September 29, 2003

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September 29, 2003

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Feature

Postcard From Cancún

The insurgent delegations were in many respects the product of years of anti-WTO organizing.
Christian Parenti
Remembering Allende

His dual commitment to socialism and democracy ought to be a model today.
Marc Cooper
Chile, 9/11/73

Declassified documents reveal the US government’s role in the Pinochet coup.
Peter Kornbluh
Lessons of a Catastrophe

Chile was a democracy, yet tyranny triumphed–in the name of fighting terror.
Ariel Dorfman
The Soul of Capitalism

A transformation of Wall Street’s core values is possible, using financial tools.
William Greider
Blood in the Water

After a summer of tending to the grassroots, the Democrats who aspire to their party’s 2004 presidential nomination were busy harvesting support from key constituencies around Labor Day.
John Nichols

Editorial

The Postwar Post

Their reporters had the goods, but the Washington Post editors chose not to display them.
Ari Berman
In Fact…

TAKING MCCAIN-FEINGOLD TO COURT
The Editors
Nation Notes

The Nation has a new look to go with our rising circulation. Avenging Angels, an advertising firm that works for progressive causes and that is responsible for our “celebrity reader” sub
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Children Left Behind

In his State of the Union speech this past January, President Bush appeared to make a compassionate gesture toward children with incarcerated parents when he proposed an initiative that would i
Chesa Boudin
Why Estrada Went Down

A few hours after Miguel Estrada withdrew his name for a judgeship on the Court of Appeals for the Washington, DC, Circuit, a leading Senate liberal was asked about the meaning of the two-year
Jack Newfield
Bush’s Unreality Show

Competing in prime time with a docudrama celebrating his heroics after the attacks of September 11, 2001, George W.
The Editors
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Column

White House’s Cynical Iraq Ploy

‘Misspeak’ first for the front page, ‘correct’ it later in the back…
Robert Scheer
Free Trade Is War

Click here to read more from Naomi Klein.
Naomi Klein
Send in the Clowns

I was a child who, when taken to the circus, spent all her time trying to see past the greasepaint and illusion.
Patricia J. Williams
‘Behold, the Head of a Neocon!’

Beating up on neocons used to be a specialize sport without wide appeal. With all due false modesty I offer myself as an early practitioner.
Alexander Cockburn
To Old Europe From the Last Remaining Superpower: A Polite Request for Help in Iraq

Well, yes, we may have used the word “appease.”
We may have called you weenies who munch cheese.
But now we’re asking nicely for your aid–
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

Tokyo Story

A Love Affair for the postcollege, flirting-with-Buddhism set, Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation is a travelogue of the emotions, concerned with the deepening relationship betwe
Stuart Klawans
Bleak Haus

Though still relatively unknown in the English-speaking world, the Austrian novelist and playwright Thomas Bernhard, who died in 1989 at the age of 57, is widely recognized as one of the foremo
Mark M. Anderson
From Protest to Patronage

Bayard Rustin forged a remarkable career as a social activist. Briefly a member of the Young Communist League, he repudiated communism but remained a socialist throughout his life.
Randall Kennedy
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Letters

American Rebels and You…

We received much mail on “American Rebels,” our Independence Day issue from the forthcoming Nation Books release edited by Jack Newfield [Our Readers

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September 29, 2003

Feature

The insurgent delegations were in many respects the product of years of anti-WTO organizing.

His dual commitment to socialism and democracy ought to be a model today.

Declassified documents reveal the US government’s role in the Pinochet coup.

Chile was a democracy, yet tyranny triumphed–in the name of fighting terror.

A transformation of Wall Street’s core values is possible, using financial tools.

After a summer of tending to the grassroots, the Democrats who aspire to their party’s 2004 presidential nomination were busy harvesting support from key constituencies around Labor Day.

Editorial

Their reporters had the goods, but the Washington Post editors chose not to display them.

TAKING MCCAIN-FEINGOLD TO COURT

The Nation has a new look to go with our rising circulation. Avenging Angels, an advertising firm that works for progressive causes and that is responsible for our “celebrity reader” sub

In his State of the Union speech this past January, President Bush appeared to make a compassionate gesture toward children with incarcerated parents when he proposed an initiative that would i

A few hours after Miguel Estrada withdrew his name for a judgeship on the Court of Appeals for the Washington, DC, Circuit, a leading Senate liberal was asked about the meaning of the two-year

Competing in prime time with a docudrama celebrating his heroics after the attacks of September 11, 2001, George W.

GET UNLIMITED DIGITAL ACCESS FOR LESS THAN $3 A MONTH!

Column

‘Misspeak’ first for the front page, ‘correct’ it later in the back…

Click here to read more from Naomi Klein.

I was a child who, when taken to the circus, spent all her time trying to see past the greasepaint and illusion.

Beating up on neocons used to be a specialize sport without wide appeal. With all due false modesty I offer myself as an early practitioner.

Well, yes, we may have used the word “appease.” We may have called you weenies who munch cheese. But now we’re asking nicely for your aid–

Books & the Arts

A Love Affair for the postcollege, flirting-with-Buddhism set, Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation is a travelogue of the emotions, concerned with the deepening relationship betwe

Though still relatively unknown in the English-speaking world, the Austrian novelist and playwright Thomas Bernhard, who died in 1989 at the age of 57, is widely recognized as one of the foremo

Bayard Rustin forged a remarkable career as a social activist. Briefly a member of the Young Communist League, he repudiated communism but remained a socialist throughout his life.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Letters

We received much mail on “American Rebels,” our Independence Day issue from the forthcoming Nation Books release edited by Jack Newfield [Our Readers

Well, yes, we may have used the word “appease.”
We may have called you weenies who munch cheese.
But now we’re asking nicely for your aid–