Xerxes’s Nukes Xerxes’s Nukes
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Iran’s long wait for nuclear weapons.
May 30, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
How Germany Keeps Amazon at Bay and Literary Culture Alive How Germany Keeps Amazon at Bay and Literary Culture Alive
In Germany, fixed-price laws curtail the power of retail chains and help to sustain a vibrant literary culture.
May 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Michael Naumann
‘Why Don’t We Try Peace?’: An Interview With Dennis Kucinich ‘Why Don’t We Try Peace?’: An Interview With Dennis Kucinich
The Ohio Representative and peace advocate talks about the NDAA, Iran and accountability for military disasters.
May 29, 2012 / George Zornick
The Golden Age of Special Operations The Golden Age of Special Operations
Globalizing the “Global War on Terror.”
May 29, 2012 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Student Movement Dubbed the ‘Mexican Spring’ Student Movement Dubbed the ‘Mexican Spring’
Thousands of students opposing corporate-controlled media and political monopolies took to the streets in Mexico City.
May 29, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Jeremy Scahill: A Short History of Drone Warfare Jeremy Scahill: A Short History of Drone Warfare
The new trajectory of US warfare.
May 25, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Honduras: ¿De qué lado está EE.UU? Honduras: ¿De qué lado está EE.UU?
El silencioso y poderoso rol que EE.UU está jugando en el conflicto hondureño.
May 24, 2012 / Dana Frank
How to Forget on Memorial Day How to Forget on Memorial Day
Whistling past the graveyard of empires.
May 24, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
Orlando Figes and Stalin’s Victims Orlando Figes and Stalin’s Victims
A book by the famous British historian was not published in Russia because the Moscow publisher discovered too many errors and misrepresentations—not, as Figes suggested, for...
May 23, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Reddaway and Stephen F. Cohen
Military Detention for Journalists Military Detention for Journalists
Why did Obama administration lawyers refuse to discount the possibility, even for First Amendment–protected speech?
May 23, 2012 / David Cole