Mike Marqusee London after Livingstone’s loss In a climate of looming economic crisis, scapegoating and bigotry fueled the vote for the right--and sealed the fate of former Mayor Ken Livingstone.
Dave Zirin Will soccer stop or spur the violence? There is an important and overlooked tide of condemnation of the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa coming from that most global of sports, soccer.
Readers’ View Was Archie Bunker a middle-class fantasy? All in the Family provided a concentrated look at many of the changes taking place in society in the 1970s.
Readers’ View An innocent man facing execution Anyone who has read about the case of Greg Wright has to admit that he was wrongly convicted, yet he has been given an execution date of September 9.
Readers’ View Views in brief Stern is leading SEIU over a cliff | Socialist Worker should support Sheehan | Why did Clinton pander to racism? | Marriage is a patriarchal institution | A cheap shot at Ted Kennedy
Editorial From My Lai to Haditha When war crimes like Haditha see the light of day, the myth of U.S. "success" in Iraq is exposed, as is the real face of occupation.
Martin Smith The Democrats’ favorite general Gen. William Odom had become a darling of the Bush administration's opponents, but his "antiwar" stance came from a disagreement over tactics, not aims.
Randy Childs Schwarzenegger’s class-war budget Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed budget would force poor and working Californians to pay for nearly every penny of a $15.2 billion state shortfall.
Mark Steel Making math a misery According to the report of one think tank, there's a "lost generation" that despises mathematics because of the way it's taught in school.
Lee Sustar Wall Street happy talk turns to panic The stock market plunged on July 6 on a double-barreled blast of bad news--a record increase in oil prices and a sharp rise in the unemployment rate.
