India: What Ails the Giant? India: What Ails the Giant?
The west routinely celebrates the Indian economy as a stirring giant, but the worsening plight of the rural poor tells a different story: A conversation with Prabhat Patnaik.
Apr 2, 2008 / Feature / Jayati Vora
The Lessons of Basra The Lessons of Basra
The latest round of Iraq's Shiite vs. Shiite civil war was to have been Bush's defining moment. The result: utter humiliation for the US and the Iraqi government.
Mar 31, 2008 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Waiting for the Next Revolution Waiting for the Next Revolution
After fifty years of revolution, a change of leadership offers the possibility of significant change. But the average Cuban seems to have no idea how to proceed.
Mar 30, 2008 / Jordana Timerman
Architect of War(s) Architect of War(s)
Dick Cheney's Mideast tour suggests another catastrophic military adventure in the Persian Gulf is still in the cards.
Mar 20, 2008 / Michael T. Klare
China’s Olympic Delusion China’s Olympic Delusion
Cracking down once again in Tibet, China seeks to control the script on its flawed human rights record, yet still be regarded as a suitable host for the Olympics. Dream on.
Mar 19, 2008 / Feature / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
A Garden of Monsters A Garden of Monsters
The imaginary fascists in Roberto Bolaño's ironic encyclopedia Nazi Literature in the Americas bear a complex relationship to reality.
Mar 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Carmen Boullosa
The People vs. Michael Chertoff The People vs. Michael Chertoff
To build a fence on the US border with Mexico, the Department of Homeland Security seized land without trials or negotiations.
Mar 11, 2008 / Feature / Brett Story
Shadowplays Shadowplays
In a pair of groundbreaking books, Israeli historian Hillel Cohen explores the thorny issue of Palestinian collaboration with Zionists.
Mar 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Neve Gordon
The Kosovo Dilemma The Kosovo Dilemma
The European Union needs to get Serbia focused on the future.
Mar 6, 2008 / Mark Mazower
Iraq’s Iranian Lovefest Iraq’s Iranian Lovefest
Ahmadinejad's triumphal visit to Baghdad highlights the abject failure of the Bush doctrine. But US media yawned.
Mar 5, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer