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Iraq: ultra-hawks v. moderate-hawks

by Robert Jensen and Rahul Mahajan

[ february 03 ]

We are already at war with Iraq, judging by the mainstream debate.

Early evening, April 4th...

by James D Boys

[ february 03 ]

"Violence breeds violence, repression brings retaliation, and only a cleansing of our whole society can remove this sickness from our soul." Reflections on Robert F Kennedy's speech on the death of MLK.

The landscape of mass consumption

by Lizabeth Cohen

[ february 03 ]

In the decades following World War II, the pursuit of prosperity became integral to American citizenship. But mass consumption also sharpened social divisions along gender, class, and racial lines.

The economic consequences of a war with Iraq

by William D Nordhaus

[ january 03 ]

An attempt to fill the yawning gap in public analysis of the economics of attacking Iraq.

The road to Kandahar

by Michael Griffin

[ january 03 ]

"I think Tora Bora will prove to have been a strategic deception by Al Qa'ida," said Wesley K Clark, speaking of an operation which cost hundreds of millions of dollars and snared a total of 54 Al Qa'ida loyalists.

Mountains

by Beslan Makhauri

[ december 02 ]

Beslan Makhauri spent eight years as a cameraman at the independent TV station 'Dawn' in Grozny, but left when the studio was bombed and his camera confiscated by Russian troops. This is his interview with a fellow Chechen.

Bob Woodward and the 'Bush at War' hagiography

review by Robert Jensen

From Deep Throat to Shallow Thought, alas.

The storm of airplanes

by Michael Griffin

[ november 02 ]

"It was a total goat fuck," said one disgruntled member of Delta Force. The military campaign against Al Qa'ida and the Taliban was confusing and confused.

Israeli elections. So what?

by Ran HaCohen

[ november 02 ]

One mainstream Israeli commentator described Israel as "an army with an affiliated state". With elections coming up, Ran HaCohen analyses the ties that bind...

The clash of the icons

by Douglas Valentine

[ november 02 ]

Daniel Ellsberg and Professor Alfred McCoy are icons of the American Left, but there are vast discrepancies in what they've written. Only one icon can emerge with his reputation unscathed.