magazine March 3, 2003

A Maturing Movement

But activists still disagree on the best course to 'another world'

By David Moberg   

First Person: Porto Alegre

About 100,000 people marched through the streets of Porto Alegre, Brazil, to mark the conclusion of the third… more

By Bob Burnett   

Down on the Biopharm

The GMO contamination issue is about to get a lot more dangerous with the introduction of transgenic crops… more

By Karen Charman   

Another World Is Possible

100,000 people traveled to Brazil for the World Social Forum, where the looming war with Iraq dominated the agenda.

By Ben Ehrenreich   

Seeds of Domination

Don't want GMOs in your food? It may already be too late.

By Karen Charman   

Taking Back Argentina

The long journey from the Dirty War to democracy

By Naomi Klein   

Life During Wartime

Chechen refugees are forced to return, but the battle continues.

Selective 'Registration'

INS asks terrorists to turn themselves in.

Loan Sharks

Indonesians protest the IMF.

Inspect This

America’s own secret bioweapons program

books

Out of the Darkness

In 1905, Leo Tolstoy wrote a scathing letter to the Times newspaper of London, attacking governments in general… more

By Brian Cook   

The Fires This Time

In 1930, the Mexican painter José Clemente Orozco finished his mural Prometheus at Pomona College in Southern California.… more

By Christopher Capozzola   

Headphone Mind

Morvern Callar gets at you through your eardrums. Its gifted young director, Lynne Ramsay, has described her second… more

By Joshua Rothkopf   

Israels Slippery Moral Slope

When the end justifies the means, then everything is permitted.

Back Talk

The Real American Taliban

The Bush offensive against the health and safety of women is a carefully coordinated jihad.

Editorial

Stopping the Drive to War

Bush and his managers have totally ignored the protesters and polls that indicate maximum concern and minimal support for the war.

The First Stone

Sectarian Reality Opposition to President Bush’s plans for a war against Iraq has burgeoned over the past weeks. But one would never… more