The Specter of Capitalism The Specter of Capitalism
The rulers of the capitalist world who came to Paris for the bicentennial celebrations last month were in a smug mood.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Creeping Capitalism Creeping Capitalism
Europe's landscape is changing--dramatically in its Eastern half, which is groping toward capitalism, and less spectacularly in the Western part, which is on the road to a sin...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Fast Forward Fast Forward
The sorcerer's apprentices could not even stage a coup.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Something Rotten in the Kingdom Something Rotten in the Kingdom
When in London, if you have some time to spare, go east to the Isle of Dogs to visit what was to have been Europe's biggest office-plus-housing project.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Algeria Slides Into Civil War Algeria Slides Into Civil War
Voici le temps des assassins, the bilingual Algerians could exclaim, echoing Rimbaud, when nearly a year ago, their intellectuals began to be slaughtered by Islamic fundamentali...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Supping With the French Devil Supping With the French Devil
Cartoonists can beat journalists at their own game of first oversimplifying and then exaggerating.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Does the Left Have a Future? Does the Left Have a Future?
With the Soviet model shattered forever, it is the social democratic one that is now in deep crisis in Western Europe. On the face of it, judging just by the results of June's Eu...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Le Pen’s Pals–Blood and Soil Le Pen’s Pals–Blood and Soil
There are two unmistakable signs that France is entering a pre-electoral period: The government is once again tinkering with the electoral law and the politicians, particularly t...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The End of History The End of History
In 1996, Gore Vidal narrated his debacle defending the programs he wrote for the History Channel, which dealt with on the imperial aspects latent in the American presidency, to a p...
Sep 30, 1996 / Gore Vidal