Brian Cook
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Watching The Watchers
Mass Observation returns for the Obama inauguration. more
vol. 33, iss. 03 media, obama, politics
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Won’t Get Fooled Again
(Well … maybe just one more time.) more
vol. 33, iss. 02 books, culture, economy
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Ban the Cluster Bomb
More than 100 countries have agreed to stop using them. Guess which one hasn't more
vol. 32, iss. 12 military, war
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Sleepwalking Through Seattle
Battle in Seattle is a well-intentioned effort that ultimately misses the mark more
vol. 32, iss. 10 activism, movies, world trade organization
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Unholy Allies
In March 2007, Al Gore triumphantly returned to the Senate to testify before the Environmental Committee about the imperative… more
vol. 32, iss. 09
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Five Years on the Hotel Picket Line
Directly west of Chicago's iconic Buckingham Fountain sits the Congress Hotel. Itself an icon during its heyday of the… more
vol. 32, iss. 08 activism, labor
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Joys of ‘The Wire’
Some critics have called HBO's hit series 'depressing' and 'nihilistic.' They couldn't be more wrong. more
vol. 32, iss. 03
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Blackwater Nation
Contracting soldiers of fortune is only one example of our recent philosophy of government more
vol. 31, iss. 11 corporations, military, military, national security
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The Kids Aren’t Alright
Daniel Brook's The Trap reminds us that inequality is bad for everyone, rich and poor more
vol. 31, iss. 09 books, theory
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Death from Above
For the Iraqi people, the surge in U.S. troops has meant more bombs dropping from the sky and a surge in deaths more
vol. 31, iss. 08 middle east, military, military
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Not Neutrality
Why are the Communications Workers of America opting out of the Save the Internet coalition? more
vol. 31, iss. 04 media, technology
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The Spychopath Who Loved Me
If there's a pop cultural icon in dire need of being revisited--and revised--at this historical moment, it is Bond,… more
vol. 31, iss. 01 movies
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A Nation Is Not a Plate
The United States should be held responsible for its crimes and destruction in Iraq with a withdrawl and reparations. more
vol. 30, iss. 11 war
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The New Slum Dwellers
Mike Davis discusses his new book, Planet of Slums
morevol. 30, iss. 05 economy, international
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Theyve Come for Us All
First they came for the Communists," runs the opening of the famous poem about the Nazis' incremental persecution of… more
vol. 30, iss. 04 civil liberties
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The Limits of Empathy
There's a lot to like about The Assassins' Gate, George Packer's sober meditation on the invasion and occupation of… more
vol. 29, iss. 26 war and peace
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Lose the Faith
Christianity has been much on the minds of American politicos. Since the November "moral values" massacre, both parties have… more
vol. 29, iss. 14 politics
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The Vultures of Life
It’s apparently not enough for George W. Bush to have taken the words “freedom,” “liberty,” and “democracy,” and perverted… more
vol. 29, iss. 12 administration, medical & health
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Defeated From the Start
The Kyoto Protocol to reduce global warming went into effect on February 16. Ratified by 141 nations, the treaty… more
vol. 29, iss. 09
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Souls for Sale
House Majority Leader Tom “The Hammer” DeLay (R-Texas) is the most loathsome politician to be retched onto the national… more
vol. 29, iss. 03 congress, politics
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The Promise Keeper
It’s no revelation that the “perception managers” giving our reporters their daily bread from the White House and Pentagon… more
vol. 28, iss. 24 administration, war in iraq
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Iraq Intelligence Timeline
The committee to investigate failures of U.S. intelligence about Iraq’s weapon capability is not due to report back until… more
vol. 28, iss. 08
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Profile: Media Education Foundation
Sut Jhally believes the left faces two basic tasks: “The first is to understand and analyze the world better… more
vol. 27, iss. 26
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Memory, Down with the Ship
Günter Grass’ latest novel, Crabwalk, examines the 1945 sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff. The worst maritime disaster in world… more
vol. 27, iss. 20
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Loving To Hate Don DeLillo
Death, fame, suicide, Hitler, atomic warfare, terrorism, nuclear waste, theoretical mathematics, small rooms where smaller men smoke fiercely and… more
vol. 27, iss. 13
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Out of the Darkness
In 1905, Leo Tolstoy wrote a scathing letter to the Times newspaper of London, attacking governments in general and… more
vol. 27, iss. 07
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