Southern Exposure was an award-winning print journal published by the Institute for Southern Studies, publisher of Facing South, from 1973 until 2011. Southern Exposure earned a national reputation for its writing on a broad range of political and cultural issues in the South, with a special emphasis on investigative journalism and oral history.

On the 50th anniversary of Southern Exposure’s birth, Facing South and the Institute will be publishing a full digital archive of the journal over the course of the year. The initial installment of the archives available in March 2023 includes issues from the magazine’s launch in 1973 through 1981.

Vol. 26 No. 2/3 - Summer/Fall 1998
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Magazine cover with illustration of guys in mustaches and hats smoking cigars sitting at a table, text reads "The Globalization Game"

The Globalization Game

  • From the Editor

    2

  • Letters

    3

  • Roundup

    5

  • Toxic Gumbo

    Welcome to "Cancer Alley," where Louisiana's booming chemical industry has brought charges of environmental racism. By Ron Nixon

    11

  • 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

    16

  • The Globalization Game: Introduction

    21

  • Going for Broke

    The price the South pays in the crusade to be a global player. By Chris Kromm

    22

  • No Escape from History

    The past and future of globalization in the South. By Ashaki Binta, Hasan Crocket and Dennis Orten

    26

  • The Art of Challenging Corporate Welfare Deals

    By Pronita Gupta

    30

  • Multinational Monopoly

    The game of government giveaways—where the world's corporations always win! By the Institute for Southern Studies

    32

  • The Journey of the Universal Manufacturing Co.

    The story of three women, three places, and a corporation on the move. By William M. Adler

    34

  • Facing the Plant-Closing Threat

    By Chris Kromm

    36

  • Atlanta: The City of Global Dreams Ain't like it Seems

    What happens to a city obsessed with being "world-class"? By Charles Rutheiser

    42

  • Changing International Agreements, Starting in Your Own Backyard

    By Pronita Gupta

    48

  • We'll Close!

    After NAFTA, companies know the best way to fight worker organizing is to threaten to shut down. By Kate Bronfenbrenner

    50

  • Workers of the World, Network!

    By Leah Samuel

    52

  • Black Workers for Justice: Acting Locally and Globally

    By Stan Goff

    55

  • A Globalization Glossary

    57

  • Resources: Organizing and Research

    58

  • Fiction: Drive

    By Karen Vann-Monaghan

    59

  • 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

    62

  • Still the South: Ladybugs

    By Mary Lee Kerr

    66
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