socialism and democracy

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46 (Volume 22, No. 1)

Ingar Solty
The Historic Significance of the New German Left Party

Sriram Ananthanarayanan
New Mechanisms of Imperialism in India: The Special Economic Zones

Mitchel Cohen
The Capitalist INFESTO and How to Fight It

Ravi Malhotra
Expanding the Frontiers of Justice: Reflections on the Theory of Capabilities, Disability Rights, and the Politics of Global Inequality

Thomas Seibert
The Global Justice Movement after Heiligendamm

Peter Seybold
The Struggle against Corporate Takeover of the University

Book Reviews

Anatole Anton & Richard Schmitt, eds.
Toward a New Socialism reviewed by Paul Buhle

Rosemary Feurer
Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950
reviewed by Steve Early

Sebastian Budgen,
Stathis Kouvelakis
& Slavoj Žižek, eds.
Lenin Reloaded: Toward a Politics of Truth reviewed by Ronald Paul

Stan Goff
War and Sex reviewed by Pramila Venkateswaran

Gideon Polya
Body Count: Global Avoidable Mortality Since 1950
reviewed by Jacqueline Carrigan

Robert Roth
Health Proxy reviewed by Walter A. Davis

H. Bruce Franklin
The Most Important Fish in the Sea: Menhaden and America reviewed by Scott Carlin

Walter A. Davis
Art & Politics:
Psychoanalysis, Ideology, Theater reviewed by Eugene W. Holland

Marc Falkoff, ed.
Poems from Guantánamo: The Detainees Speak
reviewed by D.H. Melhem

Joel Shatzky
Intelligent Design: A Fable reviewed by Victor Cohen

Alexander Saxton
Religion and the Human Prospect reviewed by Richard Curtis

Peter McLaren & Nathalia Jaramillo
Pedagogy and Praxis in the Age of Empire: Towards a New Humanism reviewed by Andrew Michael Lee

Helen Caldicott
Nuclear Power is Not the Answer;
Helen Caldicott
If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Heal the Earth reviewed by Ronald F. Price

Andrew Kliman
Reclaiming Marx's Capital: A Refutation of the Myth of Inconsistency reviewed by Michael Roberts

Henry Heller
The Cold War and the New Imperialism reviewed by Daniel Egan

Alexander Cockburn & Jeffrey St. Clair
End Times: The Death of the Fourth Estate reviewed by George Fish

Paul Zarembka, ed.
The Hidden History of 9-11-2001 reviewed by Seth Sandronsky

Steve Ellner & Miguel Tinker Salas, eds.
Venezuela: Hugo Chávez and the Decline of an “Exceptional Democracy” reviewed by Nikolas Kozloff

Michael González Cruz
Nacionalismo revolucionario puertorriqueño: la lucha armada, intelectuales, y prisioneros políticos y de guerra reviewed by Juan Antonio Ocasio Rivera

