magazine April 18, 2005

Which Comes First: Growth or Clout?

Unions debate strategy at the spring AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting

By David Moberg    labor

Wake Up!

Washington's alarming foreign policy

By Chalmers Johnson    administration economy international

Bolton vs. United Nations

Bush's mad cop–bad cop ruse

The Fall of the 527

New legislation aims to rein in groups that can collect unregulated documents

An Activism of One's Own

Fresh from participating in a panel discussion at a Chicago screening of Chisolm ‘72: Unbought and Unbossed, feminist… more

books

Fever Dreams

Call it the curse of class unconsciousness. Against all evidence to the contrary, most Americans imagine they could… more

By Phyllis Eckhaus    economy

music

End of an Era

No one rolls in their own excrement for nothing. GG Allin, or Jesus Christ Allin, as he was… more

By James Parker   

books

Failures of a Hit Manђ

From David Horowitz to David Brock, partisan turncoats who abandon their youthful convictions often receive generous attention from… more

Tibetans Face New Uncertainty in Exile

Dharamsala, India—The rain came down harder and those celebrating the final day of Losar, the Tibetan New Year,… more

By Ari Paul    asia

Editorial

Face the Facts

With the Republicans in control of the executive, legislative and, increasingly, judicial branches of our federal government, it is time for progressives… more

Ensuring Voting Rights

Because celebration without substance is superstition, we must call on the government to reauthorize the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

The Dead Hand of Disney

The "Disney Hand" is devoted to extending Disney into every crevice of life, branding the company by creating emotional relationships with consumers.