magazine June 2007

The Dreams of Others

By tying the drama to a mere personal whim, The Lives of Others fails to capture the true horror of the GDR

By Slavoj Zizek    europe movies theory

Who's Afraid of Democracy?

Believing that "people are rational as consumers and irrational as voters," many conservatives would favor free markets without democracy

By Christopher Hayes    economy theory voting

Not By Spin Alone

In the battle over reproductive rights, on-the-ground organizing is far more effective than massaging the message

By Laura Flanders    activism gender medical & health

Whose Subsidy Is It Anyway?

Farmers take the heat, but Big Ag reaps the farm bill benefits

By David Moberg    agriculture congress

Curiosity and a Cat Named Studs

Legendary Chicago writer Studs Terkel celebrates 95 years on May 16, and a new book this fall

By Laura S. Washington    books media theory

Doing It For Themselves

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers turns 'corporate social responsibility' from oxymoron into reality

By Mischa Gaus    agriculture corporations labor

Dancing Into the Majority

Once alienated, grassroots activists are finding ways to work with the Democratic Party establishment

By Adam Doster    activism politics voting

The Checkpoint Women of Israel

Machsom Watch advocates for fair treatement of Palestinians, drawing both resentment and respect from their countrymen

Fighting Corporate Copper in Bougainville

Multinational polluter Rio Tinto sued under Alien Tort Claims Act for causing deaths of 10,000 Papua New Guineans

Chicago Unions Flex Political Muscle

Instead of fighting Mayor Daley, labor movement goes after his aldermen pawns

Sacred Lands, Sewer Snow

American Indians fight to stop an Arizona ski resort from making snow out of sewage water.

NOLA: Priced Out of the Parade

Rising costs, lack of protection, threaten New Orleans' traditional second line marches

books

These Guns for Hire

Blackwater unites conservative Catholics, evangelicals and neoconservatives to fight a theoconservative holy war

books

Developmentalism in the Big Apple

Cost of living has skyrocketed in New York, but under fatcats Giuliani and Bloomberg, the working man's wage has not

By Steven Wishnia    labor

Chasing the Green Pound in London

Forget "I am not a plastic bag" campaign, Spitalfield's Market is where to find London's genuine eco-friendly fashion

By Jessica Clark    art europe

Culture

The Legacy of Tailhook

Women in the military continue to endure harassment and even sexual assault; it just happens in tents and outposts instead of the Vegas Hilton.

Editorial

Postal Rates = Free Press

In 1792, the United States Congress converted the free press clause in the First Amendment from an abstract principle into a living reality… more

Locking Attorneys out of Guantánamo

The government has claimed in court that lawyers of Guantánamo inmates are fostering unrest and (gasp) acting as a conduit for the media.

America's Child Soldier Problem

Congratulations: You have lived long enough to cringe at the bad decisions you were seduced, dared, bullied, inspired or stoned enough to make… more