November 11 to 24 , 2004   •  No 101

• Whose “moral values”? by Kevin Potvin The November 2nd re-election of Bush to the US presidency signals a truly ominous decision on the part of the ruling class. The rise of “moral values” in politics is a taste of the future   It is certainly ironic that it is amongst a people normally very guarded against excessive powers of the state, and normally very jealous of individual rights, that one would find arising a renewed taste for extremely excessive state monitoring and intervention in the personal lives of individuals.
  	Under the Fallujan sky by William Kay As the battle of Falluja unfolds, a look at what exactly has been brought to the table and how the forces match up   The Marines boasted recently that in a brief battle south of Baghdad, it took less than eight minutes from the time a Marine company was ambushed from a nearby building to radio an artillery battery 20 kilometres away, and have that battery aim, fire and destroy the building.
  Slaying illusory dragons by Michael Nenonen POLITICAL SOUL Conservatives are blind to the damage they do to society as they play out personal ego trips and overcome their fears of being helpless babies   The heroic ego is, therefore, largely an illusion, and as an illusion it's constantly endangered by reality. We call this reality "femininity," and it's what the dragon-slayer myth is designed to deny.	The Grudge comes to America by Jennifer Matsui REP SHEET There are many revealing parallels between the American remake of classic Japanese horror film The Grudge, and world of America post November 2nd   “The Grudge's” $40 million earnings for its opening weekend guarantees that a sequel has already been given the green light. American voters, similarly impressed with Bush's bloody numbers, gave him their own vote of confidence with a second term in office.
  	Vaporizing votes by James Lindfield Widespread reports of election fraud are beginning to seriously taint the official results of the November presidential election in the US. Ex-President Jimmy Carter, whose Carter Foundation has overseen over 50 elections in difficult or dangerous conditions, concluded that there was no point to monitoring the 2004 election because the basic requirements for a fair election were missing in Florida.
  There's a history to the Safe Streets Act by Reed Eurchuk CITY BEAT The social psychology of consumption and the success of various theories within it over the decades forms the nucleus of the new Safe Streets Act.   The rebirth of some American downtown cores have been closely tied to adapting the lessons of the mall to the city.
  	Maximus brings its private government to BC VIEW FROM THE REPUBLIC The vast US company that won a records management contract at the BC Ministry of Health Services does quite a bit more than manage records. It's quietly building a complete privatized government Books we're reading this month reviewed by Kevin Potvin Thy Will Be Done; It's the Crude, Dude; and Canadian Bolsheviks Turner's Movies reviewed by Scott Turner Godsend and Birth Letters to the Republic
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