Activism

The Vision Thing The Vision Thing

"This conference is not like other conferences."

Jun 22, 2000 / Feature / Naomi Klein

Bush’s Abortion Flip-Flop? Bush’s Abortion Flip-Flop?

Which current candidate for President reversed the abortion stand he espoused as a Congressional candidate in the seventies and adopted a position more acceptable to the mainst...

Jun 15, 2000 / David Corn

McCullers: Canon Fodder? McCullers: Canon Fodder?

What makes an American writer? In today's narrow, backlashed literary market the chain of command is quite clear. The "greats" are Updike, Pynchon, Mailer, Bellow and Roth.

Jun 8, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Schulman

Getting Active Getting Active

Peace Action (www.peace-action.org), the largest grassroots peace group in the United States, has made stopping NMD and reducing nuclear weapons its top

Jun 1, 2000 / Feature / William D. Hartung and Michelle Ciarrocca

Brands ‘R’ Us? Brands ‘R’ Us?

Jeremy Rifkin wants to rock the world of the jaded reader: He predicts that we're entering a completely new--the final--stage of capitalism.

May 25, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Jane Slaughter

What Monsanto Knew What Monsanto Knew

In a small brick house strung year-round with Christmas lights, behind curtains made of flowered sheets, Jeremiah Smith is listening to his favorite preacher on the radio.

May 11, 2000 / Feature / Nancy Beiles

Hip-Hop Politics on Campus Hip-Hop Politics on Campus

"You have no idea how much love I got for this," says David Jamil Muhammad, referring to his role as a student organizer of "Hip-Hop Generation--Hip-Hop as a Movement." The confe...

Apr 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Johnny Temple

The New Student Movement The New Student Movement

This article is part of the Haywood Burns Community Activist Journalism series.

Apr 27, 2000 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

A17 and Counting A17 and Counting

The thousands of protesters who danced, marched and, in a few cases, got clubbed by police as they tried to shut down the meetings of the World Bank and the International Monet...

Apr 20, 2000 / The Editors

The ‘Shame’ Game The ‘Shame’ Game

When we last visited New York Times foreign affairs pundit Thomas Friedman during last year's Seattle protests, he was attacking critics of the antidemocratic World Trade Organiz...

Apr 20, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman

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