World Leaders

The Revolution Within The Revolution Within

In the current national climate, the notion that Washington might learn from the experience of former Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev or Mikhail Gorbachev would strike most as...

May 8, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Robert D. English

The Poodle That Barked The Poodle That Barked

George Bush is supposed to be the cowboy, Tony Blair the sidekick--or, in some versions, the presidential poodle.

Mar 20, 2003 / D.D. Guttenplan

Lula’s Moment Lula’s Moment

Brazil's revolution of the possible.

Feb 20, 2003 / Feature / Marc Cooper and Tim Frasca

Landless, Jobless, But Not Hopeless Landless, Jobless, But Not Hopeless

The day after the World Social Forum dialogues, I visited an encampment of landless people squatting in garbage-wrap tents alongside the road an hour from Porto Alegre.

Feb 9, 2003 / Feature / Tom Hayden

Letter From London Letter From London

Europeans opposed to war in Iraq are united by a deep distrust, even fear, of America.

Feb 6, 2003 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan

State of Disunion State of Disunion

These are dangerous times. George W. Bush is set to make another State of the Union address.

Jan 23, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

Two Bad Guys Two Bad Guys

This Kim Jong Il's a naughty lad, But Bush says he's not half as bad As ol' Saddam, whom we must swat Before he gets what Kim has got.

Jan 22, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Israel’s Dangerous Crossroads Israel’s Dangerous Crossroads

A continuation of the current situation will undermine Israeli democracy.

Jan 16, 2003 / Feature / Hillel Schenker

Venezuela on the Brink Venezuela on the Brink

As the general strike against President Hugo Chávez entered its third week in early December, a major TV channel broadcast statements by baseball hero Andres Galarraga a...

Dec 23, 2002 / Steve Ellner

Iraq After D-Day: The Cordesman Memo Iraq After D-Day: The Cordesman Memo

Napoleon would sketch out in an afternoon the new constitution and legal arrangements for one of France's imperial conquests.

Dec 12, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

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