The New Jim Crow: A Book Review, by Steve Sherman of Left Eye on Books

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Anyone in the U.S. paying attention during the last fifteen years should be familiar with an anti-corporate, populist critique, courtesy of Michael Moore, Naomi Klein, and many others. And Tom Engelhardt, Andrew Bacevich and others have dissected the ever-expanding American empire (now fighting the war on terror in 75 countries, according to the Obama administration). But there is a crucial feature of the American political economy that has been much less widely discussed. One might say that 'color' is lacking from the analysis mapped out above.

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Cover of The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander

Enter Michelle Alexander, who sketches the latest mutation of American racism in her powerful book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.

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I have a law degree (Stanford, 66') but have never practiced. Instead, from 1967 through 1977, I tried to contribute to the revolution in America. As unsuccessful as everyone else over that decade, in 1978 I went to work for the U.S. Forest (more...)

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