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 NI (No.351)Contents 9 Tucson or not Tucson The place may not be what you first think of as typically American, but David Ransom finds plenty of food for second thoughts, and dissent, in a city with two very different sides. 11 Segregation Tucson-style The indigenous Hispanic community lives a life apart - Karina Ioffee reports. 14 Rolling Thunder Even a dead fish can go with the flow - but not Jim Hightower, Granny D, Tom Hayden, Joel Rogers and a host of others on the Downhome Democracy Tour. 16 Time theft Working for WalMart has few compensations, as Barbara Ehrenreich found out for herself. 18 THE OTHER AMERICA - THE FACTS 20 Freedom dreams Taught as a child to see life as possibility, Robin Kelley has travelled from black nationalism to the 'poetry' of imagining a new society. 22 Yes we can! Labour unions have begun to embrace 'New Internationalism'. Mark Engler finds out what it means. 23 Oh no you don't! Corporations are trying hard to get their hands on the creaking public education system in New York. Matthew Reiss reports on what parents, teachers and students have been doing to stop them. 24 Great American Rebels True originals Daniel Shays, Geronimo, Emma Goldman, Mae West, Paul Robeson, Rachel Carson, Cesar Chavez, Noam Chomsky and The Simpsons. 26 The Other America is America Confronted by a growing crisis of democratic legitimacy in their own country, argues David Ransom, dissident Americans have to turn the Washington Consensus on its head - and the world the right way up. <<Regular Features>> 2 Letters 4 Southern Exposure A holy Buddhist site in Sri Lanka, photographed by Shyam Tekwani. 5 View from the South Africans are desperate to protect hard-won democracy, as Ike Oguine explains. 6 Currents Madagascar: catastrophe may follow conflict; Brazilians say no to American free trade; unnoticed WTO victory at Johannesburg; solar water disinfection.. PLUS: Word Corner - Shampoo. PLUS: Seriously 29 Worldbeaters One-man wrecking crew in a Canadian one-party state: Ralph Klein.. 30 Mixed Media BOOKS, MUSIC, FILM/VIDEO 32 Big Bad World Bombs away: Polyp's latest cartoon. PLUS: NI Prize Crossword 33 Making waves Ogoni campaigner Owens Wiwa - brother of executed writer Ken Saro-Wiwa - explains why he is confronting the Shell corporation in a US court. 34 Essay - Asia's eco-guerrillas Eco-resisters are making a difference from China to Singapore, Thailand to Philippines. Mike Levin reports. 36 Country Profile - Kiribati |
 NI-Japan (No.39) Contents The Other America There are many faces of the United States of America-from Hollywood movies and Disneyland to military and economic domination, from the land of freedom and opportunity to the land of urban poverty. But who are the 'real Americans?' This month NI talks to the people behind the images, people who are working to change their country. <This month's main theme article> ·Translation of "Tucson or not Tucson" (p9-13) |