Public relations firms manipulated the U.S. public during the first Iraq war. Now a public relations group with ties to the Pentagon and Vice-Preseident Cheney is attempting it again. Laura Miller reports.

Osama bin Laden is writing the script in the war against terror. America, Britain and Israel are fighting on the same side. But it's time to talk about law, fairness and justice, argues Robert Fisk, not just for criminals, but for the whole Middle East.

St. Petersburg scientist, Valentin Vladimirovich Kashinov, has virtually "shut down" western efforts to create 21st century weapons, precision "smart" weapons which find targets based on information from satellites. Vladimir Bogdanov reports.

Maryland food pantries struggle to meet need local needs. Kate Shatzkin reports on a survey by the Maryland Food Bank which found that 86% of the 117 food pantries and soup kitchens responded that they're serving more people this year.

A survey of oil resources around the world. A.K. Gupta notes that given the United States's strategic interests, oil dependence and oil wars will likely continue

The election of Workers Party's Luis Inacio da Silva (Lula) as president of Brazil is a significant political development. However, Pablo Ortellado argues that the burden of real social change is with the social movements.

Unions have little reason to trust Bush on his war plans against Iraq as his "first war" has been his effort to lower the security and living standards of working families. Bob Muehlenkamp reports on labor's opposition to the latest U.S. drive for war on Iraq.

The European Social Forum met in Florence, Italy with 60,000 in attendance. It is the first Europe-wide response to the constraints on democray created by the development of the European Union. Hilary Wainwright reports.