Iraq War

A poem about the soldiers killed in the Iraq. Performed October 28, 2012 at 6018NORTH.

In These Times is a Chicago-published alternative newsmagazine focusing on current events from a primarily leftist perspective.

"In These Times" is a magazine dedicated to exploring the social justice, political issues, and current events that the United States faces these days. Published in Chicago, the magazine's articles are written by staff, that explore issues facing all U.S. citizens. In this issue, articles are "News," "Appall-o-meter," "The Third Coast," "Back Talk," "Capitol Report," "The First Stone," "How to Sell a War", "Web of Lies," "Hung Out to Dry," "The Kids Aren't All Right," "Local Anesthesia," "Memory, Down with the Ship," and "War of Words."

A magazine covering progressive politics and social justice issues.

News reports and opinion pieces covering world news and politics, including retrospectives on the War in Iraq and the first Gulf War, homophobia and persecution in Iran, Samuel Alito, the 9/11 Truth Movement, the 2006 State of the Union Address, and the 2004 Presidential Election.

"Broadly speaking, Bush and his posse haveb been really good for creating a global surrealist movement. This mafia has a real talent for transforming personal headspace, for challenging our whole notions of truth and reality. We're dedicating this issue to this evil sense of psychological psychedelia and a radically detached personal point of view."

A zine dealing with trial and conviction of Richard M Flood. Also has letters from prisoners, the building of Peotone Airport and attempt to form Southside Citizen's Alliance

Features on: Mayor Richard M. Daley's proclamation that he'll make Chicago the greenest city in America and how The Resource Center's projects are already working on this; a memorial to Mark David "Malachi" Ritscher who performed self-immolation protest of the Iraq War; How the Chicago Recovery Alliance affects change through unconventional programs; the story of the survival of a man attacked by a grizzly bear; surveillance cameras in Chicago as part of "Operation Disruption"; the redevelopment of Block 37; how the Great Andamanese and the Sentinelese survived 2006 tsunami using instinct and spirtualism; discussing living through World War II, Nazi-ocuppied France with grandma; the most expensive US House race in history with James Hill of Iowa; The Department of Homeland Security's human trafficking awareness campaign and how its exploitation of fear of women being sold into sex slavery echoes the history of the sensationalist tales of "white slavery" throughout the 20th century, masking real concerns like rights for migrant workers and sweatshop laborers; a review of the Massive Change show and how it only makes yuppies feel better about capitalism; an interview with cryptozoologist Loren Coleman; an interview about "sabermetrics,"; which is the study of baseball statistics; and why everything sucks except sports (mostly).

Two zines in one. Punk politics from the South Side, focusing on the needs of prisoners and the under-privileged against the backdrop of war, vanity commercial development, and other wastes of energy