Southern Exposure

Hurricane Katrina and the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement

2008-11-10T23:17:26Z

A Global Human Rights Perspective on a National Disaster

Institute for Southern Studies
Southern Exposure (Vol. 35, Nos. 1 & 2)

Hurricane Katrina was not only a domestic tragedy: The U.S. government's insufficient efforts to prevent families from being uprooted, its inadequate emergency response, and the still-lagging recovery are at odds with internationally-recognized human rights principles -- standards that the Bush administration has promoted in other countries.

"Hurricane Katrina and the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement" [pdf], a Southern Exposure/Institute for Southern Studies special report, is the first in-depth look at the international human rights implications of Hurricane Katrina.

In particular, the report examines how closely U.S. officials have abided by the U.N. Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement in the wake of Katrina. The United Nations adopted the Principles in 1998 to protect the rights of people uprooted by war, storms and other calamities.

"Leaders in Washington have embraced the U.N. Guiding Principles for helping disaster victims abroad," said Chris Kromm, co-author of the study and Institute director. "But there's serious concern that the Principles continue to be ignored at home in the Gulf Coast."

For a full copy of the report, visit here [pdf].

Blueprint for Gulf Renewal

2008-11-10T23:16:20Z

The Katrina Crisis and a Community Agenda for Action

Institute for Southern Studies
Southern Exposure (Vol. 35, Nos. 3 & 4) August/September 2007

On September 15, 2005, President Bush pledged that our nation would "do what it takes, and stay as long as it takes," to rebuild the Gulf Coast. Yet two years after Katrina, over 60,000 people were still in "temporary" FEMA trailers, and houses, hospitals and schools across the region remained shuttered. For thousands of people, the Katrina recovery had failed.

Blueprint for Gulf Renewal: The Katrina Crisis and a Community Agenda for Action [pdf], published in collaboration with Oxfam America and the Jewish Funds for Justice, looks at 80 statistical indicators and draws on interviews with more than 40 Gulf Coast leaders to identify roadblocks to recovery, and ways federal leaders can tackle critical needs in the region like housing, jobs and coastal protection.

The study also features "Where did the Katrina money go?" -- an in-depth analysis of federal Katrina spending since 2005. The Institute reveals that, out of the $116 billion in Katrina funds allocated, less than 30% has gone towards long-term rebuilding -- and less than half of that 30% has been spent, much less reached those most in need.

For a full copy of the report, visit here [pdf]. Read the press release here.

North Carolina at War

2008-11-10T23:15:16Z

The Costs of Being the "Most Military-Friendly State in America"

Institute for Southern Studies
Southern Exposure (Vol. 35, Nos. 1 & 2)
March 2007

Billboards across the state declare North Carolina's motto: "Most military-friendly state." North Carolina has long been hospitable to the nation's armed forces, serving as the headquarters of key military bases and the home of many soldiers, deeply influencing the politics, economics and culture of the state.

But banking on military bases and defense dollars is a risky economic strategy: base towns rise and fall by constantly-shifting troops deployments; decisions about base sizes and defense contracts often hinge on back-room Washington deal-making. Thousands of livelihoods and lives in our state are increasingly dependent on the White House and Congress and their decision to take our country to war.

As the casualties and money needed for war escalate and opposition grows in North Carolina and beyond, this report examines the costs of basing the state's economic and political future on war.

This special Southern Exposure/Institute for Southern Studies report [pdf] was put together by a team of researchers and students to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war.

For a full copy of the report, visit here [pdf]. You can read the press release here.

One Year After Katrina

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The State of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast

Institute for Southern Studies
Southern Exposure (Vol. XXXIV, Nos. 3 & 4)
Aug/Sept 2006

Hurricane Katrina shook the world as millions watched in horror not only at the devastating winds and floods, but also at the failure of national leaders to come to the region's aid. As the weeks and months passed, the catastrophes of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita -- and the failed emergency response -- gave way to another tragedy: a failed recovery and rebuilding process that locked out thousands of Gulf Coast residents.

In "One Year After Hurricane Katrina: The State of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast" [pdf], the Institute analyzed over 200 indicators in 13 categories to track the status of Gulf Coast rebuilding. The report also features status reports on issues from housing to environmental protection and investigations into the region's key power brokers.

For a full copy of the report, visit here [pdf].

The Mardi Gras Index

2008-11-10T22:35:51Z

The State of New Orleans by Numbers Six Months After Hurricane Katrina
A Special Report by Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch
Southern Exposure (Vol. 34, No. 1 & 2)
February/March 2006

It's been six months since Hurricane Katrina hit, and all eyes are on New Orleans as it celebrates Mardi Gras. But how is the city doing?

Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch -- the Institute's special post-Katrina investigative project -- has released a new 36-page report (pdf) analyzing indicators from housing to jobs, public health and hurricane preparedness. Here's our conclusion:

"Despite promises from national leaders to "do what it takes" to rebuild New Orleans, the devastated city has been mostly left to fend for itself -- with tragic results," says Chris Kromm, co-author of the report and director of the Institute. "Without a bold, national commitment, the city won't come back."

"MARDI GRAS INDEX" FINDS REBUILDING STALLED IN NEW ORLEANS

Six months after Katrina, report says key issues demand national attention to bring city back

DURHAM, N.C. -- As New Orleans residents celebrate Mardi Gras today -- six months after the onslaught of Hurricane Katrina -- the city has made little progress in rebuilding and won't be revived unless national leaders confront "fundamental barriers" to renewal.

That's the finding of "The Mardi Gras Index," a new report by the non-profit Institute for Southern Studies based in Durham, N.C. The Index analyzes the city's post-hurricane status in 11 areas including housing, public health, the economy and disaster preparedness.

"Despite promises from national leaders to "do what it takes" to rebuild New Orleans, the devastated city has been mostly left to fend for itself -- with tragic results," says Chris Kromm, co-author of the report and director of the Institute. "Without a bold, national commitment, the city won't come back."

The Institute report looks at over 130 indicators, and finds that, despite a few hopeful signs, progress has largely stalled on the key issues that will shape the city's future. For example:

Lack of HOUSING is preventing many from returning to New Orleans. No action is being taken to help renters, two-thirds of those displaced by the storm; many home-owners remain in limbo; and 11,000 FEMA trailers sit empty in Hope, Arkansas.
HEALTH AND SAFETY concerns are keeping residents away -- from rampant mold, to pollution "hot spots" such as four city neighborhoods with 100 times accepted safe levels of arsenic. Regulators have offered no clean-up plan -- creating a public health threat compounded by the city's gutted health care system.
A dearth of SCHOOLS --only 17 percent of the city's public schools have re-opened -- will stop many families from returning.
The absence of progress in HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS is troubling. With just three months remaining until the 2006 hurricane season, there is no funding for full- scale wetland restoration or levees that could survive a hurricane the strength of Katrina (Category 3) or more.

The 36-page report also finds that those hurt most by the nation's failure to help rebuild New Orleans are the same people who suffered most from the storms of 2005.

"The people left behind in the evacuation of New Orleans after Katrina are the same people left behind in rebuilding of New Orleans -- the poor, the sick, the elderly, the disabled and children, mostly African-American," says Prof. William Quigley, a law professor at Loyola University in New Orleans.

"There is not a sign outside of New Orleans saying, 'If you are poor, sick, elderly, disabled, a child or African-American, you cannot return.' But there might as well be," adds Quigley, who is also an advisor to Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch.

The report is a part of the Institute's Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch project, launched in November 2005 to document and investigate the rebuilding of the Southern Gulf in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Founded in 1970, the Institute is a non- profit research and education center, and publisher of the award-winning Southern Exposure magazine.

East Meets South

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150 Years of Asian/Southern Intersections
Vol. 33, Nos. 1-2 Summer 2005

The issue investigates an important but frequently-ignored subject: the close ties between Asia and the U.S. South. Among the in-depth features:

They Were Fighters: The story of Southern Baptists, China and the Opium War
Looking Like the Enemy: Internment brought Japanese-Americans to Arkansas - and Jim Crow
Troubled Waters: Vietnamese shrimpers stood up to the Klan, now they face globalization
Beyond the Model Minority: Talking with North Carolina activist Milan Pham and much more!

As guest editors Christina Chia and Hong-An Truong note in their opening essay:

"The articles in this issue give us insight into a wide range of Asian-American communities in the South. One theme that emerges is that many Asians are in America today because of the long-standing and ongoing military, economic, and cultural presence of Americans in Asia. To understand how East has met South, we have to look not only at demographic shifts within the American South, but also at Southern "footprints" in Asia. We have to confront both the new realities and forgotten histories of the South."

Acts of God?

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How natural are natural disasters?
Vol. 32, Nos. 1-4 Winter 2004

COVER SECTION

Letter from the Publisher: Acts of God? by Chris Kromm

Fear and Flooding in North Carolina by Sue Sturgis
A hurricane-harried African-American town lives with the specter of future disaster.

Portraits of Disaster by Hart Matthews PRINT ONLY
Scenes from the hurricane-ravaged coast of North Carolina.

Deluge without End by Penny Loeb PRINT ONLY
Four years of unprecedented rainfall left much of West Virginia devastated. Now residents, activists, and regulators struggle to reform the logging and mining industries that bear much of the responsibility.

Last Call for Judgment Day by Ted Steinberg PRINT ONLY
An earthquake in South Carolina? It happened in 1886, destroying much of Charleston and shaking faith in the economic promise of the New South.

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION:

Tort Reform, Lone Star Style by Stephanie Mencimer
How Governor Bush and the business lobby drastically curtailed the rights of Texans to their day in court, and how President Bush would like to extend these "reforms" to the rest of the country.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:

Abu Ghraib in Virginia by Laura LaFay
The abuse of Iraqi inmates follows a pattern established in Southern prisons.

Extreme Makeover? by Sue Sturgis
How Southern progressives propose to remake the Democratic Party.

The Price of War Games by Rania Masri
Two Mississippians try to make the U.S. military pay for its damage to a Puerto Rican island.

Making a Killing

2008-11-10T21:55:46Z

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Southern Exposure investigates the new war profiteers

Southern Exposure (Vol. 31, Nos. 3 & 3)
Winter 2003/2004

COVER SECTION

Introduction: Making a Killing by Chris Kromm
As long as there has been war, there have been enterprising individuals and companies willing to take advantage of desperate or ambitious combatants.

Occupation, Inc. by Pratap Chatterjee and Herbert Docena
War profiteers in Iraq pursue quick fixes and high profits by overcharging for shoddy work, while Iraqis protest that they could do the work better and cheaper.

Concealed Weapons: Washington's Corporate War Lobby by Jason Vest PRINT ONLY
Influence peddlers and defense contractors see dollar signs in a bellicose foreign policy and military outsourcing.

Five Ways to Stop War Profiteering by Rania Masri and Chris Kromm

Resources on War Profiteering and the Corporate Invasion of Iraq

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: DRIVEN TO MISERY

The second in a two-part investigation of predatory lending in the South. The first part, "Banking on Misery," appeared in the Summer 2003 issue.

Driven to Misery by Michael Hudson
How Wall Street, major lenders, and "megadealer" chains fuel price gouging, racial discrimination, and fraud at your local car lot.

"They Try to Take You for What You Don't Have" by Taylor Loyal and Michael Hudson PRINT ONLY
A used-car chain stirs up the market--and its customers.

The Price of Confession by Stephanie Mencimer PRINT ONLY
Used-car guru preaches psychotherapy as much as smart sales techniques.

Car Talk
A glossary of the secret lingo many car dealerships use to describe the way they conduct business.

Arm Yourself with Information
How to avoid scams and overcharging when you buy a car.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Remembering the Saltville Massacre by Tonia Moxley PRINT ONLY
Can publicly acknowledging Civil War atrocities help heal racial divisions?

Queer Eye for the Straight School by Denise Prickett PRINT ONLY
Gay rights activists try new approaches to ensure every student is safe in the classroom.

Of Faith and Sanctions by Chris Kromm
A U.S. peace volunteer faces steep fines and possibly jail for going to Iraq. If only she had been working for Halliburton.

The Other School of the Americas by Stefan Wray PRINT ONLY
A lesser-known cousin of the infamous military training center begins to draw attention.

Poison and Slavery in the Sunshine State by Nano Riley PRINT ONLY
Florida farmworkers struggle for protection against exploitation, pesticides.

