Trade unionist Yang Wanxiong details the struggle to unionize Wal-Mart stores in China. Is this a new chapter in the story of international solidarity? National Lawyers Guild President Marjorie Cohn talks about the Bush administration's attack on civil liberties and the US's legal obligation to protect human rights. Nooshin Shabani discusses the global AIDS crisis and the much-needed expansion of education and other preventative measures. Rémy Herrera examines the ideology of neoliberal international financial institutions. Wadi'h Halabi defines the twin challenges to Marxism as the failure of the 20th century socialist experiments in Europe and the economic expansion in the US. Lawrence Albright exposes the links between the neo-Nazi and militia movements to the anti-immigrant Minuteman Project. In addition to these stories, you will find reflections on Cuban President Fidel Castro, a comment on the role of labor in the 2006 elections, book reviews, poetry, and much more.
Peace,
PA Editors
Table of Contents
Volume 86, No. 2
DEPARTMENTS
04 Letters
05 Marxist IQ
06 Commentary
Labor and the 2006 Elections
By Ben Sears
The Fidel Castro I Know
By Gabriel García Márquez
07 Marxist Marginalia
By Renzo Llorente
09 Nobody Asked Me, But...
By Don Sloan
10 Book Reviews
Worse than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush
Reviewed by Dana S. Clark
Reinventing "The People": The Progressive Movement, the Class Problem and the Origins of Modern Liberalism
Reviewed by Samuel Day Fassbinder
12 Poetry
The ABC's of Terrorism
By Everett Hoagland
Insomnia
By Sonia Sanchez
On Passing Thru Morgantown, PA
By Sonia Sanchez
43 Fiction
Wisdom's Child
By Keisha-Gaye Anderson
FEATURES
26 Cover Story:
Scaling the Great Wal-mart of China (down to size)
Chinese workers demand and win a union at Wal-Mart.
By Yang Wanxiong
14 An Integer is a Whole Number
The life and work of Sterling Brown, dean of African American letters, is celebrated.
By Michael Harper
20 Poverty and AIDS
Fighting AIDS requires a global commitment.
By Nooshin Shabani
22 Guardians of Hate: The Minuteman Project's Ties to Neo-fascists
An expose of the Minuteman Project's ties to the militia and neo-Nazi movements.
By Lawrence Albright
30 Bush's Tortured Logic: Marjorie Cohn Speaks Out on the State of Civil Liberties
Protecting civil liberties and human rights isn't quaint; it's the law.
34 IMF: A Model of Bad Governance
The IMF's neoliberal model for governance can't deliver the goods.
By Rémy Herrera
38 Twin Challenges to Marxism
How to explain US economic strength and the failures of 20th century socialism.
By Wadi'h Halabi
46 El Fidel Castro Que Yo Conozco
Por Gabriel García Márquez
