The Prophet Vulgarized The Prophet Vulgarized
Trotsky is both the hero of the Russian Revolution--the mastermind of October, the founder of the Red Army--and also its Job, hounded across a "planet without a visa," his family...
Feb 24, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer
Mitterrand’s Legacy Mitterrand’s Legacy
François Mitterrand badly wanted to leave a mark, an imprint.
Feb 24, 1999 / Daniel Singer
Hope in a Cold Climate Hope in a Cold Climate
"It's not a revolt, Sire, or a revolution; it's the beginning of the end of the reign of big business, of capital, over the minds of the people," a courtier might have told Jacqu...
Feb 24, 1999 / Daniel Singer
Haitian Lament: Killing Me Softly Haitian Lament: Killing Me Softly
Haitians call secondhand clothes pèpè, pronounced "peh-peh." In an earlier time these were called Twoomann and Kenedi because it was under those US Presidents
Feb 11, 1999 / Feature / Dan Coughlin
France’s Rival Führers France’s Rival Führers
For once the news from France's racist front is optimistic. At least the worst will not happen.
Jan 28, 1999 / Daniel Singer
Bitter Fruit for Rigoberta Bitter Fruit for Rigoberta
In the early eighties, I, Rigoberta Menchú became an international bestseller.
Jan 21, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin and Francisco Goldman
Colombia’s Best Chance Colombia’s Best Chance
Research support provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.
Jan 21, 1999 / Ana Carrigan
Cowardice on Cuba Cowardice on Cuba
"Did you hear? Clinton is beginning to lift the embargo. It's on the news," a fellow traveler to Cuba exclaimed in Havana's José Martí International Airport.
Jan 14, 1999 / Peter Kornbluh
Help Russia Help Russia
A fateful crossroads in American-Russian relations is being obscured by Bill Clinton's impeachment and war against Iraq.
Dec 24, 1998 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen
The Euroleft, or, Who’s Afraid of Tina? The Euroleft, or, Who’s Afraid of Tina?
Europe, you are rightly told, is swinging to the left. In thirteen of the fifteen countries making up the European Union, the Social Democrats are now in office.
Dec 24, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer