1-24-07, 1:00 pm

In this issue...

Trade unionist Yang Wanxiong details the struggle to unionize Wal-Mart stores in China. Is this a new chapter in the story of international solidarity? National Lawyers Guild President Marjorie Cohn talks about the Bush administration's attack on civil liberties and the US's legal obligation to protect human rights. Nooshin Shabani discusses the global AIDS crisis and the much-needed expansion of education and other preventative measures. Rémy Herrera examines the ideology of neoliberal international financial institutions. Wadi'h Halabi defines the twin challenges to Marxism as the failure of the 20th century socialist experiments in Europe and the economic expansion in the US. Lawrence Albright exposes the links between the neo-Nazi and militia movements to the anti-immigrant Minuteman Project. In addition to these stories, you will find reflections on Cuban President Fidel Castro, a comment on the role of labor in the 2006 elections, book reviews, poetry, and much more.

Peace, PA Editors

Table of Contents Volume 86, No. 2

DEPARTMENTS

04 Letters

05 Marxist IQ

06 Commentary

Labor and the 2006 Elections By Ben Sears

The Fidel Castro I Know By Gabriel García Márquez

07 Marxist Marginalia By Renzo Llorente

09 Nobody Asked Me, But... By Don Sloan

10 Book Reviews

Worse than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush Reviewed by Dana S. Clark

Reinventing 'The People': The Progressive Movement, the Class Problem and the Origins of Modern Liberalism Reviewed by Samuel Day Fassbinder

12 Poetry

The ABC's of Terrorism By Everett Hoagland

Insomnia By Sonia Sanchez

On Passing Thru Morgantown, PA By Sonia Sanchez

43 Fiction

Wisdom's Child By Keisha-Gaye Anderson





FEATURES

26 Cover Story: Scaling the Great Wal-mart of China (down to size) Chinese workers demand and win a union at Wal-Mart. By Yang Wanxiong

14 An Integer is a Whole Number The life and work of Sterling Brown, dean of African American letters, is celebrated. By Michael Harper

20 Poverty and AIDS Fighting AIDS requires a global commitment. By Nooshin Shabani

22 Guardians of Hate: The Minuteman Project's Ties to Neo-fascists An expose of the Minuteman Project's ties to the militia and neo-Nazi movements.                                         By Lawrence Albright

30 Bush's Tortured Logic: Marjorie Cohn Speaks Out on the State of Civil Liberties Protecting civil liberties and human rights isn't quaint; it's the law.

34 IMF: A Model of Bad Governance The IMF's neoliberal model for governance can't deliver the goods. By Rémy Herrera

38 Twin Challenges to Marxism How to explain US economic strength and the failures of 20th century socialism. By Wadi'h Halabi

46 El Fidel Castro Que Yo Conozco Por Gabriel García Márquez