Banking on Misery

2008-11-10T21:45:22Z

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Citigroup, Wall Street, and the Fleecing of the South

Vol. 31, No. 2 Summer 2003

Front Porch: Letter from the Editor
Stop the Profiteers by Chris Kromm

Introduction:
The New Loan Sharks by Michael Hudson

PART I. BANKING ON MISERY

Citigroup, Wall Street, and the Fleecing of the South by Michael Hudson
Millions of Southerners have been ensnared by "subprime" lenders who target consumers made vulnerable by discrimination and financial need. Citigroup subsidiaries have led the way in demonstrating how easy it is to make money off people desperate for cash.

Trace the rise to power of Sanford Weill, Citigroup's CEO, as he carved out a subprime lending empire.

WEB EXCLUSIVE - MAPPING MISERY:
How CitiFinancial's subprime lending units target minority and low-income areas in your city:
Atlanta
Charlotte
Miami
Jacksonville
Knoxville
Memphis
San Antonio
Montgomery
Nashville
Richmond

WEB EXCLUSIVE - "WE NEEDED MONEY, AND THEY KNEW WE NEEDED MONEY"
Read profiles of borrowers from around the country victimized by the manipulative practices of CitiFinancial and its predecessor, Commercial Credit.

Springfield, Ill.

Syracuse, N.Y.

Westfield, N.Y.

Frederick, Md.
Plus sidebars from the print edition:

    * Who's targeted: Numbers tell the story
    * Reinventing redlining: Citi's prime lenders set bad marks for serving poor, minorities
    * Unsettled issue: Lawsuit alleges harassment continued even after settlement, Citigroup purchase
    * Citi and credit insurance: Profits and price
    * Household name: Citi's chief rival has a rocky history, too
    * Spirit and letter: Ex-employee said Citi takeover increased rather than solved problems
    * Reforming foreclosures: How well did Citi keep its promise?
    * Collecting trouble: Lawsuits claim harassment of borrowers
    * Upfront costs: "Single-premium" insurance disavowal only goes so far
    * Citi's reforms: Real or imagined?
    * Access denied: Citi's arbitration clauses head off threat of jury verdicts
    * Special child: For mentally retarded borrower, arbitration a losing proposition
    * Citi responds

PART II. THE POVERTY INDUSTRY
(all pieces print edition only)

Perpetual Debt, Predatory Plastic by Robert D. Manning
From the company store to the world of late fees and overlimit penalties: credit cards go predatory.

From Pawnshops to "Financial Supermarkets" by Mary Kane
Fringe banking gains a foothold in the mainstream.

Simple Courtesy by Taylor Loyal
Banks have discovered overdraft fees to be fertile ground for innovations in profit-making.

PART III. FIGHTING BACK

Journey for Justice by Michael Hudson
Citigroup shareholders confront an unfamiliar sight: the orange t-shirts of a borrowers' group determined to get fair treatment.

Battling the Odds by Bill Barrow
Consumer advocates fight for a voice in Alabama's legislature.

"You Can't Pass It On If It Belongs to Someone Else" by Kenneth A. Harris
A South Carolina woman speaks out against the people who took her home.

Predatory Lending and the Law by Keith Ernst
The dos and don'ts of legislative reform.

Seven Signs of Predatory Lending
How to know you're being cheated.

The Most Important Financial Advice You'll Ever Get plus What Loan Officers Say -- And What They Really Mean

Resources
For the fight against predatory lending.

Hidden Casualties

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An Epidemic of Domestic Violence When Troops Return from War
Vol. 31, No. 1 Spring 2003

COVER STORY

Hidden Casualties: An Epidemic of Domestic Violence When Troops Return from War
by Jon Elliston and Catherine Lutz
After a spate of killings at Fort Bragg, domestic abuse in military families is under new scrutiny--but the Defense Department still turns a blind eye on key causes.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

For Love and Liberty: Tampa Latinos Remember the Spanish Civil War by Crystal Taylor
When Franco's fascists rebelled against the Spanish republic, immigrant cigar workers in Tampa refused to stand idly by.

Revolution at Wal-Mart? A People's Campaign to Tame the Nation's Biggest Corporation by Ganey Mozley
It may seem like an impossible task, but workers and activists are trying to unionize one of the most virulently anti-union corporations in the world.

Eugenics in North Carolina: Thousands Were Sterilized by the State by Jon Elliston
A five-day Winston-Salem Journal series provided the first in-depth account of the state's eugenics efforts--targeting mostly the poor and people of color.

The Powell Manifesto by Jerry M. Landay PRINT ONLY
How a prominent Virginia lawyer--later a moderate Supreme Court justice--authored an infamous memo that inspired the neo-conservative movement.

Appalachian Colors by Tonia Moxley PRINT ONLY
Sociologist Wilma Dunaway is revolutionizing the way we understand race, class, and slavery in Appalachian history.

"Which Side Are You On?" by Michael Hudson PRINT ONLY
The biography of a protest song that continues to inspire millions.

Diary of a Poultry Worker: Javier Lopez interview by John Bowe PRINT ONLY
"You have to be careful with the knives and the machines, because everything is so slippery. There's fat everywhere. Everything's greasy....The bosses know we're illegal, and it's illegal for them to hire us, but we're the cheapest, so they don't care."

PLUS: THE SOUTH AT WAR

The War at Home by Chris Kromm
Front Porch: Letter from the Editor

Southerners Take to the Streets by Hart Matthews PRINT ONLY
As the nation edged closer to war, resistance found a voice.

Organizing Against War: A Roundtable Discussion interviews by Rania Masri
EXPANDED WEB VERSION

Peace activists speak out on the strategies, successes, and pitfalls of putting together an anti-war movement in the South.

Austin and Homeland Security, Inc. by Stefan Wray PRINT ONLY
Austin, Texas, passed a resolution against war on Iraq. But the city has a dirty little secret: its relationship with notorious defense contractors CSC/DynCorp.

The Right to Vote

2008-11-10T21:42:33Z

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THE RIGHT TO VOTE: Will Our Future Look Like Our Past?

Vol. 30, No. 4 Winter 2002/2003

COVER SECTION

The Right to Vote in the South: A Brief History by Alexander Keyssar PRINT ONLY

The foremost historian of U.S. voting rights gives a capsule account of the struggle for universal suffrage in the South, from Reconstruction to the civil rights movement.

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Muriel Tillinghast PRINT ONLY
A veteran of Freedom Summer 1964 talks about her experiences registering African-American voters in rural Mississippi. Print edition features photos by Herbert Randall.

Who Counts the Votes? by Gary Ashwill and Chris Kromm
High-tech elections have spawned new vote-fixing conspiracy theories. Is there any truth to the charges?

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Voting in Tennessee, 2002 by Catherine Danielson PRINT ONLY
Tennessee, beset by election difficulties, solidifies its reputation as "the other Florida."

The State of Voting: A Southern Exposure/Institute for Southern Studies Report PRINT ONLY
We grade Southern states on how well they protect the most fundamental building block of democracy: the right to vote.

Five Things You Can Do to Protect Your Right to Vote by Melissa Siebert, Stan Goff, and Chris Kromm

Election Investigation: How to Conduct a Citizen Audit of Your Election Board by Stan Goff and Chris Kromm

Of Two Minds About Voting by Yolanda Carrington PRINT ONLY
Reflections on the place of voting in our democracy.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

"No Effort to Attain Something Beautiful is Ever Lost" by Chris Kromm
Front Porch: Letter from the Editor

Inside the Peace Movement: A Conversation with David Potorti interview by Rania Masri
One of the founders of September Eleventh Families for a Peaceful Tomorrow discusses the challenges and frustrations of organizing against the war on terror.

Southern Chicken Hawks by Gary Ashwill PRINT ONLY
Militarists who managed to avoid serving in uniform themselves.

Water Wars: Will Atlanta's Thirst Dry Up the Southeast? by Marcelo Ballve PRINT ONLY
2002's drought highlighted the increasing pressure brought by the growing, congested, smog-bound metropolis of Atlanta on the region's water supply.

Bad Business: The Lowdown on Corporate Scandal in the South
by Crystal Taylor and Gary Ashwill PRINT ONLY
The South is no stranger to big-business misbehavior, from Enron and WorldCom to Halliburton and Harken Energy.

Not in Our Town: One Southern Community Says No to the Patriot Act by Matt Robinson
On July 25, Carrboro, N.C., became the first Southern municipality to pass a resolution opposing the USA-PATRIOT Act.

Underground Pastime

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The Hidden History of the Negro Leagues

Vol. 30, No. 3 Fall 2002

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
Running from the Truth by Mary Ann Swissler

Across the country, the Dallas-based Susan G. Komen Foundation sponsors the popular Race for the Cure breast cancer charity. It also opposes patients' rights, takes money from polluters and pharmaceutical companies, and tolerates conflicts of interest.

