The Pen of Swift, the Brush of Bosch… as Usual The Pen of Swift, the Brush of Bosch… as Usual
The new year promises a rich manure of hypocrisy and bad faith.
Jan 6, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The Right’s Assault on Kofi Annan The Right’s Assault on Kofi Annan
How the neocons created a "scandal" to punish a critic of US foreign policies.
Dec 22, 2004 / Feature / Ian Williams
Real UN Reform Real UN Reform
Those conservatives who think that "UN Reform" means the dissolution of the United Nations are now calling for the resignation of Kofi Annan.
Dec 9, 2004 / Ian Williams
New Power for ‘Old Europe’ New Power for ‘Old Europe’
The EU is an emerging geopolitical force that corporate America must reckon with.
Dec 9, 2004 / Feature / Mark Schapiro
UN Oil for Food ‘Scandal’ UN Oil for Food ‘Scandal’
The CIA's Duelfer report may have confirmed the gross falsity of the WMD claims invoked by the Bush Administration to justify its war against Iraq, but it has also triggered a fe...
Nov 18, 2004 / Joy Gordon
The UN Deserves an Apology The UN Deserves an Apology
"I want to cast my vote in favor of the United Nations."
Nov 2, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bush Spins at the UN Bush Spins at the UN
George W. Bush's September 21 speech to the United Nations, marked by an air of unreality and hypocrisy, was insulting to many other nations.
Sep 23, 2004 / The Editors
A Flawed Resolution A Flawed Resolution
With its blueprint for Iraq in tatters, the Bush Administration has been forced to recognize the United Nations as the only body that can confer legitimacy on its continued occup...
Jun 10, 2004 / The Editors
Mutiny in Iraq Mutiny in Iraq
Can we please stop calling it a quagmire? The United States isn't mired in a bog or a marsh in Iraq (quagmire's literal meaning); it is free-falling off a cliff.
Apr 29, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein
Bush’s New Iraq Viceroy Bush’s New Iraq Viceroy
Like dirty money, tainted reputations can be laundered, as the Administration fervently hopes in the case of John Negroponte. Now UN ambassador, Negroponte has been chosen by G...
Apr 22, 2004 / David Corn