Canada holds elections. But will NDP success move the country to the right?

The “most profound essayist wielding a pen” examines Lula’s Brazil.

The bourgeois press discovers Doug Henwood.

Mike Macnair appraises Platypus.

Mark Engler hearts Roseanne Barr.

Bernard-Henri Levy feels the same way about charming, seductive rapists.

Charming and seductive lover of third-person self-referencing, Bhaskar Sunkara, writes in Dissent about Osama’s death and Pakistani politics.

Our advertisement in Brooklyn Rail has been unnerving some liberals.

A musical reply to said liberals.

Cornel West is pissed. And so is Tavis Smiley. They might’ve went along with imperial war abroad and class war at home for some damn inauguration tickets.

Melissa Harris-Perry defends “our president” and lambasts “the self-appointed black leadership class.” In other news, irony is dead.

Blast from the past: Forget the past. There won’t be a future if you don’t click on this link and/or get us in touch with George Soros.