In this issue, Joelle Fishman discusses the importance of defeating the Republican right in the mid-term elections and the impact of the defeat on the balance of forces in Congress. Karin Coddon suggests former NBA star Charles Barkley would make a good president in 2008 and Lawrence Albright looks into resistance from Christian evangelicals to use of religion by the far right. Luis Tijerina debates what makes good soccer while Wadi’h Halabi makes the claim that the inflation of the price of gas is the result of a fake oil shortage. All of this and poetry from Italy and a short story about the impact of the 2003 earthquake in Iran on women. Let us know what you think!
The Lost World of Italian-American Radicalism
Reviewed by Clara West
I Is For Infidel: from holy war to holy terror: 18 years inside afghanistan
Reviewed by Gerald Horne
14 Poetry
Poet to Poet
By Michael Shepler
Seventy Years Have Passed
By Ferruccio Brugnaro
39 Fiction
Samira, life is beautiful
By Mehri Amiri
Features:
16 A Church Divided: Why the GOP is losing Its Grip on Christians
If religion gains the world, it might lose its soul, so says a growing group of ministers who resist use of the church by Republicans.
By Lawrence Albright
30 Football with Élan
To truly understand how winning soccer is played, the game must be placed above the corporate drive for profit.
By Luis. L. Tijerina
34 Why imperialism drives up the price of oil
Oil costs $2 a barrel to produce, so why’s it $75 a barrel or $3 a gallon at the pump?
By Wadi’h Halabi
42 Elecciones 2006: Día del Juicio para la agenda republicana
Por Joelle Fishman
