He was one of the very few who felt equally at home with America’s power elite and with The Progressive.read more

Like Reagan, Max Kampelman is an unlikely proponent of nuclear disarmament.read more

Nepal is a country in deep trouble. Only a negotiated settlement can spell an end to its problems.read more

The time for procrastination is over.read more

The professors’ analysis is a tad hyperbolic and has a conspiratorial whiff about it. . . . However, their main points are not invalid: AIPAC and other unblinking backers of Israeli policy have a lot of influence, and their muscle-flexing has helped push the U.S. government into an unwise stance of almost unconditional support for Israel.read more

Over the past few weeks, people have turned out in historic proportions (more than half a million demonstrated on March 25 in Los Angeles alone) throughout the country to protest a House bill that would make it a felony to be an illegal immigrant.read more

Slobodan Milosevic’s death on March 11 brings back memories of a sordid era in modern European history. Less than fifty years after World War II, Milosevic made mass murder and serial wars a feature of the European landscape again.read more

John Bolton is duly performing the function he was appointed for by George W. Bush—to torpedo the United Nations.read more

March 6, 2006

During his trip to South Asia, President Bush stamped his seal of approval on a cynical nuclear bargain between India and the United States. The agreement does neither country credit.read more

Washington’s eagerness for the deal is hard to understand—until you look at the corporate interests and at the double standards that prevail.read more

Can anyone imagine a similar outcry if a German state-owned firm had acquired Peninsular and Oriental?read more

The Pentagon’s hunger for money seems to be insatiable.read more

Latortue appears determined to keep Aristide from coming to power, even by proxy.read more

Could the rise of Hamas have been forestalled?

That’s the question that is likely to haunt the United States and Israel in the weeks, months, and years to come. read more

Ibrahim Rugova showed that a program of peaceful civil disobedience can be put into practice even in very challenging situations. He deserves to be globally recognized.read more