Tries to Trash Kerry Record.” Grist (August 19, 2004)
Grossman, Elizabeth. “High-Tech Wasteland: It’s the Information Age—So Why Don’t We Know How To Discard a Laptop Safely?” Orion (July/August 2004)
Hertsgaard, Mark. “Terry Firma: An Interview with Terry Tamminen, Schwarznegger’s Top Enviro Official.” Grist (August 20, 2004)
Huhtala, Peter. “For Those About to Rockfish.” Grist (August 20, 2004)
Igrejas, Andy. “Counting Chemicals in Your Cabinet.” Alternet (August 16, 2004)
“Intolerable Killings: Ten years of Abductions and Murders in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua.” Amnesty International USA (Ongoing Reports)
Janz, Bruce. “Places That Disaster Left Behind.” (August 20, 2004)
Jayadev, Raj. “New Youth Activists Emerge From Spiraling San Jose Violence.” Pacific News Service (March 9, 2004)
Jones, Dena. “Crimes Unseen: The Dark Story of America’s Big Slaughterhouses, and the Effort to Make Their Grim Work More Humane.” Orion (July/August 2004)
Kelliher, Laurie. “Suburban Myth: Elizabeth Llorente's stories puncture our preconceptions of the suburbs. And she's getting others to take a closer look in their own backyards.” Columbia Journalism Review (July/August 2004)
Kennedy, Robert F., Jr. “The Forest for the Trees.” Alternet (August 5, 2004)
Lyman, Francesca. “Finding Hope Up a Creek.” Alternet (August 10, 2004)
Manning, Richard. “The Oil We Eat.” Harper’s (February 2004)
Martin, Patrick. “17,000 Violent Deaths in Detroit—The Social Meaning of a Horrifying Statistic.” World Socialist Web Site (October 29, 2003)
McKibben, Bill. “Helping Hand or Big Fat Fist?: Why Countries Are Saying No To U.S. Food Aid.” Orion (July/August 2004)
McNally, Terence. “Voices of the Invisible People.” Alternet (August 16, 2004)
Oldham, Jennifer. “Shrimp Pose Big Problem For LAX.” L.A. Times (August 15, 2004)
Pegg, J. R. “Polluted U.S. Beaches Closing in Record Numbers.” Environment News Service (August 6, 2004)
“The Problem, My Friend, Is Blowin' in the Wind: Blowing Desert Dust Is Growing Environmental Problem.” Grist (Special Report: August 20, 2004)
Rajiva, Lila. “Cleaning House.” Alternet (February 5, 2004)
---. “The Globalized Village.” Alternet (October 23, 2003)
Ratele, Kopano. “Re tla dirang ka selo se ba re go ke ghetto fabulous? Academics on the Street.” Agenda #57 (2003)
“Report: Prozac Found in Britain’s Drinking Water.” Yahoo! News (August 8, 2004)
Rickert, Jeff. “Escape From Oil Addiction.” Tom Paine (August 12, 2004)
Ridley, Kimberly. “Nature and Nuture: How to Put Your Feet Back on the Ground in a Rootless Culture.” Hope Magazine (Summer 1999)
Ronan, Courtney. “Athens: Where the Classics Live On.” Realty Times (March 13, 2000)
Samuelson, Robert J. “Shop ‘til We Drop?” Wilson Quarterly (Winter 2004)
“The Ten Point Plan for Good Jobs and Energy Independence.” Apollo Alliance (2003)
Thrift, Nigel. “Space: The Fundamental Stuff of Human Geography.” (originally published in Sarah L. Holloway, et al, eds. Key Concepts in Geography: Sage, 2003)
Warrick, Joby. “Appalachia is Paying the Price for White House Rule Change.” Washington Post (August 17, 2004)
We Are Everywhere: The Rise of Global Anti-Capitalism
Weiss, Kenneth R. “Montana Miracle.” L.A. Times (August 15, 2004)
White, Scott. “Lexington Erasing Black Heritage.” Lexington Herald-Leader (August 15, 2004)
“Who’s Killing the Women of Juarez: Mexican City Haunted By Decade of Sexual Violence.” National Public Radio (February 22, 2003)
Williams, Terry Tempest. “Engagement.” Orion (July/August 2004)
Wilson, Peter Lamborn. “Excerpt from Avant-Gardening.” Autonomedia (1999)
---. “Tombeau for L.” Dreamtime Village (February 2004)
Monday, August 23, 2004
Thinking About Education, Pt. 1
“2004 University Commencement Speeches.”
