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 Phyllis Bennis
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.
Reflecting on Russia’s War Crimes in Ukraine, 20 Years After the U.S. Invaded Iraq
March 29, 2023 | Washington has tried to replace international law with a vague "rules-based order" that seemingly only other countries can violate. Ukrainians and Iraqis deserve better.
We Need to Cut the Military Budget, But Don’t Trust the Far Right to Do It
February 27, 2023 | There’s an urgent need to stop funding wars and human rights abuses abroad and to free up funding for human needs at home. The Freedom Caucus can’t be counted on for either.
20 Years Ago, the World Said No to War
February 15, 2023 | A look back at the history-making mobilization against the Iraq War that turned ordinary people into a “second superpower” — one we badly need today.
It’s Time For a Ceasefire in Ukraine
November 9, 2022 | A ceasefire in Ukraine has been needed since day one—and it’s more urgent now than ever.
Americans Must Demand a Credible Investigation Into Shireen Abu Akleh’s Killing
May 23, 2022 | If our tax dollars are furnishing the weapons that kill journalists and other innocents, that’s not just an international crime — it’s against U.S. law, too.
Lessons from NATO’s Last No-Fly Zone
March 29, 2022 | The NATO no-fly zone over Libya caused far more suffering than it prevented. In Ukraine, it would be even worse.
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.
Respond to Putin’s Illegal Invasion of Ukraine with Diplomacy, Not War
February 25, 2022 | There’s no “national interest” worth risking nuclear conflict. But urgent diplomacy and humanitarian aid — and Russia’s own antiwar movement — could stop the suffering.