28 June 2004
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Cover story
A dangerous time to be a Jew
11 September and Iraq have sparked the return to a medieval anti-Semitism in which Blair, Bush and the media act as pawns of a sinister cabal
Features
Facts that should change the world
In Kenya, people pay 16 bribes on average a month; the payments account for one-third of the average household budget
France's secret dirty wars
In looking after their interests abroad, the French have overlooked bribery, corruption and even genocide. Becky Tinsley reports on a foreign policy based on the cash register
The philosopher as dangerous liar
Michel Foucault taught that might is right, truth is relative, and history just an interesting narrative. Why do we still lionise the French philosopher?
Blow, blow thou winter wind
The planet can no longer sustain our oil addiction. Renewable energies, meanwhile, hold the key to ending poverty. Why are we so slow on the uptake?
Belfast's broad horizons
In recent times, Northern Ireland has been troubled by social exclusion. But thanks to new technology, the future looks brighter
Interview
NS Interview - Patricia Hewitt
One of Blair's most trusted allies says Britain could pull out of Europe if the people vote ''no'' on the constitution. Patricia Hewitt interviewd by John Kampfner
Regulars
The Politics Column
Politics - John Kampfner sees a return to the domestic agenda
The political spotlight has moved from Iraq to public service reform, and the government is talking of choice and restructuring. So far, the voters seem unimpressed
John Pilger offers a reading list
When even Gavin Esler eulogises Ronald Reagan, we're in trouble. Here is a list of books that offer New Statesman readers an antidote to the hagiographies of power
Darcus Howe - listens to Stephen Lawrence's father
With a simple remark, Neville Lawrence throws light on the issue of racism
Competition
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Culture
Hollywood: get your act together
While Tinseltown sleepwalks through history, the tinderbox of reality is exploding around us. David Puttnam calls on film-makers to grow up and take on the war of ideas
Novel man
James Bond - William Cook on how Ian Fleming's 007 books are finally catching up with the films
Saints and sinners
Opera - Peter Conrad is sobered by a rethinking of Faust that is far from heaven
Theatre
Michael Portillo - Food for thought
Theatre - A compelling play about living life with death all around you. By Michael Portillo The Arab-Israeli Cookbook Gate Theatre, London W11
Film
Miranda Sawyer - Bit of a steal
Film - The Coen brothers' remake of an Ealing classic lacks the genius of the original. By Miranda Sawyer The Ladykillers (15)
Television
Andrew Billen - The art of protest
Television - A documentary on a postwar revolution does not disappoint. By Andrew Billen Time Shift: art school (BBC4)
The Fan
The fan - Hunter Davies has little time for Lynne Truss's next book
OK, so the England team are boring - but that's a fascinating problem
Books
The bag lady of feminism. Valerie Solanas described men as "walking abortions" and called on women to withdraw from the workforce. Why is it that, instead of being given her due, this clairvoyant genius has so often been treated as an embarrassment?
Scum Manifesto Valerie Solanas (with an introduction by Avital Ronell) Verso, 80pp, £10 ISBN 1859845533
The daily grind
Willing Slaves: how the overwork culture is ruling our lives Madeleine Bunting HarperCollins, 368pp, £12.99 ISBN 0007163711
A vanished age
Too Nice to Be a Tory: it's my party and I'll cry if I want to Jo-Anne Nadler Simon & Schuster, 289pp, £10 ISBN 0743220765
Stupid white men
Basil D'Oliveira: cricket and conspiracy - the untold story Peter Oborne Little, Brown, 274pp, £16.99 ISBN 0316725722
A bit of a dud
Know the Truth: a memoir George Carey HarperCollins, 468pp, £25 ISBN 0007120303
Written in the stars
Shelf Life - More than 20 years after picking it up in a second-hand bookshop, Geoff Dyer finally got round to reading The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard. Here, he reflects on the role of destiny in bringing reader and book together
