Media Assault on Latin America Media Assault on Latin America
US media coverage of the rise of the Latin American left is an echo of the Bush Administration's simplistic, knee-jerk rhetoric.
Apr 13, 2006 / Feature / Jonathan Cook
Latin America’s New Consensus Latin America’s New Consensus
Latin America's new leftist leaders are making deals that threaten US dominance in the region.
Apr 13, 2006 / Feature / Greg Grandin
The Case Against Coke The Case Against Coke
A global, grassroots campaign against Coca-Cola is using product bans and lawsuits to shed light on the corporate giant's exploitation and brutality in Colombia, India and elsewher...
Apr 13, 2006 / Feature / Michael Blanding
AIPAC’s Complaint AIPAC’s Complaint
Analytical weaknesses in a controversial academic paper on the impact of the "Israel lobby" on US Mideast policy hinder its authors' attempt to pierce the wall of ignorance and int...
Apr 13, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
If This Isn’t War If This Isn’t War
A musical answer to a bellicose question, with apologies to Yip Harburg and Burton Lane.
Apr 13, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The End of Berlusconi? The End of Berlusconi?
Recent elections see Italy divided as it has not been since 1948, but Romano Prodi has reason to be confident that his center-left coalition will prevail.
Apr 13, 2006 / Frederika Randall
Hu’s ‘State Visit’ Hu’s ‘State Visit’
The visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao underscores the deteriorating US-China relationship, yet the Bush Administration is making matters worse with diplomatic insults to the Ch...
Apr 13, 2006 / Peter Kwong
Letter From Baghdad: The Growing Sectarian Divide Letter From Baghdad: The Growing Sectarian Divide
Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army now confronts both the US Army and the Sunni insurgents.
Apr 8, 2006 / Feature / David Enders
‘The Lobby’ ‘The Lobby’
The recent furor over a scholarly article suggesting that the "Israel lobby" drives US Mideast policy presents an opportunity for vigorous open debate on a volatile subject.
Apr 6, 2006 / The Editors
‘We Will Not Be Thrown Away!’ ‘We Will Not Be Thrown Away!’
Young rebels in France are fighting not for change but for the same rights their parents tried to secure during the 1968 student revolution.
Apr 6, 2006 / Feature / Angelique Chrisafis