[APR-news] Alternative Press Review #21

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Several articles from the Fall 2006 issue (#21) of Alternative Press Review
have been posted online:

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Electoral Democracies, Imperial Nightmares
Alternative Press Review editorial

The coming to power of George Bush's neo-conservative regime, coupled with
the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001, was the green
light for invading Iraq in a bid to lock down U.S. control of the world's
most valuable resource, oil. But now, thanks to rampant corruption,
strategic incompetence and just plain overreach, U.S. military forces are
bogged down, exposed and vulnerable. And this weakness has given hope to the
peoples of the region. Those who can vote have voted accordingly, just as
those who can resist have resisted ferociously. The mirror image of armed
resistance in Iraq, Palestine, and Lebanon is electoral defiance at the
polls.

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Articles available online:

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The Global Spread of GMO Crops
By Peter Montague

Who benefits from all this? Think of it this way: when all crops on earth
are genetically contaminated, then the seed companies that own the patented
seeds will be in a good position to begin enforcing their patent rights.
They have already taken a test case to court and won. In 2004, Monsanto (the
St. Louis, Mo. chemical giant) won a seven-year court battle against a
73-year-old Saskatchewan farmer whose fields had been contaminated by
Monsanto's genetically modified plants. The Supreme Court of Canada court
ruled that the farmer--a fellow named Percy Schmeiser--owed Monsanto damages
for having Monsanto's patented crops growing illegally in his field.

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The Lost Star Wars Script
By Derrick Jensen

For those of you who may have forgotten, the Death Star (according to the
official Star Wars website) "was the code name of an unspeakably powerful
and horrific weapon developed by the Empire. The immense space station
carried a weapon capable of destroying entire planets. The Death Star was to
be an instrument of terror, meant to cow treasonous worlds with the threat
of annihilation. While the massive station is evidence of the evil that was
the Galactic Empire, it was also proof of the New Order's greatest
weakness--the belief that technology and terror were superior to the will of
oppressed beings fighting for freedom." That's all pretty interesting stuff,
and of course applicable to the discussion at hand: civilization as Death
Star.

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Feature book review:

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50 American Revolutions You're Not Supposed to Know: reclaiming American
patriotism
Reviewed by Chuck Munson

This little tome on American history belongs in the back pocket of every
American. If you are familiar with the famous "People's History of the
United States" by Howard Zinn, then you will appreciate this new book by
Mickey Z. on all of that American radicalism that you never hear about.

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We also note the passing of regular APR contributor Richard Mock.
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Ecological Anarchy: Richard Mock (1944-2006)

The North American anarchist community has lost one of its great artists. On
July 28, Richard Mock died in Brooklyn. Mock was artistically active into
2005, when his health took a sudden turn for the worst. He was only 61 years
old when he died due to health complications arising from a chronic diabetic
condition. More to the point, he was done in by the American health system,
or lack of it, for those without sufficient resources to pay their way.

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Additional articles in the print edition:

Art, Truth, and Politics
By Harold Pinter

The Bogus War on Terror
By Noam Chomsky

Ground Zero, Representation, and 'Outrageous Art'
By Francis Frascina

How Massacres Become the Norm
By Dahr Jamail

War on Porn Steps Up for 2006
By Doug Ireland

Jeff Monson: The Ultimate Fighting Anarchist
By Gabriel Thompson

Turning the Corner Toward Fascism
By Juan Santos

Inside TeenScreen
By Sandra Lucas

Anarchist Therapy
By Clandestino

Peak Opportunity!
By Acornista

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alternative media issues, institutions and personalities.

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