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Selling Sex in Siam

Elayne Clift November 30, 2005 Elayne Clift

Even paradise has its seedy side, a fact that comes through clearly in Louise Brown's important book, Sex Slaves: The Trafficking of Women in Asia (Virago, 2000). Examining the region's sex trade and shedding light on its abuses and exploitations, Brown's book is a wake-up call and a condemnation. But mostly it is a chronicle of commodification, filled with very sad stories about the lives of innocent girls and women forced to sell their bodies as if they were just so much meat.

The Revolution May Never Be Televised

Rob Williams November 29, 2005 Rob Williams

Joseph McCarthy

"I am entirely persuaded that the American public is more reasonable, restrained and more mature than most of our industry's program planners believe." - Edward R. Murrow, 1958

To say that George Clooney's new film "Good Night and Good Luck" is one of the most important films of this year is to be guilty of significant understatement. Not since Michael Mann's 1999 thriller "The Insider" has a Hollywood film director made a media-focused mainstream movie this important or timely.

An Interview with 9/11 Truth Activist Carol Brouillet

Bob Feldman November 28, 2005 Bob Feldman

A co-founder of both the International Media Project, Making Contact alternative media group and the Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance, Carol Brouillet is one of the most energetic, creative and politically productive West Coast-based anti-war activists.

Toward Freedom: Since October 2001, you've been organizing weekly "Listening For Peace" anti-war protests in Downtown Palo Alto, California. In what various ways have people in Palo Alto responded to your weekly "Listening For Peace" actions during the last four years?

Nepalese Media at War With the State

R.B. Khatry November 23, 2005 R.B. Khatry

Bishnu Nisthuri

When they reported to work on February 1, 2005 employees of hundreds of media outlets across Nepal were confronted by a scene that was beyond the reckoning of any rational mind - their offices were under siege by uniformed gunmen. When they entered their newsrooms, there was another surprise waiting to shock them. Perched on their editors' chairs were officers of the Royal Nepal Army, while their bosses had gone hiding. It took them mere seconds to work out what happened - the army had taken over. King Gyanendra had staged a coup. Media freedom, the greatest accomplishment of the democratic system restored in 1990, had disappeared.

Uncovering Muslim Identity

Kenji Yoshino November 23, 2005 Kenji Yoshino

On July 11, 2004, Rajinder Singh Khalsa, an Indian Sikh man, was accosted by a group of men as he stood in front of his brother's restaurant wearing a turban. "Give me that dirty curtain," one of the men said. "It's not a curtain," Khalsa said. "It's a turban." "Go back to your country," another man shot back. Khalsa said: "But we are American, where should we go?" The man suggested Iran. Khalsa said: "We are not Iranian. We are not Muslim. We are Sikhs from India." He said: "Then go back to India." The men began to attack his brother. "Don't do this, he's innocent," Khalsa said. The men then turned to him. They beat him on the nose, eyes, head, everywhere, not stopping until he was unconscious on the pavement. Before they left, they took off his turban and threw it away.

An Agreement to Live: From Zanón to FaSinPat

La Vaca, Translated by Mark Miller November 22, 2005 La Vaca, Translated by Mark Miller

Zanon Workers

It is one of the biggest "recuperated factories" in Argentina with exemplary worker management. It has created jobs, conquered the market, and managed to involve a whole community in its defense against repeated threats of eviction. After long legal maneuvering, a bankruptcy judge decided to hand the factory over to the Fasinpat cooperative in exchange for payment of 30,000 pesos (about $10,000) a month in taxes. It was a big step toward final expropriation and a recognition of the solid work of its 470 workers. Here is the story of this struggle, as told in La Vaca's book, "Sin Patrón" ("Without a Boss").