The Left

Think Globally, Run Locally Think Globally, Run Locally

In the summer of 1997 Amory Houghton, the "moderate" six-term Republican Congressman who represents my home county in upstate New York, cast a crucial vote against the "no arms t...

Aug 5, 1999 / Feature / Caleb Rossiter

Bradley’s Long Shot Bradley’s Long Shot

How do you beat a sitting vice president in a presidential nomination contest? There's no established game plan, because no one's ever done it.

Aug 5, 1999 / David Corn

Bill Bradley: Can He Get Into the Game? Bill Bradley: Can He Get Into the Game?

On April 30, 1992, Bill Bradley strode to the podium of the US Senate. The previous night, riots had erupted in Los Angeles following a not-guilty verdict in the first Rodney Kin...

Jun 17, 1999 / Feature / David Corn

Left-Right Bedfellows Left-Right Bedfellows

"We are the evil empire.

Jun 10, 1999 / Benjamin Schwarz

Port Huron Piffle Port Huron Piffle

Tom Hayden's editorial essay ["The Liberals' Folly," May 24] was an offense to reason and an offense to principle. Why don't I begin with the principle?

May 27, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

The Liberals’ Folly The Liberals’ Folly

Liberals in the Democratic Party should withdraw their support for the Kosovo war. So should the Democratic Party.

May 6, 1999 / Tom Hayden

Rosa Luxemburg grave in Berlin

A Spartacan Manifesto A Spartacan Manifesto

Shortly after the murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, The Nation published the manifesto of the German Spartacists, a group the pair co-founded to incite a Marxist revol...

Mar 8, 1919 / Clara Zetkin, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Franz Mehring

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