Greece’s Golden Dawn: Fascists at the Gate Greece’s Golden Dawn: Fascists at the Gate
The party is deeply rooted in the political culture of Greece.
Mar 25, 2015 / Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus
Remembering Those Murdered At Oscar Romero’s Funeral Remembering Those Murdered At Oscar Romero’s Funeral
Dozens of poor El Salvadorans were killed during the bishop’s funeral thirty five years ago.
Mar 25, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Free Trade Isn’t about Trade. It’s About Bureaucrats—and Guns. Free Trade Isn’t about Trade. It’s About Bureaucrats—and Guns.
Free trade agreements like the TPP have provisions that are designed less for trade, and more about replacing public bureaucrats with private, corporate ones.
Mar 24, 2015 / Mike Konczal
What’s Next for Greece? Debating Syriza’s Options What’s Next for Greece? Debating Syriza’s Options
A reading list on the future of austerity in Greece, Europe and beyond.
Mar 24, 2015 / Joanne Landy and Thomas Harrison
The US’s ‘War on Drugs’ Has Spiraled Dangerously Out of Control The US’s ‘War on Drugs’ Has Spiraled Dangerously Out of Control
It didn’t work in Afghanistan, so let’s do it in Mexico.
Mar 23, 2015 / Rebecca Gordon
10 Steps to Transform American Society 10 Steps to Transform American Society
An outline for social transformation in the United States, inspired by South Africa’s Freedom Charter.
Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Jack O’Dell
The Future of a Failed State The Future of a Failed State
Nations like Haiti don’t “fail” because of their people, but because they’ve been relentlessly exploited by the more “developed” world.
Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz
‘Why Do They Hate Us?’ ‘Why Do They Hate Us?’
It’s too easy to condemn the right’s populist attacks on Muslims—especially with so many left-wing atheists and liberal hawks joining the party.
Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Moustafa Bayoumi
Why Are Liberal Democracies So Bad at Creating Economic Equality? Why Are Liberal Democracies So Bad at Creating Economic Equality?
The “Third Wave” of democracy in the Global South went hand in hand with the spread of policies that hobbled the fight for greater economic equality from the outset.
Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Walden Bello
The Case for Disengagement in the Middle East The Case for Disengagement in the Middle East
It is time to walk away and leave the region to its own bad behavior.
Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Kai Bird