September 24, 2007 Issue
Cover art by: Cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels, with acknowledgment to Joe Wezorek
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Feature
Surge 2
David Petraeus is not a man preparing to leave Iraq. His report to Congress serves as a glimpse of coming attractions for Surge 2.
Stanley I. Kutler
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Iraq Progress: By the Numbers
As General David Petraeus makes his case for continuing the war, here’s an accounting of the real costs.
Tom Engelhardt
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Farm Aid Raises a Vision
What began as an attempt to help financially strapped farmers in the Reagan years has grown into a visionary political and social movement rooted in the agrarian values of the American Revolution.
Max Fraser
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The Myopic Iraq Debate
Like the war itself, the unfolding Congressional hearings on what to do next raise more questions than answers.
Matthew Blake
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The Secret White House
By classifying an unprecedented amount of information, the Bush Administration is shrouding its workings in mystery–and threatening our democracy in the process.
Ruth Rosen
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Ha’aretz, Israel’s Liberal Beacon
A spirited daily paper is the last remaining defender of Israel’s tradition of dissent.
Stephen Glain
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The New Counterinsurgency
The Army’s updated Field Manual draws on an old, blood-steeped tradition.
Tom Hayden
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German GWOT Misfire
The government is using antiterrorist laws to suppress political dissent.
Neil Smith
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Why We’re Losing the War on Terror
Going on the offensive has only made us more vulnerable.
David Cole and Jules Lobel
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Editorial
Bush’s 9/11 Tradeoff
The Administration has come to regard the law as a barrier to security and a literal weapon of our enemies, and sees crime as a legitimate tool to fight terror.
Ari Melber
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Welcome to Fleece U
Our mission is to take feckless teenagers like you and turn them into full-fledged debtors.
Barbara Ehrenreich
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Patriot Act’s Wide Net
The Gonzales Justice Department used the Patriot Act to prosecute a gang of eco-arsonists as terrorists.
Ken Olsen
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Beyond ‘Green Shopping’
Don’t believe the hype that “clean coal,” “clean nuclear power” and biofuels will solve the environmental crisis.
John Cavanagh and Jerry Mander
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Reaganites Reconsider
Even staunch conservatives are becoming alarmed at the Bush Administration’s unconstitutional expansion of presidential powers.
Charlie Savage
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Why We Must Leave Iraq
End the occupation, abandon the pretense that only American power can bring order to the region and atone for the human catastrophe we have caused.
The Editors
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Column
Wanted: Unruly Activists
They’re loud, lion-hearted, obnoxious and essential to democracy. And as an unjust war continues to create enormous suffering, we need people brave enough to practice extreme politics.
Nicholas von Hoffman
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A General Dissembles
Of course, Gen. David Petraeus sees tangible progress and predicts success in the Iraq war. What wonders couldn’t generals achieve with more troops and more time?
Robert Scheer
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Onward, Secular Soldiers
Memo to candidates: There are more atheists, agnostics and skeptics out there than you think. How about sending us some love?
Katha Pollitt
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Will the US Really Bomb Iran?
It would be foolish to bet that an attack on Iran couldn’t happen.
Alexander Cockburn
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Books & the Arts
Farm Aid Raises a Vision
What began as an attempt to help financially strapped farmers in the Reagan years has grown into a visionary political and social movement rooted in the agrarian values of the American Revolution.
Max Fraser
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Grave Thoughts
Heddy Honigmann’s documentary Forever visits the dead in Paris, but nobody grieves; James Mangold’s 3:10 to Yuma pits an evil Russell Crowe against a driven Christian Bale.
Stuart Klawans
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Perishable Goods
A new biography of economist Joseph Schumpeter explores his insights into the emerging world of globalized capitalism.
Robin Blackburn
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The Uninvited Guest
Juan Cole’s Napoleon’s Egypt examines the little dictator’s doomed attempt to occupy an Arab country.
Roger Owen
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