magazine January 2007

Chávez Consolidates Power

With the opposition routed, Venezuela's "revolutionary process" seems set to accelerate

By Steve Ellner    south america

Does Andy Stern Talk His Walk?

High-profile victories by SEIU often run counter to its president's rhetoric about the 'power of persuasion'

By David Moberg    labor

A Dark Night in Iceland

Environmentalists decry the privatization of their country's clean energy resources

By Andrew Stelzer    environment europe

Non-Lethal Weaponry: The Next Generation

Plasma clouds, microwave beams, electrified bullets--military contractors have been developing futuristic new combat technologies under the public radar.… more

By Silja J.A. Talvi    weapons

Love the Warrior, Hate the War

Why progressives have more in common with the military than they think

By Lorelei Kelly    military military military war on terror

Kiko Martinez: Watch Listed for Life

Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, Francisco "Kiko" Martinez, a Colorado civil rights attorney and long-time Chicano activist, was… more

By Kari Lydersen    civil rights national security

Street Battles in Oaxaca

At 8 a.m. on November 2, police came to remove the last barricade. After clearing away the rubble… more

MoveOn Members Call for Change

In the lead up to the midterm elections, MoveOn.org paid little attention to the Virginia Senate race, figuring… more

Portrait of the Activists as Young Women

It's been more than a year since the ads for 107.9 FM (La Ley) cropped up in Chicago--buses… more

Americas Slave Labor

Inmates are being forced to work in toxic 'e-waste' sweatshops

The End of the School of the Americas?

The annual protests against the School of the Americas--the U.S. Army's training institute for Latin American military leaders--are… more

Children of the Brand

As I sat in the café of a Borders bookstore in Chicago huddled over my laptop and struggling… more

By Daniel Thomas Cook    corporations education

books

Seeds of Hope: Gardening in Barren Times

The image of the Hortus conclusus--literally "enclosed garden"--has had a place in Western art and literature at least… more

By Joshua Arthurs    agriculture books

movies

The Spychopath Who Loved Me

If there's a pop cultural icon in dire need of being revisited--and revised--at this historical moment, it is… more

By Brian Cook    movies

movies

Extreme Humanitarians

Handling Good Samaritans on film can be a daunting task. It's difficult not to have reverence for people… more

By Todd Lillethun    movies

Voting Problems? In Florida? No Way!

Following the 2000 election a popular bumper sticker in Florida read, "If you think we can't vote, wait 'til you see us… more

The Caracas Consensus

Ch´vez's win energizes the global movement of South-South integration that has been picking up steam in recent years.

Droppin' a Dime

Art Basel Miami Beach: A Whitewash

You would think you could find a bit of racial and ethnic diversity, especially in South Florida, America's gateway to Latin America.

Outlawing Legal Bribery

According to a national exit poll, 42 percent of voters in November's election said that corruption was the most important factor in… more

Back Talk

I Hate to Say We Told You So, But

Remember, we were 'crazy leftists' who were accused of being 'with the terrorists.' Turns out we were also with 'reality.'

Diary of a Guantánamo Attorney

Attorneys often return from the base with urgent news, but have to wait weeks for the government to clear their notes.

Iraqi Health Care: Hostage to War

Zainab may be one of the 655,000 Iraqis who would be alive today if the Bush administration hadn't launched its criminally conceived… more

Blaming Hip-Hop for Imus

We must remember that the urge to censor is an authoritarian impluse. As Russell Simmons pointed out, we have to let rappers reflect what they see.

Crocker's Kooky Economics

The long-anticipated joint congressional testimony of Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker is now history, and the event's few… more