Endless Military Superiority Endless Military Superiority
The new defense doctrine calls for meeting any threat, anywhere, at any time.
Jun 27, 2002 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
Against Israeli Apartheid Against Israeli Apartheid
The end of apartheid stands as one of the crowning accomplishments of the past century...
Jun 27, 2002 / Ian Urbina and Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Keeping the UN in Line Keeping the UN in Line
So far this year, US diplomats have secured the removal of Mary Robinson, High Commissioner for Human Rights; José Bustani, head of the Organization for the Prohibition of ...
Jun 27, 2002 / Ian Williams
Aid–Let’s Get Real Aid–Let’s Get Real
The Africa trip of Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Irish rock star Bono produced a bumper harvest of photo ops and articles about aid to Africa. Unfortunately, media coverage ...
Jun 20, 2002 / Salih Booker and William Minter
Framed by the FBI Framed by the FBI
The $4.4 million damages award in June against FBI agents and Oakland police for violating the constitutional rights of environmental activists Darryl Cherney and Judi Bari, wrong...
Jun 20, 2002 / James X. Dempsey
War on Iraq Is Wrong War on Iraq Is Wrong
If the Bush Administration has its way, Iraq will be the first test of its new doctrine of pre-emption. To adopt such a destabilizing strategy is profoundly contrary to our interes...
Jun 20, 2002 / The Editors
Islam’s Divided Crescent Islam’s Divided Crescent
On September 23, 2001, midpoint between the horrific events of September 11 and the beginning of the war in Afghanistan, the New York Times ran an intriguing headline. "Forget the...
Jun 20, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Anthony Arnove
Backbeat in China Backbeat in China
A hundred days ago Wu'er Kaixi was a fugitive.... Yesterday, before an audience of 800 Americans and Chinese at Brandeis University, he showed what brought a 21-year-old Beijing N...
Jun 13, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Home Security System Home Security System
The timing of George W. Bush's proposal for a Cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security--hastily unveiled when revelations about FBI lapses were hitting the front pages--smack...
Jun 13, 2002 / The Editors
Advice and Consent Advice and Consent
Senator Russ Feingold had hoped the Senate Democratic leadership would challenge George W. Bush's decision to withdraw the United States from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. At...
Jun 13, 2002 / John Nichols