Marching together: The regretful and the contrite  

Last Sunday, I was happy to witness the largest anti-war and anti-Bush demonstration, in the US if not the world, marking the third anniversary of our unprovoked criminal undertaking against Iraq. I was also sad for not participating in it.

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"My Name is Rachel Corrie" - A Debate Over Why the Play is Not Opening in New York

"My Name is Rachel Corrie" - a play based on the words of the American peace activist crushed to death three years ago by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza - is causing controversy after the New York City theater that was scheduled to run it postponed production. We host a discussion with Katharine Viner, the editor of the play in London and James Nicola and Lynn Moffat, the two top directors of the New York Theatre Workshop.

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America: From a truth-based, to a faith-based nation

Forget it; get it out of your head!  Neither impeachment, nor censorship, nor the mildest reprimand can come to our Nero from the august dwellers of the Senate.  Let the nation burn, be reduced to ashes, while Bush plays the lyre from Capitol Hill reciting verses that give an inarticulate, simplistic and cross-eyed view of the world.

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Stage Readings of Rachel Corrie's Words on Third Anniversary of Her Death

American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer three years ago today. To celebrate her life, people around the world are staging readings of her words. We hear some of the organizers from New York, Bethlehem, London, Amman and more.

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