Socialism and the Soviet Bloc Socialism and the Soviet Bloc
Stalin is dead.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
How the Left Is Helping to Re-elect Giscard How the Left Is Helping to Re-elect Giscard
The French elections
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Heart of Whiteness Heart of Whiteness
Milton Friedman, Gary Bauer, William F. Buckley. Could we ask more of a cruise?
Oct 6, 1997 / Eric Alterman
William F. Buckley Lived Off Evil As Mold Lives Off Garbage William F. Buckley Lived Off Evil As Mold Lives Off Garbage
A not-too-fond remembrance of “Squire Willie,” patron saint of post-World War II American conservatism.
Jun 11, 1988 / Robert Sherrill
Requiem for the American Empire Requiem for the American Empire
“Empires are restless organisms. They must constantly renew themselves; should an empire start leaking energy, it will die.”
Jan 11, 1986 / Gore Vidal
The Rise of Ronald Reagan The Rise of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was born in 1911 in rural Illinois.
Jul 19, 1980 / Feature / E.L. Doctorow
A Spartacan Manifesto A Spartacan Manifesto
Shortly after the murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, The Nation published the manifesto of the German Spartacists, a group the pair co-founded to incite a Marxist revol...
Mar 8, 1919 / Clara Zetkin, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Franz Mehring