Sam Graham-Felsen | October 27th, 2004

by SAM GRAHAM-FELSEN

[posted online on October 27th, 2004]

Has Eminem--the poster child of American disenchantment--become the new face of activism?

Those who are accustomed to Eminem's gay-bashing, gun-toting antics will hardly believe their eyes, as they watch his new video in which the top-selling rapper and his posse file into the voting booths, the words "Vote Tuesday, November 2" fading into the screen.

Mosh could well be one of the most overtly political pop music videos ever produced, and is easily the most direct anti-Bush cultural statement since Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. Although ...   more »

Dr. Marc Siegel | November 1st, 2004

With the announcement that 50 million influenza vaccines from the British manufacturer Chiron won't be available in the United States this year because of possible contamination, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has been put in a quandary, its credibility once again damaged. From pushing the yearly flu vaccine accelerator pedal, urging everyone to get a shot, it suddenly has had to slam on the brakes. "Take a deep breath, this is not an emergency," Dr. Julie Gerberding, the agency's director, said, trying to ward off a stampede of shot-seekers. But such attempts ...   more »

The Daily Outrage | by Ari Berman
The Nation [Reprinted by permission | October 8th, 2004]

(We will have Ari Berman on Friday at 5:00PM EST. GS)

** In a shameless pre-election tactic, Republicans rushed conscription legislation to the House floor on Tuesday. Without holding a single committee hearing, they resoundingly voted against the bill to insulate President Bush from harmful rumors of a draft. This prompted the outspoken liberal Congressman Charles Rangel to vote against his own bill, which he introduced in January 2003 to protest the invasion of Iraq. "Anyone who says the policies of this administration will ...   more »

The Daily Outrage | by Ari Berman
The Nation [Reprinted by permission | October 6th, 2004]

(We will have Ari Berman on Friday at 5:00PM EST. GS)

Since the Iraq war began, and especially in recent months, the Bush Administration has singled out Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as the leader of the Iraqi insurgency and the clearest evidence of Saddam's links to Al Qaeda.

In the last night's debate Dick Cheney stubbornly asserted an Iraq- Al Qaeda connection, contradicting nearly everyone else, including Donald "bulletproof" Rumsfeld. Cheney specifically ...   more »

Clark R. McCauley, Professor of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College

1. Terrorism as a Category of Violence

In a global war on terrorism, it is important to ask what we mean by terrorism.

The usual definition of terrorism is something like "the use or threat of violence, by small groups against non-combatants of large groups, for avowed political goals." The key to this definition is the combination of small groups killing non-combatants. Terrorism is the warfare of the weak, the recourse of those desperate for a cause that cannot win by conventional means. But it is worth noting that state terrorism ...   more »