Issue 247: May/June 2003

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features

• In Harm's Way

  Rodney Ward

  On the war front and the home front, the squeeze on the working class intentsifies.

• The Invisible Gag

  Lawrence Soley

  Corporations infringe on free speech rights.

• Is It Oil?

  Arthur Macewan

  Was "Operation Iraqi Freedom" waged for oil company profits?

• Some Way, Some How

  Dori Peleg

  Human service workers face budget cuts.

• Red Ink, Blue Bloods, and Bad Policy

  John Miller

  Bush squanders the federal budget surplus.

• Palestinian Labor Leader Speaks Out

  Alex Hogan

the regulars

• the short run
• letters
active culture Boycott big business/Oregon food-labeling initiative
• balance sheet Tools for peace, tools for war
• making sense Decline of the dollar system
• ask dr. dollar Are Republicans the new "Spendocrats"?
• econ-atrocity Toxic flowers for Mother's Day
• economy in numbers States in crisis raise the tax burden on the poor