Interview with Micah Sifry, journalist and author, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris

The next ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization will take place in Cancun, Mexico on September 10-15. From the 8th on, a huge mobilization will greet the meeting with creative protest and visions of alternatives. Below is our report on some of the preliminary organizing we did last week in Cancun and Mexico City.

Dean's subversion of the constitution through his judicial appointment policies. Dean's general constitutional ignorance.

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Raise the volume of protest against the Bush Administration's lies on Iraq with these bold, eye-catching stickers from United for Peace and Justice.

There's evidence of friction at all levels of the party. Most prominently, between Bush and Dick Cheney, whose own daughter is gay. Meanwhile Howard Dean was governor of Vermont in April of 2000, when the state became the first to recognize single sex unions.

The Baltimore Free University, a progressive educational alternative is being revived after a 16-year absence.

In Miami on November 19-21st, the Free Trade Area of the Americas, a trade agreement to expand NAFTA to all 31 countries in the Americas and the Caribbean with the exception of Cuba, will be meeting for the first time since Quebec in 2001. Demonstrations are being called by a number of groups. In an attempt to raise awareness and garner support for those demonstrations, the Towson Anti-War Coalition held a teach-in and discussion.

Have you been the victim of bullying at work or do you know someone who has? There is little being done about this problem. It is a basic human rights issue and could fall under the category of discrimination. It's time to take a stand and write letters to our congressmen!