GLW issue 490, published 2002-05-01.

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Poem: Behind the Wire

Behind the wiredreams expirestrangled andcongealed in themire of choked livesand hopes and dreams. Behind the wiredead dreams walkseeking releasefrom all carein the drowning seaof racism's bile. Behind the wirethe innocents shuffle,sad refuge

ITALY: Communist Party debates way forward

BY DICK NICHOLS [At its fifth congress, held April 4-7, Italy's 90,000-member Party of Communist Refoundation (PRC) endorsed a radical left turn. This is the second part of two articles on the congress. The first part appeared in last week's Green

Loose cannons

Capitalist 'democracy' "Venezuelan democracy is no longer threatened by a would-be dictator [now that power has] passed ... to a respected business leader." — New York Times editorial, April 13, welcoming the installation of bosses' federation

'Everyone should be supporting the Palestinians'

BY ALISON DELLIT "If I stole your wallet, and then came up to you and said that it was too late, now that it was stolen, to give it back, and offered you just $15 of the $100 that was in it — would you accept?", Wajma Tapadshah, a member of the
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