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by Hedges, Chris; Sacco, Joe


  dust containment dome by, 165 (illus.)

  Emanuel, Rahm, 264

  Employment Authorization cards, 200–201

  “Ending Wal-Mart’s Rural Stranglehold” (United Food and Commercial Workers), 182

  Engels, Friedrich, 232

  Enron, 89

  Environmental damage, 10, 77, 120, 151, 165

  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 165, 183, 234

  Erika (prostitute), interview of, 100–101

  Estabrook, Barry, 183–184

  Evans, Ron, 204–205

  Exxon Valdez oil spill, 144

  ExxonMobil, 69, 266

  Fair Food Agreement, 206, 207

  Fair Food Code of Conduct, 222

  Faison, Gwendolyn, 88, 95

  Famine, 151, 270

  Farmer, John, 89

  Farmington disaster, 171

  Fast-food industry, buying power of, 182

  FBI, 18, 46, 48, 50, 51, 52, 109, 264

  Federal Emergency Management Authority, 155

  Fertilizers, impact of, 183

  Fieldworkers, 186, 218, 222

  abuse of, 180, 187

  debt peonage for, 197

  illustration of, 178–179, 181, 188–189

  undocumented, 199

  Walmart and, 182

  Fifth Amendment, 263–264

  Flenley, John, 151

  Flores, Miguel, 198, 199

  Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association, 204

  Florida Rural Legal Services, 204

  Flowers, Margaret: Occupy movement and, 234

  Food stamps, 20, 67, 69, 153, 194

  Forced labor, 196, 205–206

  Foreclosures, 227, 237, 239

  Fort White, Florida: lynching at, 195

  Fossil fuels

  dirty politics of, 182

  exhaustion of, 130

  exploitation of, 261–262

  standards of living and, 261–262

  Frazier, Ian: on Crazy Horse, 41

  Free market, wages and, 194

  Freedom of speech, 263

  Freedom Plaza, 234, 235

  Friesen, John, 248, 251, 252

  described, 247

  illustration of, 249

  on surviving, 249–250

  Fully Informed Jury Association, 261

  Furia, Alice, 89

  Gallagher, Lou, 89

  Gamer, Robert E.: on revolt, 38

  Gandhi, Mahatma, 55

  Gandhi, Mohandas, 40

  Gangs, 38, 64, 73

  member of, 39 (illus.)

  Gangster Disciples, 38

  Gary, Albert, 132

  Gary, West Virginia, 130, 132, 143

  drug addiction in, 154

  Gem of the Ocean (Wilson), 64

  General Allotment Act, 12

  General Electric, 72

  General Motors, 72, 117

  Genocide, 4, 11, 12, 48

  Germino, Laura, 204, 205–206

  Geronimo, resistance by, 13

  Giant, 182, 206

  Giardina, Denise, 174

  quote of, 115

  Gibson, Larry, 116, 120, 149

  on being poor, 117–118

  coal companies and, 119, 121, 123

  coal waste and, 121–123

  government accountability, 124

  illustration of, 122–123

  Global warming, 130, 150

  Globalization, 72, 205, 269

  Gold, 9, 11, 23

  Goldman Sachs, 69, 129, 160, 233, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270

