Gore Vidal, Octocontrarian Gore Vidal, Octocontrarian
Marc Cooper interviews Gore Vidal about an America that is increasingly controlled by corporations and suggests that the Gulf Coast hurricanes and the Iraq debacle signal the break...
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Wrong About the Right Wrong About the Right
Progressives lack a common set of that tie a movement together. But they can build on conservatives' proven strategy of slowly creating a broad consensus.
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / Jean Hardisty and Deepak Bhargava
Beyond Shelters Beyond Shelters
Advocacy groups like ACORN want New Orleanians to play a role in the rebuilding of the community they had to leave. The biggest issue so far: getting refugees of the storm back hom...
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / Michael Tisserand
Hurricane Gumbo Hurricane Gumbo
The Cajun and Creole folks of Ville Platte, LA, learned long ago not to rely on the government for help. It the wake of hurricanes they launched a homemade rescue-and-relief effort...
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / Mike Davis and Anthony Fontenot
Goodbye, Mr. Goodwrench Goodbye, Mr. Goodwrench
Delphi's bankruptcy is a marker of a new America in which there is no collective security, no union to make you strong, no government to give you shelter, in which workers stand al...
Oct 14, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
How Liberia Held ‘Free’ Elections How Liberia Held ‘Free’ Elections
Votes are now being counted in the first truly free election in Liberia's troubled history. It's a far cry from the 1986 election, which dictatorial Samuel Doe fraudulently "won" b...
Oct 13, 2005 / Feature / Michael Massing
Letter From the Philippines Letter From the Philippines
"People power" in the Philippines is running out of steam. The political system is corrupt, Washington is micro-managing the economy and civil society, cynicism is rampant. But a f...
Oct 12, 2005 / Feature / Walden Bello
Spreading the Dough Spreading the Dough
How can the left build a new majority? EMILY's List has a big piece of the answer.
Oct 12, 2005 / Feature / Ruth Conniff
Is the Terminator in Free-Fall? Is the Terminator in Free-Fall?
Once seen as the vehicle of hope and reform, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger looks increasingly like an oil-burning jalopy of politics-as-usual.
Oct 12, 2005 / Feature / Marc Cooper
What Iraqis Really Think About the Occupation What Iraqis Really Think About the Occupation
From the beginning, the Iraq War has been driven by perceptions. Why do mainstream media continue to avoid reporting that a majority of Iraqis want US occupation forces to leave?
Oct 11, 2005 / Feature / Tom Hayden