Tom Lewis reports on the Counter-Davos Summit in Porto Alegre, Brazil; Sherry Wolf reports on Protest in Nice, France, at the EU summit
PLUS:Appeal to defend Swiss union militants

F E A T U R E S

Fat Cats, Bigwigs and War Criminals
Alan Maass looks at Bush's new cabinet

What the Voters Really Said in 2000
Lance Selfa

"Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand"
Panelists speak about fighting Bush Agenda

Power to the People?
Jessie Muldoon and Todd Chretien report on how the free market turned the lights out in California

The End of the MIracle Economy
Paul D'Amato and Joel Geier

The Economics of Booms and Slumps
Chris Harman

The FTAA: A Primer
Lee Sustar

We, the People?
Annie Zirin tells the story of the U.S. Constitution

Blacks and the American Revolution
Leighton Christiansen

Stalinism and Bolshevism
Reprint of a Trotsky classic

R E V I E W S

Organizing Independent Unions in Mexico
LA Sweatshops PLUS: Paul Foot's Partisan Journalism; Struggle in South Africa After Apartheid; and more