MANIFESTO FOR A PROGRESSIVE THEATRE 

“The Director’s first task is to cast the audience.”
Grotowski

In two recent essays, I discussed some of the central issues raised by the Rachel Corrie controversy...

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Mendacity: The Prospects of Progressive Theater Under Capitalism

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THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR SHOWDOWN—AN UNNECESSARY CRISIS

(Author’s note: As a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, an organization of former US intellligence officers from the CIA, DIA, Department of State and Department of Defense, I took part in 2002 in the preparation of a series of public statements countering the Bush administration’s alleged intelligence behind its rationale for the invasion of Iraq.

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Four Characters in Search of a Prosecutor: Miller, Boykin, Cambone and Feith

A year of stonewalling a Freedom of Information lawsuit by the Associated Press and now the Pentagon releases documents (Friday, March 3, 2006) with the names of hundreds of detainees held at Guantanamo.

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ICG: Civil War Threatens Iraq

The International Crisis Group (ICG) warns that Iraq is threatened by a civil war that would tear the country apart. In the latest report released in Amman recently.

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Readings From Howard Zinn's "Voices of a People's History of the United States"

Dramatic readings of speeches, letters, poems, songs, petitions, and manifestos. These are the voices of people throughout U.S. history who struggled against slavery, racism, and war, against oppression and exploitation, and who articulated a vision for a better world.

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Free speech and its fuzzy edges
By Saskia Sassen

Rights are collective productions. Much sweat and blood has been shed in their making. While some rights - human rights - can easily be thought of as inhering to the human condition, their formulation none the less is made, given shape by particular men and women at particular times and places.

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A Debate Over the Publication of Cartoons of Prophet Muhammed and the Global Muslim Protests

Muslim protests continue to rage around the world against newspapers depicting the Prophet Muhammed. We host a debate with Irshad Manji, author of "The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith" and As'ad AbuKhalil, professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus.

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The Story Behind the Other Downing Street Memo Where Bush Told Blair He Wanted to Bomb Al Jazeera

President Bush allegedly told Tony Blair he wanted to bomb. The report came out last November in Britain’s Daily Mirror, citing a secret British memo revealing that Bush told Blair in April 2004 of his desire to bomb the news outlet. Bloggers have pledged to publish the memo if it is leaked. We speak with British blogger Daniel Mason, who has been tracking the story of the Downing Street Memo.

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Bush Delivers Sixth State of The Union

President Bush delivered his sixth State of the Union address at a time when he is facing some of the lowest approval ratings of his presidency. With his address, Bush hoped to lift his political standing and give a boost to his Republican allies in Congress who will be facing tough mid-term elections in November. However, the speech was noticeable for its absence of grand proposals to address the many challenges that the country faces. Among his few proposals, Bush called for a 75% reduction of the United States’ dependence on Middle Eastern oil – despite the fact oil from the region accounts for only 11% of the country’s fuel imports.

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