Letter From Iraq Letter From Iraq

I asked Fatima, a mother with nine children, all living with her husband and her sister in three rooms, "How are you preparing for the war?" She replies, "Oh, there is not much...

Jan 16, 2003 / Elizabeth Roberts

Dissident or Apologist? Dissident or Apologist?

The Iraqi-American writer and Brandeis professor Kanan Makiya is nowadays considered by many in the United States to be the Iraqi dissident par excellence.

Jan 16, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Sinan Antoon

Our Man in Saigon Our Man in Saigon

In the new film version of The Quiet American, a photographer races into a plaza in downtown Saigon, rather puzzling jaded British reporter Thomas Fowler (Michael Caine).

Jan 16, 2003 / Books & the Arts / H. Bruce Franklin

Axis of Incoherence Axis of Incoherence

Axis of Incoherence

The burgeoning Far East crisis has exposed the bankruptcy of US Korea policy.

Jan 9, 2003 / The Editors

An African-American Appeal for Peace An African-American Appeal for Peace

It's time to come up with a new notion of civil rights and peaceful negotiation.

Jan 9, 2003 / Feature / Walter Mosley

Blind Sweeps Return Blind Sweeps Return

They say history repeats itself. But usually not quite so quickly.

Dec 23, 2002 / David Cole

A Hundred Peace Movements Bloom A Hundred Peace Movements Bloom

The strength of the opposition is not its unity, but its diversity.

Dec 18, 2002 / Feature / Esther Kaplan

Voices for Peace Voices for Peace

WHO: Racial Justice 9-11: People of Color Against the War

Dec 18, 2002 / Feature / The Nation

Oil, Iraq and America Oil, Iraq and America

For more from Hiro on Iraq, read Iraq: In the Eye of the Storm, a short, lucid primer recently published by NationBooks.

Dec 16, 2002 / Feature / Dilip Hiro

Making the Connections Making the Connections

A sense of the larger picture is growing among US citizens, notably, though not only, among a young generation, along with a revulsion against official and corporate contempt f...

Dec 12, 2002 / Adrienne Rich