Plus: Gay Marriage—birth of a civil rights movement; Anniversary of the war; Wall Street likes Kerry

Plus: Brazil—reform and revolution; General strike in Canada?; Haiti's uprising; Wild winter for Italian workers; Is reform dead in Iran?; Up against the Egyptian regime; Rachid Chrii goes free

FEATURES

Blair's mass deception
John Pilger

The occupation of Iraq, Palestine, and the antiwar movement
Statement of the International Socialist Organization

How we stopped the execution of Kevin Cooper
Todd Chretien

The fight for gay marriage: "Separate is not equal"
Steve Trussell

the U.S. labor movement: State of emergency, signs of renewal
Lee Sustar

Farmworkers in the U.S.
Justin Akers

Writers draw up new organizing plans
Interview with Jerry Colby, new president of the National Writers Union

The world's left meets in Mumbai
David Whitehouse

Building Unity on the Greek Left
Declaration of the initiative for the Regroupment of the left

Emma Goldman: A life of Controversy
Lance Selfa

Marxist Classics: The Civil War in France
Elizabeth Lalasz

REPRINT: Who's going to be the lesser-evil in '68?
Hal Draper

REVIEWS

Plus: Is U.S. power in decline?; The U.S. and "small wars"; Capital and empire; Life of a civil rights champion; Chimps and us; Live from Palestine