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Publisher: The Foundation for National Progress Mother Jones: The Woman 
 Article from Mother Jones magazine about its namesake Mary Harris Jones (Mother Jones). The article notes that "few remember much about Mother Jones, who battled corporate presidents and politicians, who went to jail repeatedly for organizing workers, and who converted tens of thousands of Americans to the labor movement and the left." Discusses her work as an organizer for the United Mine Workers in the 1890s and related activities. http://www.motherjones.com/news/special_reports/2001/05/motherjones_gorn.html Topics: Families, Geology, History, Industries, Labor, Notable People: Women, Technology, United States History Last updated Apr 25, 2005 As the World Burns
This special report on global warming features stories focusing on the idea that "think tanks and journalists funded by ExxonMobil are out to convince you global warming is a hoax." Includes a map of "global hot spots" and a chart showing the amount of funding from ExxonMobil received by organizations and statements made by those organizations about global warming. From Mother Jones magazine. http://www.motherjones.com/special-reports/2005/05/world-burns Topics: Environment, Industries Last updated Sep 9, 2009 Mother Jones Interactive
The online version of one of the major progressive political journals. http://www.motherjones.com/ Topics: Magazines, Political Parties & Theories Last updated Aug 10, 2009 The Reading Cure: How to Organize a Book Group With a Social Conscience
This opinion piece provides suggestions for starting a reading group centered on "socially conscious and political novels." It includes ideas for forming and running the group and a briefly annotated list of reading suggestions that includes both classics and contemporary novels. From the website for Mother Jones magazine. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2005/10/reading-cure Topics: Activism, Hobbies, Literature & Books Last updated Sep 15, 2009 Lie by Lie: The Mother Jones Iraq War Timeline (8/1/90 -2/14/08)
This timeline provides a critical analysis of the Iraq War designed to "help resolve open questions of the Bush era. What did our leaders know and when did they know it? ... [W]hat red flags did we miss, and how could we have missed them? This is the third installment of the timeline, with a focus on Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, and torture." From the Foundation for National Progress and the Investigative Fund of Mother Jones. http://www.motherjones.com/bush_war_timeline/ Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Apr 3, 2008 The Torture Playlist
This portion of a special feature on U.S. torture discusses how "[m]usic has been used in American military prisons and on bases to induce sleep deprivation, 'prolong capture shock,' disorient detainees during interrogations -- and also drown out screams." Provides list and sound clips of "some of the songs that guards and interrogators chose" to use at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. From the website for Mother Jones magazine. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/02/torture-playlist Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties Last updated Sep 22, 2009 |
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