Blowback Blowback
US actions abroad have repeatedly led to unintended, indefensible consequences.
Sep 27, 2001 / Feature / Chalmers Johnson
Pakistan, the Taliban and the US Pakistan, the Taliban and the US
If Islamabad heeds Washington's war demands, it risks internal revolt.
Sep 20, 2001 / Feature / Ahmed Rashid
Reflections on Durban Reflections on Durban
The United States cannot dodge its responsibility by withdrawing from the World Conference Against Racism.
Sep 17, 2001 / Dennis Brutus and Ben Cashdan
Game Over Game Over
The attacks on the Twin Towers show us an ugly truth too long believed in: that of the safe, antiseptic war.
Sep 17, 2001 / Naomi Klein
A Political Solution Is Required A Political Solution Is Required
While the US looks upon Pakistan for help in its new 'war on terror,' lessons from the past teach us that the alliance can have sinister repercussions.
Sep 17, 2001 / Tariq Ali
Battle of the Books in Palestine Battle of the Books in Palestine
Unfounded attacks on school textbooks have had disastrous consequences.
Sep 13, 2001 / Feature / Fouad Moughrabi
Israel: Into the Abyss Israel: Into the Abyss
Ariel Sharon's government is failing to use nonviolent approaches in its confrontation with the Palestinians.
Sep 6, 2001 / Neve Gordon
The Cosatu Strike The Cosatu Strike
Nothing in modern times has symbolized the scourge of racism--and the potential for overcoming it--more than South Africa's recent history.
Aug 30, 2001 / Feature / Mark Gevisser
West Bank Dreamin’ West Bank Dreamin’
Last night I had the strangest dream... All of America's wealthy, conservative and safely belligerent pundits had been delivered by a just and beneficent Almighty Pow...
Aug 23, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman