Sending Cluster Munitions to Ukraine Is Morally Bankrupt
August 25, 2023 | But there's still hope for the global movement to ban these indiscriminate killers.
Articles by Khury Petersen-Smith
Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf League Is ‘Sportswashing’ At Its Worst
April 10, 2023 | But if the effort is designed to distract from the Saudi government’s worst abuses — or U.S. support from them — it may backfire.
Binary Thinking on Russia’s War on Ukraine Is a Losing Strategy
March 29, 2022 | We need a progressive politics that shows solidarity with all victims of military violence — while resisting the militarism of our own government.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Internationalist
January 12, 2022 | King looked beyond our borders — not only at injustice, but at how people worked together to end it. It’s an example we need today.
Death and Living in the Face of Empire
September 7, 2021 | Julian Aguon’s ‘The Properties of Perpetual Light’ is a thoughtful meditation on how, to understand problems at the center of a colonial society, we have to look at the margins.
The Backstory to Portland? Two Decades of ‘Homeland Security’
August 10, 2020 | The repression we saw in Portland wasn't new -- only the targets were.
Open the Borders. Open the Prison Gates. Don’t Sacrifice a Single Person to This Virus.
March 25, 2020 | Closed borders and ICE raids mean crowded detention centers and camps, which is always inhumane. In a pandemic, it’s a global public health threat.
Ending the Myth That Trump Is Ending the Wars
March 6, 2020 | Trump has sent more new troops to the Middle East than he’s bringing home from Afghanistan.
We Need a Strong Anti-War Movement — Yesterday
January 8, 2020 | As we spiral toward a confrontation between the U.S. and Iran, it’s worth reflecting on the failures to rein in U.S. aggression along the way.
Trump’s Betrayal of the Kurds Is Terrible, But the Answer Is Not Endless War
October 15, 2019 | It is sickening that the U.S. would deliver the Kurds to Turkish violence, but that doesn't mean we should embrace the U.S. presence in Syria.