A New Middle East
The protesters who have filled the streets of Arab cities for months now are demanding democracy and open government, and an end to the corruption and brutal humiliations of aut...
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September 12, 2011 Issue
Cover art by: Cover photo by Nadav Neuhaus, design by Milton Glaser Incorporated
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Editorial
The Democrats’ Rural Rebellions
The Republicans’ dramatic overreach in states from Wisconsin to Maine has created openings for substantial Democratic victories in unexpected territory.
The Party of Bachmann?
Antigovernment zealots and biblical literalists are driving the race for 2012's Republican presidential nomination.
Keystone Cops
The largest act of civil disobedience by environmentalists in decades began outside the White House on August 20, as more than seventy people were arrested during a protest agai...
Column
Michele Bachmann, Wife in Chief?
Is a vote for Bachmann actually a vote for her husband?
Daylight Robbery, Meet Nighttime Robbery
The UK rioters know full well that their elites are looters too.
Letters
Feature
The Arab Awakening
Throughout the Arab world, we are witnessing nothing less than the awakening of several phenomena that are critical for stable statehood.
Fault Lines in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
Seemingly within reach of unprecedented power in a post-Mubarak Egypt, the group faces the prospect of implosion.
Democracy 101 for Egypt
Can Egyptians turn the fervor of Tahrir into lasting political engagement?
The Middle East’s Working-Class Revolutions?
The success of the insurgent movements throughout the region correlates well with the strength of organized labor.
The Moroccan ‘Exception’
The king says his realm is a beacon of liberalism, but the people demand bread, and roses too.
That Other Tunisia
Without social justice for unemployed youth, revolutionary hopes may descend into class war.
The Rise of the Intifada Generation
The Palestinian liberation struggle was “the rock that was thrown in the still water.”
Can Tahrir Square Come to Tel Aviv?
Israel must forge a new Palestinian and regional strategy in response to the Arab Awakening.
Saudi Arabia’s Regional Reaction
The royals have spared no expense in crushing or minimizing the impact of the revolutions.
Clampdown in Bahrain
When protesters called for a republic, the US position changed, allowing a Saudi invasion.
Washington’s Weak Response to the Arab Awakening
The United States has alienated both allied regimes and their opposition movements.
Books & the Arts
The Perpetual Guest: On Warren Niesluchowski
A visit from Warren is a test of hospitality: you don’t take him in, you take him on.
Discandied: On Women and Elegy
Learning to mourn with Susan Howe, Gertrude Schnackenberg, Anne Carson and C.D. Wright.
This Is a Recording: On Alan Lomax
How Alan Lomax became the most significant Baedeker of America’s folkways.
