- Mao nostalgia. (Neat photo essay). Why does communism evoke this sort of response?
- Contentious politics in Albania, Nepal, and Greece.
- Is the Iranian opposition running out of steam? Why or why not?
- Daily life in Cuba (another neat photo essay).
- The trial of Khodorkovsky in Russia, and why Putin wants him locked away for a very long time.
- President Ortega's thuggish behaviour in Nicaragua. Is this what we would expect in a poor and unequal country? Is there any way for neighboring countries and/or the US to respond constructively?
- A torture colony in Pinochet's Chile.
- Justice finally arrives for the last member of the last military junta in Argentina; apparently it will never arrive for the members of the last military junta in Brazil. Why the difference?
Do large-scale protests work better in less democratic regimes? Why or why not?
