World

Statement on Cuba Statement on Cuba

If you'd like to add your name to this statement, e-mail [email protected].

Apr 24, 2003 / The Nation

Militants at the Crossroads Militants at the Crossroads

When Ayatollah Abdel Majid al-Khoei was stabbed to death earlier this month by a mob in Shiite Islam's holiest mosque, the bloody event was widely described as a blow to the forc...

Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / Ari Z. Weisbard

Letter From Zimbabwe Letter From Zimbabwe

The ravages of drought are evident to anyone traveling through Zimbabwe. The carcass of a dead donkey lies on the road, while skeletal dogs tear at its intestines.

Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / Gabrielle Menezes

New America New America

Over dinner recently, a friend of mine mused that "at least it's not as bad as the McCarthy era." Perhaps not.

Apr 24, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

The Decline and Fall of American Journalism The Decline and Fall of American Journalism

As a million Shiite pilgrims streamed toward Karbala shouting, "No to America, no to Saddam, no to tyranny, no to Israel!" can't you just imagine the plash of complacent I Told...

Apr 24, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero

In Baghdad this week, one Mohammed Mohsen Zubaidi, an Iraqi businessman with ties to the Iraqi National Congress, has shown up claiming to be the city's governor.

Apr 24, 2003 / Jonathan Schell

Wars Wars

(A preventive-war anthem sung to the tune of "Trees," by Joyce Kilmer, with piano accompaniment)

Apr 24, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Crackdown in Cuba Crackdown in Cuba

The arrest and long-term imprisonment of dozens of dissidents in Cuba and the rapid execution of three men who had attempted to hijack a boat were deplorable.

Apr 24, 2003 / Wayne S. Smith

It’s the Oil, Stupid

It’s the Oil, Stupid It’s the Oil, Stupid

On the second day of the invasion of Iraq, US commandos seized two Iraqi offshore oil terminals in the Persian Gulf, capturing their defenders without a fight.

Apr 24, 2003 / Michael T. Klare

War Profiteering War Profiteering

Even before US troops arrived in Baghdad, looting broke out--in Washington.

Apr 24, 2003 / The Editors

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