World

Did Bush Really Want to Bomb Al Jazeera? Did Bush Really Want to Bomb Al Jazeera?

Given the Administration's record of attacking Al Jazeera verbally and militarily, is it conceivable that President Bush tried to convince Tony Blair to bomb its international head...

Nov 23, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Cheney’s Trouble with the Truth Cheney’s Trouble with the Truth

No other modern politician has come so close as Dick Cheney has to perfecting the theater of the absurd. Even as he protests his innocence of lying about matters of state, he lies ...

Nov 23, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer

In Praise of John Murtha In Praise of John Murtha

With 457 blunt-spoken words, John Murtha broke the spell that had held the country captive to the misguided adventure in Iraq. It suddenly became respectable to talk of a pullout. ...

Nov 23, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman

The Truth About the War The Truth About the War

The truth about the Iraq war may be clear to John Murtha and 60 percent of the American people, but not to the three Democratic senators interested in becoming President in 2008.

Nov 23, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Undermining Haiti Undermining Haiti

Democracy is being destroyed in Haiti, openly and with the support of the United States and United Nations. If the farce election set for December 27 by unelected government takes ...

Nov 23, 2005 / Mark Weisbrot

Waist Deep in Big Oil Waist Deep in Big Oil

While political pressure is mounting for a pullout from Iraq, the subject of total withdrawal remains unbroachable within the political establishment. Control of the Iraq's oil res...

Nov 23, 2005 / Mark LeVine

The Murtha Moment The Murtha Moment

John Murtha is right: The American public has turned against the war. Democrats and Republicans must put aside politics and work together to bring the troops home quickly and focus...

Nov 23, 2005 / The Editors

The Secret History of Rum The Secret History of Rum

Long before oil dominated geopolitics, rum was the original global commodity, tying Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Caribbean in a complex web of trade and credit. And Bacardi...

Nov 22, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Ian Williams

An Oil-Slicked Playing Field An Oil-Slicked Playing Field

The scramble for petroleum by developing countries worldwide is reshaping global geopolitics in favor of oil-rich nations like Iran, Venezuela and Sudan.

Nov 21, 2005 / Feature / Dilip Hiro

The War With No Name The War With No Name

For twenty-five years, Kurdish guerrillas have battled the forces of the Turkish state. For a while, things began to settle down, but the US occupation of Iraq changed all that.

Nov 21, 2005 / Feature / Christian Parenti

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