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How Greece Exposed Europe’s Potemkin Democracy

How Greece Exposed Europe’s Potemkin Democracy How Greece Exposed Europe’s Potemkin Democracy

It’s not surprising that  Greece’s proposed referendum elicited such outrage. Europe doesn’t work like that.

Nov 9, 2011 / Column / Gary Younge

Drought

Capitalism vs. the Climate Capitalism vs. the Climate

Denialists are dead wrong about the science. But they understand something the left still doesn’t get about the revolutionary meaning of climate change.

Nov 9, 2011 / Feature / Naomi Klein

Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile

Returning to Chile decades after Allende’s death, I was no longer a soldier of the revolution. What changed?

Nov 9, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Ariel Dorfman

Why Aren’t the Jobless Flocking to Zuccotti Park?

Why Aren’t the Jobless Flocking to Zuccotti Park? Why Aren’t the Jobless Flocking to Zuccotti Park?

Blaming themselves for their plight, the unemployed don’t look to protest—or to government—for a way out.

Nov 9, 2011 / Feature / Louis Uchitelle

WATCH: Michael Moore, Naomi Klein and Others on What’s Next for OWS

WATCH: Michael Moore, Naomi Klein and Others on What’s Next for OWS WATCH: Michael Moore, Naomi Klein and Others on What’s Next for OWS

Occupy Everywhere: On the New Politics and Possibilities of the Movement Against Corporate Power, featuring Michael Moore, Naomi Klein, William Greider, Rinku Sen, Patrick Bruner a...

Nov 9, 2011 / The Nation

Katrina vanden Heuvel: What Is the Media’s Responsibility?

Katrina vanden Heuvel: What Is the Media’s Responsibility? Katrina vanden Heuvel: What Is the Media’s Responsibility?

The mainstream media is falling victim to a cult of balance—and it's time for progressives to fight back by more effectively leveraging their message.

Nov 9, 2011 / C-SPAN

A Cat’s Life: Mr. Mick, 1994-2011 A Cat’s Life: Mr. Mick, 1994-2011

Not a lot of people know this, but Mr. Mick, The Nation’s dearly departed office cat, invented lolcat—that curiously cute feline patois that became an Internet craze.&n…

Nov 9, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Human Rights Experts Condemn Chinese Repression of Tibetan Buddhists Human Rights Experts Condemn Chinese Repression of Tibetan Buddhists

China usually manages to quash UN calls for action on its human rights violations. Not this time.

Nov 9, 2011 / Barbara Crossette

Voting Rights Restored in Maine, Restricted in Mississippi Voting Rights Restored in Maine, Restricted in Mississippi

Maine votes to reinstate election-day voter registration while Mississippi votes to mandate government-issued IDs in order to cast a ballot.

Nov 9, 2011 / Ari Berman

Field Notes From the Revolution: Activists Occupy California’s Imperial Valley Field Notes From the Revolution: Activists Occupy California’s Imperial Valley

I thought I might find a simple meme of the Wall Street protest. What I discovered was a desert flower brought to blossom by an activist tradition, coalition-building and old-fashi...

Nov 9, 2011 / Mike Davis

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