Apple, Michael. “Ideology: Cultural and Economic Reproduction.” Ideology and Curriculum. 2nd edition. (1990)
Bader, Eleanor J. “Homeless on Campus.” The Progressive (July 2004)
Beran, Michael Knox. “In Defense of Memorization.” City Journal (Summer 2004)
“Brown vs. Board of Education: Remembering the Landmark 1954 Supreme Court Decision That Desegregated U.S. Public Schools.” (archive of reports) Baltimore Sun (2004)
Fitzgerald, Frances. “The View From Out There: History Lessons—How Textbooks From Around the World Portray the U.S.” Washington Post (August 8, 2004)
Freedman, Samuel G. “Latino Parents Decry Bilingual Programs.” New York Times (July 14, 2004)
Holland, Joshua. “Backlash 101: Why Conservatives Are Winning the Campus Wars.” Gadflyer (August 18, 2004)
Jay, Jason. “Radical Pedagogy.” The Daily Drool (Weblog posting—11/15/02)
Korza, Pam, Andrea Assaf, Barbara Schaffer Bacon. “INROADS: The Intersection of Art and Civic Dialogue.” Community Arts Network (2004)
Katzman, John, et al. “New SAT Is So Old School.” L.A. Times (August 1, 2004)
Pope, Justin. “Figures Show Demand For MBAs Down.” Yahoo! News (August 1, 2004)
Ratele, Kopano. “Re tla dirang ka selo se ba re go ke ghetto fabulous? Academics on the Street.” Agenda #57 (2003)
Romano, Carlin. “A Hunched Back, A Searching Heart, and a Fiery Wit.” Chronicle of Higher Education (July 2, 2004)
Ronan, Courtney. “Athens: Where the Classics Live On.” Realty Times (March 13, 2000)
Sabhlok, Sukrit. “Lest We Create a Generation of Slouchers.” Vibewire (August 6, 2004)
Sassen, Saskia. “Citizenship Destabilized.” Liberal Education (Spring 2003)
Strickland, Ronald. “Gender, Class and the Humanities in the Corporate University.” Genders #35 (2002)
Trounson, Rebecca. “S.A.T.’s Big Multiple Choice.” L.A. Times (July 25, 2004)
Apple, Michael. “Ideology: Cultural and Economic Reproduction.” Ideology and Curriculum. 2nd edition. (1990)
Bader, Eleanor J. “Homeless on Campus.” The Progressive (July 2004)
Beran, Michael Knox. “In Defense of Memorization.” City Journal (Summer 2004)
“Brown vs. Board of Education: Remembering the Landmark 1954 Supreme Court Decision That Desegregated U.S. Public Schools.” (archive of reports) Baltimore Sun (2004)
Fitzgerald, Frances. “The View From Out There: History Lessons—How Textbooks From Around the World Portray the U.S.” Washington Post (August 8, 2004)
Freedman, Samuel G. “Latino Parents Decry Bilingual Programs.” New York Times (July 14, 2004)
Holland, Joshua. “Backlash 101: Why Conservatives Are Winning the Campus Wars.” Gadflyer (August 18, 2004)
Jay, Jason. “Radical Pedagogy.” The Daily Drool (Weblog posting—11/15/02)
Korza, Pam, Andrea Assaf, Barbara Schaffer Bacon. “INROADS: The Intersection of Art and Civic Dialogue.” Community Arts Network (2004)
Katzman, John, et al. “New SAT Is So Old School.” L.A. Times (August 1, 2004)
Pope, Justin. “Figures Show Demand For MBAs Down.” Yahoo! News (August 1, 2004)
Ratele, Kopano. “Re tla dirang ka selo se ba re go ke ghetto fabulous? Academics on the Street.” Agenda #57 (2003)
Romano, Carlin. “A Hunched Back, A Searching Heart, and a Fiery Wit.” Chronicle of Higher Education (July 2, 2004)
Ronan, Courtney. “Athens: Where the Classics Live On.” Realty Times (March 13, 2000)
Sabhlok, Sukrit. “Lest We Create a Generation of Slouchers.” Vibewire (August 6, 2004)
Sassen, Saskia. “Citizenship Destabilized.” Liberal Education (Spring 2003)
Strickland, Ronald. “Gender, Class and the Humanities in the Corporate University.” Genders #35 (2002)
Trounson, Rebecca. “S.A.T.’s Big Multiple Choice.” L.A. Times (July 25, 2004)
Sunday, August 22, 2004
Raymond Williams: On Community
The complexity of community thus relates to the difficult interaction between the tendencies originally distinguished in the historical development: on the one hand the sense of direct common concern; on the other hand the materialization of various forms of common organization, which may not adequately express this. Community can be the warmly persuasive word to describe an existing set of relationships, or the warmly persuasive word to describe an alternative set of relationships. What is most important, perhaps, is that unlike all other terms of social organization (state, nation, society, etc.) it seems never to be used unfavourably, and never to be given any positive opposing or distinguishing term. (76)
Williams, Raymond. “Community.” Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society. Revised Edition. NY: Oxford University Press, 1983.
