Over 1500 people participated in the largest living art project ever, recreating Pablo Picasso's "Amnistia" in Miami Florida, January 17, 2004. The demonstrator-artists were protesting the Bush Administration's unprecedented prosecution of Greenpeace for 'sailormongering' in connection with an April, 2002 protest against a ship carrying an illegal shipment of Amazonian mahogany. After protests from civil libertarians and civil rights groups across the country, Judge Adalberto Jordan summarily dismissed the charges immediately after the prosecution rested its case on May 19, 2004. Supervising Artist: John Quigley, Photograph © Robert Visser/Greenpeace

2 From the Editor's Desk

4 Abolishing Poverty: A Declaration of Human Rights
by Jesse Leah Vear
Surely one doesn't need the surveillance powers of weapons-grade satellites to see the faces of 80 million poor people struggling to survive.

5 Paying the Price: The Mounting Cost of the Iraq War
by the IPS and FPIF
Percentage of Iraqis who said they would feel safer if US and other foreign troops left the country immediately: 55.

6 A Declaration of Interdependence
by Rabbi Arthur Waskow
Whenever any institution becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right, the duty, of the people to alter it.

7 Don't Just Vote
We urge you to spend election day in creative -experiments in self-determination and cooperation.

8 Election 2004: A Perspective from Veterans for Peace
by John Schuchardt
Fear is the root of war and all violence. Our human task is to live by love, casting out all fear.

9 Green Party Presidential Nominee David Cobb
Calls for "Safe States" Strategy and Instant Runoff Voting
Concerned about the spoiler effect of third parties? Support Instant Runnoff Voting.

10 John Kerry Testifies Against the War, War Crimes, and Racism, 1971
by John Kerry
We are guilty of violating the Geneva Conventions; in the use of free fire zones, the bombings, the torture of prisoners.

11 Kerry and Bush on Iraq: Same Incoherence
by Ali Abunimah
Kerry plans to increase the numbers of US troops in Iraq.

12 Timeline of US Torture in Guantanamo, Afghanistan, and Iraq
by Alan Shapiro
This was a failure that ran straight to the top.

14 Indigenous Land Struggles in Michoacán, Mexico
by Chris Tilly and Marie Kennedy
President Salinas tried to buy indigenous land. We voted no.

16 Rwandan Women Survive Genocide, Rape, and HIV
by Gerald Lenoir
500,000 people in Rwanda are living with HIV. Only 2000 people are being treated with anti-retroviral drugs.

17 The Women's Web at the Boston Social Forum
by Laura Roskos
Women simultaneously need physical security and political power.

18 US Impedes Malaria Treatment; Dooms Thousands
by Emma Miller
The $19 million required to save tens of thousands of lives wouldn't even make a dent in the $19 billion nuclear weapons budget.

18 Campaign Counters Deadly US Reproductive Health Policy
US funding would have prevented 4700 maternal deaths and 77,000 infant deaths.

19 Renewing Commitments to Clean Energy
by Sarah Klinkenberg
Some states have made progress, the US Government has not.

20 Water for Life, Not for Profit
by Ruth Caplan
Rich or poor, residents did not want to lose control of their water to a distant mega-corporation.

21 Immigrant Rights: Translating Grassroots Organzing Into Policy Change
by Rosita Choy
The tension between a national legislative agenda and a grassroots organizing focus can fuel creative change.

22 Fund the Dream: A National Call
by Chuck Turner
We must lay siege to the government.

24 Lessons from the 2000 Republican Convention
by Matthew Borus
If they are not safe demonstrating, neither are we.

26 Medic!
by Michael Blanding
Suddenly, my nose and throat were on fire; my eyes clenched tight as I stumbled blindly away.

30 Pieces
Events, Gatherings, Opportunities, Resources, Convention Listings

32 The Vomitorium: DisG(e)orge Art
by Wendy Tremayne & Marina Potok
With Roman imagery, we'll shine a light on the gluttony of today.

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