The Prosecution and Persecution of Ron Carey The Prosecution and Persecution of Ron Carey
Ron Carey looked like a tired stereotype: the disgraced labor boss on the witness stand, with dark bags beneath his eyes, denying accusations of wrongdoing in a made-in-Queens ac...
Mar 19, 1998 / Feature / David Corn
Against Walesa, Any Solidarity? Against Walesa, Any Solidarity?
Kwasniewski the Red versus Walesa the gravedigger of Communism--the duel for Poland's presidency is being presented as if it were the old drama all over again.
Jan 28, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Battle of Algiers on Paris Métro Battle of Algiers on Paris Métro
On September 29 French viewers watching the news were offered a bloody Hollywood thriller as an extra. It was the end of a long manhunt.
Jan 28, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Hate in a Warm Climate Hate in a Warm Climate
He came, he threatened, but he didn't conquer. The French Riviera will not be the first important region in Europe to be ruled by neofascists.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Imagination Has Not Yet Taken Power Imagination Has Not Yet Taken Power
"What has happened to your 'socialist' France? Is it going the way of all social-democratic flesh?"
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Yeltsin’s Elections Yeltsin’s Elections
This issue also featured contributions from Boris Kagarlitsky and Aleksandr Likhotal under the same headline.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Ghosts of May The Ghosts of May
Today the cobblestones of Paris's Latin Quarter are covered with asphalt.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Revolution Seen Through a Glass Darkly The Revolution Seen Through a Glass Darkly
A film beginning with a shot of a little boy being beaten for not having learned the Declaration of the Rights of Man by heart, and closing in the overwhelming shadow of the guillo...
Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer
Les Affaires, or Zola Was Right Les Affaires, or Zola Was Right
In the electioneering mood of France at the turn of the year, the good advice is not, as in a whodunit, cherchez la femme but cherchez l'argent.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Of Lobsters and Poles Of Lobsters and Poles
Lobsters, French cookbooks assert, love to be cooked alive.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer