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| Summer 2005 | Vol:X-3 | Whole #: 39 |
Three Elegies for Susan Sontag
Ellen Willis
1. Art
| Summer 2005 | Vol:X-3 | Whole #: 39 |
The First Neoconservative: Herman Wouk, the Americanization of the Holocaust, and the Rise of Neoconservatism
Joel Brodkin
The justification of the intensive bombing of Serbia in 1999 as part of the need to avoid "another Holocaust" is only a recent event in the Americanization of the Nazi Holocaust: specifically its use as a propaganda theme for the defense of U.S. great power interests.
| Summer 2005 | Vol:X-3 | Whole #: 39 |
Art for the People? Christo and Jeanne-Claude's "The Gates"
Jesse Lemisch
Holy saffron! From February 12 to 27, New York City's Central Park was the site of an exhibition called "The Gates: Central Park New York 1979- 2005," by the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude (C/J-C). The Gates consisted of 7503 vinyl structures straddling 23 miles of park pathways, each gate 16 feet high, resting on steel bases (the equivalent, the city boasted, of two thirds of the steel used in the Eiffel Tower), with orange drapes (described by C/J-C as "saffron") hanging down from the tops.
| Summer 2005 | Vol:X-3 | Whole #: 39 |
Immigration, African Americans, and Race Discourse
Stephen Steinberg
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We believe this article begins an important conversation on the left. We will be publishing various responses to it in our next issue, along with a reply from Stephen Steinberg. In addition, this article will be published in the Winter issue of New Labor Forum, together with a different set of responses and a reply from Steinberg. We urge readers to follow this debate in both venues. -- Eds. |
| Winter 2006 | Vol:X-4 | Whole #: 40 |
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Roundtable on Immigration and African Americans
Stephen Steinberg's "Immigration, African Americans and Race Discourse" in our last issue of New Politics (#39) elicited several responses. Here they are with Steinberg's rejoinder. Steinberg's article, together with a different set of responses and a reply from Steinberg, also appears in the Winter issue of New Labor Forum. We urge readers to follow this debate in both venues. - EDS.
Articles in the SymposiumThe Intra-Immigrant Dilemma, Alan Aja
Mobilizing Immigrants and Blacks, Peter Drucker
Alliances Needed, Ron Hayduk
Finger Pointing Toward "Freedom Now!" Michael Hirsch
Another American Dilemma, Gilbert Jonas
Reintroducing the Black/White Divide in Racial Discourse, Gregory D. Squires
Response, Stephen Steinberg
| Winter 2006 | Vol:X-4 | Whole #: 40 |
Response
Stephen Steinberg
I knew when I wrote my piece that I was walking through a minefield of controversy, first of all because I challenge the dominant discourse on immigration and call into question many of the orthodoxies of a new generation of immigration scholars. I therefore came prepared to engage in verbal battle with outraged critics whose scholarship has been called into question. Alas, they did not show up at the table!
| Winter 2006 | Vol:X-4 | Whole #: 40 |
Reintroducing the Black/White Divide in Racial Discourse
Gregory D. Squires
Does it matter that most of the problems that disproportionately affect black Americans don't stem from racism -- or at any rate, modern day racism? . . . These issues just aren't particularly black anymore. William Raspberry[1]
| Lois Weiner | February 26, 2010 |
“Unions are killing the economy” says Henry Blodget at the Business Insider. He gleefully applauds the firing of every teacher in a Rhode Island school for their arrogance. How dare workers, teachers especially, think they have a voice in their working conditions or salaries? How uppity of teachers to sneer at the bosses’ absolutist control of the workplace. Let’s recall that Henry Blodget was indicated for insider trading.
| Winter 2006 | Vol:X-4 | Whole #: 40 |
Another American Dilemma: Race vs. Immigration
Gilbert Jonas
Ever since America's negro slaves were emancipated after the Civil War, our nation's generous immigration policies have worked against the interests and advancement of African Americans.
| Winter 2006 | Vol:X-4 | Whole #: 40 |
A Reply to Stephen Steinberg: Finger-Pointing Toward "Freedom Now!"
Michael Hirsch
I imagine Stephen Steinberg astride a muscular white horse, whip in one hand, pistol in the other, riding to scourge the American left of its racial amnesia. Or he's a biblical prophet, imbued with the divine spirit and setting the highest standards for the community. Sometimes the need for such a seer is self-evident, and sometimes Steinberg fairly meets it. Sometimes.