'We Will Not Be Thrown Away!'
Angelique Chrisafis : Young rebels in France are fighting not for change but for the same rights their parents tried to secure during the 1968 student revolution.
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Dan Wakefield searches for progressive religious leaders to fill William Sloan Coffin's shoes, Alexander Cockburn writes that the peace movement has no fire in its belly and Stuart Klawans reviews three films.
Articles
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Taking Back the Faith
Dan Wakefield : Where are the progressive religious leaders who can fill the shoes of William Sloane Coffin?
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Looking for Salvation in All the Wrong Places
Frances Kissling : Progressive religious leaders should be sensitive to the danger that unexamined God-based public policy presents, whether it comes from the right or the left.
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Bringing God Into It
Rabbi Michael Lerner : The secular left consistently disarms itself of what could be its most powerful weapon against the religious right: a spiritual vision of the world.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Immigrants and Us
: Progressives should join forces with immigrant advocates to create a broad social movement placing the rights of immigrants at the heart of a struggle for economic justice.
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'The Lobby'
: The recent furor over a scholarly article suggesting that the "Israel lobby" drives US Mideast policy presents an opportunity for vigorous open debate on a volatile subject.
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What DeLay Left Behind
John Nichols : To repair the damage Tom DeLay left in his wake, the November elections must be a referendum on the political machine he created, which continues to drive this Congress.
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Where's 'Real Security'?
William D. Hartung : Instead of parroting the Republicans' "tough" approach to national security, Democratic candidates should distinguish themselves from the Bush Administration by, for starters, setting a date for withdrawal from Iraq.
Reviews
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Inside Man
Perry Anderson : In America at the Crossroads, Francis Fukuyama critiques the neoconservative movement and its disastrous defense of the Iraq War. But he remains fully committed to the unchecked use of American power.
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The Odd Couple
Gene Seymour : In Sound and Fury, sportswriter Dave Kindred examines the intersecting lives of Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
A Considered Jurisprudential Analysis of the Guilty Plea by Yet Another Former Aide to Tom DeLay and DeLay's Resignation Announcement Three Days Later
Calvin Trillin : DeLay cut his losses when they were cut for him.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
They Should Have Hissed Barack Obama
Alexander Cockburn : The war is coming home, in the form of people dreadfully wounded in body and spirit. Yet Democratic candidates aren't too worried about their hawkish stance, because the peace movement has no fire in its belly.
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Now Powell Tells Us
Robert Scheer : The former Secretary of State says he and his department's top experts never believed that Iraq posed an imminent nuclear threat, but this made little difference to President Bush.
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The Gospel of Scooter
Richard Lingeman : A political nightmare, with a scriptural spin, tells the true story of two nefarious lords and their faithful servant.
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A Conversation With Dan Wakefield
Eric Stoner : Dan Wakefield talks about his new book, The Hijacking of Jesus, and his optimism about the growing power of the religious left.
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The Nino Scalia Guide to Sicilian Hand Gestures
Garrett Epps : It can now be revealed that Justice Antonin Scalia has compiled his own secret list of Sicilian hand gestures expressing subtle jurisprudential points.
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Howl
Rabbit's Revenge
Nicholas von Hoffman : Time-honored traditions of Christianity are being challenged by scientists and scholars questioning the motives of Jesus, Judas and the power of prayer.
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Letter From Baghdad: The Growing Sectarian Divide
David Enders : Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army now confronts both the US Army and the Sunni insurgents.
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The World According to Karen Finley
Bryan Farrell : Performance artist Karen Finley answers questions about politics, satire and her new book, a fantasy affair between George W. Bush and Martha Stewart.
Cover art by Steve Brodner, cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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