by Ira Chernus, John Feffer | May 28, 2009 | War & Peace
I hate to admit it, but I’ve been suckered by the Obama administration. A few weeks ago the secretary of State announced, in effect, that the “war on terror” was over. From now on, the mass media informed us, the United States would be fighting only...
by John Feffer, Alice Slater | Apr 7, 2009 | War & Peace
Committing the United States and Russia “to achieving a nuclear free world,” Presidents Obama and Medvedev issued a joint statement breathtaking in its positive tone. It marks an astonishing shift from the hostile policies of the Bush and Clinton...
by John Feffer, Anthony Fenton | Feb 24, 2009 | Labor, Trade, & Finance, War & Peace
President Barack Obama’s visit to Canada on February 19th provided an opportunity to see what positions the world’s closest allies and trading partners may take on key foreign policy issues. Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s comments appear...
by Emily Schwartz Greco, Robert Weissman | Dec 1, 2008 | Labor, Trade, & Finance
The G-20’s “Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy,” held in Washington on November 15, gave world powers a chance to coordinate their responses to the burgeoning international financial crisis and accompanying ills in real economies...
by Samuel A. Bleicher, John Feffer | Nov 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
A recent New York Times editorial gives China broad advice on the economic and financial crises, most of it wrong. Headlined “As Goes China, so Goes…” (an allusion to the old U.S. presidential election bromide, “As goes Maine, so goes the...