COVER STORY

Underground Pastime: The Hidden History of the Negro Leagues by Gary Ashwill PRINT ONLY
Before Jackie Robinson broke the major leagues' color barrier, black professional baseball tested the limits of Jim Crow and ranked among the highest achievements of African-American culture and enterprise during segregation. A capsule history of the Negro Leagues, their players, fans, and owners, their international connections and influence on the history of baseball.

From Spitballs to Scottsboro: Recollections of Negro League Pitcher Frank "Doc" Sykes interview by John Holway PRINT ONLY
"The pitching dentist" looks back on his baseball career and his testimony at the Scottsboro trial.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Scottsboro, Alabama: Lost Political Art and the Recovery of a Radical Legacy by Robin D.G. Kelley PRINT ONLY
The recent rediscovery of pamphlet art by 1930s labor activists refocuses attention on the Scottsboro Nine and the radical movement to free them back.

Bodies of Evidence: Killings by Police Spur Greensboro, N.C., Residents into Action by Jenny Stepp PRINT ONLY
"One of the scariest things the police can see is when the family of a victim rises up together and says, 'We're not going to accept this...'"

Missiles and Magnolias

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THE SOUTH AT WAR

Vol. 30, Nos. 1-2 Spring/Summer 2002

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
Power Politics:

Dick Cheney's Energy Firm Halliburton Profits from the Anti-Terror War by Jordan Green
Southern Exposure breaks the story of Halliburton's no-cap, cost-plus-award contract with the Pentagon to build forward operating bases to support troop deployments for the next nine years.

COVER SECTION

Missiles & Magnolias: The South at War by Jordan Green and Chris Kromm
More than any other region, the South is ensared in the politics, culture, and economy of U.S. military dominance.

The Company in the Company Town by Catherine Lutz PRINT ONLY
In Fayetteville, North Carolina, transient troops prop up an unstable retail and service economy. A look into the life of a town that's in permanent preparation for war.

"We Pay For Our Beatings": Life at the Citadel by Jenny Stepp
The Citadel is long on performance and short on military credentials--and stands as a symbol for South Carolina's intransigence in the face of change.

"Killing Me Softly: Reflections of a Vietnam Combat Veteran" by Stan Goff
A soldier-turned-activist reveals his participation in atrocities against the people of Vietnam, and reflects on the long journey from violence to redemption.

War Within War: The Hidden Story of Black War Resisters by James Maycock PRINT ONLY
Although largely omitted from the history books, revolt in the ranks by African-American soldiers was common during the Vietnam War, a result of intolerable white racism abroad and simmering civil strife back home.

Fayettenam, 1969: Tales from a GI Coffeehouse by Adolph Reed, Jr. PRINT ONLY
A vital part of the opposition to the American war against the Vietnamese people took place on American bases throughout the South. A ground-level account of organizing the GI resistance movement at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

So Long as We Struggle, We Are Winning: Prospects for Peace by Rania Masri
Resistance to militarism requires hope and an ability to build solidarity with global struggles for liberation, argues internationally-known peace activist Rania Masri.

The South at War, State by State by Erin Callahan, Stan Goff, Jordan Green, Tara Purohit, Jenny Stepp, and Rachael Young PRINT ONLY
The South's economy is dominated by the military, and its congressional delegations fuel the drive toward militarism with hawkish politics. Find out how your state fares in the military economy.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:

"We Should Not Be Killing Ourselves for Unfair Wages": In the Words of Farmworker Ernestina Guevara interview by Rosa Saavedra PRINT ONLY
Florida tomato workers organize against Taco Bell: "We are not asking for anything that does not already belong to us."

Deadly Aid: The U.S. South and Israel by Jordan Green PRINT ONLY
Sixty-six percent of U.S. armaments sold to Israel through the Foreign Military Sales program were produced in the South; meanwhile, Southern politicians rake in donations from pro-Israel PACs.

Dissent Denied: Florida Professor Sami Al-Arian Faces the Backlash of the Anti-Terror War by Rochelle Renford PRINT ONLY
A computer engineer fights to hold onto his university position while under investigation by the FBI for his advocacy of Muslim and Palestinian issues.