Analysis

Opinion


At some point in the development of all things, quantitative change gives way to qualitative change. This is evident in the transformation of water (liquid) into steam (gas). Heat is added to the water (quantitative change). The temperature of the water rises, but the water remains liquid.

Opinion


Sometimes it gets rained on. At other times, the cold winds of winter whip it. That just makes it more resilient. Sometimes it’s out for hours in snow. There are other days when the sun heats it to its very core. On all of those days it seems to glow from deep within, light coming from some well of calm, exciting brilliance.

Opinion



Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.

– Samuel Taylor Coleridge,

“Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

Opinion


Currently it appears that the United States has a “Department of Offense” rather than a Department of Defense, as the rhetoric for preemptively attacking Iraq continues. For those who are not against government altogether, there may be some hope.

A music video by Madonna soon to be released on MTV has ultra-thin models, dressed in haute-couture army fatigues, strolling down a catwalk, hurling grenades to the applause of the audience. Speaking about the video, Madonna, no stranger to controversy, told the press: “I am not anti-Bush, I am not pro-Iraq. I am pro-peace. I hope this provokes thought and dialogue.” Madonna is an example of the growing number of high-profile performing artists, both in the U.S. and abroad, who are openly questioning the Bush administration’s intentions to attack Iraq.

Comentario


Estamos en un momento raro en la historia humana. La política es la preocupación principal de cientos de millones y los centros del poder político han sido transformados en sitios donde las grandes fuerzas políticas y sociales chocan en una batalla sobre el futuro. Como un activista en el movimiento sindical me dijo solo unos cuantos días atrás, “El mundo se ha politizado”.

Support the troops: stop the war! / The immorality of war!

Commentary


We are at a rare moment in human history. Politics has become the overriding passion of hundreds of millions and the halls of political power have been transformed into sites where vast political and social forces collide in a battle over the future. As an activist in the trade union movement said to me only a few days ago, “The world has become politicized.”

Opinion


These are hard times we are living in. In recent months, we have more than once heard chilling words and statements. In his speech to West Point graduating cadets on June 1, 2002, the United States president declared: “Our security will require transforming the military you will lead, a military that must be ready to strike at a moment’s notice in any dark corner of the world.”

Worker’s Correspondence


BRONX, N.Y. – It all started when my family was visiting New York. They wanted to see all the sights: Times Square, Coney Island, the Staten Island Ferry, Chinatown; so we got them unlimited Metro passes. But, as we were leaving Chinatown headed to FAO Schwarz, we got stuck.