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The perfect man has no method; or rather the best of methods, which is the method of no-method.
--Shih-T'ao
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January 2004
January 1 - 2004 Predictions - Swans
5 - America, How Did It Come To This? - Phil Rockstroh
5 - Colin Powell's Delirious Prophecies - Gilles d'Aymery
5 - Effects Of Iraq War On American Citizens - Manuel García, Jr.
5 - The Avocado Declaration - Peter M. Camejo
5 - The Avocado Education Project - Peter M. Camejo
5 - Alan Furst's Red Gold - Book Review by Louis Proyect
5 - Strengthened By - Poem by Vanessa Raney
5 - Letters to the Editor
19 - Another Friendly Blow To Ralph Nader - Gilles d'Aymery
19 - Why Howard Dean Will Win In 2004 - Manuel García, Jr.
19 - Arianna's Huff - Milo Clark
19 - Who Will Protect Us From Our Protectors? - Phil Rockstroh
19 - Are The Unemployed Eating Cake Yet? - Frank Wycoff
19 - Lies: The Grease Of Politics - Milo Clark
19 - A Plethora Of 'Road Maps' - Philip Greenspan
19 - The Language of Evasion - Steven Yoder
19 - Shamanism And The Evolution Of Humanity - Scott Orlovsky
19 - Message To Friends - Eli Beckerman
19 - Historian And The Distortion of History - Tanweer Akram
19 - Monuments To Magnificence - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
19 - Letters to the Editor
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February 2004
February 2 - RESISTANCE: In The Eye Of The American Hegemon - A Special Issue
Cover Page of the Special Issue
Table of Contents
Introduction - Gilles d'Aymery
United States "Liberation:" From the Philippines to Iraq - Edward S. Herman
Iraq: A Gnat On The Elephant Of History - Milo Clark
Follow The Leader - Michael Parenti
Proving A Negative - Jan Baughman
Propaganda Iraq - Gerard Donnelly Smith
Depleted Uranium: The Pentagon Betrayal Of GIs And Iraqis - Sara Flounders and John Catalinotto
Civilian Deaths: The Achilles Heel Of The Coalition Occupation? - John Sloboda
Invasion And Occupation Through Iraqi Eyes - George Capaccio
Children Of Iraq - Michael W. Stowell
Assault On Iraqi Women - Gregory Elich
Tariq Ali On The Recolonisation Of Iraq - Tanweer Akram
"Freeing" Iraq's Economy - For Its Occupiers - Rania Masri
Saddam's Odious Debt - Justin Alexander
The Kurdish Pawn - Louis Proyect
The Bush Doctrine: Trouble At Home And Abroad - Naseer Aruri
How Will The Iraq War Affect Americans? - Manuel García, Jr.
Methods For Saving The World's Children - Thomas J. Nagy, et al.
After The Invasion - Anthony Arnove
Pre-Emptive Strike Policy And The United Nations - Denis J. Halliday
Bios
16 - Special Issue on Iraq, by 19 authors
16 - In Perspective, Parallel Lines Converge - Milo Clark
16 - A Poison Pen Letter To Our Apostle Of Perpetual Psychosis, Brother Mel Gibson - Phil Rockstroh
16 - God-Loving And Chaste In Outer Space - Phil Rockstroh
16 - Patterns Which Do Not Connect - Milo Clark
16 - Genocide: Language Acquisition As Slow Extermination - Gerard Donnelly Smith
16 - Successes For The 'Dummies' - Philip Greenspan
16 - Do You Feel Represented? - Frank Wycoff
16 - The Labor of Sisyphus - Poem by James M. Craven
16 - Letters to the Editor
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March 2004
March 1 - Ralph Nader: If Not Now, When? - Gilles d'Aymery & Jan Baughman
1 - There Never Were Any "Good Old Days" In The Democratic Party - Howie Hawkins
1 - Wayward Breasts And The Ever-Vigilant Reign Of Empress Barbie - Phil Rockstroh
1 - Pakistan: Buddy Or Pariah? - Milo Clark
1 - It Wasn't Saddam, And It Ain't Bush! - Philip Greenspan
1 - Shamanism And The Evolution Of Humanity, Part II - Scott Orlovsky
1 - Michael Yates's Naming the System - Book Review by Louis Proyect
1 - Future History: The Work of Robert A. Heinlein - Milo Clark
1 - Killing Socrates - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
1 - Letters to the Editor
15 - Privatization: A Platform Issue - Milo Clark
15 - Environmental Contamination and Genocide: Tar Creek Superfund Site - Gerard Donnelly Smith
15 - Oil, Population And Global Warming - Manuel García, Jr.
15 - Global Warming: The Passion Of The Snow Globe of Doom - Phil Rockstroh
15 - The Power Of The People Don't Stop - Eli Beckerman
15 - Liberté vs. Fraternité - Scott Orlovsky
15 - Err, Mr. Bush, What Went Wrong? - Gilles d'Aymery
15 - Jobs And Janet Jackson - Frank Wycoff
15 - Inside Out - Michael Stowell
15 - The Good Germans (Nazi Era) And The Good Americans (Today) - Philip Greenspan
15 - Lies, Lies, Always Lies - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
29 - Jeffrey St. Clair's The Politics of Nature - Book Review by Louis Proyect
29 - Election 2016: The Issues - Manuel García, Jr.
29 - Safer, Stronger, More Democratic: Kosovo, Iraq, And The Heavens - Gilles d'Aymery
29 - Coup d'État: A Platform Issue - Milo Clark
29 - A Whore's Pentecost: Epiphanies In The Age of Commercialization - Phil Rockstroh
29 - Err, Mr. Carville, No Picture? - Gilles d'Aymery
29 - The Health Insurance Slave Trade - Frank Wycoff
29 - Spaniards Get The Message - Philip Greenspan
29 - Say No To Capitalism - Poem by Scott Orlovsky
29 - Letters to the Editor
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April 2004
April 12 - We Had To Destroy [Fill in Country Name] In Order To Save It - Edward S. Herman
12 - Hearts, Minds, And The Military in Iraq - Gilles d'Aymery
12 - Which Holocaust Matters? - Manuel García, Jr.
12 - Bush Is The Stick-up Man For The Ruling Class - Joel Wendland
12 - Who Will It Be: Coke, Pepsi Or 7-Up? - Philip Greenspan
12 - Say No To Censorship While You Can - Jan Baughman
12 - Liturgies Of Hate And Longing: The Uneasy Soul Of Contemporary Conservatism - Phil Rockstroh
12 - Progress Overwhelmed Reason - Milo Clark
12 - A Scotch, A Cause, And A Ditch To Dig . . . - John Blunt
12 - Alberuni (973-1048 CE) - Poem by M. Shahid Alam
12 - The Charge of the Light Brigade - Poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
12 - Letters to the Editor
26 - Terrorism, Dare We Define It? - Milo Clark
26 - The Politics Of Anti-Semitism, Part I: Smear, Slander, And Intimidation - Gilles d'Aymery
26 - Neo-Con Tragedy -- Played As Farce - Phil Rockstroh
26 - Techno-Fix And Sustainability: Grappling With illusions - Milo Clark
26 - Law And Order - Philip Greenspan
26 - The Blur Of Objects Resolves Into Water And Flame - Phil Rockstroh
26 - Letters to the Editor
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May 2004
May 10 - RESISTANCE: In The Eye Of The American Hegemon - A Swans' Special Issue
10 - Nappytime Of The Gods: American Somnambulists In The House Of Death - Phil Rockstroh
10 - Evangelical Democracy: What Gunboat Salvation Won't Fix . . . - John Blunt
10 - Robert Bolaño's By Night in Chile - Book Review by Louis Proyect
10 - - Gilles d'Aymery
10 - The Chicken Parable - Milo Clark
10 - The Palestinians Versus The SUV - Manuel García, Jr.
10 - From the Ashes Of The Old - Joel Wendland
10 - The Weight of One More Voice - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
10 - I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be A Soldier - Philip Greenspan
10 - Letters to the Editor
24 - Wahabi And Saudi Arabia, Islam And America - Milo Clark
24 - Can We Torture Them For You Retail? - Phil Rockstroh
24 - The Terrible Shrug - Michael Doliner
24 - Behind The Anti-Nader Attacks - Louis Proyect
24 - Recent News, Personalities And Definitions - Gilles d'Aymery
24 - American Gulag, And A Dogfight Of Psychoses - Manuel García, Jr.
