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Fact of the Week

**Fact of the Week**
One of George Bush's supposed strengths as a presidential candidate was his rapport with Mexican president Vicente Fox. According to the New York Times, Mexico will snub the United States and join France in supporting military action in Iraq only if Iraq prevents weapons inspections. Furthermore, Mexico and the United States remain at odds on issues of trade and migration. Sources: New York Times, 28 October 2002; Daily Kos weblog, 28 October 2002.

**This week's columns**
When is Free Speech Not Free? Paul Corrigan When is free speech not free? When it tells a powerful truth that challenges Andrew Sullivan or the rest of the status quo.	That 80s Show Tim Francis-Wright The Bush administration has within its ranks two men whose actions to subvert democracy in Central America in the 1980s should have rendered them forever unfit for public service.

Red Pepper news on Iraq.
No Rush to War: a collection of articles from The Nation.
Target: Iraq from GlobalSecurity.org.
Iraq's Nuclear Weapon Programme from the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Iraq WMD Dossier from the International Institute of Strategic Studies.
Iraq dossier presented to Parliament by Tony Blair.
New York Times op-ed ad signed by 33 international relations scholars (HTML version of the ad).
More, alas, likely to come.

Paul Wellstone, 1944-2002: Progressive activists always knew that Paul Wellstone was on their side (John Nichols, The Nation).
Bush Offers Disinformation About Saddam: Most Americans wrongly believe that Iraq abetted the 11 September attacks (Cynthia Tucker, Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
Blue Chip Investors: Find out which corporations are the 100 largest contributors to federal campaigns in the past 14 years (OpenSecrets.Org).
Whack Back on November 5: Here are 24 reasons for regime change in Florida (Stephen Goldstein, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel).
Bush Should Take a Walk Near Home: Bush should have defied the sniper by walking the streets instead of campaigning elsewhere (Jimmy Breslin, Newsday).
S. F. Peace March Draws Thousands: A huge San Francisco rally against war in Iraq was just one of several around the world (Wyatt Buchanan, Christopher Heredia, and Suzanne Herel, San Francisco Chronicle).

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