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• Michael Schwartz is professor of sociology and faculty director of the Undergraduate College of Global Studies at Stony Brook University. His books include "Radical Protest and Social Structure" and "Social Policy and The Conservative Agenda." This week, Michael posted "Benchmarking Iraq for Disaster" at TomDispatch.com. Michael was last on This is Hell back in September 2006.
• Michael D. Yates is associate editor of Monthly Review and author of "Cheap Motels and a Hot Plate: An Economist’s Travelogue," (Monthly Review Press). Former economics professor at University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown,
• investigative journalist James Ridgeway wrote for the Village Voice from the mid-1970′s till April of last year following the purchase of the Voice by New Times Media. Since then, he has headed the Washington bureau of Mother Jones. In The July/August 2007 edition, Jim wrote, "In Search of John Doe No. 2: The Story the Feds Never Told About the Oklahoma City Bombing."
• economist Dean Baker is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (http://www.cepr.net). Dean is the author of "The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer" (http://www.conservativenannystate.org). Dean writes the blog, "Beat the Press," which analyzes the media’s coverage of economic issues. You can find it at the American Prospect’s web site. This week, Dean wrote the truthout.org piece, "Midsummer Market Meltdown: Is the End Near?" This is Dean’s first appearance since March 2006 on This is Hell.
• Steven Rosenfeld is a senior fellow at Alternet.org and co-author with past this is Hell guest Harvey Wasserman and Bob Fitrakis of "What Happened in Ohio: A Documentary Record of Theft and Fraud in the 2004 Election" (The New Press). Steven has been writing lately on ongoing electoral system problems including, "Today Is D-Day for Electronic Voting Machines," "In Violation of Federal Law, Ohio’s 2004 Presidential Election Records Are Destroyed or Missing," "Are Voter Registration Drives Being Put Out of Business?," "Bush Government to Poor Voters: We Don’t Want You to Vote" and "Will Electronic Voting Reform Create New Ways to Steal Elections?"

And our irregular correspondents will be:

• Drew Youngren finally gave his Summer Swedish travelogue and …
• Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth.