Letter From Baghdad: The Growing Sectarian Divide Letter From Baghdad: The Growing Sectarian Divide
Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army now confronts both the US Army and the Sunni insurgents.
Apr 8, 2006 / Feature / David Enders
Inside Man Inside Man
In America at the Crossroads, Francis Fukuyama critiques the neoconservative movement and its disastrous defense of the Iraq War. But he remains fully committed to the unchecked us...
Apr 6, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Perry Anderson
They Should Have Hissed Barack Obama They Should Have Hissed Barack Obama
The war is coming home, in the form of people dreadfully wounded in body and spirit. Yet Democratic candidates aren't too worried about their hawkish stance, because the peace move...
Apr 6, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
‘The Lobby’ ‘The Lobby’
The recent furor over a scholarly article suggesting that the "Israel lobby" drives US Mideast policy presents an opportunity for vigorous open debate on a volatile subject.
Apr 6, 2006 / The Editors
‘We Will Not Be Thrown Away!’ ‘We Will Not Be Thrown Away!’
Young rebels in France are fighting not for change but for the same rights their parents tried to secure during the 1968 student revolution.
Apr 6, 2006 / Feature / Angelique Chrisafis
¡No Más! No More! ¡No Más! No More!
Uruguay and Argentina are cutting ties with the US Army's School of the Americas, paving the way for other Latin American countries to end a destabilizing force that only perpetuat...
Mar 31, 2006 / Feature / Patrick Mulvaney
Looking for Answers in Argentina Looking for Answers in Argentina
The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, icons of courageous demands for accountability in Argentina, marked a thirty-year milestone and a significant if imperfect victory in the fight fo...
Mar 23, 2006 / Joanne Omang
Left’s Labour Lost Left’s Labour Lost
After nine years, Tony Blair's magic has worn off. His Labour Party has mutated from an imperfect conduit of progressive change into an active obstacle to it.
Mar 23, 2006 / Column / Gary Younge
Why There’s No Strategy to End This War Why There’s No Strategy to End This War
When Democrats ignored Russ Feingold's motion to censure the President, they provided more evidence that there is no visible national strategy to end the war and bring the troops h...
Mar 23, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Israel’s Backward March Israel’s Backward March
If Israel's Kadima Party prevails at the polls as expected, its policies will effectively take Israelis several steps backward.
Mar 23, 2006 / Neve Gordon