Suchergebnisse

Following in the dubious footsteps of New York, London proposes to go even further with its 'license to film'. Infringement will be a criminal offence

The US must rethink its global position in response to the terrorist attacks of 11 Sept 2001. Anti-Americanism flourished during the Clinton years, while a grave discrepancy developed between actual American policy & American self-image. Instead of using military power to defend itself, the US used its power against those whose actions were deemed disagreeable: Somalia, Cuba, Bosnia, & Kosovo. The events of 11 Sept highlight the weaknesses in US domestic security. Careless security methods coupled with public apathy opened the door to terrorism. An examination of these past shortcomings should lead the US toward purposeful reform. Americans must recognize that the country is at war, that the path to victory will be costly, that lives will be lost, & that the services offered by those who have declared themselves allies must be accepted. K. A. Larsen

Education policy, in general, reflects the past and present embrace of science and technology as progressive forces to be further cultivated. Technology has a profound effect on education policy. It serves to divert rather than enhance critical thinking about the future of our race and planet. In addition, the emphasis on technology has dramatically increased vocational emphases that elevate instrumental pedagogical concerns over philosophic reflection on ends. The technology-driven, vocationally rooted school agendas ignore alternative cultural reflections as powerful forces and directions remain exempt from scholarly examination. "How to" triumphs over "why?" The corporate-financed business-education partnership movement gathering momentum in schools across the nation raises a question: If pervasive environmental and human problems are endemic to the emerging technology-supported and technology-driven global order, how will schools end their denial of needed cultural change?

Argues that war is a means that capitalist societies use to transfer inner revolutionary tension to foreign conflicts with the possibility of gaining advantages. In Malthusian thinking, war offers the advantages of huge new profits, mass destruction of commodities that creates markets for more mass production, & development of new war technologies. It also reduces competing or unnecessary population, especially the poor. The author proposes that the corporate-military complex encourages war & operates without concern for lives. During the Cold War, the US-USSR competition justified a booming war economy. It is asserted that the symbiotic relationship between capitalism & war makes capitalism "a cancer in the body politic" that should be destroyed. L. A. Hoffman