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Note from the Editors: As we put this edition together, US legislators
are behind closed doors compromising away the economy and the well being
of the majority of its citizens in favor of the elite. Once again, the
threat of a looming crisis is being used to implement an agenda --
recall 9/11 and the freedoms we forfeited in the name of "security"? And
yet, on what will the elite enrich themselves after they've completely
bankrupted the people? Whether the leaders that are perpetuating this
self-destructing spiral are clueless or malevolent is a question that
Gilles d'Aymery poses in Part I of his analysis on the ongoing financial
and economic crisis. Our leaders would be well advised to scrutinize his
shocking assessment. Meanwhile, another shocker is the source of funding
behind the Stanford Prison Experiment, which Michael Barker reveals in
Part III on his series examining this manufactured abusive prison
environment whose impact reverberates to this day.
Reaching for the book, Louis Proyect's experience with schizophrenia in
loved ones gives him an appreciation for Henry's Demons: Living with
Schizophrenia: a Father and Son's Story, which illuminates one of
society's most intractable and least understood public health problems.
Peter Byrne continues to read Michel Houellebecq -- his reviews make you
wonder why, but for the joy of the critique, and critique he does well.
Next, Karen Moller gives us a heartrending preview of her upcoming
novel, Forbidden Play.
For a bit of humor, consider Charles Marowitz's insightful interview
with Barack Obama and the legend he is defining as we speak. In the
poetry corner, we feature Raju Peddada and a collection of multilingual
thoughts that Guido Monte jots on little pieces of paper. We return to
Gilles d'Aymery and his Blips on the far right's call for the
destruction of the other and the lunatics that respond; the Project on
Government Secrecy and the Obama administration's silencing of
whistleblowers; to his sensational birthday followed by an equally
joyful visit from brother Femi Akomolafe, and more. Your letters on
Isidor Saslav, overconsumption, conservation, and debt and spending
round out this issue. All that, and the legislators have yet to emerge
with a plan...
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