2 From the editor's desk

"Please God--the children of Iraq" © Richard Cambridge: "It was three weeks before the bombing began. I was driving by Haymarket Square (Boston) when I saw on a rooftop billboard Mother Teresa, hands templed in prayer. Suddenly I heard what she was praying! When the US invasion began, I knew what I had to do: to make visible to the eye what was inaudible for the ear. The building below housed the first printing press in America, The Massachusetts Spy, run by Isaiah Thomas. His account of the Battle of Lexington, detailing the brutality of British soldiers, was sadly prescient of what the US is now inflicting upon the people of Iraq: Ô...where British troops, unmolested and unprovoked, wantonly, in a most inhuman manner, fired upon and killed a number of our countrymen, then robbed them of their provisions, ransacked, plundered and burnt their houses! Nor could the tears of defenseless women, some of whom were in the pains of childbirth, and cries of helpless babes, nor the prayers of old age, confined to beds of sickness appease their thirst for blood or divert them from their DESIGN of MURDER and ROBBERY!'"

4 Anti-War Veterans Raise their Voices
by Michael Uhl
The love of country and personal courage--core values in many communities--of these vets, in particular those who have tasted the bitter fruit of the battlefield, are seldom called into question

6 Support the Warrior Not the War
by Ashley L. Decker
I have seen the effects of war written upon the face of a man who grew old at 17

7 US Forces' Use of Depleted Uranium is Illegal
by Neil Mackay
This war was about Iraq possessing illegal weapons of mass destruction, yet we are using weapons of mass destruction ourselves. Such double standards are repellent

8 One Rule for Them
by George Monbiot
Rumsfeld had better watch his back. This enthusiastic convert to the cause of legal warfare is responsible for a series of crimes sufficient to put him away for the rest of his natural life

10 The Antiwar Movement Then and Now
by Paul Joseph
We did, and do, make a difference--constructing yet another layer of the global moral and cultural tradition opposed to war that has been built over the last century

11 Realistic Alternatives to Violence
Michael True reviews Gene Sharp
"All governments rely on cooperation and obedience for their very existence; when people choose to withhold that cooperation, governments are left without any pillars to support their weight." Sharp offers hard-headed advice on planning for nonviolent struggle

12 Shiite Religious Parties Fill Vacuum in Southern Iraq
by Juan Cole
Wolfowitz and other pro-war policymakers were right that large numbers of Shiites are secular Iraqi nationalists. But they were dead wrong to discount the power of the religious forces, and seem ignorant of the centrality of the shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala. The neo-conservative fantasy of Iraq is now meeting the real Iraq

14 War Profiteers, in Africa as Well as Iraq
by Dena Montague
As Bush creates a corporate protectorate in Iraq, many companies that stand to benefit from reconstruction and oil exploration there are familiar to Africans. Shell, Bechtel, and Fluor Corporation are all associated with massacres and crimes against humanity in Africa

15 Exploits of a Serial Invader: Is North Korea Next?
by John Feffer
An ounce of preventive diplomacy--immediate, direct negotiations with North Korea--can cure what may become a pathological addiction to preventive war

16 Cuba Duele
by Eduardo Galeano
Many of us believe in the admirable courage of this very small country, capable of such greatness, but we also believe that freedom and justice march together or not at all

17 The President and the Poet Come to the Negotiating Table
by L.R. Berger
I only agreed to compromise when it became clear
they were already stealing them again out from under us:
words, one at a time

18 A Woman's Place
by Anne-Marie O'Connor
There were a lot of women who were really upset that they were not given enough respect for their ideas. It got so macho, it got so violent and militant, the feminists voted with their feet and left the movement

18 Your Revolution
by Sarah Jones
dedicated to all the women and men struggling to keep their self-respect in this climate of misogyny, money-worship, and mass production of hip-hop's illegitimate child, "hip-pop"

20 Whites Swim in Racial Preference
by Tim Wise
While many seem to think the notion of racial preference originated with affirmative action programs, racial preference has actually had a long and very white history

24 Tax Day Reflections on War and Reparations
by Arnie Alpert
I have no problem paying my fair share to support our nation's schools, health care system, housing, and environmental protection. But I cannot willingly provide one more cent to a government bent on war, destruction, and nuclear terror

22 PIECES Events, Opportunities, Gatherings, Campaigns, Resources

SHORT TAKES
Demand Full Media Coverage (MoveOn), p. 7
The Price of War (John Pilger), p. 9
Iraq's National Heritage (Robert Fisk), p. 9
Letter, Larry Golden, p. 21

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