The Left and the Just War The Left and the Just War
The left is getting itself tied up in knots about the Just War and the propriety of bombing Afghanistan. I suspect some are intimidated by laptop bombardiers and kindred bully bo...
Oct 25, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Nuclear Power & Terrorism Nuclear Power & Terrorism
See also "Nuclear Safety" by Matt Bivens.
Oct 24, 2001 / Feature / Matt Bivens
A True Patriot Can Pose Hard Questions A True Patriot Can Pose Hard Questions
War skeptics such as Richard Gere, Susan Sontag, Rep.
Oct 23, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer
Indict Pinochet Indict Pinochet
It's been three years since Gen. Augusto Pinochet was detained in London under the European Anti-Terrorism Convention for crimes that included terrorist atrocities. If George W. B...
Oct 18, 2001 / The Editors
Call in the UN Call in the UN
This year the Nobel Peace Prize committee got it stunningly right when it honored the United Nations and Secretary General Kofi Annan. For all its bureaucratic and political timid...
Oct 18, 2001 / The Editors
The Geopolitics of War The Geopolitics of War
Whoever controls Saudi Arabia's oil wields great power over the world economy.
Oct 18, 2001 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
Mugging the ICC Mugging the ICC
While the United States has spent the past few weeks imploring other countries to cooperate with our war on terrorism, behind the scenes it's apparently retaining an isolationist ...
Oct 18, 2001 / Daphne Eviatar
Press Watch Press Watch
Since September 11, Thomas Friedman has been in fine form. In his New York Times column, he has composed a letter for George W. Bush to send to Osama bin Laden, urged Vladimir Put...
Oct 18, 2001 / Michael Massing
War and Peace War and Peace
How depressing was the October 13 peace rally in Washington Square? Well, the Bread and Puppet Theater performed--that should give you an idea. "It's the sixties all over again,"...
Oct 18, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Court Time for Henry Court Time for Henry
Although it may appear that the aftershocks of September 11 have somewhat deposed the discourse of human rights and international law and replaced it with that of law and order, th...
Oct 18, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens