From the front lines in Iraq, to the legal lynching in Jena, LA, to the growth of a new poor people's movement in the streets of Philadelphia and Nashville—Dispatches 02 takes you where the mainstream media cannot go.

• The Ghost Of Anbar: The US military is creating and funding Sunni militias in Iraq. Are they “freedom fighters,” or sectarian war criminals arming themselves for a Sunni-Shia civil war? (20 min)
• The Jena 6: Big Noise news report from the legal lynching in Jena LA, where six black students face life in prison for a schoolyard fight. (12 min)
• Homeless Power!: While the economy unravels and the gap widens between rich and poor, we look at the rise of a new poor people's movement in America. (12 min)
• Vulture Battle: Big Noise teams up once again with investigative reporter Greg Palast, following up on their report on debt speculators who are taking millions from the world's poorest countries. (10 min)