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Issue 245: January/February 2003

features

Immigrant Workers in the Crosshairs

David Bacon

Repression in the wake of September 11.
"Death Tax" Deception

Rosie Hunter and Chuck Collins

The movement to repeal the estate tax
Special Section on Education
- Class Conflict
  
  Ellen Mutari and Malaku Lakew
  
  College students are caught between paid work and coursework.
- Move Over HMOs, the EMOs Are Coming
  
  Amy Gluckman
  
  Education Management Organizations take over public schools.
The World Bank's One-Way Dialogue

Mark Engler

the regulars

the short run
active culture Dispatch from the FTAA Ministerial
comment The Thirteenth Amendment and the Right to Strike
making sense "Savage Inequalities" Revisited
letters
ask dr. dollar How has NAFTA affected trade and employment?
economy in numbers The U.S. War Machine