Text of approved Baltimore City Council resolution against the USA Patriot Act.

Buckle Up and Shut Up; Public Transit? Pay Up!; Local News? Sure, whatever you say!; The fish are leaving us, and semi-automatic weapons have nothing to do with it; Staying healthy is getting harder; The war on terror is seeking new fronts; Baathists will work where we say they can work; and Tommy Franks on trial...

A weekly roundup of news, announcements, essays and other items of interest. In this issue: APR's new email list, Arundhati Roy on the American empire, Leah C. Wells on the issues of water and oil in Iraq, David Edwards on the tragedy of Iraqi children having no healthcare, and Matt Taibbi on the incoherent writing of Thomas Friedman.

Police arrest two peace activists outside Andrews Air Force base in Prince Georges County, MD. The activists were among a group of ten who came to protest an air show.

Workers want to reopen a pasta manufacturing facility near Buenos Aires to put food in community kitchens, schools, and hospitals. Support Workers Control!

Jeanette Wallis, veteran of the Seattle WTO protests, has been walking across America for 2 years collecting grievances from citizens to hand-deliver to George W. Bush in what she calls "a literal interpretation of the First Amendment right to petition the government for the redress of grievances".

Proudhon and the Speculator's Manual in the Stock Exchange

Interview with Salih Booker, executive director of Africa Action, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus