The Nation and liberalism in the US
The Nation and the National Defense Authorization Act
By Tom Carter and Barry Grey, December 27, 2011
A comment published on the web site of the Nation by columnist Robert Scheer demonstrates that the left-liberal layers for whom the magazine speaks are neither willing nor able to conduct a principled defense of democratic rights.
Journalist, scoundrel Christopher Hitchens dies at 62
By David Walsh, December 17, 2011
Christopher Hitchens began his public life as a “left” journalist in Britain and moved on, without undergoing any apparent internal struggle, to become a proponent of imperialist war and oppression, residing in Washington, D.C.
The Nation backs Obama after anti-Plan B contraception ruling
By Janel Flechsig, December 13, 2011
The Nation’s Katha Pollitt responded to the Obama administration’s decision to bar over-the-counter sales of the Plan B drug to all women by pledging to vote for Obama.
American liberalism attempts to corral Occupy Wall Street movement for Democrats
By David Walsh, October 14, 2011
Various liberal and ex-left forces who claim to support the anti-Wall Street movement are seeking to divert it into support for the Democratic Party, or into the orbit of the trade unions and “identity” politics.
The Nation, ISO seek to channel Wall Street protests back to the Democratic Party
By David Walsh, October 7, 2011
The Nation magazine and the International Socialist Organization are intervening in the Wall Street protests to prevent the emergence of a movement in opposition to the Democratic Party and capitalism.
The Nation’s Tom Hayden falsifies Obama’s Afghanistan plan
By David Walsh, June 27, 2011
On the Nation web site, Tom Hayden, longtime Democratic Party operative, has posted a dishonest and contemptible article about Barack Obama’s June 22 speech on the war in Afghanistan.
The Nation joins the campaign against Julian Assange
By David Walsh, December 30, 2010
The Nation magazine in the US, with its publication of “The Case of Julian Assange” by columnist Katha Pollitt, has joined the right-wing campaign against the WikiLeaks co-founder.
Cheerleaders for the AFL-CIO
The pseudo-left and the October 2 Washington rally
By Patrick Martin, October 9, 2010
An array of middle-class organizations calling themselves socialist endorsed the demonstration called by the unions to support the Democratic Party in the November election.
Wishing and hoping for Franklin D. Obama
By Patrick Martin, September 16, 2010
In a series of commentaries published over the past week, liberal media pundits have claimed that two recent speeches by President Obama signal a turn to the left and an embrace of the social reform policies of Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal.
Frank Rich on the “mystery” of Obama
By Barry Grey, September 8, 2010
Frank Rich’s critique of Obama’s speech on Iraq is the latest in a series of commentaries by the New York Times columnist reflecting the growing dismay and disappointment with Obama within the left-liberal constituency of the Democratic Party.
The Nation on the Detroit march for “Jobs, Justice and Peace”: Deceit and self-delusion
By David Walsh, September 6, 2010
On August 28, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, UAW President Bob King and a host of other union leaders and Democratic Party politicians addressed a crowd of several thousand people in Detroit. The Nation has turned the event into something it wasn’t.
The American left and the WikiLeaks documents
By David Walsh, July 31, 2010
American liberalism and the “left” have responded to the WikiLeaks revelations as an element of the establishment, suggesting alterations in policy, but rejecting an independent struggle against war based on a break with the Democratic Party.
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