Stones, Glass Houses, Sontag and Said Stones, Glass Houses, Sontag and Said
To put it all in a nutshell, come the month of May Edward Said won't be traveling to Vienna; Susan Sontag will be traveling to Jerusalem. It's a backhanded tribute ...
Apr 5, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Diamonds of Death Diamonds of Death
A tough bill is falling victim to the power of warlords and corporations. Meanwhile, diamond sales pay for wars that are killing thousands in Africa.
Apr 5, 2001 / Feature / Ken Silverstein
Metastasis in Macedonia Metastasis in Macedonia
"The project of Greater Serbia," I was once told by one of the many pessimistic intellectuals in Skopje, "has within it the incurable tumor of Greater Albania. And t...
Mar 30, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Cold War Talk Cold War Talk
The prevailing view of the Bush Administration's expulsion of some fifty Russian diplomats in retaliation for the Robert Hanssen spy scandal has been that it was a throwback to co...
Mar 30, 2001 / The Editors
Peru & the Post-Fujimori Future Peru & the Post-Fujimori Future
The search for a shared national agenda.
Mar 22, 2001 / Feature / Marc Cooper
AIDS and Profits AIDS and Profits
This is not about profits and patents; it's about poverty and a devastating disease." That statement did not come from AIDS activists struggling to provide sub-Saharan Africa's...
Mar 22, 2001 / The Editors
The Balkan DU Cover-Up The Balkan DU Cover-Up
Keeping the lid on the truth about Kosovo.
Mar 22, 2001 / Feature / Robert James Parsons
DU at Home DU at Home
Depleted uranium constitutes one of largest radioactive and toxic-waste byproducts of the nuclear age. Over the past half-century, 700,000 metric tons of DU--more than half of a...
Mar 22, 2001 / Feature / Robert Alvarez
Middle East Peace Talk Middle East Peace Talk
Ariel Sharon's election as Israeli Prime Minister insures a prolonged pause in progress toward Israeli-Palestinian peace. While awaiting his successor, politicians and commentator...
Mar 15, 2001 / John V. Whitbeck
What Are Spies For? What Are Spies For?
The air now quivers with gloomy assessments of the secrets "compromised" by the FBI's Robert Hanssen, a senior official who stands accused of working for the Russians since 1985....
Mar 8, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn