magazine February 2006

When Red Goes Green

A burgeoning Chinese environmental movement tries to stem the devastation wrought by the country's massive economic transformation.

By Jehangir Pocha    asia environment

Walking to Guantnamo

Peace marchers aim to keep the abuse of 'enemy combatants' visible

By Frida Berrigan    criminal justice military

In Search of Solidarity

It's a week before the holidays in New York City and there's a transit strike. A strike? In 2005?… more

By Christopher Hayes    labor

Paradigm Shift

Labor has found success by eschewing NLRB elections in favor of employer neutrality and card checks

By David Moberg    labor

Recess Appointments Reek of Cronyism

After last year's Katrina and Supreme Court fiascos provoked catcalls of "cronyism" from all sides, the Bush administration learned… more

Hamas: Sharon's Legacy?

Both the Israeli and Palestinian political arenas are in turmoil. In Israel, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke has left… more

Coal Miners Slaughter

For a couple of klieg-lit days in rainy West Virginia, we were reminded--once again--that the dark and hidden project… more

Witness for the Prosecution

Abramoff's plea agreement could land him in the middle of a murder trial

books

Radicals Without Borders

When the New York Times Magazine, for an end-of-the-millennium special issue, asked the oft-persecuted Indonesian novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer… more

By Meredith L. Weiss    politics

television

Jack Bauer and the Ethics of Urgency

The fifth season of "24," the phenomenally successful Fox television series, premiered on January 15. Composed of 24 one-hour… more

By Slavoj Zizek    civil liberties

books

Of Crafts and Causes

Crafts are officially cool again. At many a chain bookstore, ReadyMade magazine's new book, ReadyMade: How to Make (Almost)… more

By Phoebe Connelly   

Angela Davis' Advice to the Movement

What role can activism play in strengthening democratic and critical practices? What lessons might we learn from past movements… more

Editorial

An Imperial President

Ironically, as the United States justifies the aggressive use of force around the world in the name of "freedom" and "the rule of law," both are increasingly in danger here.

Back Talk

Let Them Eat Crap

Because its victims are mostly poor, the Type 2 diabetes epidemic has been largely ignored.

FBI, DoD, NSA: All Spying on You

Quietly, the war on terror, in which everything is permitted, has laid the ground work for the Bush administration to intrude into the… more

House Call

The Republicans Democracy Disorder

The Republicans are bulimic when it comes to democracy in the House. It causes them serious digestive unrest.

The Third Coast

Black History Month Matters

Some critics contend Black History Month is irrelevant because it has degenerated into a shallow ritual.

Information Is Power

Sometimes it's the small abuses scurrying below radar that reveal how profoundly the Bush administration has changed America in the name of national… more

Talking Trash

It's pretty awesome, in an amoral sense of the word, to see how many resources and how much ingenuity goes into annihilating discarded commodities in this country.