Vol. 26 No. 2/3 - Summer/Fall 1998

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The Globalization Game

• From the Editor

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• Letters

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• Roundup

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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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