"New Weapon," U.G. Sato, Silkscreen,1985, Tokyo, Japan. Courtesy of Center for the Study of Political Graphics, www.politicalgraphics.org <cspg@politicalgraphics.org>

2 From the Editor's Desk

4 Pax Romana versus Pax Americana: Contrasting Strategies of Imperial Management
by Walden Bello
The US is likely to be more and more isolated in the community of nations while retaining the immense power to plunge that community into disorder

6 Weapons of Mass Destruction
from Jane Goodall, Mother Jones magazine, Mohammed Daud Miraki, Heather Mallick
Depleted Uranium, Agent Orange, the A and H bombs--the weapons that keep on killing

7 The Columbus Myth
by Chet Raymo
The fact that we wrap ourselves so fervently in the Columbian myth suggests that we understand intuitively what we have the power to become

8 Speaking Truth?
from Al Gore, The Federalist Papers, Robert Byrd, David Harrison, Huck Gutman, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky
Searching for the source of the feeling that something basic has gone wrong

10 On Empire: Thucydides
from The Acorn
Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must

12 Carpe Noctem--Seize the Night
by Ken Sehested
If our political vocation lacks anchorage in spiritual transformation, then we can expect more of the same, only worse

16 Have You Ever Been a Witness?
Christel Jorgensen
I cherish the memories of the family I stayed with and the laughter we shared. I also cried nearly every day

17 Report from Yanoun
by Adam Miles
It's not surprising that the Israelis don't want any cameras in the District Office. It's a terrible place

19 Why We Should Transfer the Administration of Iraq to the United Nations: Four Theses
by Stephen Zunes
The growing credibility crisis provides us with new opportunities

20 The New Lords of Africa
by Saskia Sassen
Global protests did help poor countries over drugs and AIDS. But the counterattack has begun

22 What was Behind the Pentagon's Betting Parlor?
by David Morse
Consider the bogus assumption that marketplace greed should govern human affairs

23 Taxing Truth
by David Bisson
An honest look at the numbers reveals the tax cut's staggering inequities

27 Megawatts and Mega-Mergers -- Neo-liberalism Comes Home to Roost
by Ben Wisner
There has to be a sense of legal responsibility for keeping the lights on, and that's what we've lost with deregulation

28 With Eyes Wide Shut
by George Monbiot
Our dreaming will, as it has begun to do already, destroy the conditions necessary for human life on Earth

30 PIECES

SHORT TAKES
AFSC Conference on Empire, p. 11
Letters from Lawrence Reichard and Michael True, p. 14
Refuseniks at Home and Abroad, p. 15
Peace Center in East Jerusalem Under Threat of Demolition, p. 15
Bernie Sanders Talks to Alan Greenspan, p. 25
Overcoming Powerlessness, p. 25
One Giant Step for the Corporate Accountability Movement, p. 26
Homeland Insecurity, p. 27
An Evening with Maxine Hong Kingston, p. 32

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