CONTENTS
EDITORIALS:
The empire stumbles
Why we say "Out Now"; California recall--the bitter fruits of lesser-evilism
NEWS AND REPORTS:
Bolivia: Throwing out a president
European revolutionary left at the crossroads
The employers' offensive--is class struggle heating up in the U.S.?
FEATURES:
Remembering Edward Said
Alexander Cockburn, Helen Scott and Bill Keach
Telling the truth about imperialism
Noam Chomsky interviewed by David Barsamian
Racism in America Today
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Indonesia: From "reformasi" to reaction
Tom O'Lincoln
Issues on the Indonesian left
Tom O'Lincoln
The Dean deception
Keith Rosenthal
Candidate of the Left?
Katherine Dwyer on the Kucinich phenomenon
End of the Road Map
Toufic Haddad
Marx's theory of economic crisis
Stuart Easterling
The Orwell we never knew
Lee Wengraf
When Britannia waived the rules
Paul D'Amato reviews Niall Ferguson's Empire
REVIEWS:The real reasons for the Iraq war; Plus: Israel/Palestine; Bushwacked; Kunstler on political trials; Toxic waste; Unmaking the American working class; China's military