December 2013 Volume 37, Issue 12
December 2013
Viewpoint
The Social Movement Romance
Joel Bleifuss
The Hypocritical Oath: Make a Healthy Profit
Terry J. Allen
The War on the Gullible
Susan J. Douglas
A Different Kind of Shutdown
Bhaskar Sunkara
Feature
An Outsider on the Inside
Cole Stangler
Occupy Is Not the Only Movement
Biola Jeje
The Naiveté of Nihilism
Marilyn Katz
The Possibilities of Change
Sarah Jaffe
The Institutions of the Left Did Little
Cole Stangler
‘Hopelessness is Our Biggest Enemy’
Linda Stout
If Occupy Is a Battle, the First Round Was a Success
Carl Davidson
Advice For Strategic Planning
Susan Levine
What Indians Want
Thomas King
Finding Power in Occupy
Kirin Kanakkanatt
Dispatch
California Protects Wage-Theft Whistleblowers
Jeffrey Bishku-Aykul
Kaua’i Says No to GMOs
Tracey Pollock
Culture
Syrian Artists Pick Up the Pieces
Alberto Mucci
Berlin, a Favourite Once Again
Jane Miller
E Pluribus Turkey
John Eicher
The Spooks Next Door
Margaret Garb
The Beats Go On
Michael Atkinson
The Age of Amazon
Chris Lehmann
Viewpoint
The Social Movement Romance
Progressives can't let a love affair with social movements distract them from electoral politics.
Joel Bleifuss
Viewpoint
The Hypocritical Oath: Make a Healthy Profit
Practitioners of both traditional and alternative medicine rake in cash from the credulous.
Terry J. Allen
Culture
Syrian Artists Pick Up the Pieces
Refugees find safety and inspiration in Beirut.
Alberto Mucci
Culture
Berlin, a Favourite Once Again
In Berlin's renewed popularity, what has been forgotten?
Jane Miller
Culture
E Pluribus Turkey
We're obsessed with debunking Thanksgiving.
John Eicher
Culture
The Spooks Next Door
How suburbia emerged alongside America's covert foreign interventions.
Margaret Garb
Dispatch
California Protects Wage-Theft Whistleblowers
A newly passed bill is especially crucial for undocumented workers.
Jeffrey Bishku-Aykul
Culture
The Beats Go On
Counter-culture badassery is back in Kill Your Darlings.
Michael Atkinson
Dispatch
Kaua’i Says No to GMOs
Activists celebrate a victory in the fight against GMOs and pesticide use.
Tracey Pollock
Culture
The Age of Amazon
Has Jeff Bezos thrust us into a nightmare version of a consumer utopia?
Chris Lehmann
Viewpoint
How Cuba’s Bitter Sons Shut Down the U.S. Government
In Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, the Tea Party found the perfect pawns.
Achy Obejas
Viewpoint
The War on the Gullible
75 years after the 'War of the Worlds' broadcast, Americans are still panicked by fake news.
Susan J. Douglas
Viewpoint
A Different Kind of Shutdown
What if progressives took a page from the Tea Party?
Bhaskar Sunkara