24 - Walking Wounded - Richard Macintosh
24 - A Cancer In The Military - Philip Greenspan
24 - Rahul Mahajan's Full Spectrum Dominance - Book Review by Joel Wendland
24 - Twisted Ascension - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
24 - Letters to the Editor
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June 2004
June 7 - Supply-Demand . . . . Implosion - Milo Clark
7 - Commodified Hell And The Poetry Of Dark Providence - Phil Rockstroh
7 - What Does It Mean To Be American? - Manuel García, Jr.
7 - Rot - Richard Macintosh
7 - Unlawful Orders - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
7 - Stay The Course - Poem by Gilles d'Aymery
7 - Latest Epidemic: Gas Pain Syndrome! - Philip Greenspan
7 - Peter Singer's The President of Good & Evil - Book Review by Jan Baughman
7 - Bring Back Ronnie - by Jan Baughman (Sept. 1996)
7 - Letters to the Editor
21 - Paul Buhle's From the Lower East Side to Hollywood - Book Review by Louis Proyect
21 - Reviving Political Parties: The Last Chance For Democracy - Bill Eger
21 - McCain Versus Kerry? - Manuel García, Jr.
21 - Letter To John Kerry - John Blunt
21 - The Bankruptcy Of Progress: The Challenge Of Today - Milo Clark
21 - Ronald Reagan Receives Sympathy From The Devil - Phil Rockstroh
21 - Fragile - Richard Macintosh
21 - Uncle Sam, The Bullshit Virtuoso - Philip Greenspan
21 - Remembering Ray - Chili Bill
21 - Not Joe Isuzu; Not Mr. Whipple: The Greatest Republican - Garry Goodrow
21 - Goodbye, Ray - Tom Reier
21 - Ron And Ray - Gilles d'Aymery
21 - Final EIS For SBCT Transformation In Hawai'i - Milo Clark
21 - Letters to a Young Poet (Letter Eight) - Rainer Maria Rilke
21 - Letters to the Editor
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July 2004
July 5 - Independence Day Sale - Cartoon by Jan Baughman
5 - The Genius Of Marlon Brando - John Steppling
5 - Election 2004: A Plebiscite In Bedlam - Phil Rockstroh
5 - Kerry And Electoral Illusions - John Steppling
5 - Regime Change Starts With Bush - Joel Wendland
5 - ABB a.k.a. America's Bizarre Bunko - Philip Greenspan
5 - The Fine Art And Accomplished Magic Of Liking Everything - Bill Eger
5 - Leo Strauss - Milo Clark
5 - Rubicon 9/11 - Richard Macintosh
5 - Swiftian Overload - Manuel García, Jr.
5 - Ipse Dixit - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
5 - Plaisirs d'Amour: Jesuzzy Lib-Labs Meet Dick Cheney - Gilles d'Aymery
5 - Animal Park - Story by Henry Pelifian
5 - Letters to the Editor
19 - The Case for Nader-Camejo - Louis Proyect
19 - The Left And The Election Choices - Edward S. Herman
19 - Whose Imperial Patriarchy? - Eli Beckerman
19 - Bush Lied! - Frank Wycoff
19 - Confronting The Towering Lies Of Empire: A Eulogy - Phil Rockstroh
19 - Legislative Process In The US Two-Party System - Philip Greenspan
19 - Courage - Richard Macintosh
19 - Welcome To The Polyculture! - Milo Clark
19 - Thirsty Invaders, Chasing Heat - Manuel García, Jr.
19 - Lester R. Brown's Plan B: Rescuing a Planet under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble - Book Review by John Blunt
19 - Denial - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
19 - Letters to the Editor
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August 2004
August 2 - I Will Not Be Herded - Eli Beckerman
2 - Damned If We Do? Damned 'Cause We Didn't! - José M. Tirado
2 - The Imprisoned American Mind - Manuel García, Jr.
