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Shock and Awe in Gaza by Jonathan Cook California's shock and awe in gaza by jonathan cook california’s water crisis by joshua frank honduras: five years since the coup by nick alexandrov finance capital and inquality by ismael hossein-zadeh beyond the grid with jim jarmusch by kim nicolini TELLS THE FACTS AND NAMES THE NAMES VOLUME 21 NUMBER 7, 2014 NUMBER 7, 21 AND NAMES THE VOLUME THE FACTS TELLS Contact Information Subscriptions CounterPunch Business Office 1- year print edition $55 www.counterpunch.org PO Box 228, Petrolia, CA 95558 1- year digital edition (PDF) $35 CounterPunch Magazine , Volume 21, Toll Free 1 (800) 840-3683 1- year print & digital edition $65 (ISSN 1086-2323) is a journal of progres- 1 (707) 629-3683 1- year institutions/supporters $100 sive politics, investigative reporting, civil editorial: 1- year print for student/low income $45 liberties, art, and culture published by The 1-year digital for student/low income $30 Institute for the Advancment of Journal- [email protected] istic Clarity, 631 Chambers Road, Petrolia, business: [email protected] For speedier (and less expensive) delivery California, 95558.Visit counterpunch. suscriptions and merchandise: of issues, especially if you live outside the org to read dozens of new articles daily, [email protected] US, we encourage you to consider the purchase subscriptions, order books, plus email version of the magazine, which is sent as a PDF and will reach you within a access 18 years of archives. 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