04 August 2003

From the Editor…

Welcome to the New Statesman website. Whether you are a new reader or an existing one - online or via the magazine - I hope you'll enjoy the great writing, fresh ideas and provocative debate that make the New Statesman Britain's award-winning current affairs weekly

Jason Cowley, Editor, New Statesman

Cover story

War on truth

The White House sets the tone and the media echo a line that celebrates the victimhood of the invader and the evil of the Iraqis. And then London takes its cue. By John Pilger in America

By John Pilger

Features

A Helsinki cent for your thoughts

By Michael Holland

Keep an eye on the small change in euroland. It may be worth a lot more than you think. By Michael Holland

Essay

NS Essay - 'Bush and Blair deceived us about the reasons for going to war, but they deceived themselves about its impact on Iraq'

By John Gray

Policing a collapsed state is a potentially interminable business and to turn to the UN for salvation is just another exercise in wishful thinking. By John Gray

Regulars

New Statesman Leader

Labour should not wreak revenge

Diary

Diary - Jenni Murray

By Jenni Murray

They are 16 going on 37. Now they sleep all day, watch a bit of "crap telly" and then they're off, pounding the streets of the capital with a spare mobile to hand over in case of mugging

Darcus Howe recalls his own Tony Martin moment

By Darcus Howe

I might have become a cause celebre like Tony Martin, but luckily no one died

This England

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Arts & Culture

A little treatise on theatre

By Tariq Ali

In recent decades, our culture has become increasingly parochial and disengaged, writes Tariq Ali. But never has there been a greater need for provocative political drama