TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. EDITORIAL: Animal Fries.
McDonald's isn't currying flavor with its vegetarian clientele. Is the beef -- litigation-worthy?2. The Effects of New Technology - Mark Kingwell
With the ghost of McLuhan ever present, a frank discussion on the effects of Internet and related technologies.3. THE EAGLE AND THE CONDOR - Maya Khankhoje
The forgotten sum at the Summit. In terms of how the west was won, we owe much to America's indigenous populations. Does globalization owe them a voice?4. ECONOMIC TERRORISM - Michel Chossudovsky
What do you call a plutocracy that blackmails money strapped nations? The IMF (International Monetary Fund).5. CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE: Women and Press Freedom in Iran - Persheng Vaziri
Despite a conservative backlash, Iran's female journalists will not be denied.6. FILM REVIEW OF THE CIRCLE - Roksana Bahramitash and Homa Hoodfar
Award winning director Jafar Panahi is accused of strategic omissions and playing up to Hollywood. The packaging of Iranian women.7. B. TRADE (APP'T. #17): THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF BIRGIT BALDAUF
Self portraits of the artist in a room without windows.8. Two poems - Anna Fuerstenberg
Poetry doesn’t have to be obsessively self-referential: verse that bleeds stone.9. AURA: A Short Story - Liam Durcan
Before he could choose to cross over to the other side, it had already happened. It could happen to you!10. ME AND MICHELLE PFEIFFER ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON - Robert J. Lewis
An inquiry into the effects of cinema and our curious relationships with media celebrities.11. NET CENSORSHIP WILL SAVE THE CHILDREN - Robert Blincoe
Desire under the hemlock. Should the law deny pedophiles the freedom to express their inclinations?12. AN APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF JUAN RAGGO - Maya Khankhoje
Bold colors and uncompromising form conspire to reveal "la condition humaine". Magic realism in the body-house of truth.