King's Last Fight
E D I T O R I A L S Letter from the editor REPORTS & ANALYSIS Struggle and backlash SHAUN HARKIN draws a balance sheet of the immigrant rights movement and its future PLUS: The struggle of the Freightliner Five; Was the 1990s a boom time for workers?; Racism in the financial services industry; The siege of Gaza; Australia’s apology to its aboriginal population F E A T U R E S More than a recession JOEL GEIER explains that the unfolding slowdown reflects a deeper crisis of world capitalism Is Marxism deterministic? PHIL GASPER debunks a common myth about Marxism The story of a soldier who resisted Interview with AUGUSTíN and HELGA AGUAYO Election 2008: start of a new era? LANCE SELFA argues that the 2008 elections will likely mark a political turning point Listening to grasshoppers ARUNDHATI ROY on genocide, denial, and celebration “Goodness has nothing to do with it” WILLIAM BLUM, author of Rogue State, reveals the realpolitik of U.S. imperialism Martin Luther King’s last fight As part of an ongoing series on year 1968, BRIAN JONES looks at King’s last year, his assassination, and the explosion of revolt which followed Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution AMY MULDOON reviews one of the greatest Marxist classics R E V I E W S Investing while there’s still blood on the ground BEN DALBEY reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
Letter from the editor REPORTS & ANALYSIS Struggle and backlash SHAUN HARKIN draws a balance sheet of the immigrant rights movement and its future PLUS: The struggle of the Freightliner Five; Was the 1990s a boom time for workers?; Racism in the financial services industry; The siege of Gaza; Australia’s apology to its aboriginal population F E A T U R E S More than a recession JOEL GEIER explains that the unfolding slowdown reflects a deeper crisis of world capitalism Is Marxism deterministic? PHIL GASPER debunks a common myth about Marxism The story of a soldier who resisted Interview with AUGUSTíN and HELGA AGUAYO Election 2008: start of a new era? LANCE SELFA argues that the 2008 elections will likely mark a political turning point Listening to grasshoppers ARUNDHATI ROY on genocide, denial, and celebration “Goodness has nothing to do with it” WILLIAM BLUM, author of Rogue State, reveals the realpolitik of U.S. imperialism Martin Luther King’s last fight As part of an ongoing series on year 1968, BRIAN JONES looks at King’s last year, his assassination, and the explosion of revolt which followed Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution AMY MULDOON reviews one of the greatest Marxist classics R E V I E W S Investing while there’s still blood on the ground BEN DALBEY reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
REPORTS & ANALYSIS Struggle and backlash SHAUN HARKIN draws a balance sheet of the immigrant rights movement and its future PLUS: The struggle of the Freightliner Five; Was the 1990s a boom time for workers?; Racism in the financial services industry; The siege of Gaza; Australia’s apology to its aboriginal population F E A T U R E S More than a recession JOEL GEIER explains that the unfolding slowdown reflects a deeper crisis of world capitalism Is Marxism deterministic? PHIL GASPER debunks a common myth about Marxism The story of a soldier who resisted Interview with AUGUSTíN and HELGA AGUAYO Election 2008: start of a new era? LANCE SELFA argues that the 2008 elections will likely mark a political turning point Listening to grasshoppers ARUNDHATI ROY on genocide, denial, and celebration “Goodness has nothing to do with it” WILLIAM BLUM, author of Rogue State, reveals the realpolitik of U.S. imperialism Martin Luther King’s last fight As part of an ongoing series on year 1968, BRIAN JONES looks at King’s last year, his assassination, and the explosion of revolt which followed Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution AMY MULDOON reviews one of the greatest Marxist classics R E V I E W S Investing while there’s still blood on the ground BEN DALBEY reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
