World

The Silver Lining of General Rove’s Victory In the Midterm Elections The Silver Lining of General Rove’s Victory In the Midterm Elections

The talk of war has done its job. Rove's hopes were far exceeded. So maybe, with the voting done, The war itself's not needed.

Nov 14, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Antiwar Movement and Its Critics The Antiwar Movement and Its Critics

Do we have an antiwar movement? We're getting there.

Nov 14, 2002 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

Atop the Volcano Atop the Volcano

Gioconda Belli--poet, novelist, society belle reborn as Sandinista comrade--has written a memoir of the Nicaraguan struggle that reads like a romance--a romance with politics a...

Nov 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Anderson Tepper

Half a Victory at the UN Half a Victory at the UN

Iraq's decision to accept the United Nations Security Council resolution, passed unanimously on November 8, sets in motion a tightly scripted plan for UN arms inspectors to ret...

Nov 14, 2002 / Editorial / Phyllis Bennis

Mystery in Milan Mystery in Milan

On March 16, 1972, readers in Italy and throughout the publishing world were shocked by the day's headlines.

Nov 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / André Schiffrin

Back in the USSR Back in the USSR

The study of the Soviet Union in the United States, as distinguished from random journalism, memoirs and polemics, began on the right foot.

Nov 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Abraham Brumberg

Making 34 Million Friends Making 34 Million Friends

The night after the Bush Administration announced its refusal to grant the United Nations Population Fund $34 million dollars, Jane Roberts was so outraged she couldn't sleep.

Nov 12, 2002 / Feature / Emily Biuso

The War on Academic Freedom The War on Academic Freedom

The year since Congress passed the USA Patriot Act has brought an ever-growing enemies list from our nation's thought police.

Nov 11, 2002 / Feature / Kristine McNeil

‘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 / Editorial / Kenneth Rapoza

Letter to an Ex-Contrarian Letter to an Ex-Contrarian

Dear Christopher,

Nov 7, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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