World

In the Name of My Father I Cannot Forgive In the Name of My Father I Cannot Forgive

Even after twenty-five years, the bitter taste of Argentina's "dirty war" lingers.

Oct 17, 2002 / Feature / Héctor Timerman

Subverting the UN Subverting the UN

As a healthy response to the Bush Administration's war policies, the number of people taking to the streets in protest is increasing with each step toward war.

Oct 17, 2002 / Richard Falk and David Krieger

Human Rights at the UN Human Rights at the UN

The day after Mary Robinson stepped down as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, forced out by determined pressure from Washington, George W.

Oct 17, 2002 / Ian Williams

Starring Jimmy Carter, in War and Peace Starring Jimmy Carter, in War and Peace

Now they've given Jimmy Carter the Nobel Peace Prize. Looking at the present, wretched incumbent, Democrats feel smug about their paladin of peace.

Oct 17, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The Dangerous Restaurant The Dangerous Restaurant

I was having dinner at a rather expensive restaurant the other night when a man I'd never met before threatened to kill me. He was a distinguished-looking fellow, dressed in a ...

Oct 10, 2002 / Wallace Shawn

Dems Roll Over, Film at 11 Dems Roll Over, Film at 11

As in a paranoid novel by Don DeLillo, it all comes together in the end. The Democrats can't stand up to Bush on Iraq because they're afraid of looking soft on terrorism and Sa...

Oct 10, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Lula’s Back in Town Lula’s Back in Town

On October 6 Brazilian voters propelled Workers' Party candidate Luiz Inácio da Silva, or "Lula," as he is known, one step closer to the presidency of the second-most-po...

Oct 10, 2002 / Mark Weisbrot

Palestine Activism Spammed Palestine Activism Spammed

Within days of the April incursion of the Israel Defense Forces into Jenin, pro-Palestine activist Thomas Olson received first a trickle, then thousands, of e-mails with menacing...

Oct 10, 2002 / Feature / Abby Aguirre

Ashcroft, Unabashed Ashcroft, Unabashed

There you go again, Mr. Ashcroft.

Oct 10, 2002 / David Cole

A Chickenhawk Cheer A Chickenhawk Cheer

Bomb 'em now, kill 'em now, zim, boom, bah
Chickenhawks, chickenhawks, rah, rah, rah.
Vietnam reverberates.
(We were rooting from the States.)

Oct 10, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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