The Will of the World The Will of the World

Jonathan Schell, who last week compellingly argued "The Case Against the War" in these pages, this week assesses the power and meaning of the global antiwar demonstration...

Feb 20, 2003 / Jonathan Schell

Europe on the March Europe on the March

So this is what it feels like to be in the political mainstream.

Feb 20, 2003 / Maria Margaronis and D.D. Guttenplan

Not Too Late? Not Too Late?

The February 15 demonstration in New York was huge, exciting, exhilarating--despite the weather (brrrr) and the heavy hand of the NYPD (see below).

Feb 20, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Why International Law Matters Why International Law Matters

Pre-emptive war flagrantly contradicts the UN's legal framework.

Feb 20, 2003 / Feature / Richard Falk

Poets Against the War Poets Against the War

Here The Nation presents a few of the works posted on "Poets Against the War," (www.poetsagainstthewar.org), the website set up by Sam Hamill, poet and editor, when he ca...

Feb 19, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Alfred Corn, Sam Hamill, W.S. Merwin, Maxine Kumin, and Rita Dove

On the Backlash Against the Perfidious French On the Backlash Against the Perfidious French

They're relegated to the side.
This role--which they cannot abide,
Which torments Frenchmen day and night--
Can make them do things out of spite.

Feb 19, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Postcards From New York Postcards From New York

Among the few hundred thousand people who took to the streets of New York on February 15 to protest an invasion of Iraq were the current group of Nation interns.