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• Pro-Life Democrats: We’re Here, We’re Sincere. Get Used to It.  ['Nina Kohl']
  In light of the new “culture of life,” feminists are reassessing how to address the undeniably difficult issue of abortion for progressive politics. Nina Kohl argues that its time to stop marginalizing Pro-Life Democrats.
• Response to Nina Kohl  ['Jennifer Baumgardner']
  In light of the new “culture of life,” feminists are reassessing how to address the undeniably difficult issue of abortion for progressive politics. Nina Kohl argues that its time to stop marginalizing Pro-Life Democrats. Jennifer Baumgardner argues that liberals have to acknowledge how traumatic abortions can be.
• Ministering to Anxiety: Take Abortion, for Example…   ['Thandeka']
  In light of the new “culture of life,” feminists are reassessing how to address the undeniably difficult issue of abortion for progressive politics. Thandeka explains how religious conservatives manipulate this experience for reactionary ends.
• Labor Debates How to Rebuild Its House  ['Steve Early']
  Steve Early (and Peter Rachleff, in the next article) advocate a grassroots, bottom-up strategy for labor.
• A “Labor Intensive” Strategy  ['Peter Rachleff']
  Peter Rachleff (and Steve Early, in the previous article) advocate a grassroots, bottom-up strategy for labor.
• A Winning Strategy to Do Justice  ['Stephen Lerner']
  Stephen Lerner insists that the key to labor success is a more unified, better-managed movement. A key issue is how to respond to outsourced Third World labor.
• The Labor Movement and the “Jewish Question”  ['Paul Buhle']
  Historian Paul Buhle reminds us of the positive power of immigrant Jewish workers in the past.
• Wal-Mart, China, and Global Labor Rights  ['Rebecca Weiner']
  Rebecca Weiner takes a hard look at Wal-Mart’s current use of Chinese labor.

• What We’re Doing: A National Tikkun Community Update  ['Robyn Thomas']
  

• The Missing Pieces in The Missing Peace  ['Jerome Slater']
  # Since the death of Arafat, the Middle East has been undergoing profound changes. In The Missing Pieces, Jerome Slater contends that to reinvigorate the peace process we must acknowledge what went wrong during the Oslo negotiations.
• Hegemonic Democracy in the Middle East  ['Joe Lockard']
  Taking issue with Bush’s belief that democracy is sweeping the Arab world, in Hegemonic Democracies, Joe Lockard explains why this isn’t happening.
• Democracy and the Bomb: Nuclear Poker and the Prospects for Change in Iran  ['Roger Friedland']
  Moving on to Iran, Roger Friedland analyzes the complex prospects of its forthcoming June elections.
• Ending the Occupation, Saving Israel/Palestine: Strategy and Morality  ['Michael Lerner']
  According to Michael Lerner, despite the limited withdrawal from the Occupied Territories, Ending the Occupation is still no easy task. Continuing the discussion about the best strategies to achieve this end that began in the March/April Divestment Debate, he asks activists Mazin Qumsiyeh, Jeff Halper, Michel Warschawski and Hayyim Feldman to consider an imaginative strategy: reinvestment.
• Why Divestment and Boycotts of Israel Are a Moral Necessity for Establishing a Durable Peace  ['Mazin Qumsiyeh']
  Mazin Qumsiyeh's Response.
• Sanctions Against the Israeli Occupation: It’s Time  ['Jeff Halper']
  Jeff Halper's Response.
• Response to Michael Lerner  ['Michel Warschawski']
  Michel Warschawski's Response.
• Divestment: Not the Right Question  ['Hayyim Feldman']
  Hayyim Feldman's Response.

• An Interview with Ruth Messinger  ['Or N. Rose']
  

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Current Thinking

• MASH DOWN BABYLON: Zionist Agitprop  []
  
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The Contrarian

• PUBLISHER’S PAGE: Hillary Vs. Condi  ['George Vradenburg']
  

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Spirit Matters

• Reflections on Spiritual Direction and Tikkun Olam  ['Karen Erlichman']
  

Books

• Packaging the Suicide Bomber  ['Hal Niedzviecki']
  
• Israel’s Forgotten Left  ['Mark LeVine']
  
• Anti-Capitalist Poetry  ['Paul Otremba']
  
• Capsule Reviews  []
  

Television/Film

• Between Sex And Country: The Films of Eytan Fox   ['Shai Ginsburg']
  
• An Interview with Eytan Fox  ['Shai Ginsburg']
  

Music

• Can’t Stop the SlingShot: Hip-Hop Arises in Palestine  ['Ron Nachmann']
  
• Album Reviews  []
  

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