War Games War Games
In the players' handbooks that once circulated among commedia dell'arte troupes, the wandering actors of early modern Italy used to set down inventories of the lazzi, or comic tu...
Oct 28, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Who Rules Afghanistan Who Rules Afghanistan
Behind the democratic facade.
Oct 28, 2004 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Carlyle Covers Up Carlyle Covers Up
Less than twenty-four hours after The Nation disclosed that former Secretary of State James Baker and the Carlyle Group were involved in a secret deal to profit from Iraq's debt ...
Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
As the final week of the campaign season expires (this column goes to press on October 27), George W.
Oct 28, 2004 / Jonathan Schell
Antifeminists Hit Iraq Antifeminists Hit Iraq
As the right wing's antifeminist front, the sisters of the Independent Women's Forum have been such a hit in this country that they're now getting taxpayer money to take their ac...
Oct 28, 2004 / Laura Flanders and Laura Ross
Iraq’s Civilian Casualties Iraq’s Civilian Casualties
The civilians of Falluja are negotiating to stave off a threatened US-led military incursion.
Oct 28, 2004 / Jefferson Morley
Because We Could Because We Could
When George H.W.
Oct 21, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Cockburn
You Can’t Blame Nader for This You Can’t Blame Nader for This
Let's hedge this with all the usual qualifiers. Kerry could pull it out. The spread's within the margin of error. Respondents to polls are lying out of fear of John Ashcroft.
Oct 21, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The 9/11 Secret in the CIA’s Back Pocket The 9/11 Secret in the CIA’s Back Pocket
The agency is withholding a damning report that points at senior officials.
Oct 19, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Washington Votes for War in Colombia Washington Votes for War in Colombia
The US troop presence is doubled--as Colombia's civil movement says no to more war.
Oct 19, 2004 / Feature / Bill Weinberg