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 Review Essay How Class Works by Stanley Aronowitz reviewed by Eric J. Weiner “Who is middle class?” I ask. Ninety-five percent of all my students-undergraduate and graduate-inevitably raise their hands high in the air. “Who works?” They stay raised. “Who carries credit card or other kinds of dept?”  Hands, unanimously, reach for the heavens. “Who…

 Poetry Section Table of Contents ALLEN GINSBERG Open Letter (Sept. 30, 1972) ANNE WALDMAN Bury the Skull of a Yak From “The Protest Diaries” WANDA COLEMAN The War of Wars ELIOT KATZ Three Poems Poetry Section ALLEN GINSBERG Open Letter (Sept. 30, 1972) In this open letter from the Fall of 1972, Allen Ginsberg urged…

Lawrence Davidson When the smoke from the 2004 election clears many Americans hope John Kerry will be president and big foreign policy changes will result. Unfortunately these hopes are not likely and here are two reasons why: first, the interest group generated pressures that set broad parameters for policy tend to remain constant no matter…

Douglas Kellner During a media age, image and spectacle are of crucial importance in presidential campaigns. Media events like party conventions and daily photo opportunities are concocted to project positive images of the candidates and to construct daily messages to sell the candidate to the public. These events are supplemented by a full range of…

Charles Noble Campaigning with a running mate who has made his lament about the existence of “two America’s” his political trademark, John Kerry promises to create real opportunities for ordinary Americans. But a careful reading of the 2004 platform suggests just how much further the Democratic Party has to go before it has a credible…

R. Claire Snyder “For centuries there have been powerful voices to condemn homosexual conduct as immoral, but this Court’s obligation is to define the liberty of all, not to mandate its own moral code.” Supreme Court, Lawrence v. Texas (2003) “Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and…

Michael J. Thompson It almost goes without saying that one experiences a profound sense of bewilderment with each reading of the polls for the 2004 Presidential election. The statistical dead heat may have come as little surprise to some, but the unshakable anxiety that it invokes in those on the left is unquestionable, and the…

Geoffrey Kurtz If two books constitute a trend, then these two announce a shift toward a new political style on the American left: a style that is simultaneously lively and lonely, furious and vacuous. This style has precedents, but it is unique in the way it synthesizes existing themes, and it marks a break with…

Lauren Langman Critics suggest that G. W. Bush’s presidency may well be the most important fact misshaping the 21st century; the long-term consequences may endure for generations. His less than compassionate conservatism has seen massive retrenchments from already niggardly social programs, and his disregard of the environment accelerated global warming. His economic policies created the…