Salafists are acting as the brownshirts of the Arab Spring.
Ntaganda: What? No Bail Bondsmen in the Hague?
Ntaganda committed well-documented crimes against humanity in plain view of government officials, foreign diplomats, and UN peacekeepers in eastern Congo.
Bulgaria’s Labor Perpetually in Crisis
The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria has seen its membership drop from 2.5 million to 300,000 in recent years.
After Iraq, Climbing Out of the Moral Abyss
Empires decline due to moral decay from within. Ten years after the invasion of Iraq, our nation is looking at the moral abyss. If lies have delivered us to this place, then only the truth will begin our journey back.
Syria: Chess Match Turned Free-for-All
Israel’s apology to Turkey over the 2010 Mavi Marmara killings might lay the groundwork for direct intervention in Syria by NATO and Israel.
Visions: America after Hegemony
To get out of the echo chamber, we need to present a vision of a democratic foreign and security policy that would tie our many campaigns together into a coherent whole, from the local to the global. Such a platform would provide hope to the many who sense that something is wrong with corporate capitalism, with U.S. foreign policy, and with the military-industrial complex. It would set the basis for a principled alliance between the peace movement and the labor, immigrant rights, women’s, economic, social, and racial justice movements that are its natural allies.
Key Fact Suppressed in the Israel-Turkey Reconciliation Story
The discrepancy is significant because it reduces the Israeli violence to an exclusively Turkish grievance.
Hey Congress: Sequester Apartheid!
Thousands of lobbyists descended on Capitol Hill in early March to voice their concerns over sequestration cuts. But these lobbyists were not asking Congress to restore funding to schools, hospitals, or shelters. Instead, they were demanding that Congress fully fund military aid to Israel, aid which helps Israel continue its occupation and apartheid policies toward Palestinians.
What Does Italy Hope to Gain by Re-trying Amanda Knox?
Re-opening the Meredith Kercher murder case is a last-ditch effort by Italy to save face.
How Do Buddhist Attacks on Muslims Help Burma’s Government?
Security officials stood by during the attacks without intervening.