A nationwide campaign to pass a bill that would outlaw job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity known as ENDA is under way, writes Political Affairs Managing Editor Joel Wendland. Women’s activist Pat Gowens talks about her recent trip to New Orleans and the federal government’s ongoing failure to get serious about reconstruction. Martin Frazier examines the labor movement in Grenada. Prison labor has become a source of profit and super-exploitation argues Lawrence Albright. A special section on the Communist Party’s archival contribution to the Tamiment Library at New York University excerpts two speeches by Jarvis Tyner and Teresa Albano who spoke at the March event celebrating the donation. In this month’s interview, historian Alexander Saxton discusses the history of religion and critiques traditional Marxist analysis of it. Please find more stories on the Iraqi labor movement, a profile of the contributions of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, and immigration policy.
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Departments
04 Letters
05 Marxist IQ
06 Commentary
Locals Take on Immigration Issue
By Alejandra Juárez
Walkin’ in New Orleans
By Pat Gowens
07 That’s Illogical
By Owen Williamson
09 Nobody Asked Me, But...
By Don Sloan
10 Book Reviews
Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism
Reviewed by Gerald Horne
Muddy Waters: The Legacy of Katrina and Rita
Reviewed by Annie Fox
12 Poetry
Witness
By Mary Franke
Intelligence
By Michael Shepler
We are Virginia Tech
By Nikki Giovanni
35 International Notes
By Thomas Riggins
41 Fiction
Little Late in Life for a Complete Breakdown
By Sam Heimer
Features:
14 Terror and Empire: The Cuban Reply to Bush
By Fidel Castro Ruz
16 Tamiment Library Receives Communist Party Archives
The Communist Party USA makes its history public by donating its archives to the Tamiment Library.
By Joel Wendland, Jarvis Tyner and Teresa Albano.
20 Prison Proletariat: exploiting inmate labor
Super-exploitation of prisoners reaps huge rewards for private contractors.
By Lawrence Albright
24 A New Beginning: Congress Debates New Civil Rights Bill
Labor takes the lead to end workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
By Joel Wendland
28 Labor’s untold story: Iraq’s workers fight for the future
Iraqi labor leads in rebuilding its country’s economy and democracy.
By Ben Sears
30 The Legacy of Kofi Annan
By Mike Tolochko
32 A Brief Look at Grenadian Labor Today
Grenada’s labor movement challenges capitalist globalization.
By Martin Frazier
36 Apocalypse Now: How Religion Got Us Into the Mess We're In
Historian Alexander Saxton talks with PA about religion’s role in modern times.
By PA
44 Un nuevo comienzo para la igualdad
Por Joel Wendland
