Where’s the Revolution? Where’s the Revolution?
When I came out in Boston in the mid-1970s, I had no way of knowing that the lesbian and gay movement I was discovering was in many ways unique.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Barbara Smith
Silent Reproach Silent Reproach
Some events carry an exceptional symbolic charge.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Death of a Collaborator Death of a Collaborator
Early on the morning of June 8, a messenger arrived at an apartment in one of the poshest districts of Paris bearing documents to be signed by a former high-level government offi...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Western Front Western Front
Fundamentalism is spreading westward; now it has invaded the Maghreb. The results of Algeria's June 12 local elections, in which the Islamic Salvation Front (F.J.S.) won more ...
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Coup in Algeria Coup in Algeria
CORRECTION: 28 percent of registered voters chose the Islamic Salvation Front. (3/2/92).
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Le Pen’s Pals–Blood and Soil Le Pen’s Pals–Blood and Soil
There are two unmistakable signs that France is entering a pre-electoral period: The government is once again tinkering with the electoral law and the politicians, particularly t...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Adolescent Lockup The Adolescent Lockup
Not so long ago politicians campaigned by kissing babies. Today, they lock children in jail.
Jun 19, 1997 / Bruce Shapiro
The End of History The End of History
In 1996, Gore Vidal narrated his debacle defending the programs he wrote for the History Channel, which dealt with on the imperial aspects latent in the American presidency, to a p...
Sep 30, 1996 / Gore Vidal
A Socialism of the Skin A Socialism of the Skin
Our suffering teaches us solidarity; or it should.
Jul 4, 1994 / Tony Kushner
The Internet Will Change the Way We Relate to One Another The Internet Will Change the Way We Relate to One Another
“Given the stakes and the power of the interests now seeking to shape and profit from this new technology, the end result may not be a happy one for the average citizen-user.”
Jul 12, 1993 / Richard Kreitner