This issue is devoted to taking on the Bush agenda in both its international and domestic forms. It is an agenda of war and imperialism abroad and a vicious attack on working people here at home.
PA’s managing editor examines some of the myths about Social Security conjured up by the privatizers. It is basically a sound and cost-effective program that keeps tens of millions out of poverty. Debbie Bell focuses on the history of a public housing project in Philadelphia and asks, is public housing the next target of the privatizers? David Lawrence scrutinizes the racial disparities that keep some Americans out of the reach of quality health care.
PA contributing editor Gerald Horne examines current problems, including the falling dollar, confrontations with China and the US’s growing trade problems, that pose threats to US global dominance. Ron Bunyon, Jr. brings some perspective on the struggle to free Haiti one year after the US-backed coup that ousted Aristide.
Communist Party Chair Sam Webb sounds off on the election and the battle forward. Joelle Fishman provides some analysis and close scrutiny of the tactics the far right used to give Bush a razor thin edge on November 2.
All of this and more…inside.
32 Paradise Lost: The Decline of Public Housing
By Debbie Bell
While public housing was never nirvana, it did provide a place for the poor to enjoy community. Now the ultra right wants to put it up to the highest bidder.
36 Tug of War
By Gerald Horne
Despite the apparent global dominance of the US, some important developments point to major challenges to the empire.
40 Haiti Bleeding
By Ron Bunyon, Jr.
As the one-year anniversary of the US-backed coup in Haiti approaches, how can we build solidarity for the struggle for democracy there?
42 Standup (Comedy) in Palestine
John Siciliano
Is it possible to find comic relief in Palestine?
46 Resisting the
Globalizing Spirit
By Akinbola E. Akinwumi
Globalization is dominant and sneaky. How do we resist?
50 Looking Forward: Talking with Sam Webb
Despite Bush’s razor thin victory in November, he plans to push an extremist agenda. What can the working-class and democratic movements do to blunt his assault?
54 Mandate, My Ass!
By Joelle Fishman
Polls and more polls. What does 2004 election data all mean?
58 Eyes on the Right: PA Interviews Chip Berlet
The far right is a coalition of different capitalist and religious sectors. What does this mean and how do progressives use it to their advantage?
