Colorlines Magazine articles from March 2004

Colorlines Magazine archives from March 2004

Thinking from the margins.(economic refugees)
March 22, 2004... "On a clear autumn day the Asian theologian Jung Lee witnessed a huge fish jump from the center of a still pond, creating powerful waves that spread in all directions. When the waves finally reached the shore, they began to ebb back to the...

The Starbucks paradox: the favorite target of WTO protesters is actually far more diverse than the American anti-globalization movement. Kim Fellner looks into the contradictions of coffee, class, and race.(action)(World Trade Organization)
March 22, 2004... It was November 1999 in Seattle and the U.S. global justice movement had taken to the streets. Suddenly, there was a crash not 20 feet from where I stood, and the Starbucks window collapsed in a hail of glass. "Zowie," I said to my husband...

Riding with the wind: immigrant rights activists travel the Deep South to learn from the civil rights movements.(report)
March 22, 2004... On March 7, 1965, Congressman John Lewis, then chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), led one of the most dramatic protests of the civil rights movement when 600 marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma,...

We shall overcome: they crossed the country bearing their stories of hardship and survival. A view from the Los Angeles route of the Freedom Ride.(report)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... A slow rain falls in Tucson, where Los Angeles Freedom Riders lead a procession to honor those who die trying to cross the border. Riders carried the crosses and stories of these migrants across the country and to Washington, D.C. (pictured...

Dismantling U.S.-style apartheid: what can the immigrant rights agenda learn from the Free South Africa Movement?(action)
March 22, 2004... Veterans of the civil rights movement like the Rev. James Lawson, who spoke at the rally sending the Los Angeles riders off, and Rep. John Lewis, who welcomed them in D.C., have eloquently expressed the connections between the Freedom Rides 40...

Another world is possible: the evolution of the World Social Forum and its contribution to global justice struggles.(global south rising)
March 22, 2004... "Another World Is Possible" is the theme of the World Social Forum (WSF)--an idea that inspires activists across the globe to come together each year to share experiences and strategies for change. The WSF, as stated by its Secretariat, "is an...

From back office to center stage: India hosts the World Social Forum at a crucial stage in its postcolonial history.(global south rising)
March 22, 2004... Lately, some Indians--ministers, technocrats, business leaders, and freshly minted college graduates--have been declaring that "our nation is proud to be the back-office of the world." Attracted to an English-speaking and educated...

Man with a plan: an interview with one of Asia's leading critics of globalization.(global south rising)(Walden Bello discusses the World Social Forum.)(Interview)
March 22, 2004... Walden Bello is one of the leading critics of the current model of economic globalization, combining the roles of intellectual and activist. As a human rights and peace campaigner, academic, environmentalist, and journalist, he has made a major...

Breaking the bonds: an international campaign takes aim at World Bank bonds.(global south rising)
March 22, 2004... On a rainy Washington, D.C., morning four years ago, Vineeta Gupta set out at dawn with a letter in her hand. A medical doctor from the Indian state of Punjab, Gupta had witnessed her state's public health sector turn private at the behest of...

Face-to-face on the global stage: U.S. activists of color reflect on the impact of the World Social Forum in their work.(global south rising)(Interview)(Cover Story)
March 22, 2004... Participation of U.S. activists in the World Social Forum has been growing, with increasing attendance of grassroots groups of people of color and low-income people. In this interview, three activists of color who have attended one or more of...

Workers of the world: the AFL-CIO struggles to define a global agenda for labor.(report)(American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations)
March 22, 2004... In the 1980s American labor's solution to globalization was American protectionism. Today labor is entertaining new solutions to old problems, most specifically pursuing an agenda, however inconsistently, of global solidarity and cross-border...

Homeland security dollars don't make cents: billions spent to secure the homeland won't buy real security.(report)
March 22, 2004... A "dirty bomb" explodes in Seattle. Its radioactive fumes travel east and touch down in Chicago, making thousands of people sick. In this scenario, a biological attack has just been conducted by a fictitious Islamic terrorist group....

Transnational philanthropists: Alex Rivera's documentary The Sixth Section shows migrants makinga difference.(culture)(Movie Review)
March 22, 2004... In The Sixth Section (2003), filmmaker Alex Rivera portrays the most salient characteristics of grassroots immigrant organizations that have flourished in the United States in the last quarter of the 20th century. The 30-minute documentary...

The global allure of telenovelas: millions are hooked on Latin America's most popular export.(culture)
March 22, 2004... We poke fun at them. We trash them. Sometimes we wont even admit to watching them. We're the devoted fans of telenovelas, Spanish-language soap operas that keep millions of us, in countries from Mexico to Egypt to Singapore, glued to our TV...

Nina Simone diva with a cause: Tammy Johnson pays tribute to the "freedom singer" from Tryon, North Carolina.(culture)
March 22, 2004... I awoke one late April morning to a defiant voice on the radio singing, Just try to do your very best/ Stand up and be counted with all the rest/ For everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam/ Oh but this whole country...

Juana Molina Segundo (Domino).(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004... On her stateside debut, Argentine television star-turned-folk singer Juana Molina masterfully fuses breathy, ticky-tack electronic production with her intimate strums and whispers. One of the most beautiful releases of the year.

Russell Gunn Ethnomusicology Volume 3 (Justin Time).(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004... Projects that tout a jazz-hip-hop alliance rarely sound good as promised, but trumpeter Gunn has managed a masterpiece that's more than the sum of its parts. With the spirit of 1970s soul-jazz, some clever interpolations and virtuoso playing...

Arthur Lee and Love The Forever Changes Concert (Madfish/Reef).(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004... History is probably kinder to Arthur Lee than he was to himself--despite alienating his best band and filing in and out of rehab throughout the 1970s and 80s, hardcore fans of the legendary--and legendarily megalomaniacal--black rocker won't...

Roy Ayers Virgin Ubiquity (BBE).(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004... Legendary vibraphonist Roy Ayers digs deep in his personal vaults for this set of unreleased grooves from 1976-1981. Featuring some heavy band numbers and Ayers' vivacious playing, this is highly recommended for soul-jazz fans.

Outkast Speakerboxx/Love Below (Arista).(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004... The occasionally brilliant double-CD from Atlanta's beloved duo is worth checking out for its ambitiousness alone. It may be a little long--and the disc of Prince-esque crooning is a bit much--but given their track record, perhaps the hubris is...

Weevie Nighty Night (Stoic).(Sound Recording Review)
March 22, 2004... The concept is simple:take a clutch of recognizable tunes and samples from Erykah Badu, the Meters, Al Green, the Pharcyde, and James Brown and run them through a heavy dub treatment. It's a bit cheesy but the results are often nicely...

Institute on Race Relations.(Stories and Stats)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... https://www.irr.org.uk/ Based in London, the Institute on Race Relations operates an independent news network website offering news and information resources on race and refugee issues in the United Kingdom and other countries in Europe....

U.S. Census Fact Finder.(Stories and Stats; http://www.compasspoint.org/)(American FactFinder)
March 22, 2004... http://factfinder.census.gov/ For U.S. demographic data, the primary website to browse is the American FactFinder, which is operated and maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau. The website is basically an interactive interface to an...