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Schonemann, Natalie Pearson and Raoul
REPORT CARD Natalie Pearson and Raoul Schonemann Surviving the Recovery THE UNDERBELLY OF THE U.S. ECONOMY: JOBLESSNESS AND PAUPERIZATION OF WORK IN AMERICA by Ward Morehouse and David Dembo...
...The official figures don't include discouraged workers who have given up the job hunt or those employed on a part-time basis—hence the discrepancy...
...The statistics don't reflect this, the authors argue, but the pauperization | of work severely affects families and communities in the Rust Belt...
...Khouri rejects the maximalist demands of Palestinians and Israelis and calls for a negotiated solution that recognizes the | rights of both peoples to self-determination and nationhood...
...portraits of such prominent opposition leaders as Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu, and the Reverend Allan Boesak...
...The Council on International and Public Affairs has compiled a thorough and thought-provoking report that should be required reading for policymakers...
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...studies of the role of women, students, religious groups, and labor unions in the contemporary struggle, and fictional dramatizations of the majority's plight under white minority rule...
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...The long-range as pirations of peace and security, Khouri ar gues, can be realized only when such ar accommodation is reached...
...The listing of "regional" films concerning neighboring states Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique will allow apartheid opponents to make clear how the current battle against the South African regime fits into the larger southern African context...
...With the Middle East peace process crippled by the recent intensification of regional violence, this collection of essays by Palestinian journalist Rami Khouri, senior editor of the Jordan Times, is timely reading for those who seek just and peaceful solutions to the problems of the area...
...37 pp...
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...The "intellectual dishonesty and moral bewilderment" of U.S...
...Elusive Peace FOR THOSE WHO SHARE A WILL TO LIVE: PERSPECTIVES ON A JUST PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST by Rami Khouri Resource Center for Nonviolence, P.O...
...Other topics covered include the feminization of poverty and an analysis of President Reagan's proposed tax plan...
...The authors argue that despite Reagan Administration claims of a recovery, "the real joblessness rate stands at a record high for such a prolonged recovery period...
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...Increasingly, workers from higher-paying industrial jobs are being forced into the service sector, where they receive wages below the poverty level...
...policy in the Middle East only serves to obfuscate this fact and impede progress toward a peaceful resolution, he says...
...South Africa on Celluloid GUIDE TO FILMS ON APARTHEID by Media Network 208 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011...
...As media attention to the crisis in Soutl Africa increases, the need to disseminate information that goes beyond the sensa tional news clips becomes more urgent This guide to films, videotapes, and slide shows will enable activists to locate and publicize such information...
...Anyone interested in economic realities should find this report, the fourth in a series, both informative and discouraging...
...ECONOMY: JOBLESSNESS AND PAUPERIZATION OF WORK IN AMERICA by Ward Morehouse and David Dembo Council of International and Public Affairs, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017...
...Morehouse and Dembo have put together a comprehensive alternative to Government unemployment figures...
...The titles listed in the guide approach the South Africa issue from a variety oi perspectives: histories of the evolution oi South Africa's apartheid system and the numerous movements that have opposed it...
...Khouri emphasizes that the conflicts in the Middle East are of a political nature, requiring political, not military, solutions...
...According to their interpretation of Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the real joblessness rate in June 1985 was 14.7 per cent, compared to an official rate of 7.3 per cent...
...33 pp...
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...This report also looks at the "pauperization of work"—a relatively new phenomenon in our economy...
Vol. 49 • December 1985 • No. 12