2 - From The Annals of Presidential Style: Do The Clothes Make The Mascot? - Phil Rockstroh
2 - Dubya's Elixir: Bigger And Brighter Same Old Crap - Philip Greenspan
2 - Courage II - Richard Macintosh
2 - The Documentary As Propaganda - Gerard Donnelly Smith
2 - Rebalancing Power - Milo Clark
2 - Wilsonian Or Straussian: Post-Cold War Idealism? - Mohammed Ben Jelloun
2 - The Robots Of Gomorrah - Poem by John Marshall
2 - Letters to the Editor
16 - Historia Bush - Michael Doliner
16 - God Help Us - Book Review by Tim Keane
16 - The Journey Toward Justice - Book Review by Gilles d'Aymery
16 - Courage III - Richard Macintosh
16 - A Thing That Waits For Lunch - Phil Rockstroh
16 - Beginning Of The End Or End Of The Beginning? - Milo Clark
16 - Outline For Revolution - Manuel García, Jr.
16 - The Debacle At The Hague - John Steppling
16 - Sharon, Israel, And Anti-Semitism - Philip Greenspan
16 - God On Our Side - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
16 - The Precision With Which Love Invents - Poem by Robert Rosenberg
16 - Letters to the Editor
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September 2004
September 6 - America #1 -- Score Card 2004
A Model of Freedom and Democracy for the World to Emulate ™ - Gilles d'Aymery
6 - The Final Decline - Jan Baughman
6 - Mythology - Helen Jones
6 - From Smoke To Fire: Is The GOP Stealing Another Election? - Milo Clark
6 - Welcome To New York - Eli Beckerman
6 - Tragedy - Richard Macintosh
6 - A Perfect Fit: Buddhists & The Greens - José M. Tirado
6 - Pericles' Funeral Oration For The 911 Dead - Manuel García, Jr.
6 - Hooray For The DIS-es -- The DISobedient And DISsenters - Philip Greenspan
6 - Stan Goff's Full Spectrum Disorder - Book Review by John Steppling
6 - Assia de Nocumento - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
6 - The Temple Goddess - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
6 - Blips #1 - Gilles d'Aymery
6 - Letters to the Editor
20 - The Continual Election Winner - Philip Greenspan
20 - Impotent, Irresponsible And Hypothetical - Milo Clark
20 - What Your Vote Means - Manuel García, Jr.
20 - From Suburban Subdivisions To Sadr City: An Ode To My Comfort Level - Phil Rockstroh
20 - The Creator Vs. Canadian Imperialism: Exercise Narwhal, Gunboat Diplomacy, and Oil - Macdonald Stainsby
20 - No Child Left Behind - Cartoon by Jan Baughman
20 - Vote for America, My Love - Poem by Eli Beckerman
20 - The President who Never Was (for Al Gore) - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
20 - Blips #2 - Gilles d'Aymery
20 - Letters to the Editor
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October 2004
October 4 - Collapse - Guy Burneko
4 - Jeffrey St. Clair & Alexander Cockburn: Dime's Worth of Difference - Book Review by Louis Proyect
4 - The War in Iraq -- The Consumer's Crusade - Phil Rockstroh
4 - Singin' The Blues With Vichy On My Mind - Richard Macintosh
4 - Justice and Palestine: An Oxymoron? - Gilles d'Aymery
4 - A Day As Observer - Milo Clark
4 - Transforming Reality Into Mythology - Philip Greenspan
4 - Free Trade Ideology And The Constitution - Michael Doliner
4 - Report From An Outpost - Manuel García, Jr.
