Militarism and Its Discontents: Neoliberalism, Repression, and Resistance in Twenty-First Century US-Latin American Relations Although much recent scholarship on Latin America focuses on the widespread political shift to the Left, this article examines military and political movements to subvert democracy in the region. This article explores the relationship between neoliberalism and militarism in Latin America […]
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In Memoriam (Suzie Dod Thomas, 1947–2013) Suzie Dod Thomas’s life is celebrated. Suzie Dod Thomas remembrance Citation: Social Justice Vol. 39, No. 2-3 (2012): 149-150
Various authors
Memories of Betita Contributions from Mike Davis, Chude Pam Allen, Angela Davis, John Nichols, Barbara Dane, Sofía Martínez, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Mike Miller, Susanne Jonas, Alejandro Alvarez, Fredi Avalos, Marta López-Garza, Carlos Muñoz, Jr., Max Elbaum and Ellen Kaiser, and Olga Talamante. Elizabeth “Betita” Sutherland Martínez Citation: Social Justice Vol. 39, No. 2-3 (2012): 85-148
Elizabeth Sutherland Martínez
Elizabeth “Betita” Sutherland Martínez, In Her Own Words Personal notes, poetry, and political writings Elizabeth “Betita” Sutherland Martínez Citation: Social Justice Vol. 39, No. 2-3 (2012): 49-82
Tony Platt
The Heart Just Insists: In Struggle with Elizabeth “Betita” Sutherland Martínez Tony Platt’s moving biographical sketch of Betita’s illustrious life, based on archival and personal sources. Elizabeth “Betita” Sutherland Martínez Citation: Social Justice Vol. 39, No. 2-3 (2012): 26-48
Kathryn Blackmer Reyes
Elizabeth Sutherland / Elizabeth “Betita” Sutherland Martínez: Bibliography, 1960–2013 Elizabeth Martínez’s collective writings. Elizabeth “Betita” Sutherland Martínez Citation: Social Justice Vol. 39, No. 2-3 (2012): 12-25
Editors
Elizabeth “Betita” Sutherland Martínez: A Chronology Betita’s life and accomplishments by decade. Elizabeth “Betita” Sutherland Martínez Citation: Social Justice Vol. 39, No. 2-3 (2012): 3-11
Tessa Koning-Martínez
With All the Struggles, Remember to Keep Life Sweet Betita’s daughter reflects on living with her activist mother. Elizabeth “Betita” Sutherland Martínez Citation: Social Justice Vol. 39, No. 2-3 (2012): 2-2
Dario Melossi
Georg Rusche and Otto Kirchheimer: Punishment and Social Structure Melossi’s review essay of Rusche and Kirchheimer’s Punishment and Social Structure (1978) indicates that Kirchheimer, rather than pursuing the Rusche thesis in the remaining chapters of the book, “widened” and possibly undermined Rusche’s thesis in his analysis of developments in penal policy under fascist rule. Thus, […]
Georg Rusche
Labor Market and Penal Sanction: Thoughts on the Sociology of Criminal Justice The English translation of Georg Rusche’s “Arbeitsmarkt und Strafvollzug” (1933) appeared in print for the first time in this journal. Originally submitted as a research proposal to the Frankfurt Institute of Social Research in 1931, Rusche’s article laid the foundation for the book, […]
Karen Wald
The San Quentin Six Case: Perspective and Analysis Wald exposes deteriorating prison conditions and describes prisoners’ resistance under monopoly capitalism. The article details the San Quentin Six case, which had its roots in the long history of prisoner resistance, the rise of the prison support movement, and the efforts of the state to smash and […]
Tony Platt
“Street” Crime: A View from the Left Originally published in 1978, this essay by Tony Platt points out that the phenomenon of “street” crime had been largely ignored by the US Left. It is treated moralistically and attributed to the parasitical elements in capitalist society, mechanically following Marx and Engels’s early formulations. “Street” crime is […]
Tony Platt and Paul Takagi
Intellectuals for Law and Order: A Critique of the New “Realists” Originally published in 1977, this essay by Tony Platt and Paul Takagi charts the rise to dominance of a new “realist” agenda that championed the death penalty, longer sentences, “post-punishment incapacitation,” banishment, exile, house arrest, and other less imaginative weapons in the “war against […]
Dorie Klein and June Kress
Any Woman’s Blues: A Critical Overview of Women, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System In this essay, originally published in 1976, Dorie Klein and June Kress summarize contemporary research on women’s crime and patriarchal justice. women, crime rates, women’s liberation Citation: Social Justice Vol. 40, Nos. 1-2 (2013): 162-191
Peter Linebaugh
Karl Marx, the Theft of Wood, and Working-Class Composition: A Contribution to the Current Debate Originally published in 1976, this essay calls for a reconsideration of Marxist ideas about crime–“capital’s most ancient tool in the creation and control of the working class”–and returns to Marx’s ideas about communal and private property. Marxist theories of crime […]
CSJ Editors
Editorial: Berkeley’s School of Criminology, 1950–1976 An editorial written by the journal’s board in 1976, “Berkeley’s School of Criminology, 1950-1976,” describes the failed efforts to build “a progressive alternative to what is perhaps the most reactionary field in the social sciences.” Berkeley’s School of Criminology, political movements Citation: Social Justice Vol. 40, Nos. 1-2 (2013): […]