Contents:

Editorials:  Occupation Of IRAQ -- The Resistance Will Continue To Grow

                  Occupation Of IRAQ -- Why The Troops Should Get Out Now

                  Election 2004 -- We Need A Real Alternative

                  After MIAMI -- The FREE TRADE OF THE AMERICAS And The Politics Of Trade

News Reports:  U. S. Economy -- A New Boom? -- by JOEL GEIER

                          Grocery Workers -- Solidarity In CALIFORNIA -- by LEE SUSTAR

                          FREE TRADE OF THE AMERICAS Protests -- The Police State Of FLORIDA -- by LEE SUSTAR

                          BOLIVIA -- "Nothing Can Cure Our Thirst For Justice" -- by OSCAR OLIVERA, interviewed by LEE SUSTAR

                          COLOMBIA -- The Left Trumps URIBE -- by TRISTIN ADIE

                          COLOMBIA -- "Bush Can't Pull All The Strings" -- by ALFREDO MOLONO BRAVO, interviewed by LANCE SELFA

                          CANADA -- Exporting Torture -- by JAMES McMANN

                          AUSTRALIA -- Imperialist Of The South Pacific -- by SANDRA BLOODWORTH

Cracks In The Empire (IRAQ) - A Conversation With TARIQ ALI, interviewed by DAVID BARSAMIAN

"IRAQI Workers Have Seized The Moment" -- by DAVID BACON, interviewed by NICOLE COLSON

Marching With Military Families - "Our Troops Aren't Fighting For Liberty" -- by ERIC RUDER

An Open Letter To GIs In IRAQ - Hold On To Your Humanity -- by STAN GOFF, US Army (Ret.)

The DEMOCRATS, The Bush Doctrine & Imperialism - The Other War Party -- by LANCE SELFA

Fast-Tracking The Plague - Drugging America To Death -- by LYNNE BORN

The Politics Of Neoliberalism In India -- by ACHIN VANAIK, interviewed by GANESH LAL

Revolt Of The Black Athlete - The Hidden History Of MUHAMMAD ALI -- by DAVID ZIRIN

VIETNAM : The War The U. S. Lost - From The Overthrow Of DIEM To The TET Offensive -- by JOE ALLEN

LENIN's Unique Contribution To MARXISM - The Birth Of BOLSHEVISM -- by PAUL D'AMATO

The Classics Of MARXISM - The German Ideology -- by PHIL GASPER

The Drive For Global Dominance -- review by DAVID WHITEHOUSE, of "HEGEMONY OR SURVIVAL -  AMERICA'S QUEST FOR GLOBAL DOMINANCE" by NOAM CHOMSKY

Reading The Manual Won't Help -- review by JOE ALLEN, of "THE SAVAGE WARS OF PEACE - SMALL WARS AND THE RISE OF AMERICAN POWER" by MAX BOOT

Is The U. S. Losing Power? -- review by ASHLEY SMITH, of "THE DECLINE OF AMERICAN POWER" by IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN

Ruling By Force And By Market -- review by GANESH LAL, of "EMPIRE OF CAPITAL" by ELLEN MEIKSINS WOOD

Civil Rights Champion -- review by SAM JORDAN, of "ELLA BAKER AND THE BLACK FREEDOM MOVEMENT - A RADICAL DEMOCRATIC VISION" by BARBARA RANSBY

The Nonscience Of Human Races -- review by SCOTT JOHNSON, of "WHAT IT MEANS TO BE 98% CHIMPANZEE - APES, PEOPLE AND THEIR GENES" by JONATHAN MARKS

Challenging ISRAELI Force -- review by JON VAN CAMP, of "LIVE FROM PALESTINE - INTERNATIONAL AND PALESTINIAN DIRECT ACTION AGAINST THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION" edited by NANCY STOHLMAN & LAURIEANN ALADIN

Letters