In this issue...

We take a special look at Africa. PA contributing writer Libero Della Piana examines the basis for a renewed interest in Africa and provides some key background on some key issues on the continent. Vijay Prashad dissects the recent Bush administration to establish AFRICOM, a military contingent focused on African developments. The Sudanese Communist Party details its position on the Darfur crisis and political solutions to the problems there. PA Managing Editor Joel Wendland writes on the Crandall Canon Mine collapse and the drive for profit that caused it. Also find book reviews, a short story, poetry, and many other interesting items.

PA Editors

Departments:

04 Letters

06 Commentary Sounding off about Religious Extremism By Anna Bates

Puerto Rico takes its case to the United Nations By José A. Soler

08 International Notes By Thomas Riggins

09 Marxist IQ

12 Book Reviews

Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919 Reviewed by Clara West

The Second Gilded Age: The Great Reaction in the United States 1973-2000 Reviewed by Ed Bloomer

14 Poetry Cuba is a Poem By Everett Hoagland

Union Road By Mary Fell

5 Female Poets Next to a Block of ice By Anne Waldman

37 Fiction The Shadow Man, Part 2 By Karin Coddon

Features:

Cover Story The Eagle Flies Over Africa US military interest in Africa has grown. Wonder why? By Vijay Prashad

16 Crandall Canyon Miners Demand Safety Before Profit The story of how Crandall Canyon mine owner Robert Murray put profit before human life. By Joel Wendland

20 Darfur: The Crisis and the Tragedy Sudanese Communists sound off on Darfur crisis and potential solutions. By Fathi M. El Fadl

28 Africa Today A look at political and social developments in the world’s poorest continent. By Libero Della Piana

32 Tactics: A Marxist Guide How to figure out the best means of waging the struggle and winning or how, why and when to retreat. By Daniel Rubin

42 Darfur: crisis y tragedia Por Fathi M. El Fadl