{Michael Benton—-for this reason the connotations of the term “community” can be used to give a positive polish or spin to groups/organizations. We must always think of what community excludes or prohibits—the often masked processes of community (except for those who are excluded or prohibited) and how a call to community can be used in negative ways.}
Williams, Raymond. “Community.” Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society. Revised Edition. NY: Oxford University Press, 1983.
{Michael Benton—-for this reason the connotations of the term “community” can be used to give a positive polish or spin to groups/organizations. We must always think of what community excludes or prohibits—the often masked processes of community (except for those who are excluded or prohibited) and how a call to community can be used in negative ways.}
Parker Palmer: On Identity
From The Heart of a Teacher by Parker Palmer
By identity I mean an evolving nexus where all the forces that constitute my life converge in the mystery of self: my genetic makeup, the nature of the man and woman who gave me life, the culture in which I was raised, people who have sustained me and people who have done me harm, the good and ill I have done to others, and to myself, the experience of love and suffering -- and much, much more. In the midst of that complex field, identity is a moving intersection of the inner and outer forces that make me who I am, converging in the irreducible mystery of being human.
By identity I mean an evolving nexus where all the forces that constitute my life converge in the mystery of self: my genetic makeup, the nature of the man and woman who gave me life, the culture in which I was raised, people who have sustained me and people who have done me harm, the good and ill I have done to others, and to myself, the experience of love and suffering -- and much, much more. In the midst of that complex field, identity is a moving intersection of the inner and outer forces that make me who I am, converging in the irreducible mystery of being human.
Thinking About Drugs, Pt. 1
Abby, Christopher. “States of Denial: A rape, a visit to the ER, a request for emergency contraception, a refusal on religious grounds. Welcome to the new front in the battle for reproductive rights, where state law says it's okay to deny prescriptions.” Alternet (August 18, 2004)
Angell, Marcia. “The $200 Billion Colossus.” Alternet (August 13, 2004)
Avila, Adrian. “We Runners Finally Get Press, for the Wrong Reasons.” Pacific News Service (Originally published in the Silicon Valley DeBug: August 6, 2004)
Berkes, Howard and Anne Hawke. “Meth a Growing Menace in Rural America: Production and Use of Highly Addictive Drug Has Exploded.” National Public Radio (August 12, 2004)
Cannon, Michael F. and Marie Gryphon. “Schools Shouldn’t Play Doctor.” Cato Institute (July 14, 2004)
Dawdy, Philip. “Mental Marijuana.” Seattle Weekly (August 18-24)
Downey, Roger. “This is Your Brain on a Frappuccino.” Seattle Weekly (August 18-24, 2004)
Hearn, Kelly. “The Drug Profiteers.” Alternet (August 13, 2004)
Kunstler, James Howard. “Big and Blue in the U.S.A.” Orion (2003)
Landis, Bill. “Go E-Mail the Doctor: Online Pharmacies Offer Relief to the Uninsured, Vulnerable, and Desperate.” Village Voice (October 15-21, 2003)
Matos, Michelangelo. “The Absinthe Underground.” Seattle Weekly (August 18-24, 2004)
Medina, Dolissa. “’Maria Full of Grace’ Goes Beyond Drug War’s Numbers.” Pacific News Service (Originally published in El Tecolote: August 10, 2004)
Schrag, Peter. “Declaring War on the Drug War.” The American Prospect 11.21 (2000)
Wilson, Peter Lamborn. “Irish Soma.” Lux Illuminati (June 2004)
Angell, Marcia. “The $200 Billion Colossus.” Alternet (August 13, 2004)
Avila, Adrian. “We Runners Finally Get Press, for the Wrong Reasons.” Pacific News Service (Originally published in the Silicon Valley DeBug: August 6, 2004)
Berkes, Howard and Anne Hawke. “Meth a Growing Menace in Rural America: Production and Use of Highly Addictive Drug Has Exploded.” National Public Radio (August 12, 2004)
Cannon, Michael F. and Marie Gryphon. “Schools Shouldn’t Play Doctor.” Cato Institute (July 14, 2004)
Dawdy, Philip. “Mental Marijuana.” Seattle Weekly (August 18-24)
Downey, Roger. “This is Your Brain on a Frappuccino.” Seattle Weekly (August 18-24, 2004)
Hearn, Kelly. “The Drug Profiteers.” Alternet (August 13, 2004)
Kunstler, James Howard. “Big and Blue in the U.S.A.” Orion (2003)
Landis, Bill. “Go E-Mail the Doctor: Online Pharmacies Offer Relief to the Uninsured, Vulnerable, and Desperate.” Village Voice (October 15-21, 2003)
Matos, Michelangelo. “The Absinthe Underground.” Seattle Weekly (August 18-24, 2004)
Medina, Dolissa. “’Maria Full of Grace’ Goes Beyond Drug War’s Numbers.” Pacific News Service (Originally published in El Tecolote: August 10, 2004)
Schrag, Peter. “Declaring War on the Drug War.” The American Prospect 11.21 (2000)
Wilson, Peter Lamborn. “Irish Soma.” Lux Illuminati (June 2004)
Friday, August 20, 2004
Thinking About Democracy, Pt. 2
“33 internal FOX editorial memos reviewed by MMFA reveal FOX News Channel's inner workings.” Media Matters for America (July 14, 2004)
ABYZ News Links (Newspaper and News Media Guide—Global in Scope)
Aizenman, Nurith C. “Salvadoran Family Endures the Wages of Separation.” The Washington Post (August 20, 2004)
Alterman, Eric. “The Hollywood Campaign.” The Atlantic (September 2004)
---. “PBS Adds Insult to Injury.” The Nation (August 12, 2004)
Alternative News Links
Angell, Marcia. “The $200 Billion Colossus.” Alternet (August 13, 2004)
Association of Alternative Weeklies
Auken, Bill Van. Aukem, Bill Van. “Kerry and the Democratic campaign: a descent into farce.” World Socialist Web Site (Author is the Socialist Candidate for President: August 14, 2004)
---. “Kerry Campaigns as Candidate of Big Business.” World Socialist Web Site (Author is the Socialist candidate for president: August 7, 2004)
Baran, Madeleine. “Welcome to the Matrix: Inside the Governments Secret, Corporate-Run Mega-Database.” The New Standard (August 8, 2004)
Barone, Michael. “The Stakes in 2004: The Coming Presidential Election May Be the Most Important In Generations.” Atlantic Monthly (September 2004)
Bassette, Ann. “The Draft is Coming, Maybe—And I Don’t Want to Go.” Pacific News Service (August 6, 2004)
Berry, Wendell. “Some Notes For the Kerry Campaign, If Wanted.” Orion (July/August 2004)
---. “Thoughts in the Presence of Fear.” Orion (2001)
Blackford, Linda B. “A Very Long Wait to Be Served: 1960s Saturday Sit-Ins at the Phoenix Hotel.” Lexington Herald-Leader (August 15, 2004)
Blyer, Jennifer. “An Anarchist in the Hudson Valley in conversation: Peter Lamborn Wilson” The Brooklyn Rail (July, 2004)
Bok, Derek C. "Easing Political Cynicism With Civic Involvement.” The Chronicle of Higher Education (March 16, 2001)
Bowden, Mark. “Misunderstanding the First Amendment.” National Public Radio (August 9, 2004)
Branford, Becky. “Chavez at Eye of Storm.” BBC News (August 13, 2004)
Chatterjee, Pratap. “Controversial Commando Wins Iraq Contract.” CorpWatch (June 9, 2004)
---. “Information Warriors: Rendon Group Wins Hearts and Minds in Business, Politics and War.” Corpwatch (August 4, 2004)
---. “New Halliburton Whistleblowers Say Millions Wasted in Iraq.” Corpwatch (June 16, 2004)
“Cornel West on Bush vs. Kerry, Nader's Bid for the Presidency and the "Niggerization" of America.” Democracy Now (July 27, 2004)
Coyne, Brendan. “Anti Biotech Artist Indicted Possessing ‘Harmless’ Bacteria: FBI Confiscates Artwork Critical of Biotechnology.” The New Standard (July 6, 2004)
Critical Art Ensemble. “The Mythology of Terrorism on the Net.” (Address to Ars Electronica Conference, Summer 1995)
“Critical Arts Ensemble: Defense Fund.” (Website site devoted to supporting artistic collective protesting biotechnology from FBI harassment—supplies history of recent arrests and persecutions)
Featherston, Liza. “The Right to Wed.” Newsday (August 16, 2004)
“The Forgotten Ones: A Look at the Life and Work of Photographer Milton Rogovin.” Democracy Now (August 28, 2003)
Fost, Dan. “Harper’s Editor Laments Rise of Corporate News Purveyors.” SF Gate (April 24, 2002)
“G-D Hipsters.” Translated by Steven L. Weiss. Harper’s (March 2004)
Grassley, Charles E. “Grassley Says FBI Must Address Internal Misconduct.” (Press release/statement posted at the Iowa Senator’s website: February 18, 2004)
Gross, Terry. “Comedian Bill Maher.” National Public Radio (August 3, 2004)
Hacker, Jacob. “False Positive.” The New Republic (August 16, 2004: reposted at New America Foundation)
Halter, Ed. “Media Cool: Indie Filmmakers Look for Drama and Spectacle at the Republican National Convention.” The Village Voice (August 17, 2004)
Hearn, Kelly. “The Drug Profiteers.” Alternet (August 13, 2004)
Hiltzik, Michael. “Bizarre Alliances Form Prop 72 Opposition.” L.A. Times (August 16, 2004)
Holland, Joshua. “Backlash 101: Why Conservatives Are Winning the Campus Wars.” Gadflyer (August 18, 2004)
---. “Blackwashing.” The Gadflyer 1.1 (July 21, 2004)
“Howard Zinn and Arundhati Roy: A Conversation Between Two Leading Social Critics.” Democracy Now (May 28, 2003)
Hutchinson, Earl Ofari. “Keyes Candidacy No Laughing Matter.” Pacific News Service (August 12, 2004)
“Independence Day Special: A Dramatic Reading of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States with James Earl Jones, Alfre Woodard, Kurt Vonnegut, Danny Glover, Harris Yulin and others.” Democracy Now (July 4, 2003)
Jayadev, Raj. “New Youth Activists Emerge From Spiraling San Jose Violence.” Pacific News Service (March 9, 2004)
Keeling, Larry Dale. “Denying Marriage Rights to Gays Would Be Immoral.” Lexington Herald-Leader (Editorial: August 8, 2004)
Kennedy, Robert F., Jr. “The Forest for the Trees.” Alternet (August 5, 2004)
Kim, Janet. “CODEPINK Hits Future Site of Republican National Convention.” The Village Voice (August 19, 2004)
King, Michael. “Slash the State: The Social Contract is Now Written in Disappearing Ink.” The Austin Chronicle (August 6, 2004)
Korza, Pam, Andrea Assaf, Barbara Schaffer Bacon. “INROADS: The Intersection of Art and Civic Dialogue.” Community Arts Network (2004)
Kuftinec, Sonja. “Critical Relations in Community-Based Performance: The Artist and Writer in Conversation.” The Animating Democracy Initiative (2002)
Kurtz, Howard. “The Post on WMDs—An Inside Story: Prewar Articles Questioning Threat Often Didn’t Make Front Page.” Washington Post (August 12, 2004)
Lapham, Lewis. “The Road to Babylon.” Harper’s (May 28, 2003)
Logan, Marty. “Media—U.S.: Won’t Get Fooled Again.” Inter Press Service News Agency (August 6, 2004)
Manning, Richard. “The Oil We Eat.” Harper’s (February 2004)
McNally, Terence. “Voices of the Invisible People.” Alternet (August 16, 2004)
Mejias, Jordan. “Technopoly—or, Is There Any Room in Cyberspace for Democracy.” Aventis #1 (2000)
“Michael Franti: On Government Surveillance and the Role of Artists in a Time of War.” Democracy Now (May 16, 2003)
Miller, Ellen, Ernesto Cortes, Jr., Cass Sunstein, and Miles S. Rapoport. “Rescuing Politics From Money.” The American Prospect 11.21 (2000)
“Millions Turn Out For Referendum On Venezuelan Leader.” L.A. Times (August 15, 2004)
Muslim Women’s League
Neumann, Joanna. “G.O.P. Grapples Over the Big Tent: Republicans who back gay rights and abortion rights want to be heard at the convention.” L.A. Times (August 15, 2004)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War On Journalism (Robert Greenwald’s 2004 documentary/website)
Philips, Christopher. “Too Much Safety Unsafe For Democracy?” National Public Radio (August 13, 2004)
Pollitt, Katha. “Lets Not Devalue Ourselves.” The Nation (July 29, 2004)
Pyne, Solana. “One Sick Fall: With Health Insurance Out of Reach, A Generation Braces for the Worst.” The Village Voice (July 13, 2004)
Reilly, Katherine C. “Google’s ‘Haphazard’ Ad Policy.” The Nation (August 12, 2004)
Remnick, David. “Conventional Warfare.” The New Yorker (August 9, 2004)
Rosen, Jay. “Press Think: An Introduction” Press Think: Ghost of Democracy in the Media Machine (August 18, 2003)
Roy, Sandip. “Political Scandal Shouldn’t Set Back Asian Voter Participation.” NCM (August 16, 2004)
Rubin, Michael. “Talking Turkey: She’s a Democracy—No Qualifiers.” Middle East Forum (August 6, 2004)
Samuelson, Robert J. “Shop ‘til We Drop?” Wilson Quarterly (Winter 2004)
Sassen, Saskia. “Citizenship Destabilized.” Liberal Education (Spring 2003)
