Issue Archive

Our response to September 11 - what now?

Prepared before the tragic events of September 11, this issue focusses on religion and labor as well as the Bush administration's Faith-based initiatives.

A fresh look at the social justice vision of John Cort and the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists (ACTU).

We call for a new left-wing political strategy while condemning President Bush’s “faith-based initiatives” as a regressive substitute for addressing systemic economic injustice.

Prof. Harvey Cox on the role of faith in recent political campaigns. We also highlight biblical economic justice themes like Jubilee and critique faith-based welfare reforms that overlook systemic causes of poverty.

The Stockholm Declaration of the Socialist International and members' thoughts on the candidates for the 2000 presidential election.

We explore our commitment to coalition work and investigate how class, race, and gender biases can prevent us from building coalitions effectively.

"We Shan't Give Up!" - The Abayudaya Jews, communicating our ideals, the social contract, and Karl Barth.