New Politics Vol. XII, No. 4, Whole Number 48

FROM THE EDITORS

LETTERS

STATEMENT ON THE U. S. WARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN, Campaign for Peace and Democracy

SPECIAL SECTION: WOMEN’S ISSUES

WOMEN’S WORK, MOTHER’S POVERTY, Gwendolyn Mink
PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE, Randy Albelda and Betty Reid Mandell
FEMINISM IN “WAVES”: USEFUL METAPHOR OR NOT? Linda Nicholson
NOR MEEKLY SERVE HER TIME, Victoria Law
BIRDS AND CAGES, Amy Littlefield’s review of Janet Afary, Sexual Politics in Modern Iran
STILL FIGHTING: INTERVIEW WITH JUDI CHAMBERLIN, Betty Reid Mandell

CARD CHECK: LABOR’S CHARLIE BROWN MOMENT? Robert Fitch

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS?Dan La Botz

WHY WE NEED A GLOBAL GREEN NEW DEAL, Ashley Dawson

INDIA: GENERAL ELECTIONS (2009) AND THE NEOLIBERAL CONSENSUS, Ravi Kumar

VILLAGE ELECTIONS IN CHINA — DEMOCRACY OR FAÇADE, Richard Levy

IRANIAN WORKERS SAY: “WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT OUR UNPAID WAGES”, Yassamine Mather

A MODEST PROPOSAL, Bill Littlefield

THE RESCUE OF BULGARIA’S JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Rossen Vassilev

BOOK REVIEWS

Michael Hirsch, CHRONICLING THE THIRTY YEARS WAR, rev. of Steve Early, Embedded with Organized Labor
Melvin Dubofsky, TERRORISTS AND THEIR FOES, rev. of Beverly Gage, The Day Wall St. Exploded
George Fish, MIXED BAG: INSIGHTFUL ECOLOGICAL MUCKRAKING TAINTED WITH POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, rev. of Jeffrey St. Clair, Born Under a Bad Sky
Michael Löwy, LETTERS FROM BARCELONA, rev. of G.-R. Horn, Letters from Barcelona: An American Woman in Revolution and Civil War
Austin McCoy, CROSSING THE STREAM TOGETHER, rev. of Staughton and Alice Lynd, Stepping Stones
John Pittman, A HARD-NOSED CASE FOR ETHICAL SOCIALISM, rev. of G. A. Cohen, Why Not Socialism?
Jason Schulman, CHALLENGING “AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM,” rev. of Robin Archer, Why Is There No Labor Party in the U.S.?
Michael Wreszin, ETERNAL HOSTILITY TO BUNK! rev. of D. Guttenplan, American Radical (I.F. Stone)
Alexander Billet, BEATS, RHYMES, AND POWER, rev. of Marcus Reeves, Somebody Scream!

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