International Socialist Review

Shifting the terms of debate, by Ahmed Shawki
Organizing for April 16 in D.C.: A resurgence of campus activism, by David Zirin & Michele Bollinger
The turn to direct action, by Ashley Smith
Interview with Walden Bello, conducted by Alan Maass
Fighting the global goliaths: Speeches from a D.C. Teach-in
Globalization: Myths and realities, by Lee Sustar
Students and labor, stronger together, by Sherry Wolf
Former Gap sweatshop worker speaks out, interview with Chie Abad, conducted by Sherry Wolf

The color of justice, by Paul D’Amato

Too Little Justice

Ethiopia: Roots of Famine, by David Whitehouse

The hidden war against Iraq, by Anthony Arnove

The new assault on a woman’s right to choose, by Elizabeth Schulte

Rehabilitating McCarthyism, by William Keach

Standing on the shoulders of a giant: Remembering Tony Cliff

BOOK REVIEWS

Vietnam
Crime and punishment
NATO’s Balkan war
A new barnyard revolt
Defending evolution
Textile strike of 1934
Repressing Salt of the Earth

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Issue 13: August–September 2000

The Price of Lesser Evilism

EDITORIALS

There is a Choice in Election 2000
Colombia: Washington Fuels the Fire
“Operation Hold Up Democracy” in Haiti
The Teamsters Three Years after the UPS Strike

FEATURES

Eight Years of Clinton-Gore – The Price of Lesser Evilism, by Lance Selfa

Nader 2000: Challenging the Parties of Corporate America, by Joel Geier
Marxists and Elections, by Paul D’Amato

Death Penalty in the Spotlight, by Alice Kim

“Hiroshima Was No Longer a City”, by Mikki Smith

The Hidden History of America’s Concentration Camps, by Ken Matsumura

Marxism and Nationalism, by Tom Lewis

A Conversation with Denis Halliday

Reprint: On Perspectives, by Tony Cliff

BOOK REVIEWS

Karl Marx: Above All a Revolutionary
A Newly Updated Anti-racist Classic
How to Convict the Innocent
Palestinian Hopes Betrayed

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Issue 14: October–November 2000

The Nader Challenge

EDITORIALS

The only real choice in election 2000
Socialists and Nader
The Verizon victory
Labor – signs of a revival
Growing opposition to the death penalty

FEATURES

Washington’s men in Kosovo, by Jeremy Scahill

Taking on the parties of Big Business, by Ralph Nader (speech)

An exclusive interview with Ralph Nader
Al Gore: The corporate prizefighter as populist, by Paul D’Amato
Fake left, go right
Lesser evilism and the Supreme Court, by Lance Selfa

How “Governor Death” runs Texas, by Quent Reese

“Hunger follows them like a shadow”, by Sharon Smith

The myth of the New Economy, by Lee Sustar

Gandhi and the politics of non-violence, by Meneejeh Moradian & David Whitehouse

100 years since the original ISR, by Alan Maass

Marxism and nationalism (part 2), by Tom Lewis

Richard Wright: “Using words as a weapon”, by Annie Levin

BOOK REVIEWS

The U.S. labor Bureaucracy (Paul Buhle’s Taking Care of Business)
Pseudo-science about rape (Thornhill and Palmer’s A Natural History of Rape)
Politics of the media Giants (McChesney’s Rich Media, Poor Democracy)
Field Guide to the global economy (Anderson, Cavanagh, Lee and Ehrenreich)
Struggles of the 1930s (Dollinger and Dollinger’s Not Automatic, Watkins’ The Hungry Years)

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Issue 15: December 2000–January 2001

The New Intifada:
Standing Up to Goliath

EDITORIALS

Election Fiasco, American Style
Nader – With No Apologies
Subverting Democracy in Allende’s Chile
Overnite: The Forgotten Strike

FEATURES

Howard Zinn on Class Warfare

Where Is the Serbian Revolution Headed? by Lee Sustar

The New Intifada: Standing up to Goliath, by Lance Selfa

Oslo: Cover for Territorial Conquest, interview with Naseer Aruri, conducted by Anthony Arnove
Interview with Palestinian Activist, Hakim Hussein, conducted by Eric Ruder
Israel: Colonial-Settler State, by Phil Gasper
U.S. Intervention in the Middle East: Blood for Oil, by Paul D’Amato

The War on Drugs: Myth and Reality, by Helen Redmond

Briefing: Disease and Disasters: Suffering Unequally, by Alex Taylor

Reprint: On Authority, by Frederick Engels

Reprint: The Economic Roots of Reformism, by Tony Cliff

BOOK REVIEWS

Marx and Engels on the Fight for Democracy
Disarming the Gun Myth
The Poisonwood Bible
Marx and the Environment
A Children’s Primer on Revolution
Japan Under U.S. Occupation after the Second World War
U.S. Labor History

