How big of a problem is child labor, and should we be concerned only about underage factory workers and child prostitution abroad? Peter Dorman describes the nature and consequences of child labor and exploitation around the globe; he also recommends ways to address it. And Erin Thompson co-edits IndyKids, a free, progressive newspaper for young people.
Norman Solomon, "Political 'Science' and Truth of Consequences" Common Dreams
Fifty years of US history, a half-century of warmaking, five decades of developing technology for doomsday. In his book Made Love, Got War, columnist and media critic Norman Solomon examines the myths and realities of scientific "progress." He also chronicles the US government's and media's persistent push toward ever-greater warmaking capability, as well as the many efforts (including his own) to resist nuclear weapons and war. (Encore presentation.)
Jen Angel, Becoming the Media: A Critical History Of Clamor Magazine PM Press, 2008
Clamor Magazine, an award-winning quarterly covering radical culture and politics, engaged with a young left audience and provided a non-sectarian forum for radical discussion until it closed shop in 2006. Clamor co-founder and publisher Jen Angel talks about the nuts and bolts lessons that can be gleaned for media and left institutions from that publication's experience.
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