Author Archives: Stephen Hartnet

Marching For Peace and Justice in the Shadow of the Bomb

Posted on 09/25/2006 by Stephen Hartnet

We have been taught in America not to worry about nuclear weapons. We are supposed to pretend that they will never be used, as if their only function is symbolic, as if they are mighty but ultimately peaceful sentinels deterring … Continue reading →

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The FTAA, Globalization, and the Future of Democracy

Posted on 02/25/2004 by Laura Stengrim

      , the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) will lower environmental standards, force workers to compete across borders for the lowest wages, enable transnational corporations to slash health care benefits and eliminate generic … Continue reading →

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How the Prison-Industrial Complex Threatens Democracy in America

Posted on 02/25/2004 by Stephen Hartnet

• The prison-industrial-complex has expanded dramatically over the last generation, becoming one of the fastest growth industries in the United States of America; housing over 2 million prisoners and supervising almost 5 million parolees and probationers, America’s prison systems controls … Continue reading →

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A Review of Civil Liberties One Year After 9/11

Posted on 04/21/2002 by Stephen Hartnet

As the failed hunt for Osama Bin Laden gives way to preparations for the invasion of Iraq, and as the passing of a year of mourning gives way to commercial exploitation and political opportunism, many Americans are beginning to realize … Continue reading →

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Fighting for Civil Liberties in the Land of the Free

Posted on 03/08/2002 by Stephen Hartnet

In the Beginning In the dicey spring and summer of 1788, with the fate of the Constitution hanging by a thread and this land engulfed in bitter political feuding between Federalists and anti-Federalists, the anti-Federalist “Brutus” published a series of … Continue reading →

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