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July 27, 2002

Mokhiber / Weissman
Push Back: Women Take
on the Corporate Beasts

July 26, 2002

Jerre Skog
American Dictatorship:
It Couldn't Happen...Could It?

Philip Farruggio
Lie, Rob and Steal

Rep. Ron Paul
Monitor Thy Neighbor

Ron Jacobs
Thinking About the
Weather (Underground)

Walt Brasch
Ashcroft's War on Bookstores

July 25, 2002

Norman Madarasz
Paul Krugman's Howl:
Populism, War and
the Melting Economy

Gavin Keeney
Van Morrison: In September

Rep. Cynthia McKinney
War on Terrorism or
Police State?

July 24, 2002

Gary Leupp
An Islam Primer

July 23, 2002

Jeffrey St. Clair
The Battle for Zuni Salt Lake

Ansar Ahmed
Am I with You, George?

Bill Christison
The Disastrous Foreign Policies of the US: Oppression Abroad Means Repression at Home

July 22, 2002

Rick Giombetti
Glaxo Raises White Flag
in Paxil Case

Wayne Madsen
Forbidden Truth
The Press, Bush, Oil
and the Taliban

July 21. 2002

Francis A. Boyle
The Rogue Elephant

Jennifer Harbury
Why are the FBI & CIA Targeting Me?

Joan Claybrook
Time for a Special Prosceutor
for Thomas White

Gloria Bergen
The Struggle of Workers
in Palestine

Dave Marsh
Mr. Big Stuff:
Alan Lomax, Great White Fraud

James T. Phillips
"I'll Tell You No Lies"
The Human Rubble of War

July 20, 2002

Gavin Keeney
The Grave New Urbanism
World Trade Center Burlesque

Jacob Levich
"I Was Schooled in Hate"
Confessions of a
Summer Camp Terror Tot

Thomas Croft
Augusta, GA
Growing Up in the Deep South

Alexander Cockburn
The Market Hogwallow:
Popgun Populism Isn't Enough

July 19, 2002

Abe Bonowitz / SueZann Bosler
A Discussion with Jeb Bush on the Death Penalty

Jonathan Power
No Need for War Against Iraq

Rick Giombetti
Qwest Death Watch

Kurt Nimmo
Of Mice, Bullets & Bombs

M. Shahid Alam
Through Racist Eyes:
Is Eurocentrism Unique?

July 18, 2002

Mokhiber / Weissman
Business As Usual

Jerre Skog
I Spy: Now Let's be Fair,
the USA Ain't East Germany

Ralph Nader
The CEO Crimewave:
Corporate Socialism

Mahbubul Karim (Sohel)
The Rising Tensions
Between Spain and Morocco

Alexander Cockburn
Drivel and Squawk:
Can the Times' Jeff Gerth
Save the White House?

July 17, 2002

Philip Farruggio
The New Role Model:
Remember Jesus, George?

Zara Gelsey
Who's Reading Over
Your Shoulder?

Behzad Yaghmaian
9/11 and Fotress Europe:
the Drama of the New
Moslem Diaspora

Mike Ferner
War, Incorporated

Gary Leupp
Bush, Burqas and the Oppression of Afghan Women

July 16, 2002

Pierre Tristam
Faith--based Capitalism in
the Ruins of the Market

Kurt Nimmo
How My 35mm Camera Almost Became a Tool of Treason

Robert Fisk
The Kashmir Distraction

Salam al--Marayati
When is Terrorism
Not Defined as Terrorism?

Kathleen Christison
The Image Problem:
Anti--Palestinian Bias
from Wilson to Bush

July 15, 2002

Gavin Keeney
In One of Safire's Ears,
Out the Other

CounterPunch Wire
Nader in Cuba

Ralph Nader
The Secret World of Banking

Dave Marsh
Vincible: Michael Jackson, Racism and the Music Cartel

Rahul Mahajan
Justice for Bhopal

Jeffrey St. Clair
Seduced by a Legend
The Return of Jimmy T99 Nelson

July 14, 2002

Bill Christison
The DOA (Poem)

David Vest
I'll Never Get Out of This Band Alive

July 13, 2002

M. Junaid Alam
A Process of Dehumanization

Gavin Keeney
Go Tell Karl Rove!

Matt Vidal
Corporate "Ethics" Red Herrings

Ed Whitfield
Lessons from Independence Day

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July 27, 2002

American Presidents

by M. Shahid Alam

I have stared at them over meals,
And in between, for three months now:
A full gallery of American presidents
Assembled--on a paper place mat.

I can tell them apart now in any crowd.
I could greet them on a first-name basis:
George, James, Calvin, and Andrew,
Zachary, Rutherford, and Bill.

Nearly all the early presidents
Would be decidedly unelectable today.
Four of the first eight­the Johns, James, Martin--
Might join the Hair Club For Men.

It was Abe Lincoln who started the fashion
For facial hair. Nine of the next eleven
Had beards, moustaches, or sideburns.
It took Wilson to reverse the trend.

A serious look was de rigueur for presidential
Portraits: there are a few who look grim.
The smiles first appear with Herbert.
After him, they stretch into a grin.

M. Shahid Alam is professor of economics at Northeastern University, Boston. His second book, Poverty from the Wealth of Nations was published by Palgrave (2000). He may be reached at m.alam@neu.edu.

Copyright: M. Shahid Alam.

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