Venezuela on the Brink Venezuela on the Brink

As the general strike against President Hugo Chávez entered its third week in early December, a major TV channel broadcast statements by baseball hero Andres Galarraga a...

Dec 23, 2002 / Steve Ellner

Iraq After D-Day: The Cordesman Memo Iraq After D-Day: The Cordesman Memo

Napoleon would sketch out in an afternoon the new constitution and legal arrangements for one of France's imperial conquests.

Dec 12, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Containing Saddam Containing Saddam

Critics of America's plans to oust Saddam Hussein militarily have mounted powerful arguments, but not one has articulated a coherent nonmilitary strategy to bring about the dem...

Nov 26, 2002 / Andrew Mack

‘There’s Lula’ ‘There’s Lula’

Neoliberalism lost the elections in Brazil by a landslide on October 27, when 52.8 million people rested their hopes on Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva to revitalize the nat...

Nov 7, 2002 / Kenneth Rapoza

Terror in Moscow Terror in Moscow

For a political solution to succeed, leaders in Washington and Moscow must delink the issue of Chechnya from the global fight against terrorism.

Oct 31, 2002 / The Editors

Saddam Hussein’s Election Victory Saddam Hussein’s Election Victory

Unanimous is what the vote count was.
He didn't miss a voter, to our knowledge.
The triumph his, he now remains in charge,
Unless he lost in the Electoral College.

Oct 24, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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

Blair, the Go-Between Blair, the Go-Between

When Tony Blair rose to address a packed House of Commons on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, Albert Finney had just won an Emmy for his performance as Winston Chu...

Oct 3, 2002 / Maria Margaronis

There’s No, No In Your Eyes There’s No, No In Your Eyes

As Sung to Saddam Hussein by George W. Bush

(With apologies to Eddy Howard, and anybody who becomes collateral damage)

Sep 26, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Marking a Massacre Marking a Massacre

A recent anniversary passed by without receiving much notice in the mainstream media.

Sep 26, 2002 / Feature / Roane Carey