The Nation and liberalism in the US
The great unmentionable
By Joe Kishore, October 22, 2009
The past week has seen a proliferation of worried comments from liberal supporters of Obama on the state of social and political relations in the United States.
Once again, on the ex-left and Iran
By Joe Kishore, September 29, 2009
The latest orchestrated provocation over Iran’s nuclear program exposes the reactionary role of the middle-class backers of the “green” opposition in Iran.
Times columnist David Brooks exposes “left” supporters of Obama health plan
By Joe Kishore, September 12, 2009
A column published by conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks details the right-wing character of Obama’s proposed health care overhaul.
Obama’s health care speech and the lies of the Nation
By Joe Kishore, September 11, 2009
The gross distortions of the Nation magazine’s response to Obama’s health care speech serve a definite political purpose.
Afghanistan war escalation: The Nation seeks to “protect” the Obama administration from itself
By David Walsh, September 3, 2009
The war in Afghanistan is increasingly taking center stage in American political life. The Nation and other liberal elements continue to apologize for Barack Obama, who is now preparing a major escala...
The Nation’s man in Tehran: Who is Robert Dreyfuss?
By Bill Van Auken, June 22, 2009
The line of the Nation magazine on the events in Iran is indistinguishable from that of the American political establishment. The background of its principal correspondent on the Iranian events, Rober...
The Nation magazine and the Iranian election
By Joe Kishore, June 16, 2009
The Nation magazine, the voice of left-liberal supporters of Obama, has quickly weighed in to support charges of vote-rigging and a “coup d’état” in Iran.
The Nation and “socialism”
By David Walsh, April 2, 2009
For examples of intellectual and political bankruptcy, one could hardly do better than peruse the pages of the Nation, the American liberal publication. An excellent starting-point would be the magazi...
Future conditional: The Nation counsels Washington on the financial crisis
By Tom Eley, October 1, 2008
The Nation magazine, the leading publication of America’s left-liberal milieu, has waded into the US financial meltdown with numerous columns and articles in print and on its web site.
The Nation and the Obama campaign
By Jerry White, August 27, 2008
The “special convention issue” of the Nation magazine features a lengthy article entitled “Progressives in the Obama Moment,” which seeks to make the case for those opposed to war and the reac...
The “circularity” of hope: The Nation endorses Barack Obama
By Patrick Martin, February 15, 2008
In an editorial in its latest edition, dated February 25, the liberal magazine The Nation has given its endorsement to Senator Barack Obama in the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The Nation urges Cindy Sheehan not to run for Congress against Nancy Pelosi
By David Walsh, August 23, 2007
The Nation magazine, a leading voice of left-liberalism, has come out in opposition to antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan’s decision to run for Congress as an independent against Democratic Speaker of t...
