Contents

News Briefs 3

Deportation of LA.-8? 4

  Steve Ghannam

NICARAGUA FORUM

Test Yourself 5

Hard Questions 7

The Economy of War 8

  Thea Lee and Mark Weisbrot

Local Reflections 9

The War at Home 11

A Mother's Testimony 12

Reagan 's "Peace Plan " 12

  Steve Hayworth

GRAFFITI 14

People Dancing

  Diane Rosenblatt

Film: Rosa Luxembourg

  John Carlos Cantú

Theater: Jimmy Dean

  Len Bradley

Truth

  Gail Burke

CALENDAR 15-17

COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTORY (CRD) 18-22

DECLASSIFIEDS 23