Letting Out the (War) Dogs Letting Out the (War) Dogs
They say that war is hell, and Chris Hedges shows us how and why. Hedges's War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning painfully and profoundly illustrates how violent conflict destro...
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Nevins
More Bitter Fruit More Bitter Fruit
Six years ago, in 1996, the government of Guatemala and the guerrilla groups it had fought bitterly for thirty-six years signed an ambitious set of peace accords.
Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Peter Canby
Schröder’s Kulturkampf Schröder’s Kulturkampf
Coming as it did in the final weeks of a precarious re-election campaign, incumbent German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's resolute "No" to German participation in any US-le...
Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Hugh Eakin
Justice in Guatemala Justice in Guatemala
Kate Doyle served as an expert witness in the Mack trial. The documents used in the trial and dozens of other declassified US records on US policy in Guatemala may be found at the ...
Oct 17, 2002 / Kate Doyle
In the Name of My Father I Cannot Forgive In the Name of My Father I Cannot Forgive
Even after twenty-five years, the bitter taste of Argentina's "dirty war" lingers.
Oct 17, 2002 / Feature / Héctor Timerman
Lula’s Back in Town Lula’s Back in Town
On October 6 Brazilian voters propelled Workers' Party candidate Luiz Inácio da Silva, or "Lula," as he is known, one step closer to the presidency of the second-most-po...
Oct 10, 2002 / Mark Weisbrot
Palestine Activism Spammed Palestine Activism Spammed
Within days of the April incursion of the Israel Defense Forces into Jenin, pro-Palestine activist Thomas Olson received first a trickle, then thousands, of e-mails with menacing...
Oct 10, 2002 / Feature / Abby Aguirre
Truth on Iraq Seeps Through Truth on Iraq Seeps Through
In a speech intended to frighten the American people into supporting a war, the President Monday again trotted out his grim depiction of Saddam Hussein as a terrifying boogeyman ...
Oct 8, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Opening to Cuba Opening to Cuba
"I am here in the hope that we can do business," Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura told a Cuban audience after cutting the ceremonial ribbon with Fidel Castro to open the recent...
Oct 3, 2002 / Peter Kornbluh
Inspections: The Record Inspections: The Record
Pitt: I'd like to talk for a moment about Iraq's nuclear weapons program.
Oct 3, 2002 / Feature / William Rivers Pitt and Scott Ritter