Schaller, Thomas F. “Indian Interests: What’s On the Minds of Citizens in the World’s Largest Democracy.” The Gadflyer (August 17, 2004)
Sear, Katherine. “Raised On American Streets, Cambodian Youths Face Deportation.” Pacific News Service (August 11, 2004)
Seper, Jerry. “FBI Disciplined 77 Agents Over 14 Year Period.” Washington Times (February 20, 2004)
---. “FBI Report Shows Agents Punished, Fired Over Crimes.” Washington Times (February 19, 2004)
Shlaim, Avi. “The Lost Steps.” The Nation (August 12, 2004)
Siddiqui, Ras H. “F.B.I. Tries to Break the Ice with U.S. Muslims.” Pacific News Service (Originally published by Pakistan Link: August 11, 2004)
Sloan, Bob. “City Will Find Flynt Brothers Tough to Beat in Court.” Lexington Herald-Leader (August 8, 2004)
Star, Alexandra. “Dixie Chicks: A New Kind of Democrat is Emerging in the South—And She’s No Shrinking Violet.” Atlantic Monthly (September 2004)
Susstein, Cass. “Exposure to Other Viewpoints is Vital to Democracy.” The Chronicle of Higher Education (March 16, 2001)
Sykes, Hugh. “The Uneasy Republicans.” BBC News (August 15, 2004)
Taguma, Kenji G. “Japanese American Activist Remembered as Man of Principle.” NCM (August 14, 2004)
“Untold Stories: Lexington and the Civil Rights Movement.” Lexington Herald-Leader (2004 series seeking to recognize and address the newspapers conscious censorship of civil rights stories during the 1960s, includes present-day reflections from the community)
Urbina, Ian. “Leveling Politics in the Green Mountain State.” The American Prospect 11.21 (2000)
Walker, Casey. “Waiting for the Barbarians: Lewis Lapham on civic discourse, intellectual life and cultural asphyxiation in a TV nation.” Media Channel (February 16, 2000)
Walsh, David. “New York Times Offers Bush Friendly Advice on Terror Alerts.” World Socialist Web Site (August 7, 2004)
Warrick, Joby. “Appalachia is Paying the Price for White House Rule Change.” Washington Post (August 17, 2004)
We Are Everywhere: The Rise of Global Anti-Capitalism
Wertheimer, Linda. “Recalling Nixon’s Resignation.” National Public Radio (August 8, 2004)
White, Scott. “Lexington Erasing Black Heritage.” Lexington Herald-Leader (August 15, 2004)
Williams, Terry Tempest. “Engagement.” Orion (July/August 2004)
Wilson, John K. “Still Crazy After All These Years.” Alternet (August 16, 2004)
Wilson, Peter Lamborn. “Excerpt from Avant-Gardening.” Autonomedia (1999)
Wright, Robin. “U.S. Struggles to Win Hearts, Minds in Muslim World: Diplomacy Efforts Lack Funds, Follow-Through.” The Washington Post (August 20, 2004)
Younge, Gary. “Lion of the Left: Lewis Lapham.” Guardian (March 5, 2003)
ABYZ News Links (Newspaper and News Media Guide—Global in Scope)
Aizenman, Nurith C. “Salvadoran Family Endures the Wages of Separation.” The Washington Post (August 20, 2004)
Alterman, Eric. “The Hollywood Campaign.” The Atlantic (September 2004)
---. “PBS Adds Insult to Injury.” The Nation (August 12, 2004)
Alternative News Links
Angell, Marcia. “The $200 Billion Colossus.” Alternet (August 13, 2004)
Association of Alternative Weeklies
Auken, Bill Van. Aukem, Bill Van. “Kerry and the Democratic campaign: a descent into farce.” World Socialist Web Site (Author is the Socialist Candidate for President: August 14, 2004)
---. “Kerry Campaigns as Candidate of Big Business.” World Socialist Web Site (Author is the Socialist candidate for president: August 7, 2004)
Baran, Madeleine. “Welcome to the Matrix: Inside the Governments Secret, Corporate-Run Mega-Database.” The New Standard (August 8, 2004)
Barone, Michael. “The Stakes in 2004: The Coming Presidential Election May Be the Most Important In Generations.” Atlantic Monthly (September 2004)
Bassette, Ann. “The Draft is Coming, Maybe—And I Don’t Want to Go.” Pacific News Service (August 6, 2004)
Berry, Wendell. “Some Notes For the Kerry Campaign, If Wanted.” Orion (July/August 2004)
---. “Thoughts in the Presence of Fear.” Orion (2001)
Blackford, Linda B. “A Very Long Wait to Be Served: 1960s Saturday Sit-Ins at the Phoenix Hotel.” Lexington Herald-Leader (August 15, 2004)
Blyer, Jennifer. “An Anarchist in the Hudson Valley in conversation: Peter Lamborn Wilson” The Brooklyn Rail (July, 2004)
Bok, Derek C. "Easing Political Cynicism With Civic Involvement.” The Chronicle of Higher Education (March 16, 2001)
Bowden, Mark. “Misunderstanding the First Amendment.” National Public Radio (August 9, 2004)
Branford, Becky. “Chavez at Eye of Storm.” BBC News (August 13, 2004)
Chatterjee, Pratap. “Controversial Commando Wins Iraq Contract.” CorpWatch (June 9, 2004)
---. “Information Warriors: Rendon Group Wins Hearts and Minds in Business, Politics and War.” Corpwatch (August 4, 2004)
---. “New Halliburton Whistleblowers Say Millions Wasted in Iraq.” Corpwatch (June 16, 2004)
“Cornel West on Bush vs. Kerry, Nader's Bid for the Presidency and the "Niggerization" of America.” Democracy Now (July 27, 2004)
Coyne, Brendan. “Anti Biotech Artist Indicted Possessing ‘Harmless’ Bacteria: FBI Confiscates Artwork Critical of Biotechnology.” The New Standard (July 6, 2004)
Critical Art Ensemble. “The Mythology of Terrorism on the Net.” (Address to Ars Electronica Conference, Summer 1995)
“Critical Arts Ensemble: Defense Fund.” (Website site devoted to supporting artistic collective protesting biotechnology from FBI harassment—supplies history of recent arrests and persecutions)
Featherston, Liza. “The Right to Wed.” Newsday (August 16, 2004)
“The Forgotten Ones: A Look at the Life and Work of Photographer Milton Rogovin.” Democracy Now (August 28, 2003)
Fost, Dan. “Harper’s Editor Laments Rise of Corporate News Purveyors.” SF Gate (April 24, 2002)
“G-D Hipsters.” Translated by Steven L. Weiss. Harper’s (March 2004)
Grassley, Charles E. “Grassley Says FBI Must Address Internal Misconduct.” (Press release/statement posted at the Iowa Senator’s website: February 18, 2004)
Gross, Terry. “Comedian Bill Maher.” National Public Radio (August 3, 2004)
Hacker, Jacob. “False Positive.” The New Republic (August 16, 2004: reposted at New America Foundation)
Halter, Ed. “Media Cool: Indie Filmmakers Look for Drama and Spectacle at the Republican National Convention.” The Village Voice (August 17, 2004)
Hearn, Kelly. “The Drug Profiteers.” Alternet (August 13, 2004)
Hiltzik, Michael. “Bizarre Alliances Form Prop 72 Opposition.” L.A. Times (August 16, 2004)
Holland, Joshua. “Backlash 101: Why Conservatives Are Winning the Campus Wars.” Gadflyer (August 18, 2004)
---. “Blackwashing.” The Gadflyer 1.1 (July 21, 2004)
“Howard Zinn and Arundhati Roy: A Conversation Between Two Leading Social Critics.” Democracy Now (May 28, 2003)
Hutchinson, Earl Ofari. “Keyes Candidacy No Laughing Matter.” Pacific News Service (August 12, 2004)
“Independence Day Special: A Dramatic Reading of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States with James Earl Jones, Alfre Woodard, Kurt Vonnegut, Danny Glover, Harris Yulin and others.” Democracy Now (July 4, 2003)
Jayadev, Raj. “New Youth Activists Emerge From Spiraling San Jose Violence.” Pacific News Service (March 9, 2004)
Keeling, Larry Dale. “Denying Marriage Rights to Gays Would Be Immoral.” Lexington Herald-Leader (Editorial: August 8, 2004)
Kennedy, Robert F., Jr. “The Forest for the Trees.” Alternet (August 5, 2004)
Kim, Janet. “CODEPINK Hits Future Site of Republican National Convention.” The Village Voice (August 19, 2004)
King, Michael. “Slash the State: The Social Contract is Now Written in Disappearing Ink.” The Austin Chronicle (August 6, 2004)
Korza, Pam, Andrea Assaf, Barbara Schaffer Bacon. “INROADS: The Intersection of Art and Civic Dialogue.” Community Arts Network (2004)
Kuftinec, Sonja. “Critical Relations in Community-Based Performance: The Artist and Writer in Conversation.” The Animating Democracy Initiative (2002)
Kurtz, Howard. “The Post on WMDs—An Inside Story: Prewar Articles Questioning Threat Often Didn’t Make Front Page.” Washington Post (August 12, 2004)
Lapham, Lewis. “The Road to Babylon.” Harper’s (May 28, 2003)
Logan, Marty. “Media—U.S.: Won’t Get Fooled Again.” Inter Press Service News Agency (August 6, 2004)
Manning, Richard. “The Oil We Eat.” Harper’s (February 2004)
McNally, Terence. “Voices of the Invisible People.” Alternet (August 16, 2004)
Mejias, Jordan. “Technopoly—or, Is There Any Room in Cyberspace for Democracy.” Aventis #1 (2000)
“Michael Franti: On Government Surveillance and the Role of Artists in a Time of War.” Democracy Now (May 16, 2003)
Miller, Ellen, Ernesto Cortes, Jr., Cass Sunstein, and Miles S. Rapoport. “Rescuing Politics From Money.” The American Prospect 11.21 (2000)
“Millions Turn Out For Referendum On Venezuelan Leader.” L.A. Times (August 15, 2004)
Muslim Women’s League
Neumann, Joanna. “G.O.P. Grapples Over the Big Tent: Republicans who back gay rights and abortion rights want to be heard at the convention.” L.A. Times (August 15, 2004)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War On Journalism (Robert Greenwald’s 2004 documentary/website)
Philips, Christopher. “Too Much Safety Unsafe For Democracy?” National Public Radio (August 13, 2004)
Pollitt, Katha. “Lets Not Devalue Ourselves.” The Nation (July 29, 2004)
Pyne, Solana. “One Sick Fall: With Health Insurance Out of Reach, A Generation Braces for the Worst.” The Village Voice (July 13, 2004)
Reilly, Katherine C. “Google’s ‘Haphazard’ Ad Policy.” The Nation (August 12, 2004)
Remnick, David. “Conventional Warfare.” The New Yorker (August 9, 2004)
Rosen, Jay. “Press Think: An Introduction” Press Think: Ghost of Democracy in the Media Machine (August 18, 2003)
Roy, Sandip. “Political Scandal Shouldn’t Set Back Asian Voter Participation.” NCM (August 16, 2004)
Rubin, Michael. “Talking Turkey: She’s a Democracy—No Qualifiers.” Middle East Forum (August 6, 2004)
Samuelson, Robert J. “Shop ‘til We Drop?” Wilson Quarterly (Winter 2004)
Sassen, Saskia. “Citizenship Destabilized.” Liberal Education (Spring 2003)
Schaller, Thomas F. “Indian Interests: What’s On the Minds of Citizens in the World’s Largest Democracy.” The Gadflyer (August 17, 2004)
Sear, Katherine. “Raised On American Streets, Cambodian Youths Face Deportation.” Pacific News Service (August 11, 2004)
Seper, Jerry. “FBI Disciplined 77 Agents Over 14 Year Period.” Washington Times (February 20, 2004)
---. “FBI Report Shows Agents Punished, Fired Over Crimes.” Washington Times (February 19, 2004)
Shlaim, Avi. “The Lost Steps.” The Nation (August 12, 2004)
Siddiqui, Ras H. “F.B.I. Tries to Break the Ice with U.S. Muslims.” Pacific News Service (Originally published by Pakistan Link: August 11, 2004)
Sloan, Bob. “City Will Find Flynt Brothers Tough to Beat in Court.” Lexington Herald-Leader (August 8, 2004)
Star, Alexandra. “Dixie Chicks: A New Kind of Democrat is Emerging in the South—And She’s No Shrinking Violet.” Atlantic Monthly (September 2004)
Susstein, Cass. “Exposure to Other Viewpoints is Vital to Democracy.” The Chronicle of Higher Education (March 16, 2001)
Sykes, Hugh. “The Uneasy Republicans.” BBC News (August 15, 2004)
Taguma, Kenji G. “Japanese American Activist Remembered as Man of Principle.” NCM (August 14, 2004)
“Untold Stories: Lexington and the Civil Rights Movement.” Lexington Herald-Leader (2004 series seeking to recognize and address the newspapers conscious censorship of civil rights stories during the 1960s, includes present-day reflections from the community)
Urbina, Ian. “Leveling Politics in the Green Mountain State.” The American Prospect 11.21 (2000)
Walker, Casey. “Waiting for the Barbarians: Lewis Lapham on civic discourse, intellectual life and cultural asphyxiation in a TV nation.” Media Channel (February 16, 2000)
Walsh, David. “New York Times Offers Bush Friendly Advice on Terror Alerts.” World Socialist Web Site (August 7, 2004)
Warrick, Joby. “Appalachia is Paying the Price for White House Rule Change.” Washington Post (August 17, 2004)
We Are Everywhere: The Rise of Global Anti-Capitalism
Wertheimer, Linda. “Recalling Nixon’s Resignation.” National Public Radio (August 8, 2004)
White, Scott. “Lexington Erasing Black Heritage.” Lexington Herald-Leader (August 15, 2004)
Williams, Terry Tempest. “Engagement.” Orion (July/August 2004)
Wilson, John K. “Still Crazy After All These Years.” Alternet (August 16, 2004)
Wilson, Peter Lamborn. “Excerpt from Avant-Gardening.” Autonomedia (1999)
Wright, Robin. “U.S. Struggles to Win Hearts, Minds in Muslim World: Diplomacy Efforts Lack Funds, Follow-Through.” The Washington Post (August 20, 2004)
Younge, Gary. “Lion of the Left: Lewis Lapham.” Guardian (March 5, 2003)
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