Earlier this month, the editors of Renewal , an influential British quarterly on Labor Party politics, published a scathing assessment of Tony Blair and his leadership of the Labor Party. Renewal Managing Editor Neal Lawson talks about how New Labor panders to the center right and what the party must do to reconnect with its […]
Mark Leon Goldberg
Mark Leon Goldberg is the executive editor of UN Dispatch and host of the Global Dispatches podcast.
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The Hate Parade
Since the primary season, Republicans have sought to portray Democrats as single-minded Bush haters with no positive agenda of their own. Marc Racicot, chairman of Bush-Cheney ’04, succinctly summed up this theme in an e-mail to Bush supporters back in December. “They are making this one of the nastiest, vicious and negative campaigns in history,” […]
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Court Jesters
As America’s reputation in the world dwindles to pathetic new lows, and with the United States seeking international support in Iraq and in the fight against terrorism, one might think this an inopportune moment to bait some of our closest foreign allies into unnecessary diplomatic rows. And yet, undeterred, Republican Representatives Tom DeLay and George […]
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Non-Native Son
The stakes could not have been higher for John Kerry as he appeared before the NAACP’s 95th annual convention in Philadelphia on July 15. In the few months prior, his campaign had been the subject of sharp criticisms from prominent black leaders throughout the country. In May, Donna Brazile chided Kerry for not including enough […]