Activism

Palestine Activism Spammed Palestine Activism Spammed

Abby Aguirre's October 10, 2002, web-only piece on e-mail harassment of Palestinian activists inspired many letters to the edito

Nov 7, 2002 / Our Readers

Legal Jeopardy Legal Jeopardy

The military needs more lawyers. More accurately, the Defense Department wants military recruiters to recruit law students on campus and through official channels.

Oct 17, 2002 / Kristin Eliasberg

Going Down the Road Going Down the Road

Out in the countryside is where you'll find America's true leaders--the gutsy, scrappy, sometimes scruffy and always ingenious grassroots agitators and organizers who go right ...

Oct 10, 2002 / Jim Hightower

A Union on the Line A Union on the Line

With its future at stake, the ILWU will not go down without a fight.

Oct 10, 2002 / Feature / David Bacon

Peace Gets a Chance Peace Gets a Chance

"You look beautiful," shouted more than one speaker to the crowd that gathered in New York's Central Park on Sunday, October 6, to protest George W.

Oct 10, 2002 / Liza Featherstone

Protesting Capitalism on Wall St. Protesting Capitalism on Wall St.

On October 4 Ralph Nader's "Take it to The Street" campaign staged a rally on Wall Street against corporate corruption.

Oct 7, 2002 / Feature / Lisa Weinert and Emilie Goodhart

October Surprises October Surprises

October surprises are built into our system, since elections come in November. Cliffhanger movies in Hollywood's old days could not have staged it better.

Oct 3, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation

Although he does not record CDs, Robin Kelley may well be the hippest intellectual in the land. There is plenty of substance to ground the style.

Oct 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jason Sokol

Curtain Call for the Puppet Show Curtain Call for the Puppet Show

On August 1, 2000, Philadelphia police rounded up seventy-five activists inside a West Philadelphia warehouse. It was the second day of the Republican National Convention, and th...

Sep 17, 2002 / Feature / Gwen Shaffer

Slut Patrol Slut Patrol

In some parts of China, local officials keep track of women's menstrual periods. We haven't come to that, but anyone who thinks women's reproductive and sexual privacy is secure in...

Sep 12, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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