Gregory Wilpert Smearing a film about Chávez’s Venezuela A New York Times reporter accused Oliver Stone's documentary about Venezuela of "mistakes," but got practically every statement of his own wrong.
Editorial Is the Obama presidency unraveling? From the inept handling of the BP disaster to the weak response to the economic crisis, the Obama administration is disappointing millions of people.
Lance Selfa The last Dixiecrat Among the many glowing tributes to Robert Byrd this week, few recalled the dark side of the West Virginia senator's history.
Socialist Project The G20 protests and the security state Canadian authorities carried out an astonishing violation of the rights of ordinary people and protesters alike during the G20 summit in Toronto.
Gilbert Achcar Injustice from its foundation As a state based on the forced expulsion of the Palestinians, Israel inevitably developed into a racist, militarist, expansionist nation.
Alexander Billet Return of the working-class heroes? With their third album, American Slang, the New Jersey band Gaslight Anthem may finally be moving out of the Boss's shadow.
Readers’ View Steps forward at the Social Forum It was awesome to see 10,000-plus activists all under one roof at the recent U.S. Social Forum in Detroit as part of rebuilding the left.
Readers’ View A modest proposal for BP It's a good thing BP executives are "extremely concerned" about the spill in the Gulf--because I'm extremely disgusted and extremely scared.
Nicole Colson The quagmire gets worse Despite the hand wringing over Gen. Stanley McChrystal's "inappropriate" comments, the real issue is the failure of Obama's war in Afghanistan.
Eamonn McCann Letting the guilty off the hook A report about Bloody Sunday vindicates the innocent victims of British soldiers--but fails to condemn any of the higher-ups.
