Contributing writer Peter Zerner looks at the 2008 presidential election and discusses one of the most popular non-candidates – Al Gore. Marc Brodine writes on the links between our political and economic organization and the global climate crisis. Long-term change is needed, he argues, but we need to act now. Lawrence Albright revives the issue of environmental racism and its impact on communities of color. Historian Gerald Meyer reviews the recent documentary on the life of progressive artist Alice Neel and fills in the gaps. Brian Fitzpatrick visits Nicaragua and asks whether the Sandinista movement has what it takes to revitalize that country’s struggle for democracy and socialism. PA Editor Joe Sims looks at the record and compares former President Jimmy Carter to Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Who is more progressive?
Also, please find book reviews, poetry, debate, and more….
PA Editors
Departments:
04 Letters
05 Exchange
No Monkeying With Marxist Morality
By Frank Chapman
07 Marxist IQ
08 Commentary
Al Gore, The Assault on Reason, and the Run for the Presidency
By Peter Zerner
Is Jimmy Carter to the Left of Tony Blair?
By Joe Sims
Gaza and After
By Hannah Amireh
11 That's Capitalism
By Owen Williamson
12 Book Reviews
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
Reviewed by Martha Kramer
The Dust of Empire
Reviewed by Emilian Kavalski
Flight
Reviewed by Clara West
15 Movie Review
Hard Road Home
Reviewed by Anthony Papa
16 Poetry
Alone with the Shoe Manufacturer in his Memorial Park
By Liz Rosenberg
The Carpenter Uses Nails: American Soldiers in Vietnam and Iraq
By Luis Lázaro Tijerina
Leopardi at Chavez Ravine - 1946
By Michael Shepler
35 International Notes
39 Fiction
The Shadow Man, part I
By Karin Coddon
Features:
Cover Story
Nature, Society and Human Survival
Marxist thinkers need to reinvent a “green socialism.”
By Marc Brodine
18 Slam Dump: The Biological War Against Communities of Color
In the hubbub about the environment, let’s not forget environmental racism in our local communities.
By Lawrence Albright
26 Exposed! Police Brutality in Buffalo
Race-based police brutality persists in Buffalo, New York.
By Chris Stevenson
30 Ending the War: Peace Activists Meet to Chart Course
Peace activists meet to chart a future course.
By Ben Sears
32 Nicaragua’s Sandinistas: A Born Again Social-Democratic Movement
Can Nicaragua’s Sandinistas revitalize social democracy in that country?
By Brian Fitzpatrick
36 Alice Neel: A Review
The hidden story of artist Alice Neel.
By Gerald Meyer
44 Puntos de enfoque pa ra una perspectiva de izquierda en el debate sobre la inmigración
Por Emile Schepers
