Issue 661

|  February 8, 2008

  • Millions voted on Super Tuesday with the hope that a Democratic president will end the war on Iraq. But the Democrats' history should give them pause.

Economy

National

International

  • Anthony Arnove documents the crimes of the Indonesian dictator Suharto that the media neglected to report in its obituaries.

  • As politicians maneuvered in peace talks, the death toll topped 1,000 as the result of violence that followed Kenya's rigged elections.

Opinion

Labor

Activist News

  • Beneath the towering double row of border fences, immigrant rights activists began the third Marcha Migrante from San Diego to the Canadian border.

  • Danbury, Conn., immigrant rights | Make Democrats debate the war | Winter Soldier at Fort Drum | Shut down the SOA | Protesting anti-choice bigots in S.F.

Readers' Views

Books and Entertainment

  • Director John Sayles sets the birth of rock and its intersection with the blues at the heart of his new film, Honeydripper.