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December 25, 2006 Issue

Stephen F. Cohen examines the collapse of the Soviet Union, Patricia J. Williams considers Michael Richards and other racists, Tony Hoagland…

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Editorial

Globalization with a Human Face

Globalization must not be allowed to become financial imperialism: Capitalism's strongest-takes-all rule must give way to one that ensures that the poor have a place and a p...

Mohammad Yunus

Nation Note

After a memorable thirty-five years, Grace Schulman steps down as Nation poetry editor.

The Editors

Brady Kiesling’s Tale

A disenchanted diplomat who lost faith in the Bush-era State Department and resigned over the war in Iraq remains idealistic.

Scott Sherman

Latin Left Turn

Hugo Chávez was re-elected not for his admiration of Castro but for presiding over a robust economy and aggressively improving the lot of Venezuela's poor.

Daphne Eviatar

The Other Lieberman

Many Israelis and their US supporters are sleeping through the rise of the virulently anti-Arab Avigdor Lieberman, seen as a threat to democracy itself.

Ben Lynfield

No Graceful Exit

The Iraq Study Group report may slow the impetus for immediate withdrawal from Iraq. Those who seek genuine military disengagement must make their voices heard.

The Editors

Column

Counting Our Casualities in Iraq

We are fast, too fast, approaching the 3,000th American combat death in Iraq.

Nicholas von Hoffman

The Rumsfeld Legacy

Donald Rumsfeld pops over to Iraq to tell his final lies.

Robert Scheer

Sweepstakes of Greed, 2006

It's getting close to New Year's and time for annual awards. And in the 2006 Sweepstakes of Greed, the winners are...

Nicholas von Hoffman

Point, No Counterpoint: The Conservative Beat

The New York Times editors do a service by covering right-wingers: It would make sense to similarly cover progressives. Why don't they?

Eric Alterman

America to Me

What, exactly, does America look like to people like Michael Richards, Mel Gibson and Richard Viguerie?

Patricia J. Williams

On the Iraq Memo Donald Rumsfeld Wrote as He Was About to Be Fired

Calvin Trillin

Letters

If It’s Broke, Fix It…

Ashland, Ore.

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Our Readers

Feature

Iraqis Seek to Stem Sectarian Violence

As the situation worsens and pressure builds for new US strategies, Iraqi groups are making tentative moves to stem sectarian violence.

David Enders

Free-Trade Bondage in Jordan

The Jordan-US free-trade agreement was supposed to be a labor-rights model. It's been a disaster.

Kristen Gillespie

The Soviet Union, R.I.P.?

The collapse of the Soviet Union was far from inevitable: A historic opportunity to democratize and marketize Russia by more gradual means was lost--and the people paid the price.

Stephen F. Cohen

9/11: The Roots of Paranoia

Public paranoia and a credulous establishment media that have failed to aggressively report on 9/11 have allowed a cult-like ''Truth Movement'' to fill in the gaps.

Chris Hayes