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Apr. 21 - Apr. 27, 2004• Vol 38, No. 30

Click here to read our continually updated politics blog.


The failures of occupation
An internal Bush administration memo shows that even true believers see the seeds of Iraqi civil war in the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
By Jason Vest

The Coalition Provisional Authority memo on which 'The failures of occupation' is based

The kill zone
Moving wounded and dodging U.S. bullets in Fallujah.
By David Martinez

Editorial: No way out

Web Exclusives:

"This is jihad'
U.S. actions in Fallujah and elsewhere unite Sunnis and Shiites in Baghdad.
By Annia Ciezadlo

Steven T. Jones on negotiating with our enemies, Camille T. Taiara on the status of enemy combatants, and more on the SFBG politics blog.

Links:

Mike Davis on the Pentagon's urban war planning
By TomDispatch.com

CNN to Al Jazeera: Why Report Civilian Deaths?
Madeleine Lim's media arts class inspires young filmmakers.
By Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)

Is Iraq Another Vietnam? Actually, It May Become Worse
By Robert Freeman at Common Dreams

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In this issue

Editorial: Stay strong, Kamala

Opinion: Save the concourse
By Josh Hart

Corporate punishment
Bank of America pushes fall ballot measure that would erode consumer rights
By Becky Wildman-Tobriner

Dividing Nine
Progressives challenge Ammiano, creating yet another battle on the left
By Tim Redmond

Giving away the museum
Surprise plan to privatize the Randall Museum raises questions and concerns
By Sean McCourt

Follow That Story

Neighborhood Business:

Green geeks
Immaculate Computers offers eco-friendly computers and service.
By Annalee Newitz

Biztips
Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business scene.

Being There
Biking to Green Gulch
by sven eberlein

alt.sex.column By Andrea Nemerson

Double Team Psychic Dream By Michelle Tea and Jessica Lanyadoo

Flat Earth By Lynn Rapoport

Techsploitation By Annalee Newitz

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Dine
South, south of the border

By Paul Reidinger

Without Reservations
Iconography

By Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
Ice capades

By Dan Leone

Table Ready
I feel your pain
By Stephanie Rosenbaum

Bottle Rockets
Bare, with beer

Matt Markovich

Meatless
Eating tall
By Miriam Wolf

Take That
By Giorgio

By Gabriel Roth

The Food Snoop
Sweet liberty

By Masha Gutkin

Well Done
By Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe

DineOnline
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Stage: Heal thyself

Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping want you to forsake chain stores and think outside the big box.
By Lynn Rapoport

Stage: Brave new world
Mooi Street Moves looks for signs of the future in Johannesburg after apartheid.
By Robert Avila

Stage: Critic's Choice - Garth Fagan Dance
By Rita Felciano

Art: Dream on
Three artists entertainingly deflate Left Coast mythologies.
By Glen Helfand

Film: Take two
Get in line — the S.F. International Film Festival continues

Film: Critic's Choice -‘13 Going on 30’
Growing pains
By Cheryl Eddy

Music: Sorcery and the source
Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain weaves a spell when he plays.
By Peter Nicholson

Music: Critic's Choice -Cheetah Chrome
By Duncan Scott Davidson

Tiger on beat By Patrick Macias

Plus One By Vivian Host

Wandering eye By Glen Helfand

Sonic Reducer By Kimberly Chun

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Life During Wartime
The Bay Guardian's regularly updated section dedicated to war-related news and perspectives from the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world, protest and event information, and web links.

Media Beat
The media politics of 9/11: Bush's public relations scam runs into trouble. 03.31.04
By Norman Solomon

In the Public Interest
The two-income trap: Why so many families are going broke.. 03.24.04
By Ralph Nader


Focus on the Corporation

Corporations and their proxies defeated in Miami -- but they refuse to give up
By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman


Journalists under fire
Digests from the frontlines of the free press around the globe

First amendment alerts

The shame of Hearst
By Bruce B. Brugmann, 11.14.01

Anniversary Issue
The case for MUD: A public power agency could cut electric rates by 20 percent – and still make millions of dollars.

It's funny in Kansas
Joke of the day

Superlist
Handel's 'Messiah': Bay Area performances and sing-alongs.