  Gomez, Sebastian: sentence for, 198

  Google, 69

  Göring, Herman, 170

  Graft, political/corporate, 90

  Grant, Ulysses S., 9, 11

  Great Mystery, 55

  Great Sioux Reservation, 17

  Great Spirit, 53, 54

  Guadalupe Center, 191, 199, 202

  Guantánamo Bay, penal colony in, 263

  Guardians of the Oglala Nation (GOONs), 16, 50

  Gunnoe, Maria: on coal companies, 148–149

  Gural, John, 89, 90

  Habitat for Humanity, 38

  Hansen, James: tar sands and, 128

  Harrington, John, 89

  Harvest of Shame (Murrow), 196

  Hatfield, Sid: assassination of, 173

  Havel, Václav, 229, 230, 243, 244

  Hawkins, Michael “Doc Money,” 62, 64

  Hayes, Brenda, 101–102

  Haywood, “Big” Bill, 160

  Health care, 235, 236, 237, 239

  Health issues, 160, 169, 172

  Heart of Camden project, 102, 109

  Hechler, Ken, 169–170, 172

  Heineman, Dave, 41, 43–44

  Heizer, Neil, 154, 155, 156, 157

  death of, 158

  illustration of, 156–157

  Hepburn, Katherine, 238

  Hernandez, Oscar Medina, 61, 62, 97

  Herzen, Alexander: quote of, 225

  Highway Safety Program, 51

  Hitler, Adolf, 244

  Ho Chi Minh, 40, 45

  Homelessness, 68, 69, 99, 182, 251

  Homer, 23

  Homicides, 72, 88

  Honecker, Erich, 228

  Hookers, 99

  interviewing, 100–101

  Hovack, Wayne, 154, 155, 156

  illustration of, 156–157

  Huff, Muriah Ashley, 64

  Huxley, Aldous, 239

  “I Sit and Look Out” (Whitman), text of, 59

  Immigrants, 191, 219

  undocumented, 62, 78, 187, 190, 204, 205

  Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), 184, 187

  Immokalee, Florida, 178, 204, 221

  coffee shops/tiendas in, 222

  dancing in, 198 (illus.)

  poverty in, 180

  Indian agencies, 4, 9, 23

  Indian boarding schools, 4, 6, 8

  Indian Health Service (IHS), 17

  Indian Reorganization Act (1934), leadership structure and, 39

  Indian Wars, 8, 10, 11, 13

  Infant mortality, 17

  INS. See Immigration and Naturalization Service

  Integration, 40, 64–65

  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 150

  Internal security, 228, 240

  International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 351: 93

  Intifada, 244

  Inverted totalitarianism, 238

  iPads, 69, 72

  iPhones, 69, 72, 234

  Iron Law of Wages, 194

  J. C. Penney, 143, 155

  Jabalia refugee camp, 227

  Jackson, Andrew: extermination and, 13

  Jackson County, poverty in, 21

  JCA Associates, 89

  Jefferson, Thomas, 123

  Jenkinjones, West Virginia

  decline of, 147

  described, 145–146

  illustration of, 144–147

  Jersey Shore, 239

  Jewel (older man), 204

  Jim Crow, 64

  Jobs, Steve, 69

  Joe, 9, 22, 24, 40, 62, 65, 73, 99, 116, 124, 130, 143, 145, 153, 168, 169, 173, 175, 185, 187, 197, 199, 208

  Jones, Mary Harris “Mother,” 160

  Journals, 1945–47 (Wright), quote from, 60

  JPMorgan Chase & Co., 233, 245

  Jumping Bull, Cecelia, 18

  Jumping Bull, Harry, 18

  Jumping Eagle Inn, 3

  Kant, Immanuel: on justice, 270

  Katz, Matt, 88, 93

  Kayford Mountain, 116

  Keeping Up with the Kardashians, 239

  Kelly, Rudy

  illustration of, 133

  story of, 133–142 (illus.)

  Ketchup, 247, 253, 255, 256, 257, 260

  illustration of, 246

  Occupy Wall Street and, 245

  on police, 260

  on work groups, 253

  Keystone National Insurance Companies, Norcross and, 92

  Keystone XL pipeline, opposition to, 128, 266


  King, Kenny, 173

  illustration of, 174

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 65, 263

  quote of, 60

  King Cut Rate, 143

  Kingston Fossil Plant, 144

  Kmart, 65

  Koch, Charles, 233

  Koch, David, 233

  Kroger, 182, 206

  Kubišová, Marta, 229–230

  La Fiesta Supermarket, 178, 190

  parking lot of, 178–179 (illus.)