Struggle and backlash SHAUN HARKIN draws a balance sheet of the immigrant rights movement and its future PLUS: The struggle of the Freightliner Five; Was the 1990s a boom time for workers?; Racism in the financial services industry; The siege of Gaza; Australia’s apology to its aboriginal population F E A T U R E S More than a recession JOEL GEIER explains that the unfolding slowdown reflects a deeper crisis of world capitalism Is Marxism deterministic? PHIL GASPER debunks a common myth about Marxism The story of a soldier who resisted Interview with AUGUSTíN and HELGA AGUAYO Election 2008: start of a new era? LANCE SELFA argues that the 2008 elections will likely mark a political turning point Listening to grasshoppers ARUNDHATI ROY on genocide, denial, and celebration “Goodness has nothing to do with it” WILLIAM BLUM, author of Rogue State, reveals the realpolitik of U.S. imperialism Martin Luther King’s last fight As part of an ongoing series on year 1968, BRIAN JONES looks at King’s last year, his assassination, and the explosion of revolt which followed Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution AMY MULDOON reviews one of the greatest Marxist classics R E V I E W S Investing while there’s still blood on the ground BEN DALBEY reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
PLUS: The struggle of the Freightliner Five; Was the 1990s a boom time for workers?; Racism in the financial services industry; The siege of Gaza; Australia’s apology to its aboriginal population F E A T U R E S More than a recession JOEL GEIER explains that the unfolding slowdown reflects a deeper crisis of world capitalism Is Marxism deterministic? PHIL GASPER debunks a common myth about Marxism The story of a soldier who resisted Interview with AUGUSTíN and HELGA AGUAYO Election 2008: start of a new era? LANCE SELFA argues that the 2008 elections will likely mark a political turning point Listening to grasshoppers ARUNDHATI ROY on genocide, denial, and celebration “Goodness has nothing to do with it” WILLIAM BLUM, author of Rogue State, reveals the realpolitik of U.S. imperialism Martin Luther King’s last fight As part of an ongoing series on year 1968, BRIAN JONES looks at King’s last year, his assassination, and the explosion of revolt which followed Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution AMY MULDOON reviews one of the greatest Marxist classics R E V I E W S Investing while there’s still blood on the ground BEN DALBEY reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
F E A T U R E S More than a recession JOEL GEIER explains that the unfolding slowdown reflects a deeper crisis of world capitalism Is Marxism deterministic? PHIL GASPER debunks a common myth about Marxism The story of a soldier who resisted Interview with AUGUSTíN and HELGA AGUAYO Election 2008: start of a new era? LANCE SELFA argues that the 2008 elections will likely mark a political turning point Listening to grasshoppers ARUNDHATI ROY on genocide, denial, and celebration “Goodness has nothing to do with it” WILLIAM BLUM, author of Rogue State, reveals the realpolitik of U.S. imperialism Martin Luther King’s last fight As part of an ongoing series on year 1968, BRIAN JONES looks at King’s last year, his assassination, and the explosion of revolt which followed Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution AMY MULDOON reviews one of the greatest Marxist classics R E V I E W S Investing while there’s still blood on the ground BEN DALBEY reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
More than a recession JOEL GEIER explains that the unfolding slowdown reflects a deeper crisis of world capitalism Is Marxism deterministic? PHIL GASPER debunks a common myth about Marxism The story of a soldier who resisted Interview with AUGUSTíN and HELGA AGUAYO Election 2008: start of a new era? LANCE SELFA argues that the 2008 elections will likely mark a political turning point Listening to grasshoppers ARUNDHATI ROY on genocide, denial, and celebration “Goodness has nothing to do with it” WILLIAM BLUM, author of Rogue State, reveals the realpolitik of U.S. imperialism Martin Luther King’s last fight As part of an ongoing series on year 1968, BRIAN JONES looks at King’s last year, his assassination, and the explosion of revolt which followed Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution AMY MULDOON reviews one of the greatest Marxist classics R E V I E W S Investing while there’s still blood on the ground BEN DALBEY reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
Is Marxism deterministic? PHIL GASPER debunks a common myth about Marxism The story of a soldier who resisted Interview with AUGUSTíN and HELGA AGUAYO Election 2008: start of a new era? LANCE SELFA argues that the 2008 elections will likely mark a political turning point Listening to grasshoppers ARUNDHATI ROY on genocide, denial, and celebration “Goodness has nothing to do with it” WILLIAM BLUM, author of Rogue State, reveals the realpolitik of U.S. imperialism Martin Luther King’s last fight As part of an ongoing series on year 1968, BRIAN JONES looks at King’s last year, his assassination, and the explosion of revolt which followed Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution AMY MULDOON reviews one of the greatest Marxist classics R E V I E W S Investing while there’s still blood on the ground BEN DALBEY reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
The story of a soldier who resisted Interview with AUGUSTíN and HELGA AGUAYO Election 2008: start of a new era? LANCE SELFA argues that the 2008 elections will likely mark a political turning point Listening to grasshoppers ARUNDHATI ROY on genocide, denial, and celebration “Goodness has nothing to do with it” WILLIAM BLUM, author of Rogue State, reveals the realpolitik of U.S. imperialism Martin Luther King’s last fight As part of an ongoing series on year 1968, BRIAN JONES looks at King’s last year, his assassination, and the explosion of revolt which followed Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution AMY MULDOON reviews one of the greatest Marxist classics R E V I E W S Investing while there’s still blood on the ground BEN DALBEY reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
Election 2008: start of a new era? LANCE SELFA argues that the 2008 elections will likely mark a political turning point Listening to grasshoppers ARUNDHATI ROY on genocide, denial, and celebration “Goodness has nothing to do with it” WILLIAM BLUM, author of Rogue State, reveals the realpolitik of U.S. imperialism Martin Luther King’s last fight As part of an ongoing series on year 1968, BRIAN JONES looks at King’s last year, his assassination, and the explosion of revolt which followed Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution AMY MULDOON reviews one of the greatest Marxist classics R E V I E W S Investing while there’s still blood on the ground BEN DALBEY reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
Listening to grasshoppers ARUNDHATI ROY on genocide, denial, and celebration “Goodness has nothing to do with it” WILLIAM BLUM, author of Rogue State, reveals the realpolitik of U.S. imperialism Martin Luther King’s last fight As part of an ongoing series on year 1968, BRIAN JONES looks at King’s last year, his assassination, and the explosion of revolt which followed Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution AMY MULDOON reviews one of the greatest Marxist classics R E V I E W S Investing while there’s still blood on the ground BEN DALBEY reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
“Goodness has nothing to do with it” WILLIAM BLUM, author of Rogue State, reveals the realpolitik of U.S. imperialism Martin Luther King’s last fight As part of an ongoing series on year 1968, BRIAN JONES looks at King’s last year, his assassination, and the explosion of revolt which followed Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution AMY MULDOON reviews one of the greatest Marxist classics R E V I E W S Investing while there’s still blood on the ground BEN DALBEY reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
Martin Luther King’s last fight As part of an ongoing series on year 1968, BRIAN JONES looks at King’s last year, his assassination, and the explosion of revolt which followed Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution AMY MULDOON reviews one of the greatest Marxist classics R E V I E W S Investing while there’s still blood on the ground BEN DALBEY reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
Trotsky’s History of the Russian Revolution AMY MULDOON reviews one of the greatest Marxist classics R E V I E W S Investing while there’s still blood on the ground BEN DALBEY reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
R E V I E W S Investing while there’s still blood on the ground BEN DALBEY reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
Investing while there’s still blood on the ground BEN DALBEY reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
PLUS: Untold story of UPS; Factories without bosses; How the rich get richer at government expense; Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin; Review of five memoirs by antiwar Iraq veterans L E T T E R S ISR readers: Send a letter to the ISR by clicking here. (Please limit it to 400 words.)
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