magazine July 21, 2003

Weapon of Mass Deception

What the Pentagon doesn’t want us to know about depleted uranium.

By Frida Berrigan   

Big Liberty is Watching

A century after Orwell’s birth, reality overtakes his classic.

By Roberto Lovato   

Registering the Peaceniks

Democrats and Greens meet in Washington to “Take Back America”

Justice Delayed

Cambodia finally establishes war crimes tribunal, but few have high hopes.

Reporting in Exile

Greg Palast is a reporter for BBC Television’s Newsnight and Britain’s Guardian and Observer newspapers. His recent book, The… more

books

Can Radicals Be Liberals, Too?

Can young radicals—fired by great zeal, but often short on patience—be convinced to channel their prodigious organizing energies into… more

By G. William Domhoff   

books

Error and Liberalism

Fortunately, this little book is poorly written. If it were more coherent, it might be dangerous. Paul Berman is… more

By James North   

Terror and Radicalism

It’s hard for many veteran leftists to uncurl their lips on hearing the phrase “Weather Underground.” A home-grown terrorist… more

By Pat Aufderheide   

Go Forth and Be Powerful

On June 1, Tony Kushner gave the following commencement address at Columbia College in Chicago. -------------- Thank you for… more

By Tony Kushner   

Editorial

Laws of Empire

The suit claimed that those who refused to work were often killed, beaten, tortured, or raped.

Capitol Report

Banana Republicans

Ed Gillespie’s new position as GOP chairman will make him an influence-peddler nonpareil.

Back Talk

Nose Loops: A Media Accessory

The long-term goal is to discredit the entire field of journalism.

The Third Coast

The End of Race?

As the sciences discredit long-held notions of racial taxonomy, racism endures.

Next Stop

Such optimism. Such scheming. Such giddiness. It has been nearly 40 years since so many have felt so compelled to fight back, to… more