United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix discusses the role of the Bush administration in undermining the inspection process in Iraq. The US stands alone in resisting calls from other UN members, notably Russia, to send UN inspectors back. David Usborne reports.

State to shoot 1,500 mute swans to help rid bay of a nuisance

A brilliantly written update of the Gil-Scott Heron classic "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised". No doggerel here; this is a well-written, well thought-out modernization including hyperlinks for all the appropriate cultural references...

The editors of MR review US economic conditions. They expect continued stagnation given the policies of the Bush administration. Only a "revolt from below" can combat the current "politics and economics of inequality."

A selection of poems from the website poetsagainstthewar.org where more than 12,000 anti-war poems have been posted. There are 17 poets in this MR excerpt including Marge Piercy and Adrienne Rich.

Israeli nationals control 75 percent of the Ecstasy drug market being dumped into the U.S. Nevertheless, the ADL’s Abe Foxman ignores this critical fact when he lists “hate crimes” against Americans on his web site. As for “Hate Symbols,” it is time for Foxman and the ADL to add the “bulldozer” to its roster. The bulldozer is an instrument of terror, that is regularly used by the Israeli Army against innocent Palestinians in the occupied territories. It was also used, on March 16, 2003, to kill Rachel Corrie, an American peace activist. No one is above criticism in our Republic. It is time for Foxman and the ADL to clean up their act.

Laurent Van der Stockt, a photographer working for the Gamma agency and under contract for the New York Times Magazine, followed the advance of the US Marines (3rd battalion, 4th regiment) for three weeks. He was accompanied by New York Times Magazine editor, Peter Maas. This is his eyewitness account of the Marines' march to Baghdad.

There is no possibility for world peace without eliminating the war business and the merchants of death who profit from it.