Milosevic at the Bar Milosevic at the Bar
The trial in The Hague of the first state president indicted for genocide was to be the ultimate showdown. In the culmination of a fifty-year struggle by the human rights communit...
Mar 14, 2002 / Anthony Borden
The Fallout of Desperation The Fallout of Desperation
The news that the Pentagon had secret contingency plans to fight terrorism with nuclear weapons has the marks not of considered military doctrine but rather of an infantile tantr...
Mar 12, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Colin Powell’s List Colin Powell’s List
The targeting of "terrorist" groups harks back to earlier repression of dissent.
Mar 7, 2002 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Question Time Question Time
It's been six months since nineteen fanatics controlled by Al Qaeda seized four airliners and wreaked bloody, fiery havoc on the United States. In the aftermath, stunned and angr...
Mar 7, 2002 / The Editors
Kucinich Rocks the Boat Kucinich Rocks the Boat
Dennis Kucinich never doubted that millions of Americans had deep concerns about George W. Bush's ever-expanding war on ill-defined foes abroad and on civil liberties at home. Bu...
Mar 7, 2002 / John Nichols
The Nightmare in Israel The Nightmare in Israel
Let's start with Baruch Kimmerling, a sociologist at Hebrew University. Here's what he published in the Jerusalem weekly Kol Ha'Ir last month: "I accuse Ariel Sharon of creating ...
Mar 7, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Terror in the Pyrenees Terror in the Pyrenees
ETA is losing legitimacy, but many Basques still feel unable to condemn it.
Mar 7, 2002 / Feature / Miren Gutierrez
Central Asia’s Heroin Problem Central Asia’s Heroin Problem
From Afghan farms into the Tajik mountains, the drug trade cuts a wide swath.
Mar 7, 2002 / Feature / Aram Roston
A ‘Second Front’ in the Philippines A ‘Second Front’ in the Philippines
America called on its former colony to fill the bill for a sequel to Al Qaeda.
Feb 28, 2002 / Feature / Walden Bello
On the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Influence On the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Influence
The OSI's intent to disinform Received responses that were less than warm. The Pentagon now says it doesn't need An office just to lie and to mislead. There is, though, one f...
Feb 28, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin