Another Illegal War in the Middle East
March 30, 2015 | The Saudi intervention in Yemen perpetuates the lawlessness of the so-called "War on Terror."
Articles by Ajamu Baraka
Putting Boko Haram in Context
January 30, 2015 | There's no purely military solution to the insurgency raging across northeastern Nigeria.
The Human Rights Project: Determined by the Needs of the Powerful
December 10, 2013 | Human Rights Day is an ideal time to acknowledge that what is presented as a pure human rights project is, for oppressed peoples, actually sullied by politics.
An African-American Perspective on U.S. Exceptionalism*
September 19, 2013 | We did not need Russian President Vladimir Putin to remind us of the fiction that America’s commitment to values and social practices makes it exceptional in the community of nations.
Humanitarian Intervention: The Gift That Keeps on Giving to U.S. Imperialism
September 5, 2013 | It’s frightening how ready and willing President Obama is to operate outside of global legal frameworks.
Egypt: Requiem for a Revolution that Never Was
July 22, 2013 | Many progressive Americans appear to not only approve of the coup in Egypt but view the rapacious military command as part of the revolutionary process.
From Egypt to Syria: Is the Gulf Cooperation Council the Tail That Wags the U.S. Dog?
July 12, 2013 | Is the coup in Egypt a sign of declining U.S. influence in the region?
The Empire’s New Clothes: “Humanitarian Intervention” Stripped Bare
June 20, 2013 | Is it just a propaganda tool that affords the U.S. cover under which to continue its role as global policeman?
Syria: the Charade of Humanitarian Intervention
June 10, 2013 | Tales of ostensibly noble efforts to avert catastrophic human suffering have sanitized the complicity of U.S. policy.