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Issue 16: February–March 2001

BUSH AND THE RESISTANCE:
The Shape of Things to Come

EDITORIALS

The Shape of Things to Come
Ten Years After the Gulf War
“People Power” in the Philippines

NEWS & REPORTS

The Counter-Davos Summit in Porto Alegre, Brazil, by Tom Lewis
Protest in Nice, France, at the EU summit, by Sherry Wolf
Appeal to defend Swiss union militants

FEATURES

Fat Cats, Bigwigs and War Criminals, by Alan Maass

What the Voters Really Said in 2000, by Lance Selfa

“Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand (panel discussion)

Power to the People? by Jessie Muldoon & Todd Chretien

The End of the Miracle Economy, by Paul D’Amato & Joel Geier

The Economics of Booms and Slumps, by Chris Harman

The FTAA: A Primer, by Lee Sustar

We, the People? by Annie Levin

Blacks and the American Revolution, by Leighton Christiansen

Reprint: Stalinism and Bolshevism, by Leon Trotsky

REVIEWS

Organizing Independent Unions in Mexico
LA Sweatshops
Paul Foot’s Partisan Journalism
Struggle in South Africa After Apartheid

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Issue 17: April–May 2001

Under the Eagle

EDITORIALS

Stop the FTAA
Abortion – every woman’s right
Don’t mourn, organize

NEWS & REPORTS

“NATO is floundering in the Balkans”
The Zapatistas march on Mexico City
Crisis and Resistance in Latin America

FEATURES

FTAA for Beginners, by Leighton Christiansen

Canada’s Stake in the FTAA, by Chris Hodge

Imperialism and the State, by Paul D’Amato

We Need Cross-Border Solidarity, interview with Fred Azcarate of Jobs with Justice

Do Global Problems Have Local Solutions? by Ashley Smith

The Rise of a Global Justice Movement, by Lee Sustar

Ariel Sharon: War Criminal, by Hadas Thier

From Miracle to Malaise, interview with Doug Henwood

The Balance of Class Forces at the End of the Boom, by Joe Allen

On the United Front, by Leon Trotsky (reprint)

Introduction, by Katherine Dwyer

Bush Won Florida? I’m Laughing, interview with Gregory Palast

BOOK REVIEWS

America’s racial image problem
The populism of Venezuela’s Chavez
The food business
Hitler’s life and times
Jews who fought back
The early women’s movement
Liberals try to set an agenda

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Issue 18: June–July 2001

Bush’s World

EDITORIALS

The Oil and Gas Administration
Death penalty under scrutiny
Cold War with China?

NEWS & REPORTS

Defend the Charleston 5!, by Lee Sustar
General strike in Greece, by Antonis Davanellos
Turkey’s economic meltdown

FEATURES

Bush’s Offensive, Liberals’ Retreat, by Lance Selfa

“What They Want is My Silence” (Part 1), interview with Edward Said, conducted by David Barsamian

Between Things Ended and Things Begun, by Ahmed Shawki

Lessons of Quebec City, by Katherine Dwyer

Eyewitness in Quebec, by Meredith Kolodner

Forging Cross-Border Solidarity, by Stuart Easterling

What Next for the FTAA? by Eric Ruder

Brazil: The Struggle Against Neoliberalism, by Tom Lewis

Fighting the Bosses in Brazil, interview with Dirceu Travesco

Operation Gatekeeper: Militarizing the Border, by Justin Akers

South Korean Workers: The Battle for Daewoo, by Scott Johnson

Climate Chaos: Can Global Warming be Stopped? by Sherry Wolf

Is Nuclear Power an Option?

A Guide to the Millionaires’ Tax Cut, by Amy Muldoon

BOOK REVIEWS

How FDR got Japan to Attack
Indians and Ecology
Class Struggle in Hollywood
The Impact of the Feminist Movement
Books to Challenge the Official History of Vietman
Two by Eduardo Galeano

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Issue 19: July–August 2001

Whose World? Theirs or Ours

BRIEFING

Globalization at a glance

THE GLOBAL SYSTEM

Global Capitalism: From triumph to crisis, by Walden Bello

Militarizing space “to protect U.S. interests and investment”, by Noam Chomsky

The state is more powerful than ever, by John Pilger

The globalizer who came in from the cold, by Gregory Palast

The Washington Consensus isn’t just foreign policy, by Katherine Dwyer

A “new economy”?, by Doug Henwood

Do Americans consume too much?, by Geoff Bailey

World Bank, WTO, and corporate control over water, by Vandana Shiva

They call all resistance “terrorism”, interview with Edward Said, conducted by David Barsamian Part I | Part II

