Tens of thousands said it together on October 6--in dozens of rallies and gatherings across the U.S., on banners and T-shirts, signs and songs, in chants, speeches and a solemn common pledge of resistance. Everywhere, on banners, flyers, signs and shirts was that photo of our beautiful planet floating in space--as a symbol of unity across borders and dreams of a better world.

Since the passage of the USA Patriot Act, US government agencies have requested much information about citizen's reading material from libraries. Eleanor Bader reports.

According to the Institute for Policy Studies, there were at least 400 major demonstrations in the U.S. against an attack on Iraq up to mid-October. John Pilger comments and compares to the early years of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

Once Latin America's wealthiest economy, Argentina is now in meltdown and pauperization. David Rock analyses the background to the worst casualty of neoliberalism to date. (NLR Sep/Oct 2002)

As war looms in the Middle East, what are the goals of the Bush Administration? Do they mark a break in long-term strategy for the United States? Perry Anderson analyses changes in US hegemony in the post-Cold War period. (NLR Sep/Oct 2002)

A commentary on the U.S. "draft plan" for a permanent two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Hanan Ashrawi argues that "Unless the road map clearly spells out the June 4, 1967 borders as being the boundaries of the Palestinian state, the whole exercise runs the risk of generating further conflict and serving Sharon's plans of further land theft and expansionism."

Unilateral military action by the United States against Iraq is unjustified, unwarranted, and illegal. The Administration has failed to make the case that Iraq poses an imminent threat to the United States. There is no credible evidence linking Iraq to 9/11. There is no credible evidence linking Iraq to Al Qaeda. Nor is there any credible evidence that Iraq possesses deliverable weapons of mass destruction...

Transnational corporations and politicians of both the Republican and Democratic parties support the U.S. government's attempt to break the West Coast dockworkers' union--the International Longshore & Warehouse Union. Lee Sustar reports.