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Volume 50, Number 5 and 6


  • A Progressive Perspective on World Events   
    August/September 2001   (VOL. 50, NO. 5)

    CRIMES OF PUNISHMENT
    Prison Nation  
    Driven by fear, the US has surrendered to carceral Keynesianism
    SASHA ABRAMSKY

    In Bad Company     
    How US criminal "justice" stacks up with the rest of the world
    RON CHEPESIUK

    Abuse Behind Bars                      
    Sexual violence against women runs rampant in US prisons
    ANDREA C. POE

    Prisoner of War    
    Talking with David Gilbert about violence, nonviolence, and lessons learned
    DAVE DELLINGER 

    Hard Times and Lost Innocence  
    A Vermont prison visit reveals the weaknesses of rehabilitation
    ELIZABETH PETERSON

    Sidebar: A Victim of Circumstance      
    Sidebar: Screening Injustice

    TF Reports:  Asia
    High Time for Responsibility   
    A trip to Vietnam reveals the ongoing damage
    caused by Agent Orange and price of US evasion 
    TOD ENSIGN 

    TF Reports: Americas

    Peru’s Tortured Justice    
    After six years, Lori Berenson has begun to make some friends
    ROBIN FLINCHUM

    Great Escapes  
    A jail break epidemic puts Colombia’s prisons in the dock
    MARTIN DAYANI

    TF Reports: Africa

    Tribunal Trapeze Act       
    Will an over-eager UN undermine peace efforts in Sierra Leone?
    ROD MAC-JOHNSON

    Creative Healing   
    South African women turn tragedy into empowerment
    ELAYNE CLIFT

    TF Reports: Terrorism
    Days of Infamy     
    GREG GUMA

    DEPARTMENTS

    Editorial: Empire Under Attack     

    Foundation News:
    Honoring Dave Dellinger    
    TF’s Prison Justice Project

    Notebook   
    Top Story: "Crowd Control" Weapons Threaten Human Rights
    Also: Malawi Splits on Marital Rape Bill * Delays Plague Fast Track Push *
    Resistance Rocks Latin America * India Guards the Queen of Rice * Giving
    Anarchism Another Chance

    Classified (upcoming events, etc.)

    Last Words
    Pentagonese for Dummies        
    Rogues states, missile defense, and the Orwellian corruption of language
    RICHARD A. LEACH

Toward Freedom:
A Progressive Perspective on World Events
TF December 2001/January 2002    (Vol. 50, No. 6)

ROOTS OF DISORDER

Siege Mentality
How the White House is exploiting terrorism
to promote a reactionary domestic agenda
MICHAEL PARENTI

Sidebar: The Bush-bin Laden Connection 

History of the Airplane    
Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Arab Reality Check
A reluctant US minority stands at the crossroads
BARBARA NIMRI AZIZ

New War, Old Bottle
This looks a lot like the "War on Drugs" — including the mistakes
RON CHEPESIUK

Don’t Mess with Unocal 
The war may really be a battle over oil
CRAIG ROSEBRAUGH

TF Reports: Africa

Surviving Hollywood
In Kenya and Mozambique, TV and movies outfox, outnumber, and outright lie
WILLIAM ONYANGO 

Armed to the Teeth 
Sometimes it’s easier to buy an AK-47 than get a meal
STEPHEN MBOGO

TF Reports: Europe

Identity Crisis
Hungary faces some ghosts from its past
JOHN HORVATH

DEPARTMENTS

Editorial: Losing the Real Battles 
GREG GUMA

TF Foundation News:
Gala Celebrates Nonviolent Action  
Prison Justice Alliance Takes Off  

The View from Durban   
ROBIN LLOYD

Post-Apartheid Challenges
An Indy Media activist looks at South Africa’s wrong turns

Notebook   
Top Story: Non-Aligned Movement Loses Summit Site
Also: Enemies List * Canadian Clampdown * Aussie Strongman Plays Race Card *
Airline Freaks Over Abbey Book * Uzbek Dictator Gets a US Pass * Getting
Ready For Low Power * Kenya Restores Lunatic Line * Big Mac Attacks

Classified 

Last Words
Spells and Counterspells   
In the face of fear and despair, the key is to act "as if"
STARHAWK

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