E D I T O R I A L S

Letter from the editors

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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