[Peace-discuss] Fwd: August E-Newsletter from the APC

[Alfred Kagan]

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> From: altpress at charm.net
> Date: July 21, 2005 1:49:56 PM CDT
> To: "APC-Newsletter" <apc-newsletter at lists.altpress.org>
> Subject: August E-Newsletter from the APC
> Reply-To: "APC-Newsletter" <apc-newsletter at lists.altpress.org>
>
> AltPress E-Newsletter No. 8, August, 2005
>
>
> The Alternative Press Center's "Radical Picks of the Month!"
>
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> Article 1 "Sequel to globalisation: United States: the slide to  
> disorder"
> by Philip S Golub
>
> The unilateralism of the United States--economic, commercial and
> military--is at odds with the multilateral reality of today's world. US
> politics of military supremacy contradicts its sacred principle of free
> markets. Will this be a turning point of history, like the one that  
> marked
> the end of the first phase of capitalist globalisation, which lasted  
> from
> 1880 to 1914? Historical and political analysis by Philip Golub.
>
> Le Monde Diplomatique (July 2005)
> http://MondeDiplo.com/2005/07/02usa
>
>
> Article 2 "Corporate crime versus street crime: an interview with  
> Robert
> Weissman, editor of
>
> Multinational Monitor," by Edward Burch
>
> Robert Weissman has a long history of exposing corporate abuses through
> his work with Multinational
>
> Monitor (a top-knotch magazine indexed by the Alternative Press  
> Center!).
> In this interview,
>
> Weissman compares the emotional and factual elements of corporate crime
> (occupational hazards,
>
> fraud, pollution, etc.) to street crime (burglary, auto theft,  
> homicide).
> He cites statistics that
>
> highlight the discrepancy between the impacts and public perceptions of
> the various crimes.
>
> Although street crime is vilified more by the media, Weissman contends
> (and research supports) that
>
> it is actually corporate crime that claims more lives and taxpayer  
> money
> each year.  Weissman also
>
> compares the penalties for the different crimes, pointing out how white
> collar criminals are rarely
>
> given jail time, even in the cases of significant breaches of law,  
> while
> some criminals prosecuted
>
> for theft serve 15 years of jail time.
>
> Clamor, July/August 2005, n33
> http://www.clamormagazine.org/issues/33/economics.shtml
>
> Article 3 "El "Live 8" y el rock por "las buenas causas": Ayude el que  
> pueda"
> by Andrés Torrón
> Commentary on the recent "Live 8" megaconcert held in London which
> coincided with the meeting of the
>
> G8 leaders in Scotland. Since the 1971 concert for Bangladesh, the Live
> Aid concert of 1985 and
>
> onward, musicians have used their role in the public eye to raise
> awareness of humanitarian crises
>
> and global issues. Do these concerts do anything to help poor people at
> all? Unlike the
>
> anti-globalization movement who sees the G-8 as the source of global
> inequality, the organizers of
>
> this concert seemed to look towards the G-8 leaders, as though they had
> simply forgotten that the
>
> wealth of the world was poorly distributed.
>
> Brecha/Numero 1025 July 2005
> http://www.brecha.com.uy/main.asp
>
> Article 4 "The call for a living wage: cross Canada campaigns"
> by Dennis Howlett
>
> This article describes the movements to raise the minimum wage across
> Canada.  Through grassroots organizing and coalition building, groups
> in all Canadian provinces are challenging the government to make the
> minimum wage a living wage.
>
> Canadian Dimension, (May-June 2005)
> http://www.canadiandimension.mb.ca/v39/v39_3dh1.htm
>
> Article 5 "A question of frequency: community radio in Guatemala"
> by Mark Camp and Agnes Portalewska
>
> Community radio stations in Guatemala provide outlets for indigenous
> voices.  The Guatemalan government says they are a threat to
> commercial stations, and has attempted to deny broadcasting rights.
> Often the only source of news and information, Guatemalan community
> radio stations are also a tool for cultural preservation, where
> indigenous languages and ideas are regular programming.
>
> Cultural Survival Quarterly (volume 29.2)
> http://209.200.101.189/publications/csq/csq-article.cfm?id=1833
>
> Article 6 "What is Socialist Feminism?
> By Barbara Ehrenreich
>
> Barbara Ehrenreich, author of "Nickel & Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in
> America" and "Bait and Switch : The (Futile) Pursuit of the American
> Dream", wrote this article for the activist peace magazine WIN on June  
> 3,
> 1976. Monthly Review's editors reprint it with the author’s permission  
> in
> their special issue on "Socialism for the 21st Century." MR considers
> Ehrenreich article a classic of socialist feminist thought which, after
> decades of ongoing debate on the issues, is of undiminished importance.
>
> Monthly Review (July/August 2005)
> http://www.monthlyreview.org/0705ehrenreich.htm
>
>
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Al Kagan
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University of Illinois Library
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