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The 28th Amendment

Eugene Jarecki November 30, 2006 Eugene Jarecki

I recently spent time in Washington for a follow-up visit with one of the Senators who appears in my film WHY WE FIGHT. Security at the Russell Office Building being lighter than I expected, I found myself searching the halls for the Senator’s office with time to spare.

Making my way through those corridors of power is always humbling. I wonder if I am awed more by the power accumulated within the building or by the task facing anyone hoping to reform it. I am admittedly a hopeful reformer. Each time I come to Washington, I am Mr. Smith, holding out for a happy ending to the American story. Maybe that’s why in naming my new film, I borrowed the title of Frank Capra’s World War II Series Why We Fight. read more

Interview with Peter Camejo: Unions and California Politics

Javier Armas November 29, 2006 Javier Armas

Javier Armas: Everyone can see that the politics of California has changed with the growth of a huge immigrant rights movement that exploded on May 1. This being the case, how does this change your role, and the Green party's role, in California politics?

Freiheit für Mumia Abu-Jamal! German book reveals new evidence in death-row case

Hans Bennett November 27, 2006 Hans Bennett

"The history of the criminal case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, which is by now almost 25 years old, has been characterized by bias right from the start: against a black man whom the court denied a jury of his peers, against a member of the economic underclass who did not have a real claim to a qualified defense, and against a radical, whose allegedly dangerous militancy obliged the state to eliminate him from the ranks of society."

Record Show of Opposition to U.S. Army Training School

SOA Watch November 23, 2006 SOA Watch

Columbus, GA - 22,000 people from across the Americas gathered this weekend outside the gates of Ft. Benning, Georgia to demand a dramatic shift in U.S. foreign policy and the closure of a military training school that is synonymous with torture and repression for millions around the world.

Alternative media can balance establishment’s experts

Gary Olson November 23, 2006 Gary Olson

The late political philosopher Isaiah Berlin coined the term ''secular priesthood'' to describe Russian commissars who were apologists for Stalin's crimes. Later, MIT Professor Noam Chomsky adapted the term to characterize their counterpart in contemporary societies, namely the higher level media, commentators and academic types who learn which side of their crusty French bread has the foie gras.