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by JAMIE MENUTIS

Robert Jensen joined the University of Texas faculty in 1992 after completing his Ph.D. on media law and ethics in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in media law, ethics, and politics. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a professional journalist for a decade.

In his research, Jensen draws on a variety of critical approaches. Much of his work has focused on pornography and the radical feminist critique of sexuality. In more recent work, he has addressed questions of race through a critique of white privilege and institutionalized racism.

In addition to teaching and research, Jensen writes for popular media, both alternative and mainstream. His opinion and analytic pieces on such subjects as foreign policy, politics, and race have appeared in papers around the country. He also is involved in a number of activist groups working against U.S. military and economic domination of the rest of the world...MORE




by JEFFERY WINKLER

Hanford, CA, USA - I remember during the Persian Gulf War, Saddam Hussein boasting he had a "devastating weapon that would terrify our enemies and delight our friends". Despite that, no chemical biological weapons were ever used. First of all, this proves that he pretends to have weapons that he does not. In fact, that bizarre statement sounds almost like he's pretending to have some sort of science-fiction weapon. Second of all, could you imagine the same man that made that statement NOT using everything he had? Could you imagine him holding back? During the Persian Gulf War, he wanted to win very badly, and certainly used everything he had against us. The fact that no chemical or biological weapons were used, proves that he had no such thing in his possession. Of course, he wanted very badly for people to think he had chemical or biological weapons, and he still does....MORE




by BOB POWERS

Marietta, OH, USA - Maxjazz, the jazz label based in St. Louis, continues to impress with its carefully planned itinerary of excellent musicianship and CDs that will keep listeners entertained hour after hour. The latest example of the Maxjazz formula comes in a wonderful new album called "The Sequel." After 15 years it reunites pianist Mulgrew Miller with the group Wingspan, which he founded.

It's been a very long wait, but one listen to this excellent album shows that both Miller, one of the most admired pianists playing jazz these days, and the members of Wingspan have advanced their performing abilities and created a sound and feel that will take listeners back to the wondrous days of the Œ40s and Œ50s, while creating music that sounds as fresh and delightful as a something created with an masterful effort to combine both the best of the past and today. The result will keep this disc getting heavy play in homes of jazz lovers....MORE

Dublin, IRELAND - FEARFUL BOASTERS: "Children are great boasters, because they feel tiny and insecure, because the great world towers above them; and anyone who grows up so completely that he grows out of boasting will have a lot of adjustments to make before he is fit for the Kingdom of Heaven."

Those words were written by John D. Sheridan more than fifty years ago. And I don't know about you, but I could do with taking another look at them. Because my attitude to those who boast is one of intolerance; intolerance without giving a thought to the fact that my prejudice might be contributing to the collapse of the only world that person has ...MORE




by G21 READERS (Like You!)

From Kariuki W., (No City Provided), KENYA:

SUBJECT: shaving/barbers in kenya

Thank you for your well constructed website. It educative and very informative.

I would like to know what some traditional Kenyan tribes used for shaving and the tools if possible.

What made them shave?
Was it ceremonial?
What was the significance?
What tools did they use?
How has the art of shaving in Kenya evolved?...MORE

NEW ORLEANS - 13 September, 2002: Let's begin this week's ramble by blowing our own horn. One of the many things that sets the publication you are reading apart is that we attempt to generate new topics into the 21st century discourse, rather than simply parroting what other journals are saying. You can find many examples of that in our back pages. From the Goodyear Tire, Hillsborough-Ponds, Quaker Oats et alia racist advertising in South America a few years back, to our coverage of the narco kidnap-and-ransom trade among the FARC in Colombia, to our coverage of the bombing of Serbia, we have taken a direct, on-the-ground approach. In each of these stories and others, it's taken the Mouthpiece Media (MM) a year or two (sometimes longer) to catch up with stories you've read about here first -- and accurately.

I think of this because, for over a decade now (when we were in print) and for the last six-plus years on the Web, we've taken a decidedly anti-corporate stance. (That stance is why this magazine has had to be mainly self-supporting. Tough to get sponsors when they might be the topics of one of your stories.) Suddenly, you can go everywhere from the grey New York Times to Fortune magazine -- organs that only two years ago were falling over themselves to get a multinational corporate CEO on the cover -- and find them singing in the choir we've been leading for all these years.

There's something wrong with a system of shamelessly over-compensated CEOs? Really? There's a problem of putting the quarterly bottom-line above the interests of society? Damn! We thought G21 was the only one who felt that way -- for years. Now even Congressmen are saying these guys should be put in jail. They used to call it hyperbole when these pages said what was going on was criminal. ...MORE

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