All Commentaries

The Modern Form of Colonialism: Climate Change
Developed countries must take responsibility for the climate crisis they initiated by paying reparations for developing countries, including mine.

How Contractor CEOs Get Rich Off Taxpayers
Enormous Pentagon budgets are also inflating CEO pay at major military contractors. Here’s how to rein in this taxpayer-funded excess.

A Tale of Two Missions
African leaders visited Russia and Ukraine. The U.S. secretary of state visited China. Is detente making a comeback?

The Death of Democracy in Pakistan
The Biden administration is all too willing to to sacrifice democracy and human rights concerns on the altar of strategic interest.

DSA and Ukraine
Over the next week, members of the Democratic Socialists of America have an opportunity to step up and defend Ukraine.

Living on a Smoke-Bomb of a Planet
Will humanity react to the climate emergency as ineptly as the United States did to 9/11?

Greening Transatlantic Relations
Europe and the United States have to stop competing and start cooperating to avert climate catastrophe.

Time to Seek Justice, Not Hand Out the Nobel Prize, for Economic Crimes
Neoliberalism has caused the widespread and institutional violation of human rights.

The Real Border Surge
As Title 42 comes to an end, the border-industrial complex intensifies.

The Surprising Pervasiveness of Pro-War Propaganda
An FPIF commentary criticized CODEPINK’s position on the war in Ukraine. Here is our response.