Volume One, Number 10 · October 2000

If We Ran the Presidential Debates...
by Kendall Clark
If the Monkeyfist Collective ran the presidential debates, they'd be different in three ways: first, no corporate sponsors; second, Nader, Buchanan, David McReynolds, and Harry Browne would be included; third, no softball questions.
3 October 2000

Beyond Spectacle: Critically Examining the Olympics Industry
by Kendall Clark
The Olympics industry is an irrational spectacle of excess, corporate greed, and apathy toward real human need.
5 October 2000

Master Debaters
by Niel Bornstein
A better answer for Cheney's snide comment.
6 October 2000

Who Owns the Airwaves?
by Niel Bornstein
It's a matter of who owns the resources.
6 October 2000

Silent Al, Oxy's Pal
by Kendall Clark
Al Gore refuses to speak against Occidental Petroleum's treatment of the U'wa people in Colombia. Gore holds a large stake of Occidental stock. Dallas activists tried to make his reluctance more difficult and more public.
9 October 2000

Why Cluebot.com is Clueless
by Kendall Clark
Cluebot.com claims to be the dispenser of "clues" about politics and technology. But what you're just as likely to get from it is glib, first world racism.
12 October 2000

A Friendly Question
by Collin Williams
Who's Hanging from Your Family Tree?
13 October 2000

Presidential Debates, Town Halls, and the Corporate Assault on American Democracy
by Kendall Clark
Citizens face near insurmountable structures and forces of control of their access to politicians and candidates. These forces serve corporate interests, whose access is unlimited. This asymmetry is part of the assault on the very idea of the common good.
18 October 2000

Austin Protests!
by Kendall Clark
The weekend of October 13 saw protests over a wide-range of social issues, and Monkeyfist.com was there to document them.
18 October 2000

Hypodermic Death Machines Repeat a Monotonous Tone
by Kendall Clark
A moment of joyful dissent in Austin.
18 October 2000

A Palestinian Primer
by Shane Taylor
A primer on what's going on in Palestine and why it's happening.
19 October 2000

Resist the Repression of Democracy Now!
by Kendall Clark
Democracy Now! does unique service to the body politic; censorship and repression of it must be resisted.
20 October 2000

The Only Real Choice, Vote Nader 2000
by Collin Williams
Nader 2000 animated gif
22 October 2000

Vote Bore 2000!
by Niel Bornstein
This billboard appeared in Charlotte, NC
22 October 2000

Loathing Bush More
by Kendall Clark
We loathe Gore but loathe Bush more!
23 October 2000

Tax Cuts
by Collin Williams
Indecision 2000
25 October 2000

Finishing School
by Bijan Parsia
Upon turning something in, Our Long Suffering Graduate Student contemplates acquiring polish.
25 October 2000

Nice Guys Don't Mock the People They Execute
by Bijan Parsia
Continually cropping up is the claim that Bush is a nice person. He's not.
25 October 2000

Gored Liberals, Wasted Votes, and Selling Out
by Bijan Parsia
Some thoughts on the malestrom of "tactical voting" arguments.
30 October 2000

Voter Disobedience: Solidarity and Disloyalty
by Bijan Parsia
A study of the Nader/Gore dispute in light of Thoreau's Civil Disobedience.
31 October 2000