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Winter 2007
Table of Contents
Editor's Page
Editor's Page Mitchell Cohen
Comments & Opinions
Due Process and Empire's Law: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld Margaret Kohn
The present danger of military tribunals.
From Nuremberg to Guantaìnamo: Medical Ethics Then and Now Nancy Sherman
The Authoritarian Reflex Murray Hausknecht
The preferred response of the Bush administration.
Politics Abroad
In the Mexican Labyrinth: The Elections, the Left, and the Fight for the Mexican Soul Angel Jaramillo
On decoding the Mexican election.
"They Love Us Here": American Migrants in Mexico Sheila Croucher
In the Shadow of the Volcano: Democracy and Justice in Congo Phil Clark
Günter Grass and the Secret Dagmar Reese
Looking for a reason for the author's silence.
Iran and the West
Iran: High Stakes Joschka Fischer
Published here is the speech given by Joschka Fischer, former German foreign minister (Green Party), in Tehran on August 1, 2006, to the Iranian Center for Strategic Research.
Iran and the West: A Symposium The Editors
Shlomo Avineri Responds Shlomo Avineri
Michael W. Doyle Responds Michael W. Doyle
Yitzhak Nakash Responds Yitzhak Nakash
Suzanne Nossel Responds Suzanne Nossel
Anne-Marie Slaughter Responds Anne-Marie Slaughter
Articles
The Jihadism of Fools Fred Halliday
The London Review of Hezbollah Eugene Goodheart
The Globe of Villages: Digital Media and the Rise of Homegrown Terrorism Feisal G. Mohamed
Banning the Bomb: A New Approach Ward Wilson
Roots of Insecurity: Why American Workers and Others Are Losing Out Horst Brand
Corporate Social Responsibility: A Fledgling Movement Faces a Crucial Test Robert A. Senser
The Vanishing American Left? Two Views
Frances Fox Piven on the American Left Frances Fox Piven
Frances Fox Piven and Michael Walzer spoke at a City University of New York symposium on “The Vanishing American Left” in September 2006.
Michael Walzer on the American Left Michael Walzer
Notebook
Immoral Hazards: New Orleans Style S. M. Miller
Summer Internships: Liberals and Leftists Strike Out Ben Waxman
Arguments
On Michael Walzer, Gaza, and the Lebanon War Jerome Slater
An attack on Michael Walzer's position on the Lebanon War.
Response to Jerome Slater: The Lebanon War Michael Walzer
Neoconservatism à la Française James B. Rule
A criticism of Pascal Bruckner's anti-anti-Americanism.
Response to James B. Rule Pascal Bruckner
Getting Right with the Cold War: A Debate with Joanne Barkan Kevin Mattson
An argument over Cold War liberalism
Response to Kevin Mattson Joanne Barkan
Books
Immigration Nation: A Guide for the Perplexed Gary Gerstle
A Nation by Design: Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America by Aristide R. Zolberg
Immodest Proposals Michael Bérubé
Roberto Mangabeira Unger's What Should the Left Propose?
Islam in the West Johann Hari
Books discussed: The West’s Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations? by Tony Blankley; Breaking the Silence: French Women’s Voices from the Ghetto by Fadela Amara, with Sylvia Zappi, translated and with an introduction by Helen Harden Chenut; The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam by Ayaan Hirsi Ali; While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam Is Destroying the West from Within by Bruce Bawer; Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis by Bat Ye’or.
Enforcing Human Rights Norman Geras
Crimes Against Humanity: A Normative Account by Larry May
Recovering the Age of Social Democracy Jan-Werner Müller
Sheri Berman's The Primacy of Politics Social Democracy and the Making of Europe’s Twentieth Century
Attacking Secular America Kevin Mattson
The Theocons: Secular America Under Siege by Damon Linker
The Last Page
A Remembrance of Ellen Willis Susie Linfield
Spring 2007 Issue Preview
Editor’s Page: Grim, But Hopeful Michael Walzer