June 2002, Homeland Offenses

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Volume 50, Number 8

HOMELAND OFFENSES
Looking beyond official spin, Toward Freedom examines the domestic downside of the war on terrorism. TV Producer Chloe Kovner shows how propaganda is being turned into "reality" TV entertainment. Diane Lane takes on Joint Terrorism Task Forces, pointing to the potential revival of "red squad" activity directed against dissent. And Ron Chepesiuk looks at the "war on drugs," offering ten common sense alternatives that can limit harm and produce results.  

    • Toward Freedom:
      A Progressive Perspective on World Events   
      Golden Anniversary Issue 2002  (Vol. 50, No. 8)

      HOMELAND OFFENSES 

      TV’s Reality Gap   
      Not content with controlling wartime news,
      the US turns propaganda into entertainment
      CHLOE KOVNER 

      Repression Goes Local
      Joint Terrorism Task Forces could become the new "Red Squads"
      DIANE LANE 

      Fixing the Drug War
      Ten common sense alternatives that can limit harm and produce results 
      RON CHEPESIUK 

      High Time for Equal Time
      ELAYNE CLIFT 

      TOWARD FREEDOM
      Making Sense of World Events   
      Half a century of vision and advocacy for human rights and global democracy
      GREG GUMA 

      TF Reports

      AMERICAS
      De-mining the Border 
      Since the Contra War, Nicaragua has become a leader in land mine removal
      CHRISTINA HOAG

      AFRICA
      Follow the Diamonds The money trail leads from Sierra Leone to Al Qaeda
      ANGIE MANGINO

      Angola After Savimbi Peace may be possible, but the lure of war persists
      STEPHEN MBOGO

      SCIENCE
      Dental Dilemma
      Replacing bacteria may stop tooth decay, do we know the downside?
      JOHN HORVATH

      MONEY
      Small is Liberating
      Microcredit opens new avenues for empowerment and self-reliance
      SCOTT ESPOSITO 

      Departments

      Editorials:
      Our Next Incarnation
      From Terror to Hope

      TF Foundation News

      Focusing on Vermont Prisons
      ROBIN LLOYD, DAVE DELLINGER & ELIZABETH PETERSON

      Peltier’s Message: Enough Is Enough
      TF in Transition 
      Thanks for the Support!
      Letters
      Defending Civil Liberties
      Media for Change

      Notebook
      Top Story: One-Day Venezuela Coup Tracks to Oil
      Also: Russia Outs CIA Spy Ring * Kenya: Blooming Medicine * DU Contamination Evidence Grows * The Top Ten of Corporate Crime * Trinidad and Tobago: Deporting Crime * Vieques: Another Volley * Madagascar: Coup in Progress * UK: Colonial Comeback?

      Classified

      Last Words
      The Enemy Up North 
      Just when the US thinks it’s safe, another dastardly plot is exposed
      CARLOS CUNHA

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