Le Pen’s People Le Pen’s People
The second round of France's presidential elections was billed as "l'escroc" (the crook) versus "le facho" (the fascist). In the event, incumbent President Jacques Chirac got t...
May 9, 2002 / Maria Margaronis and D.D. Guttenplan
Brakes on Fast Track Brakes on Fast Track
An odd thing has happened in the obscure but spirited fight activists are waging against NAFTA's notorious Chapter 11 and the exclusive legal privileges it gives to multinational ...
May 9, 2002 / William Greider
Imperial Temptation Imperial Temptation
The idea of empire, once so effectively used by Ronald Reagan to discredit the Soviet Union, has recently undergone a strange rehabilitation in the United States. This process, wh...
May 9, 2002 / Amitav Ghosh
Judging the Tribunals Judging the Tribunals
After years of collecting evidence against Slobodan Milosevic, the prosecutors at The Hague expected a decisive victory. But as the former Yugoslav president, who insisted on d...
May 9, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Daphne Eviatar
Time to Step In Time to Step In
The recently announced plans for an international conference on the Middle East confront the Bush Administration with a major test of its capacity for international leadership....
May 9, 2002 / The Editors
Milosevic, Still at War Milosevic, Still at War
It is probably safe to say that the war crimes trial in The Hague of the former Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic is not going well. At least so far. No credible witnesses ha...
May 9, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Dusko Doder
President Bush’s Wag-the-Dog Policy on Iraq President Bush’s Wag-the-Dog Policy on Iraq
With its admission that an alleged link between Saddam Hussein and the Sept. 11 attacks doesn't exist, the Bush administration has lost its most compelling argument for invadin...
May 9, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Support for Refuseniks Support for Refuseniks
About three weeks ago, Moti Perry, an economics professor from Hebrew University, organized twenty-eight of his colleagues and together they published a letter supporting studen...
May 9, 2002 / Neve Gordon
A Voting Reform That Works Is Transforming Texas A Voting Reform That Works Is Transforming Texas
Considering the role that Florida's electoral mess played in making him president, and considering his active disinterest in reforming political processes to assure that the Flori...
May 7, 2002 / John Nichols
Crusader: Intrigue and Backstabbing In the House of Bush Crusader: Intrigue and Backstabbing In the House of Bush
It's a tale of big guns and a big gun. It's a Bush family melodrama, a story of personal connections, possible backstabbing and multiple intrigues, a Washin...
May 6, 2002 / David Corn