Stories by Jonathan Schell

Jonathan Schell is the Nation Institute's Harold Willens Peace Fellow. The Jonathan Schell Reader was recently published by Nation Books.subscribe to Jonathan Schell's rss feed

Obama Administration Line on Libya: If We Don't Call It War, We Don't Need Permission From Congress

Posted on Jun 21, 2011, Source: TomDispatch.com

The Obama administration insists that we're not making war on Libya; in its evasion of the War Powers Act, is it declaring war on the word "war"?

Vision: The World Is Inspired as We Watch Millions Defy Mubarak's System of Intimidation and Violence

Posted on Feb 1, 2011, Source: The Nation

Power is disintegrating. It is in the streets. And now the people have a chance to fulfill their dreams of a better life.

Nuclear Renaissance

Posted on May 5, 2005, Source: The Nation and TomDispatch.com

As is true of so many adversaries, the nuclear haves and have-nots share more in common with each other than with other nations: They both want nuclear weapons.

Iraq's Unpredictable Politics

Posted on Feb 10, 2005, Source: The Nation and TomDispatch.com

How did a decidedly popular election occur under the auspices of a decidedly unpopular occupation?

Something Strange

Posted on Jan 6, 2005, Source: The Nation

Why, when human need is the greatest, should the human response always be left to whim?

A Heartless War

Posted on Nov 20, 2004, Source: The Nation and TomDispatch.com

The U.S. strategy is now focused entirely on inspiring fear in the minds of Iraqis. To hell with winning their hearts.

Why We Must Leave Iraq

Posted on Sep 25, 2004, Source: The Nation and TomDispatch.com

Once we accept that this war has been a terrible mistake, then we have no choice but to withdraw immediately.

Empire Falls

Posted on Aug 23, 2004, Source: TomDispatch.com

Is the United States then a globe-straddling empire? Not just yet – and maybe never.

Peace Is Not On-Message

Posted on Jul 31, 2004, Source: The Nation and TomDispatch.com

The great majority of Democratic voters ardently oppose the war, yet the party has made what appears to be a tactical decision to hide its faith.

The Lexicographers in the White House

Posted on Jun 24, 2004, Source: The Nation

High-powered word-torturers such as President Bush want us to believe that the word "relationship" can be stretched to cover relations of hostility and rejection. But that doesn't change the facts.

Politics and Truth

Posted on Apr 22, 2004, Source: The Nation and TomDispatch.com

Kerry is stuck between politics and truth. After all, it is Kerry's bravery as a soldier fighting the mistaken war, not his bravery as a veteran opposing it, that helps him in his bid for the presidency.

The Phantom Sovereign

Posted on Apr 9, 2004, Source: The Nation and TomDispatch.com

On June 30, the Bush administration intends to turn over something to someone in Iraq, but no one can quite define what that will be. It's certainly not sovereignty, by any definition.

The Empire Backfires

Posted on Mar 12, 2004, Source: The Nation and TomDispatch.com

With its doctrine of 'preventive war,' the Bush administration has loosed a principle of brute force on the world. As the first anniversary of the Iraq War approaches, the full costs of the Bush Doctrine are truly being felt.

The Importance of Losing the War

Posted on Sep 5, 2003, Source: The Nation and TomDispatch.com

Relinquishing the fantasy of a victory in Iraq is the true moral mission of our time.

An Urgent Call to End Nuclear Danger

Posted on Jun 10, 2002, Source: The Nation

Three anti-nuclear activists issue an urgent appeal calling on the U.S. to commit itself to the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Bob Kerrey's Vietnam

Posted on May 8, 2001, Source: The Nation

In the age of international criminal courts, human rights and apologies, even the U.S. can't ignore atrocities committed in Vietnam.
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