Indict Pinochet Indict Pinochet
It's been three years since Gen. Augusto Pinochet was detained in London under the European Anti-Terrorism Convention for crimes that included terrorist atrocities. If George W. B...
Oct 18, 2001 / The Editors
On V.S. Naipaul’s Nobel Prize On V.S. Naipaul’s Nobel Prize
So V.S. Naipaul finally gets the prize. It's said he's willing, through unblinking eyes, To make his observations, then recall The bleakest Third World countries, warts and al...
Oct 18, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Call in the UN Call in the UN
This year the Nobel Peace Prize committee got it stunningly right when it honored the United Nations and Secretary General Kofi Annan. For all its bureaucratic and political timid...
Oct 18, 2001 / The Editors
Letters Letters
TERRORI$T CA$H--$TAY$ CLEAN St. Clairsville, Ohio Lucy Komisar's June 18 "After Dirty Air, Dirty Money," on money-laundering [posted on the Nation web...
Oct 18, 2001 / Roane Carey and Our Readers
Peace in Our Time Peace in Our Time
The twin towers had barely toppled before the ubiquitous Henry Kissinger was on TV proclaiming the gravity of the assault and the urgency of American retaliation. The Forrest Gump...
Oct 18, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Carolyn Eisenberg
Operation Enduring Protest Operation Enduring Protest
Liza Featherstone will be reporting periodically on the antiwar movement for The Nation. This article is part of the Haywood Burns Community Activist Journalism series, sponsored ...
Oct 18, 2001 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
The Left Debates September 11 The Left Debates September 11
Bush’s Uzbek Bargain Bush’s Uzbek Bargain
After weeks of evasion and deflection, reminiscent of two illicit lovers keen to avoid scandal, the United States and Uzbekistan announced on October 12 that they had made a deal.
Oct 17, 2001 / Feature / Dilip Hiro
They’re Rich, They’re Spoiled, They’re Supporting Terrorists They’re Rich, They’re Spoiled, They’re Supporting Terrorists
What do we bomb next? Saudi Arabia? The Saudis would be a logical target if President Bush were serious about his stated goal of punishing nations that support terrorism.
Oct 16, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer
Stiglitz Roars Back Stiglitz Roars Back
Joe Stiglitz is no fan of Washington consensus-style globalization. Read "The Globalizer Who Came In From The Cold," an interview with Stiglitz on the IMF, World Bank and WTO co...
Oct 15, 2001 / Feature / Tim Shorrock