Hammer and Crescent
A potential electoral force is emerging from the antiwar movement. But why is a supposedly progressive grouping making room for religious conservatives, asks Amanda Day?
Politics & Conflict
Waiting for Judgment Day
Matt Cherry cautions American liberals against putting so much faith in the Supreme Court
It’s Party Time again
Simon Hoggart prepares for another round of barracking, bar brawls and bonhomie
A better Class of Irony
Fred Inglis on postmodern pedantry and the death of irony
Shanghai’s Revenge
Frank Jordans discovers a city leaping forward
Here’s one I made earlier…
Simon Hoggart on the making of modern magic
The People in Gravest Danger
No one might suffer more from a war in Iraq than the Kurds, warns Noam Chomsky
Can Bush be beaten?
Bill Cooke looks at the George W Bush's chances of re-election
Revealing is Healing
Her mother, Ruth First, was assassinated by a parcel bomb sent by the South African security forces. Her father, Joe Slovo, helped create the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. And the…
A view from the left
by Jim Herrick