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Vol. 73/No. 13      April 6, 2009

 
Letters
  
Boycott Israel actions
I write to get some clarity on Israel boycott actions now making their way onto U.S. campuses and elsewhere. What should be said to activists who argue that the campaign follows in the footsteps of the anti-apartheid campaigns that often involved boycotts and protests against South African sports teams, etc.?

August Nimtz
Minneapolis, Minnesota

[See “As I See It” column. —Editor]

Prison business booming
While the rest of the nation suffers an economic downturn, private prison corporations continue to experience a boom. The Federal Bureau of Prisons had 13 prisons built for private management in the last 10 years. These have largely housed low-security-risk "illegal" immigrants.

Forty-six states face bankruptcy in 2009. President Obama is expected to bail them out so they can continue imprisoning more of his countrymen. Private prisons appear to be a New Deal industry. So much for "change."

A prisoner
Florida  
 
 
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