In Beyond the Fields, Randy Shaw describes how the United Farm Workers pioneered a grassroots organizing model that fueled political struggles of all kinds. Shaw suggests that an Obama spin-off organization be created that draws from the UFW model. Also, Steven Gale discusses the plays and politics of the late Harold Pinter.
Immanuel Wallerstein, European Universalism: The Rhetoric of Power The New Press, 2006
Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, The Political Economy of U.S. Militarism Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
It may be a new day under Obama, but economic black clouds loom. Immanuel Wallerstein reflects on Obama's victory and describes the current crisis as a depression, placing it in the context of broad political-economic trends. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh enumerates several flaws in Paulson's bailout plan and suggests a homeowner-centered alternative.
Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson at Berkeley Rep
Harry Elam, Jr., The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson U. of Michigan Press, 2004
In his acclaimed ten-play cycle, August Wilson sought to illuminate the 20th-century Black experience. Professor Harry Elam, Jr. and actor Brent Jennings describe Wilson's project, both generally and in the context of the play Joe Turner's Come and Gone. And Ian Williams spells out foreign policy priorities for Barack Obama.
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