REPORTS & ANALYSIS
Russia reasserts its power in Georgia
PLUS: Hollow victory in Bolivia
Red gold, Black gold
Anti-climate summit
Chrysler murdered my uncle
Anatomy of a frameup: the case of Troy Davis
F E A T U R E S
Bipartisan road to the dark side
PHIL GASPER explains how the Democrats are complicit in Bush's attack on human rights and civil liberties
Politics of change or politics as usual?
LANCE SELFA examines Obama's presidential run
Can the left take over the Democratic Party?
LANCE SELFA explains the futility of working within the Party to change it
Balance-sheet of U.S. imperialism
GILBERT ACHCAR discusses what has happened to American imperialism since 9-11
This Century's challenges
NOAM CHOMSKY outlines the grave threats to our survival
Brave New India
ARUNDHATI ROY interviewed by DAVID BARSAMIAN
The explosive 1968 Olympics
An excerpt from Dave Zirin's new book, A People's History of Sports in the United States
Hidden torture, false democracy
KRISTIAN WILLIAMS, author of American Methods, reviews Darius Rejali's Torture and Democracy
R E V I E W S
Funding the activists, and the strings attached
SHAUN JOSEPH reviews The Revolution Will Not Be Funded
PLUS: Myths about immigration
Wall Street's case for open borders; What ails U.S. health care: A deeper look at the Weather Underground
L E T T E R S
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