The streets of Baghdad are a swamp of crime and uncollected garbage. Battered local businesses are going bankrupt, unable to compete with cheap imports.

With the end of the Iraq war, the globalization war is heating up around trade again, this time over the issue of genetically modified food. George W.

Sentient observers know that American state and local governments face a historic crisis–that they are cutting vital services and raising taxes, mainly on those already most stressed in diffic

America needs jobs, and working families are hurting. At the same time, the war in Iraq has heightened awareness of our dependence on foreign oil and the vulnerability of our energy system.

Now Wal-Mart’s banned those mags for lads
But so far hasn’t banned the scads
Of other soft-core porn on view–
Like busty dolls that do kung fu,

Just in case you didn’t have a clue who George W.

Two major lawsuits–filed in the United States against multinational corporations including GM, IBM and Citigroup for aiding and abetting apartheid–are at a critical juncture.