4 FROM ALTERNET

A WAR OF WORDS
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com
The language Bush has used in recent speeches about Iraq and
Cindy Sheehan illustrates why his message (and approval
rating) is starting to fail.
http://www.alternet.org/story/24740/

DON'T FORGET ABOUT US
Andrea Batista Schlesinger, ColorLines
America's young people need to be engaged in a real
conversation about Social Security -- before it's too late.
http://www.alternet.org/story/24742/

WHY GANG INTERVENTION DOESN'T WORK
Hector Gonzalez, Silicon Valley DeBug
A youth gang mentor argues that teens will only leave gangs
after they define solutions for their problems by
themselves and for themselves.
http://www.alternet.org/wiretap/24234/

CAN'T KILL P2P
Annalee Newitz, AlterNet
People want to get their music online, and currently P2P is
the best way to get it -- not because it's free, but
because it's there.
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/24748/