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  A Progressive Perspective on World Events   
  August/September 2001   (VOL. 50, NO. 5)
  
  CRIMES OF PUNISHMENT
  Prison Nation  
  Driven by fear, the US has surrendered to carceral Keynesianism
  SASHA ABRAMSKY
  
  In Bad Company     
  How US criminal "justice" stacks up with the rest of the world
  RON CHEPESIUK
  
  Abuse Behind Bars                      
  Sexual violence against women runs rampant in US prisons
  ANDREA C. POE
  
  Prisoner of War    
  Talking with David Gilbert about violence, nonviolence, and lessons learned
  DAVE DELLINGER 
  
  Hard Times and Lost Innocence  
  A Vermont prison visit reveals the weaknesses of rehabilitation
  ELIZABETH PETERSON
  
  Sidebar: A Victim of Circumstance      
  Sidebar: Screening Injustice
  
  TF Reports:  Asia
  High Time for Responsibility   
  A trip to Vietnam reveals the ongoing damage
  caused by Agent Orange and price of US evasion 
  TOD ENSIGN 
  
  TF Reports: Americas
  
  Peru's Tortured Justice    
  After six years, Lori Berenson has begun to make some friends
  ROBIN FLINCHUM
  
  Great Escapes  
  A jail break epidemic puts Colombia's prisons in the dock
  MARTIN DAYANI
  
  TF Reports: Africa
  
  Tribunal Trapeze Act       
  Will an over-eager UN undermine peace efforts in Sierra Leone?
  ROD MAC-JOHNSON
  
  Creative Healing   
  South African women turn tragedy into empowerment
  ELAYNE CLIFT
  
  TF Reports: Terrorism
  Days of Infamy     
  GREG GUMA
  
  DEPARTMENTS
  
  Editorial: Empire Under Attack     
  
  Foundation News:
  Honoring Dave Dellinger    
  TF's Prison Justice Project
  
  Notebook   
  Top Story: "Crowd Control" Weapons Threaten Human Rights
  Also: Malawi Splits on Marital Rape Bill * Delays Plague Fast Track Push *
  Resistance Rocks Latin America * India Guards the Queen of Rice * Giving
  Anarchism Another Chance
  
  Classified (upcoming events, etc.)
  
  Last Words
  Pentagonese for Dummies        
  Rogues states, missile defense, and the Orwellian corruption of language
  RICHARD A. LEACH

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Toward Freedom:
A Progressive Perspective on World Events
TF December 2001/January 2002    (Vol. 50, No. 6)

ROOTS OF DISORDER

Siege Mentality
How the White House is exploiting terrorism
to promote a reactionary domestic agenda
MICHAEL PARENTI

Sidebar: The Bush-bin Laden Connection 

History of the Airplane    
Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Arab Reality Check
A reluctant US minority stands at the crossroads
BARBARA NIMRI AZIZ

New War, Old Bottle
This looks a lot like the "War on Drugs" -- including the mistakes
RON CHEPESIUK

Don't Mess with Unocal 
The war may really be a battle over oil
CRAIG ROSEBRAUGH

TF Reports: Africa

Surviving Hollywood
In Kenya and Mozambique, TV and movies outfox, outnumber, and outright lie
WILLIAM ONYANGO 

Armed to the Teeth 
Sometimes it's easier to buy an AK-47 than get a meal
STEPHEN MBOGO

TF Reports: Europe

Identity Crisis
Hungary faces some ghosts from its past
JOHN HORVATH

DEPARTMENTS

Editorial: Losing the Real Battles 
GREG GUMA

TF Foundation News:
Gala Celebrates Nonviolent Action  
Prison Justice Alliance Takes Off  

The View from Durban   
ROBIN LLOYD

Post-Apartheid Challenges
An Indy Media activist looks at South Africa's wrong turns

Notebook   
Top Story: Non-Aligned Movement Loses Summit Site
Also: Enemies List * Canadian Clampdown * Aussie Strongman Plays Race Card *
Airline Freaks Over Abbey Book * Uzbek Dictator Gets a US Pass * Getting
Ready For Low Power * Kenya Restores Lunatic Line * Big Mac Attacks

Classified 

Last Words
Spells and Counterspells   
In the face of fear and despair, the key is to act "as if"
STARHAWK