In the Crossfire e-book

Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary

Ngo Van

Although the Vietnam War is still well known, few people are aware of the decades of struggles against the French colonial regime that preceded it, many of which had no connection with the...

Arab Spring, Libyan Winter

Vijay Prashad

This brief, timely analysis situates the assault on Libya in the context of the winds of revolt that swept through the Middle East in the Spring of 2011. Vijay Prashad explores the recent history...

Hopeless

Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion

Jeffrey St. Clair

The election of Barack Obama sparked long-dormant tingles of optimism in even the most entrenched political cynics. But the promise of an Obama revolution fizzled out even before his inauguration,...

After the Future

Franco "Bifo" Berardi

The century-long obsession with the concept of the future has, at last, come to an end. Beginning with F. T. Marinetti's "Futurist Manifesto" and the worldwide race toward a new and highly...

Weaponizing Anthropology

David Price

In the years since September 11, 2001, David Price has been at the forefront of public debates over the ethical and political issues raised by using anthropology for America's terror wars....

In the Crossfire

Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary

Ngo Van

Although the Vietnam War is still well known, few people are aware of the decades of struggles against the French colonial regime that preceded it, many of which had no connection with the...

Shutdown

The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War

Beca Lafore

On March 20, 2003—the day after the war started—San Francisco was brought to a grinding halt by thousands of activists who occupied the streets to oppose the war. It was a mass uprising...

Hammered by the Irish

How the Pitstop Ploughshares Disabled a U.S. Warplane—With Ireland's Blessing

Harry Browne

"We come to Shannon Airport to carry out an act of life-affirming disarmament in a place of preparations for slaughter."On a damp night in February 2003, as the U.S. prepared to...

War, Journalism, and the Middle East

Robert Fisk

"...He's like no reporter from the Mideast we get in the McPapers of America."—Greg Palast"As a war correspondent he is unrivaled."—Financial Times"The most...