Contras in Dixie
Contras in Dixie By Eric Guthey Vol. 10, No. 3, 1988, pp. 1-6 In 1984 an assassin’s bomb intended for Contra leader Eden Pastora killed eight people, including an American journalist, at the Contra outpost of La Penca on the
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Just a Little Guy Who Got Hit by the Arms Truck
Just a Little Guy Who Got Hit by the Arms Truck By Eric Guthey Vol. 10, No. 3, 1988, p. 3 I RAISED MY children according to the principle that if you see something that’s not right,” you report it,
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Robeson County’s ‘Third World Ills’
Robeson County’s ‘Third World Ills’ By Mab Segrest Vol. 10, No. 4, 1988, pp. 14-16 Julian Pierce, a Lumbee Indian candidate for superior court judge in Robeson County, North Carolina, went to his door in the early morning hours of
Cameras on the Prize: Hollywood Finds the Movement
Cameras on the Prize: Hollywood Finds the Movement By HRW Vol. 10, No. 4, 1988, p. 20 Maybe Philadelphia, Miss., wasn’t quite ready to host a movie fictionalizing its painful history, but elsewhere in the South, cameras have been rolling
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Pursuing the Shadow Government
Pursuing the Shadow Government By Eric Guthey Vol. 10, No. 5, 1988, pp. 5, 8-9 Last May, Southern Changes reported on the work of the Christic Institute, a Washington-based public interest law firm that has a strong history of legal
U.S. Community Organizer Wounded by Contras
U.S. Community Organizer Wounded by Contras By Carter Garber Vol. 10, No.5, 1988, p. 8 The Rev. Lucius Walker, of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization was wounded in August while leading a study tour to Nicaragua. Walker is the
A Movie with Eyes on the Wrong Prize: “Mississippi Burning”
A Movie with Eyes on the Wrong Prize: “Mississippi Burning” By Julian Bond Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, pp. 22-23 The new movie “Mississippi Burning” is the worst example of the genre called docudrama: there is no documentation and very
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Margaret Long: March on Montgomery
Margaret Long: March on Montgomery By Margaret Long Vol. 11, No. 3, 1989, pp. 9-11 EDITOR’S NOTE: Margaret Long, editor from 1961-1966 of New South, the Southern Regional Council publication that was one of the forerunners of Southern Changes, died
Contemporary Hate Activity
Contemporary Hate Activity By Staff Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, pp. 16-18 EDITOR’S NOTE: As Stetson Kennedy points out[see “One Less Voice for Discrimination, Vol. 11 No. 4], the problems of bigotry, violence and discrimination remain very much a part
Publications
Publications By Staff Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, p. 20 War at Home: Covert Action Against U.S. Activists and What We Can Do About It by movement lawyer Brian Glick traces “the history of CIA style ‘covert action’ by the