Lynn Hunt
Inventing Human Rights: A History reviewed by Judith F. Stone

Michael Hardt
Presents the Declaration of Independence reviewed by Carl Mirra

Notes on Contributors

	Current Issue #46 Vol 22, No. 1 ______________ Table of Contents ______________ 46 (Volume 22, No. 1) Ingar Solty The Historic Significance of the New German Left Party Sriram Ananthanarayanan New Mechanisms of Imperialism in India: The Special Economic Zones Mitchel Cohen The Capitalist INFESTO and How to Fight It Ravi Malhotra Expanding the Frontiers of Justice: Reflections on the Theory of Capabilities, Disability Rights, and the Politics of Global Inequality Thomas Seibert The Global Justice Movement after Heiligendamm Peter Seybold The Struggle against Corporate Takeover of the University Book Reviews Anatole Anton & Richard Schmitt, eds. Toward a New Socialism reviewed by Paul Buhle Rosemary Feurer Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950 reviewed by Steve Early Sebastian Budgen, Stathis Kouvelakis & Slavoj Žižek, eds. Lenin Reloaded: Toward a Politics of Truth reviewed by Ronald Paul Stan Goff War and Sex reviewed by Pramila Venkateswaran Gideon Polya Body Count: Global Avoidable Mortality Since 1950 reviewed by Jacqueline Carrigan Robert Roth Health Proxy reviewed by Walter A. Davis H. Bruce Franklin The Most Important Fish in the Sea: Menhaden and America reviewed by Scott Carlin Walter A. Davis Art & Politics: Psychoanalysis, Ideology, Theater reviewed by Eugene W. Holland Marc Falkoff, ed. Poems from Guantánamo: The Detainees Speak reviewed by D.H. Melhem Joel Shatzky Intelligent Design: A Fable reviewed by Victor Cohen Alexander Saxton Religion and the Human Prospect reviewed by Richard Curtis Peter McLaren & Nathalia Jaramillo Pedagogy and Praxis in the Age of Empire: Towards a New Humanism reviewed by Andrew Michael Lee Helen Caldicott Nuclear Power is Not the Answer; Helen Caldicott If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Heal the Earth reviewed by Ronald F. Price Andrew Kliman Reclaiming Marx's Capital: A Refutation of the Myth of Inconsistency reviewed by Michael Roberts Henry Heller The Cold War and the New Imperialism reviewed by Daniel Egan Alexander Cockburn & Jeffrey St. Clair End Times: The Death of the Fourth Estate reviewed by George Fish Paul Zarembka, ed. The Hidden History of 9-11-2001 reviewed by Seth Sandronsky Steve Ellner & Miguel Tinker Salas, eds. Venezuela: Hugo Chávez and the Decline of an “Exceptional Democracy” reviewed by Nikolas Kozloff Michael González Cruz Nacionalismo revolucionario puertorriqueño: la lucha armada, intelectuales, y prisioneros políticos y de guerra reviewed by Juan Antonio Ocasio Rivera Lynn Hunt Inventing Human Rights: A History reviewed by Judith F. Stone Michael Hardt Presents the Declaration of Independence reviewed by Carl Mirra Notes on Contributors *Designed & Powered by MediaTek*_
			The Palestine Question [Editorial introduction: Although the idea of a Palestinian state has now been accepted by the U.S. government, it is clear that any serious response to the bloodshed in Israel/Palestine must go beyond such token recognitions. On one side, it is necessary to understand why Washington maintains its undiminished material support for an expansionist Israel. On the other, we need to get a fuller sense of the actual forces at work within the region. It is to the latter task that the following essays are addressed. Taken together, they introduce several crucial aspects of the conflict that are widely ignored in the U.S. media. Notable among these are: 1) the political factors that shaped the now largely defunct "peace process"; 2) the links between alternative scenarios and corresponding assumptions about the kind of state(s) that can accommodate them; 3) the extraordinary weight of the cumulative burdens and deprivations that have been imposed upon the Palestinian people; and 4) the focus and intensity of resultant Palestinian popular demands. The essays originated as talks at the Brecht Forum/New York Marxist School; only the film review was added later. The talks, which were spread over three sessions in February 2001,* were largely organized by Mary Boger (from whose introductions our "Notes on Contributors" are taken). In some cases, the transcripts were revised by the authors; in others, they were edited by Liz Mestres and/or myself. Where the texts clearly refer to conditions that no longer obtain, this has been noted by means of bracketed insertions¾reflecting essentially the interim change of Israeli leadership (from Barak to Sharon) and the drastic escalation in the level of violence. While the essays add a crucial dimension to what is commonly made available in the U.S., their collection needs to be understood as part of an unresolved dialogue on the world stage, which may eventually require the participation of many beyond the immediately affected peoples. As Amira Sohl notes, the "right of return calls into question the foundation of the state of Israel." While the democratic credentials of any such religiously-grounded state may deserve to be thus questioned, this does not diminish the political challenge of working out an alternative that all the peoples in the region can live with.* The extraordinary complexity of this challenge is what may compel the involvement of others as well. We should hope that these "others" will not be confined to global and regional powers, but that they will come to include organized popular movements sensitive to the social implications of any course of action. V.W.

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