Vol. 26 No. 2/3 - Summer/Fall 1998
The Globalization Game
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Toxic Gumbo
Welcome to "Cancer Alley," where Louisiana's booming chemical industry has brought charges of environmental racism. By Ron Nixon
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The Texas Death Machine
Being charged with a capital crime is bad news anywhere—but there's no place worse than Texas. By Ken Silverstein
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The Globalization Game: Introduction
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Going for Broke
The price the South pays in the crusade to be a global player. By Chris Kromm
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No Escape from History
The past and future of globalization in the South. By Ashaki Binta, Hasan Crocket and Dennis Orten
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The Art of Challenging Corporate Welfare Deals
By Pronita Gupta
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Multinational Monopoly
The game of government giveaways—where the world's corporations always win! By the Institute for Southern Studies
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The Journey of the Universal Manufacturing Co.
The story of three women, three places, and a corporation on the move. By William M. Adler
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Facing the Plant-Closing Threat
By Chris Kromm
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Atlanta: The City of Global Dreams Ain't like it Seems
What happens to a city obsessed with being "world-class"? By Charles Rutheiser
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Changing International Agreements, Starting in Your Own Backyard
By Pronita Gupta
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We'll Close!
After NAFTA, companies know the best way to fight worker organizing is to threaten to shut down. By Kate Bronfenbrenner
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Workers of the World, Network!
By Leah Samuel
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Black Workers for Justice: Acting Locally and Globally
By Stan Goff
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A Globalization Glossary
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Resources: Organizing and Research
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Fiction: Drive
By Karen Vann-Monaghan
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Reviews of Southern Media
Lump Gallery: Free expression in Jesse's back yard, by elin o'Hara slavick; From Suffragettes to She-Devils: Women's Liberation & Beyond, by elin o'Hara slavick; The Challenge of Interracial Unionism: Alabama Coal Miners, By William P. Jones
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Still the South: Ladybugs
By Mary Lee Kerr
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