China: Globalization and the new agenda, by Nigel Harris

Tijuana: Frontline battles against globalization, by Todd Chretien

Global media, neoliberalism and imperialism, by Robert McChesney

Dollarization: The recolonization of Latin America, by Marcelo García

New Labour and the Third Way, by Leo Panitch

Reflections from South Africa: Breaking the chains of global apartheid, by Patrick Bond

Globalization and union democracy, by Peter Rachleff

Deregulation: The mantra of corporate globalization, interview with Harvey Wasserman, conducted by Eric Ruder

THE MOVEMENT

People’s globalization vs. elite globalization, by Kevin Danaher

Carlo’s way, by Mumia Abu-Jamal

Dancing – or yawning – on the grave of Carlo Giuliani, by Norman Solomon

Strategy and tactics after Genoa, by Ashley Smith

Lessons from Gothenburg, by Susan George

The violence at Gothenburg, by Christophe Aguiton

Quebec City showed that we have not lost momentum, interview with Dennis Brutus, conducted by Geoff Bailey

New targets, by Michael Albert

“Our tactics continue to evolve”, interview with Lisa Fithian, conducted by Randy Childs

Uniting the resistance, by Howie Hawkins

Taking the offensive: The challenge of the social movements, interview with Eric Toussaint, conducted by Sergio Ferrari

Report from Chiapas: Building solidarity with the Zapatistas, by Sarah Hines & Peter Lamphere

Stop the bombing: Vieques si, marina no!, by Roberto Barreto

Putting an end to sweatshop labor, interview with Chie Abad, conducted by Eric Ruder

The Russian left today, by Boris Kagarlitsky

Race, class, and globalization: The global struggle for democracy, by Manning Marable

The fight to defend the Charleston Five, by Lee Sustar

“We won’t rest until they’re vindicated”, by Kenneth Riley

“Address the bread-and-butter issues”, interview with Rev. Graylan Hagler, conducted by Dave Zirin

Combating racism: Only together – with our arms locked, by Rania Masri

What I voted for when I voted for Nader, by Tim Robbins

Don’t buy “Buy American”, by Stuart Easterling

Reprint: The tyranny of “structurelessness”, by Jo Freeman

ALTERNATIVES

Water struggle in Cochabamba: Our victory should also be yours, by Oscar Olivera

Debtors of the world, unite!, by Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello & Brendan Smith

Davos and Porto Alegre: Two opposing plans for civilization, by Michel Löwy

The left after Genoa, by Antonis Davanellos

Localize this!, by Mike Prokosch

Microcredit: The illusion of empowerment, by Gina Neff

Is there a solution for Latin America?, by Tom Lewis

Argentina’s plight

“Class issues are what millions care about”, interview with Howard Zinn, conducted by Anthony Arnove

The fight for a different world, by Ahmed Shawki

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Issue 20: November–December 2001

Why We Oppose This War

WEB EXCLUSIVES

Speech at an anti-war teach-in in Burlington, VT, by Howard Zinn

Afghanistan, the Taliban, and the United States, by Nafeez Mosadeq Ahmed

“They call all resistance terrorism”, interview with Edward Said conducted by David Barsamian Part 1 & Part II

EDITORIALS

VIEWPOINTS ON THE WAR

“The war on terror: The other victims”, by John Pilger

“Bush and Blair’s hidden agenda”, by John Pilger

Noam Chomsky, interviewed by David Barsamian

William Blum, interviewed by Djibrile Oumarou and David Zirin

The lies they tell about Islam, by Lee Sustar

Behind the Fog of Deception: Washington’s real war aims, by Lance Selfa

Afghanistan, the CIA, bin Laden, and the Taliban, by Phil Gasper

The bombing of Afghanistan, by Nafeez Mosadeq Ahmed

Rogue state: A history of U.S. Terror, by Katherine Dwyer

The squeeze on Pakistan, by David Whitehouse

Targeting Iraq: U.S. hypocrisy and media lies, by Sharon Smith

The Al-Aqsa Intifada: Consequence of Israel’s occupation, by Rania Masri

Pearl Harbor, internment and Hiroshima: Historical lessons, by Paul D’Amato

Reprint: The Canton, Ohio, speech, by Eugene V. Debs

BOOK REVIEWS

Ruling over the ruins of Afghanistan
Blowback
Explaining Pakistan’s crisis
Portrait of a war criminal

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Issue 21: January–February 2002

WAR – CRISIS – REVOLT

EDITORIALS, NEWS & REPORTS

From the editors
The war abroad
The war at home
German Greens cross the Rubicon
The fall of the house of Enron
Plan Colombia: Terror made in the U.S.A.
Defend Oscar Olivera

FEATURES

“You have to take action from below”, interview with James Petras

Argentina’s revolt, by Tom Lewis

Who Shot Argentina? by Greg Palast

The real story behind America’s war, by John Pilger

The rehabilitation of colonialism, by Ahmed Shawki

The decline of anti-imperialism, by Paul D’Amato

Using women’s rights to sell Washington’s war, by Sharon Smith

Federal Bureau of Intimidation: The FBI’s record of repression, by Annie Levin

Hypocrisy and terror: The U.S., Britain, and biochemical weapons, by Joe Allen

Labor’s challenge in the Recession, by Lee Sustar

Labor can change the world, by Gregg Shotwell

Throwing away the key: The U.S. as the world’s leading jailer, by Joan Parkin

Frankenfoods: What’s wrong with genetic engineering? by Mary Rapien

September 11 and beyond: A view from Palestine, interview with Tikva Honig-Parnass and Toufic Haddad

Special reprint: Trotskyism reassessed, by Duncan Hallas

BOOK REVIEWS

Digging for the real roots of war
Preventable plagues
A century of American witchhunts
Why biology is not destiny
Revolt of the outcasts
Unity across the color line

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Issue 22: March–April 2002

The Assault on Civil Liberties

EDITORIALS, NEWS AND REPORTS

The Washington axis of evil
Next stop, Baghdad?
Israel’s colonial war
Argentina: The next step, by Tom Lewis
Venezuela’s president under attack, by Bridget Broderick
The escalating strife in Bolivia

FEATURES

The colder war, by John Pilger

The assault on civil liberties, by Candace Cohn

The Philippines: Second front in the “war on terrorism”, by Eduardo Capulong

How do you spell “crony capitalism”?, by Todd Chretien

The U.S. economy: Limits of recovery, by Lee Sustar

Vietnam: The antiwar movement we are supposed to forget, by H. Bruce Franklin

“Prison reform” from the inside, by Michael Pardue

Revolutionary struggles of Black workers in the 1960s, by Dan Georgakas

A view of the American Revolution from below, interview with Ray Raphael

Special Reprint: Deflected permanent revolution, by Tony Cliff

BOOK REVIEWS

Arundhati Roy’s voice of defiance
Wollstonecraft and revolution
Rank-and-file perspective on revolution
Battle for Central Asia
Where have the liberals gone?
The case against the death penalty
Didion cuts the drivel quotient
A reporter’s jabs at the high and mighty
and more ...

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Issue 23: May–June 2002

Justice for Palestine

EDITORIALS, NEWS & REPORTS

How much can Bush get away with?
A step forward for the antiwar movement
Beating back Le Pen
Venezuela: Coup and Countercoup, by Bridget Broderick
Interview with James Petras
Greece: Social Democracy near collapse, by Antonis Davanellos
U.S. escalates Colombia’s dirty war, by Tristan Adie

FEATURES

Jenin: Eyewitness report, by Jeff Guntzel

The war against the Palestinians, by Tikva Honig-Parnass

Israeli policy and Washington’s complicity, by Rania Masri, Tayseer Arouri, Toufic Haddad, Ghassan Andoni, Huwaidi Arraf, Chris Toensing

Lies, damned lies, and Israeli propaganda, by Anthony Arnove & Paul D’Amato

Students for justice in Palestine, by Snehal Shingavi

Language, media manipulation, and the “war on terror”, by Normon Solomon

Taking on the fascist menace in France, by Sherry Wolf

Interviews with Hassan Berber and Danielle Sallandre

Class and poverty in the maquila zone, by Avery Wear

A new colonial “age of empire”?, by Lance Selfa

On the road with Karl Marx, by Brian Jones

Zionism and Anti-Semitism, by N. Israeli

Special reprint: The class character of Israel, by Moshe Machover & Akiva Orr

BOOK REVIEWS

The real story of class in the U.S.
Roots of Bush’s war
Voices in the antiwar movement
Cracking the lies of empire
Formation of the South Korean working class
Making Mexicans illegal
Still the Commander-in-Thief
Palestine – When “peace” means war

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Issue 24: July–August 2002

The struggle against WAR

EDITORIALS, NEWS & REPORTS

INTERNATIONAL NEWS & REPORTS

Contagion in Latin America, by Tom Lewis
Puerto Rico: Struggle for the land
India, Pakistan, and the question of Kashmir, by Dina Roy, Ganesh Lal & David Whitehouse
Afghanistan’s rigged democracy, by Sharon Smith
Back to 1948: The conflict’s essence laid bare
Sharon the ethnic cleanser

FEATURES

How the media cover for Israel, by John Pilger

Exposing the terrorism trap, interview with Michael Parenti

Pacifism and war, by Paul D’Amato

Stephen Jay Gould: Dialectical biologist, by Phil Gasper

The hidden history of Zionism, by Annie Levin

Empire strikes out, by Tom Lewis

Anarchists in the Spanish Civil War, by Geoff Bailey

Toward a revolutionary socialist party, by Duncan Hallas

REVIEWS