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One year later, we think it is safe to say that a MikeWendling good number of you have picked up on the idea that CLAMOR is by, for and about all of us. It is sometimes confusing in LAYOUT & DESIGN Jen Angel • Jason Kucsma its diversity and elusive in identifying one common ideol- ogy. It's a lot like the real world. COVER PHOTO Location: Jos. Nigeria As we go to press today, Time-Warner final- Photographer; Gate O'Brien and AOL ize a merger that makes a media outlet like CLAMOR all ADVERTISING the more important-a magazine that provides a thorn in rates and deadlines available upon the side of media monopolies. We are witnessing the ever request, please call 419-353-7035 greaterconsolidation of mainstream media right before our PRINTING: eyes. The control of media, and its link to democracy, is an Dartmouth Printing Go., Hanover. NH 1 issue at the heart of independent media, and one of the P: 603-643-2220 /F: 603-643-5408 foremost media critics. Ben Bagdikian, wrote the seminal WEB DESIGN: work on this topic, The Media Monopoly. Though the first Derek Hogue edition of this book debuted many years ago, the concepts today are increasingly relevant, which is why we've decided MISC ILLUSTRATIONS: to feature an interview with Ben in this issue. Nate Powell, Shawn Granton, Defiler "J As you've come to expect from CLAMOR, this issue CLAMOR is a bi-monthly magazine. also includes personal testimonies from people about what Single copies are $4 ppd and 6 issue their lives are like and the issues they are facing. We have subscriptions are $18 ppd in the US (Outside of the US single issues are $6 an interview with Alano Baez of the band Ricanstruction. and 6-issue subscription is $25 in US who talks about the Puerto Rican struggle for liberation Funds). Checks may be made payable to and independence, culturally and politically, as well as Hal Become The Media. Hixson's experience travelling to Nigeria with a strong sense BACK ISSUES are available for the standard single copy rate. of self-awareness that informs an essay asking us to re- consider exactly how international debt affects developing DISTRIBUTION: countries. We also continue to celebrate culture and diver- Clamor is distributed to stores and distributors by Big Top Newsstand sity by featuring interviews with bicyclists in Oregon and Services, 2729 Mission Street Suite 201, Florida, as well thoughts on sexuality, communal living, San Francisco, CA 94110-3131 and masturbation, and working in prisoners. [email protected] Clamor is also available through these We hope that this will be the first of many anniversa- fine distribution outlets: AK Press, ries, and we want to thank friends and supporters near Armadillo, Gordon & Gotch, Ingram, and far who make this magazine possible. Please remem- Lumberjack, Media Solutions. 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PO Boi 1725 Bmlini Gieen OH 43407 Periodical-. w.t.iBf' wrl.n,' it Bo*iinp dji^n OH A Loud And Continued Uproar Of Many Human Voices • Number Seven • February/March 2001 [economics] Seeds of Poverty and Forests of Wealth 9 Hal Hixson Some Thoughts About Fish and Bananas 13 Andrew McLeod The Poor Who Are With Us 14 Charlotte Green Honigman-Smith [media] [people] The Media: And Then There Were Six 40 The Lives Behind The Statistics 16 David Barsamian with Ben Bagdikian Sarah Dan forth Radio Daze: FolkScene and LA's KPFK 44 The Call For Executive Clemency ot Leonard Peltier 19 Michael Amitm Greg Fuchs Re/Education 46 Night of Power 20 Art Middleton Mumia Abu-Jamal and Ryan James Hollywood and the Big Business of Propping Up Nation-States 47 Wading For Nothmg 24 Marshall Beggs Emily Heiple and Nate Powell Was Abraham Lincoln a Racist? 27 Ron Sakolsky [politics] Can You Trust Your Doctor? 50 Gavin Phillips [sexuality & relationships] Ricanstruction: The Politics of Music 55 Pair of Tits, The Big Nurse A Richard Gilman-Opalsky with Alano Baez and the Balance of Power 32 The Political and the Sacred 60 Jane Graham Yael Grauer with Starhawk I'd Rather Masturbate Copulate Than 35 Deschooling the University 64 Charisma Lee Sun frog Working on Sexuality in Community Living 36 Bob Banner [places] Satan and the West Memphis Three 68 Sean Carswell Biting the Hand that Fed Me 72 Guilty Expat [culture] Words as Weapons 78 Greg Fuchs and jZapatasos! More People On Bikes 82 John Gerken with The Bike Club in Portland. Oregon Biking Florida 86 Travis Fristoe Ida & Low 90 Mike Taylor please address any correspondence to [email protected] or via USPS at PO Box 1225 Bowlmg Green, OH 43402 Clamor, Clamor, was excellent, especially the review. They guy's a good writer although the section he ...As for feedback on the latest issue I'm still I first want to say how truly pleased I am to disliked the most is the one I thought was the very much hlovsn away each time. The overall have been published in your magazine. I ga\ e best. It answers why people do what they do, quality and diversity of the writers and stories my parents a copy of the issue for Christmas even when it's not in their own best interest. is a major plus. I'm partial to the economics and there was just a little more respect w hen There's a screwed up section in the Q&A. and politics but usually read most everything. they saw me in a "real" magazine.