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magazine July 7, 2003

features

Seize the Time

Arundhati Roy charts a strategy against empire

By Arundhati Roy   

Hidden Agenda

Republican tax cuts aim to bloat the rich and eviscerate social programs

By David Moberg   

Guilt by Association

In downtown Los Angeles, Ruben is enduring his freedom. At 23, Ruben wants job training, education, and a chance… more

By Matt Olson   

frontline

Bumpy Road

Plan for peace gets U.S. push toward uncertain destination

La Résistance

Under right-wing reform, strikes spread across France

Nuclear Cowboys in the White House

Dr. Helen Caldicott, one of the foremost peace activists of our time, is co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibilitymore

Name Game

Defense Department renames Total Information Awareness, does little else

Bad to Worse

FCC approves even more media consolidation

culture

By Slavoj Zizek   

Ideology Reloaded

There is something inherently naïve about taking the “philosophical” underpinning of The Matrix series seriously and discussing its implications.… more

By David Moberg   
books

Who’s Got the Power?

Over the past century, the destructive nature of war has changed dramatically. As a result, argues Jonathan Schell, the… more

Seize the Time

Vol. 27, Iss. 16

viewpoints

Editorial

Smokescreen of Compassion

Bush’ AIDS policies make life a commodity, something you can purchase if you pay the price.

The Third Coast

Neocon Convergences

The Bradley Foundation is the right’s economic fount for ideas promoting neoracist empire.

Power Mad

Needed: A Vast Liberal Conspiracy

For the conservatives, the activist wing and the political wing are one and the same.