Summer 2004, Stubborn Facts

 Volume 52, Number 2

STUBBORN FACTS
The new print edition includes a TF investigation of Computer Sciences Corp. — new leader in military-intelligence outsourcing, plus details on 28 Washington insiders who have broken with Bush on Iraq, the startling story of a US soldier who refused to serve, and an exclusive interview with Ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern. We also look at life inside North Korea and Iran, examine how Texas prisons restrict contact with the media, and present proposals for transnational itizenship and a democratic investment system. Plus, thoughts on collective guilt and news from around the world. Take a peek below.

OUTSOURCING DEFENSE: National Security, Inc. by Greg Guma
MILITARY MISDEEDS:
A Refuser Tells All by Tod Ensign
TEXAS PRISONS:
Silencing Inmates by Barrett Brown
MIDDLE EAST:
Iran’s Electronic Resistance by Luke Thomas

ALTERNATIVES
Transnational Citizenship:
Saskia Sassan Interview by Miguel Lara Hidalgo
Democratic Investment: National Trust proposal by Roy Morrison

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BEHIND THE NUMBERS
John Horvath deciphers the statistics in a new UN report, pointing out some of globalization’s hidden impacts.

WORLD NEWS ROUND UP
How Colombia became the world’s murder capital leads TF’s Global Notebook.

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Toward Freedom:
A Progressive Perspective on World Events
TF SUMMER 2004 (Vol. 52, No. 2)

WAR BUSINESS

Outsourcing Defense

  The quiet rise of National Security, Inc.

  GREG GUMA

 

Dave Dellinger, Presente!  (Tribute)

 

STUBBORN FACTS

 

Cracks in the Empire

   28 insiders who have taken aim at Bush’s war policy

   ANNA MANZO AND SCOTT HARRIS

 

Military Misdeeds

   Back from the fighting, a US vet tells all and refuses to serve

   TOD ENSIGN

 

The “Crazies” Are in Charge  

   In an exclusive interview, Ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern talks about US
   deceptions, Israeli influence, and why Iraq is out of control
   RON CHEPESIUK

 

 

TF REPORTS

 

ASIA

Dark Territory

   A visit to North Korea reveals the weight of repression

   K.D. PATTERSON 

 

Burma: Laureates Call for Dissident’s Release     

 

MIDDLE EAST

Window of Opportunity

   US-Iranian relations begin to thaw, but distrust persists

   DEBRA JOHANYAK

 

Electronic Resistance

   Young Iranians go digital in their quest for freedom

   LUKE THOMAS

 

Israel: Nuclear Whistleblower Free, But Muzzled

 

PRISONS

Silence Is Brutal

   Texas “solves” its prison problems by restricting contact with the media
   BARRETT BROWN

 

Supremes Reject Peltier Appeal

 

Departments

 

Editorial

   The World According to US (on perception management and blowback)
   GREG GUMA

 

Notebook

 

US Weapons Make Colombia Murder Capital * Cuba: Convictions Praised, But Doubts Remain * Haiti: Who Removed Aristide?  * Bolivia Coup Foiled, Plotting Continues * Maoists Gaining Ground in Nepal  * Russia May Ratify Kyoto Treaty  * Kosovo: Ethnic Cleansing Nears Completion  * Sudan Blackout Hides Atrocities  * Election Monitors Prepare for Florida Count * Northern CA Voters Ban Biotech

 

TF Foundation News

  Publisher’s Note – Robin Lloyd 

  Donor Drive & Board activities 

 

Ways Out

 

Transnational Citizenship

   Cities are at the leading edge of a new political geography

   MIGUEL LARA HIDALGO

 

A National Trust

   Creating a democratic investment system for jobs and communities

   ROY MORRISON

 

Last Words

 

I Didn’t Own No Slaves

   Thoughts on collective guilt

   TRAVIS CHARBENEAU