The ‘Humanitarian Pause’ in Gaza Proves Diplomacy Works. Now We Need a Real Ceasefire.
November 22, 2023 | A quick FAQ on the agreement between Israel and Hamas to release hostages and pause the fighting.
Articles by Khury Petersen-Smith
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.
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.