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May 2009

Volume 22, Number 5


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Commentary

FROM THE WEB
Net Briefs 05-09
Various Contributors


THE COURT
Subprime Court
Rob Larson


MELTDOWN
TMI at 30
John M. LaForge


ELECTION RESULTS
El Salvador's Victory
Sofia Jarrin-Thomas


SURVEILLANCE
Spies & Informers
Julia A. Shearson


EYES RIGHT
Von Mises Rises
Chip Berlet


CONSERVATIVE WATCH
God, Guns, & Blood
Bill Berkowitz


GAY & LESBIAN COMMUNITY NOTES
"Showgirls"
Michael Bronski


Activism

ECO-ORGANIZING
Climate Activism
Joshua Kahn Russell


COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
Border Fight
John Gibler


Features

FOG WATCH
Shoot-Downs
Edward Herman


IMPERIAL POLITICS
Obama's Violin
Paul Street


REVISITING
Gaza Aftermath
Herbert P. Bix


HISTORY HANDBOOK
Caroline Rooting
Nicolas J. S. Davies


Culture

ACTIVIST ART
Signs of Change
Savannah Schroll Guz


DOCUMENTARY
Trumbo
Ben Terrall


BOOK REVIEW
The Black Vote
Roger Bybee


Zaps

FREE LISTINGS
Zaps 05-09
Various Contributors


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Table of Contents - May 2009

This Month's Free Z Magazine Articles

Commentary

FROM THE WEB: Net Briefs - May 2009 by Various Contributors *

Items of interest from the Z email box
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THE COURT: The Subprime Court by Rob Larson *

The Supreme Court as an institution of corporate power
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MELTDOWN: Three Mile Island at 30 by John M. LaForge

The misunderstood harmful effects of the 1979 nuke accident
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ELECTION RESULTS: El Salvador Conquers Fear, Elects Leftist President by Sofia Jarrin-Thomas

The FMLN and the left wins a long-overdue victory
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SURVEILLANCE: Tracked by Spies and Informers by Julia A. Shearson

FBI informant/provacateurs in Los Angeles mosques
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EYES RIGHT: Von Mises Rises from the Scrap Heap of History by Chip Berlet

Resurrected right wing theories in the attacks on pending labor...
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CONSERVATIVE WATCH: God, Guns, and Blood by Bill Berkowitz

An interview with Leonard Zeskind on rising white nationalism
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GAY & LESBIAN COMMUNITY NOTES: "Showgirls" and Cultural Change by Michael Bronski

Tracking changing sensitivities through Midler's Vegas show
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Activism

ECO-ORGANIZING: Climate Justice and Coal's Funeral Procession by Joshua Kahn Russell *

Report and analysis of the Capitol Power Plant direct action
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COMMUNITY ORGANIZING: Fight on the Border by John Gibler

The corporate-state seige of Lomas del Poleo
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Features

FOG WATCH: Civilian Plane Shoot-Downs & International (In)Justice by Edward Herman

Party line media filtering of terror acts (ours & theirs)
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IMPERIAL POLITICS: Obama's Violin by Paul Street *

Tamped down populist anger versus a new popular movement
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REVISITING: The Israeli-U.S. Gaza War and Its Aftermath by Herbert P. Bix *

The causes and effects of the illegal Israeli attack on Gaza in...
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HISTORY HANDBOOK: The Caroline Rooting by Nicolas J. S. Davies

The prinicipals of proportionality and necessity in international law
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Culture

ACTIVIST ART: Signs of Change by Savannah Schroll Guz *

Review of a current art exhibition of movement posters
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DOCUMENTARY: Trumbo by Ben Terrall

Review of a documentary about blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo
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BOOK REVIEW: Keeping Down the Black Vote by Roger Bybee

A review of a new book about the suppression African American votes
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Zaps

FREE LISTINGS: Zaps - May 2009 by Various Contributors *

Announcements of new events, campaigns, organizations, and media
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