  Labor, forced, 196, 205–206

  Labor contractors, 196

  Labor laws, 72

  Lakota culture, 48, 56

  Lakota language, 40

  Lakota religion, 8, 9, 22, 23

  Lakotas, 9, 22, 24, 52, 55

  Lamont, Lawrence “Buddy”: death of, 46

  Lapis, Susan, 124, 125, 128

  Laskin, Lee, 92

  Latin Kings, 73

  Lawrence, D. H.: quote of, 1

  Lawrence, Ethel R., 76

  Leach, Vance, 154, 155, 158

  illustration of, 156–157

  Leaders Fund, 93

  Legal system, corruption of, 240–241

  Leipzig, 227, 228

  Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich: quote of, 225

  LensCrafters, 250

  Lewis, John L., 160, 170, 171

  Liberty Square, 231

  illustration of, 246, 249, 258–259

  Liebknecht, Karl, 232

  Little Big Horn, 41

  Little, Jake: on poverty, 44

  Little Thunder, 54

  Litwack, Leon F., 195, 196

  Liu Xiaobo, 244

  Local 1057, strike by, 161

  Logan County, 145

  Lone Wolf, 8

  Long Visitor, Jr., Ivis

  illustration of, 18–19

  story of, 18, 20

  Long Wolf, Verlyn

  illustration of, 7

  on rape, 5, 6

  story of, 4–5

  Los Nietos, 73

  Ludlow massacre, 160

  Lueders Park Piru Bloods, 62

  Lumumba, Patrice, 40

  Lynchings, 64, 195

  Malt liquor, sales of, 2, 3

  Mara Salvatrucha, 73

  Marland, William C.: severance tax and, 170

  Marsh Fork Elementary School, 128

  Martin, Julian: on coal towns, 151–152

  Marx, Karl, 232

  proletarian revolution and, 244–245

  proletariat/bourgeoisie and, 253

  Mass migrations, 204

  Massey Energy Coal Company, 118, 161, 168

  dust-monitoring system and, 164

  Elk Run and, 164

  lawsuit against, 163–164

  MTR by, 164–165

  safety/environmental violations by, 165, 166

  Matewan massacre, 160

  Matiaz, Abel, 190, 191, 193, 194

  Mayer, Carl, 90

  Maynard, Spike, 168

  McCormack, John Count, 75

  McDonald’s, 182, 207, 248, 255

  McDowell County, 153, 155

  personal income in, 132

  McDowell County Correctional Center, 159

  McGraw, Warren, 168

  McKibben, Bill, 266

  McNamara, Robert, 152

  Means, Bill, 45, 55

  Means, Russell, 48, 50–51

  Medel, José Hilário, 199, 200–201

  Medicaid, 153

  Medical bills, 237, 239, 265

  Mencken, H. L.: quote of, 115

  Mendes, Carlos, 205

  Mental illness, 68, 153

  Merrival, Darrin, 21, 22

  Merrival buffalo farm, illustration of, 20–21

  Michael (homeless), 100–101

  Michnik, Adam, 242

  Mielke, Erich, 228

  Milan, Milton, 95

  Miller, Kathy, 147

  Miller, Mary, 161, 166

  illustration of, 163

  Miller, Nellie Susan, 161

  Milstein, Howard, 233

  Minimum wage, 180, 194, 206

  Mitchell, Billy, 173

  Molloy, Douglas, 194

  MoneyGram International, 178

  Monroe, Darnell, 97

  Moran, Frank, 72

  Morgan, J. P., 132

  Morgan, Thomas J.: on tribal relations, 12

  Mortality rates, increase in, 157

  Mount Laurel, development of, 76

  Mount Rushmore, 48

  illustration of, 49

  Mountain culture, destruction of, 124

  Mountaintop removal (MTR), 144, 152, 164, 174

  described, 125, 165

  effects of, 126–127 (illus.)

  illustration of, 122–123

  impact of, 128, 148, 149, 175

  opposition to, 159, 170

  Moves Camp, Richard, 54

  MTR. See Mountaintop removal

  Mubarak, Hosni, 242

  Mueller, Robert, 264

  Municipal Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act, 88

  Murdoch, Rupert, 233

  Murrow, Edward R., 196

  Mythology, 1, 48

  Nader, Ralph: on nonviolent movements, 234

  NAFTA. See North American Free Trade Agreement

  National Agricultural Workers Survey (U.S. Department of Labor), 180

  National Council of Churches, 48

  National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), 263

  National Guard, 72

  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 183

  National Park Service, Occupy movement and, 234

  Native American culture, assault on, 12

  Native American language, 12

  Native Americans, 231

  eradicating, 4, 11

  Native history, American history and, 40–41

  NATO, 264

  Navajos, 250

  Navarrete, Cesar, 200, 203

  Navarrete, Geovanni, 200, 203

  Navarrete, Virginia, 200

  New Deal, 196, 237

  New Forum, 228

  New Jersey Racing Commission, 92

  New Jersey Turnpike, 76

  New York City Police Department, Occupy Wall Street and, 231

  New York City Police Foundation, 245

  New York Private Bank & Trust, 233

  New York Shipbuilding Corporation, 73

  New York Times, 69, 168

  News Corp, 129

  Night Comes to the Cumberlands (Caudill), 153

  1984 (Orwell), 12, 239, 241, 265

  “99% Deficit Proposal: How to Create Jobs, Reduce the Wealth Divide and Control Spending, The” (report), 237

  Nixon, Richard, 46, 172

  Nonviolence, 73, 234, 236, 241, 242, 244, 263

  police and, 260

  Norcross, Donald, 93

  Norcross, George, III

  business of, 92–93

  Camden and, 88–89

  as political boss, 90–91

  politics and, 91–92, 95

  Norcross, George Edwin, Jr., 92

  North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 186, 203–204, 205

  Northern Cheyenne, 9

  Nuremberg Trials, 170

  Oakes, Richard: protest by, 46

  Obama, Barack, 69, 236, 240

  corporate state and, 233–234, 238

  MTR and, 174

  pipeline and, 129

  tar sands and, 128

  Occupy encampments, 40, 68, 231, 234, 235, 237–238, 241, 242, 248, 249, 263

  expansion of, 264

  shutting down, 241

  Occupy Oakland, supporting, 242

  Occupy Super Committee, 236–237

  Occupy Wall Street, 68, 219, 220, 228, 233, 244, 245, 267, 269

  activists of, 242–243

  hearing for, 237

  hope and, 266

  police and, 231, 260

  revolt and, 248

  rules of, 257

  slandering, 262

  as template, 232

  working
groups of, 247

  Occupy Washington, 236–237

  Oceania, 239

  Odyssey (Homer), 23

  Office of Surface Mining, 162

  Oglala Lakota College, 16

  Oglala Sioux, 17, 23, 41, 46

  Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization, 50

  Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, 124

  Oil Change International, 129

  Oprah Winfrey Show, The, 238

  Ortiz, Rodrigo: story of, 178–179, 180–181

  Orwell, George, 12, 239, 240, 241, 265

  Ott, Dwight, 88

  OxyContin, 149, 154, 157

  Pacific Tomato Growers, 200

  Palach, Jan, 230

  Palach Square, 230

  Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 227

  Palestinian uprising, 244

  Paquito, Don, 199–200, 202

  illustration of, 201

  Parker, Dorothy, 238

  PATCO, 66

  Peace Corps, 204

  Peltier, Leonard, 20, 48, 51

  People’s History of the United States, A (Zinn), 94, 245

  People’s mic, 253, 257

  illustration of, 254

  Pequot War, 11

  Pesticides, 182, 183, 184

  Pharm parties, described, 154

  Phencyclidine (PCP), 97

  Philadelphia Inquirer, 88, 91, 93

  Philadelphia Magazine, 90, 92

  Pine Ridge Agency, 17

  Pine Ridge Indian Health Service Hospital, 17

  Pine Ridge Reservation, 8, 22, 41, 44, 46–47, 52, 54, 62

  activists on, 46–48

  agriculture on, 21

  alcoholism on, 3

  described, 13, 16–17

  illustration of, 14–15

  poverty on, 21, 226

  Pines, the, 132, 154

  Pittston Coal Company, 145

  Pocahontas Fuel Company, 145, 146

  Police, 38, 73, 99, 251, 253, 263

  confrontations with, 260, 262, 264

  Political consciousness, 248, 249

  Politics, 91–92, 95, 233, 250, 262, 266

  coal industry and, 165

  fossil-fuel industry and, 128

  Poor Bear, Webster, 56–57

  Poverty, 4, 17, 21, 44, 62, 64, 72, 96, 110–111, 112, 117–118, 166, 180, 182, 194, 200, 227, 239

  business of, 88

  farmworkers, 221, 223

  mitigation of, 237

  violence of, 65

  Pow Wows, 44–45

  Powder River Basin, 130

  Powell, Kuasheim “Presto,” 64

  Power, 243, 250, 265, 267

  corporate, 236, 237, 238, 242

  narrative of, 226

  structures of, 263

  “Power of the Powerless, The” (Havel), 243

  “Prayer for Marta” (song), 229

  Prisons, 64, 68

  as growth industry, 158–159

  Proletarian revolution, 244–245

  Prostitutes, 99, 100

  illustration of, 99

  Publix, 182, 206

  Pullman strike (1894), 160

  Purchasing power, concentrating, 182

  Puritans, 10

  Quan, Jean, 242

  Racism, 4, 5, 64

  Ramos, Sylvia, 61, 62, 97

  Raney, Bill, 152

  Rape, 5, 6, 7, 8–9, 199

  Rasmussen, Donald: challenge by, 172

 

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