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
Why International Law Matters Why International Law Matters
Pre-emptive war flagrantly contradicts the UN's legal framework.
Feb 20, 2003 / Feature / Richard Falk
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
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.
Feb 18, 2003 / Feature / The Nation
The Great ‘Intelligence’ Fraud The Great ‘Intelligence’ Fraud
Events do rush by us in a blur, I know, but let's not abandon Secretary of State Colin Powell's February 5 UN speech to the graveyard of history without one last backward glanc...
Feb 13, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Voices of the Street Voices of the Street
Even before the crucial February 14 meeting of the Security Council (after this issue went to press), a significant milestone was reached in the form of the proposal by France,...
Feb 13, 2003 / The Editors
We Speak Not of Osama We Speak Not of Osama
NOTE: Because of an editorial error, last week's poem was incorrectly printed. This is a corrected version. Our apologies to Calvin Trillin (and to Cole Porter). --The Editors
Feb 13, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin