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Uri Avnery, the Optimist

Uri Avnery, the Optimist Uri Avnery, the Optimist

To those who follow the Israeli-Palestinian conflict closely, the prospects for a two-state solution have never seemed dimmer. So why does veteran peacenik Uri Avnery remain so hop...

Nov 15, 2007 / Feature / Eyal Press

Bush Stands By His Dictator Bush Stands By His Dictator

Bush's coddling of Pervez Musharraf defies all reason--and bears some unsettling similarity to his own offenses and misteps as President.

Nov 14, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Our Man in Pakistan Our Man in Pakistan

Gen. Pervez Musharraf turns out to be just another crummy dictator. But he's our dictator--using the $10 billion in US aid to jail judges and lawyers, and give shelter Al Qaeda and...

Nov 7, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Du Côté de Chez Madame Defarge Du Côté de Chez Madame Defarge

These days, even London and Paris seem a bit like North Korea.

Nov 1, 2007 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Debating Ahmadinejad at Columbia Debating Ahmadinejad at Columbia

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger's combative remarks tarnish an otherwise illuminating event.

Sep 25, 2007 / Feature / Jayati Vora

An Inconvenient Truth An Inconvenient Truth

In 1988 US officials helped disguise Saddam's chemical attack on Halabja. But when it came time to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq, they acted outraged.

Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Cockburn

Reading Arendt in Caracas Reading Arendt in Caracas

A student movement influenced by Hannah Arendt is emerging in Venezuela. What do they think of the Bolivarian Revolution?

Aug 17, 2007 / Feature / Elisabeth Young-Bruehl

Revolution in Venezuela? Revolution in Venezuela?

Oil money allows Hugo Chávez to do many things, but it will never be enough to buy a revolution.

Jun 21, 2007 / Joaquín Villalobos

Waiting for Gordon Waiting for Gordon

Britain's incoming prime minister inherits a country transformed almost beyond recognition.

Jun 14, 2007 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan

Labour Crowns King Brown Labour Crowns King Brown

The one pledge Gordon Brown can deliver that would make his transition to power meaningful is to withdraw from Iraq immediately.

May 17, 2007 / Column / Gary Younge

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