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Spring Flings
When and where organized labor’s been on the move.
The Nonaligned Babel
In the center of Baghdad is a high-rise hotel, resembling a modernist version of the towers of ancient Babylon. Its transnational history reveals a different Tower of Babel altogether.
The Pentagon Budget Is Obscene, Even Without the Right-Wing Culture-War Amendments
The House and Senate are fighting over the Pentagon budget — not because anyone objects to an obscene level of military spending but because it’s become yet another a proxy for the culture war. The Left should oppose the budget for the right reasons.
Issue 50: Misery Index
Crunching the numbers on the class war.
The Life and Death of Saddam Hussein
The Iraq War began with a failed attack on Saddam, but it didn’t end with his execution.
Manufacturing Consensus
We sat down with Noam Chomsky to talk about the march to the war in Iraq and its awful consequences.
The Iraq Invasion 20 Years Later
How the American political class brought a disaster to the Middle East.
Yes, the Iraq War Was (Kinda) a War for Oil
In the immediate aftermath of the Iraq invasion, the US and British governments tried to launch a radical experiment in oil privatization. Iraqi trade unions spearheaded a brave campaign to thwart their plans.
“A Free Homeland and a Happy People”
Iraq’s Communist movement has survived nine decades filled with tragedy and fleeting success. Can it shape the new Iraq?