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The New Road to Serfdom
Over the course of 500 pages in The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein documents the moments of chaos and disruption that allow a small coterie of experts to swoop in and administer what's invariably called "bitter medicine," "painful reforms" or "shock therapy"
December 2007
COVER STORY
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iPower to the People
The perils and promise of point-and-click politics
Features
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Funding Iraqs Citizen Soldiers
Is the Pentagon's neighborhood watch strategy protecting Iraqis or stoking the civil war?
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Kids LOL @ Navy Recruiters
Millennials, explained Arthur Mitchell, director of strategic planning for the Navy's Accelerate Your Life campaign, are "narcissistic praise junkies" and "a somewhat alien life force"
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Wingnut Awareness Week
Neocons beat the war drum on college campuses
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Hounding the Bush Dogs
Meet the candidates who are taking on conservative Democrats
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Supreme Court Inc.
The Roberts Court unravels a generation of progress
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The Democrats' Path to Victory
The public demand for progressive politics is growing stronger
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Dark Side of Russias Rainbow
Despite political, legal and religious pressures, Nikolai Alexeyev has worked to combat prejudice and secure legal and political protections for Russia's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community
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China's Valley of Tears
Is authoritarian capitalism the future?
News
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El Salvadors Patriot Act
Last year the government adopted a "Special Law Against Acts of Terrorism," which gives police and judges leeway to clear the streets of demonstrators and imposes mandatory sentences of 60 years for what was once considered a freedom of expression
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Saving a Public Park
Benton Harbor citizens fight to stop Whirlpool's luxury golf course
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Air Polluters Sail the High Seas
The environmental law firm EarthJustice, Friends of the Earth and other advocacy groups are taking action to compel the EPA to set comprehensive restrictions on the air pollution that clouds U.S. harbors
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Public Libraries For Profit
The trend of farming out public libraries to a private, profit-oriented business has raised concerns because libraries have long been considered democratic bodies built on the cornerstone of information diversity, transparency and intellectual freedom
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Prairie Style Romance
Though Nancy Horan takes great liberty in imagining intimate scenes between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Borthwick Cheney--of which there is no evidence--Loving Frank ultimately rests on historical record
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R.I.P. LiP
Amidst the demise of Clamor, Punk Planet, Satya and LiP, Tipping the Sacred Cow: The Best of LiP reads like a super-special edition--complete with illustrations, a "theft ethics" quiz, a glossary of culture-jamming lingo and other useful appendices
Columnists
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Treaty of Detroit Repealed
In 1950, General Motors and the United Auto Workers (UAW) signed the "Treaty of Detroit." The landmark contract helped create mass prosperity and... more
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Tax and Spend? Hell, Yeah!
I have a proposal for the next Democratic debate--hell, the next Democratic and Republican debates: Get rid of the TV personalities and... more
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Come on People! Bill Cosby is Right
As a controversy, Bill Cosby's Come on People: On the Path from Victims to Victors is hardly controversial. The new book, co-authored... more
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U.S. Lobbyists Assault E.U. Regs
Iraq is not the only place that is handing the United States its ass. The European Union surpassed America in 2005 to become... more
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Third Time's the Charm?
Most courts, in what passes for the civilized world, will not admit evidence obtained under torture. That is why our government had... more
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Harold Washington Remembered
Although a haze of nostalgia clouds our recall of the Harold Washington years, few can disagree that the era was a time of hopeful activism.
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