Listen to George…Washington Listen to George…Washington
It would be so much easier if the Bush Administration just dropped the confusing pretension of an earnest campaign for truth, international cooperation and the rule of law.
Feb 18, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
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
Against the Israeli Academic Boycott Against the Israeli Academic Boycott
"Among the Judenrat wannabes is your old friend and mine, Neve Gordon," wrote a Haifa University professor in one of his articles.
Feb 14, 2003 / Feature / Neve Gordon
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
Republic or Empire? Republic or Empire?
As the senior American diplomat in Baghdad during Desert Shield, I advocated a muscular US response to Saddam's brutal annexation of Kuwait in flagrant violation of the United ...
Feb 13, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Wilson
Venezuela’s Media Coup Venezuela’s Media Coup
Poor Endy Chávez, outfielder for the Navegantes del Magallanes, one of Venezuela's big baseball teams. Every time he comes up to bat, the local TV sportscasters start in...
Feb 13, 2003 / Column / Naomi Klein
Letter From Iraq Letter From Iraq
Resigned to war, even government opponents say they'll fight their attackers.
Feb 13, 2003 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
The Case Against the War The Case Against the War
The revival of nuclear danger means we have already lost, whatever happens later.
Feb 13, 2003 / Feature / Jonathan Schell
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 / Beat the Devil / 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 / Editorial / The Editors