Political Regroupment in India  

On the eve of India’s recent election (February, 1967) the fourth national election since independence in 1947, the Delhi correspondent of the London Times sent home two alarming dispatches. In one he announced the end of India’s parliamentary democracy, predicting …



A Modest Proposal: Abolish the Damn Thing!  

There is little I see to quarrel with in Irving Howe’s original statement on the CIA and students (March—April DISSENT) or with Lewis Coser’s forceful statement published above. I would only call attention to the disappointing fact that too many …





The Oswald Case Should Be Reopened!  

No matter what one thinks about the criticisms now circulating in regard to the Warren Commission Report, one thing is clear: the assassination of President Kennedy has not been satisfactorily explained. We reach this conclusion without judging the theories advanced …







The Crime at Santo Domingo  

This intervention is an act that must be repudiated.—Romulo Betancourt, former president of Venezuela. No matter how one looks at it—politically, morally, tactically—the American armed intervention in the Dominican Republic cries out for the sharpest condemnation. The poet Robert Lowell …



The Alliance for Progress  

We viewed the original Kennedy program for Latin America (Alliance for Progress) with a good deal of scepticism, but welcomed the proclaimed ideals behind it. For one thing, it gave recognition to the fact that money and grants in themselves, …



Some Doubts on the Warren Commission  

When the Warren Commission to investigate President Kennedy’s assassination was first appointed, there seemed reason to feel a certain confidence in its work. The announced purpose of the Commission—to get to the very bottom of the tragedy—together with at least …