4 - The Cult Protection Act - Prose Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
4 - Blips #3 - Gilles d'Aymery
4 - Letters to the Editor
18 - 2004 US Presidential Election: Recapitulation - Gilles d'Aymery
18 - God, The Ghost Of Richard Nixon, And The Demons Of Election 2004 - Phil Rockstroh
18 - Ralph Nader: A Vote For Sanity - Gilles d'Aymery
18 - Anyone But Bush? - Cartoon by Jan Baughman
18 - Why Vote? - Philip Greenspan
18 - A Summary From The Hawaii Political Trenches - Milo Clark
18 - Liberty's Century - Gerard Donnelly Smith
18 - Never Buy A Cat In A Bag - Anna Kuros
18 - Herman Melville's Typee: a Peep at Polynesian Life - Book Review by Louis Proyect
18 - Usus Fructus - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
18 - Blips #4 - Gilles d'Aymery
18 - Letters to the Editor
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November 2004
November 1 - On Attendance Of A Funeral In The Rural South: Empire, Jesus, And The Death Gene - Phil Rockstroh
1 - Cultural Entropy - John Steppling
1 - Derailing Third Parties: Today And Yesterday - Mark Lause
1 - Voting For Dummies™ - Jan Baughman
1 - The Dead Horse (for John and Gilles) - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
1 - Arundhati Roy's Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy - Review by Gilles d'Aymery
1 - Saddam Hussein: Hero Or Villain - Joe Davison
1 - Putting The Elephant Out - Manuel García, Jr.
1 - What Are We Seeing? - Milo Clark
1 - Beauty in a Time of Lies: Truth in a Time of Horror - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
1 - Blips #5 - Gilles d'Aymery
1 - Letters to the Editor
15 - The Sopranos, Capitalism And Organized Crime - Louis Proyect
15 - Checkbook Imperialism - Joe Davison
15 - Killing People - Richard Macintosh
15 - A Consumer's Guide To Faith-Based Bigotry - Phil Rockstroh
15 - Bruce Anderson's AVA Oregon! - Gilles d'Aymery
15 - Lisa Appignanesi's The Cabaret - Book Review by Charles Marowitz
15 - Passions Unleashed - Milo Clark
15 - "Voting" with the Non-Voters - Philip Greenspan
15 - Help Is On The Way: Implications Of A Stolen Election - Eli Beckerman
15 - Ride This Donkey: Why The Left Needs A Fundamental Realignment - Joel Wendland
15 - Dear Democrats - Manuel García, Jr.
15 - November 4, 2004 - Milo Clark
15 - The President - Story by Ian Werkheiser
15 - The Resurrected Dead-Horse - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
15 - Blips #6 - Gilles d'Aymery
15 - Letters to the Editor
29 - The Hidden Costs Of War - Charles Marowitz
29 - Newtonian America - Manuel García, Jr.
29 - Marketing Humanity - Jan Baughman
29 - Remarks Of The President Of The United States On Gay And Lesbian Policy - Gerard Donnelly Smith
29 - Functioning Core And Non-integrating Gap - Milo Clark
29 - Dying Empire Bebop: The Sedition Of Ecstatic Novelty - Phil Rockstroh
29 - Blowback For The Bigots - Philip Greenspan
29 - Gerry's War - Story by Joe Davison
29 - Birds in the Bush - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
29 - Liberal Evangelical - Poem by Scott Orlovsky
29 - Blips #7 - Gilles d'Aymery
29 - Letters to the Editor
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December 2004
December 13 - 2004: A Case Study In Forensic Irony - Phil Rockstroh
13 - 2004: Diary Of A Man In Despair - Michael Doliner
13 - Empire Of Amnesia, 2004 - John Steppling
13 - 2004: Reality in Perspective - Jan Baughman
13 - 2004: Another Best and Worst Year - Joe Davison
13 - 2004: The Lost Year - Eli Beckerman
13 - 2004: Perspectives And Opportunities - Louis Proyect
13 - 2004: The Insurgent Word - Gerard Donnelly Smith
13 - Retrospective On 2004, Or Why I Need More Sleep - Joel Wendland
13 - Beyond The Beyond: Reflections on a November Visited Upon us . . . Again - Milo Clark
13 - 2004: We Could Use Some People Power In The U.S. - Frank Wycoff
13 - 2004: The Superpower Kept Sinking - Philip Greenspan
13 - The Message Of 2004 - Charles Marowitz
13 - 2004: A Year Of Frightening Regression - Edward S. Herman
13 - 2004: The Year Of Disillusion - Manuel García, Jr.
13 - Death Genes: The Second Coming - Book Excerpt by Walker Percy
13 - Libertad Bajo Palabra - Poem by Octavio Paz
13 - Plantation Politics? Mimes, Minstrels And Miscalculation - S. Jeffrey Jones
13 - Blips #8 - Gilles d'Aymery
13 - Letters to the Editor
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