by Michelle Ciarrocca | May 1, 2002 | War & Peace
Forget that the Bush administration is sending U.S. troops to train local forces in Yemen, the Philippines, and Uzbekistan, and that since September 11th the U.S. has stepped up military aid to Turkey, Pakistan, India, Jordan, and a number of countries who are...
by Frida Berrigan | Apr 1, 2002 | Human Rights, War & Peace
In a speech marking the 6-month anniversary of September 11th, President George Bush envisioned a “peaceful world beyond terror” where “disputes can be settled within the bounds of reason and good will and mutual security.” He praised the...
by Stephen Zunes | Feb 4, 2002 | War & Peace
The tragic events of September 11 have created unprecedented challenges for the peace movement, anti-interventionist forces, and other progressive activists. For the first time in the lives of most Americans, the U.S. has found itself under attack. After more than...
by Jim Lobe, Lora Lumpe | Feb 1, 2002 | Energy, War & Peace
If former Enron boss Kenneth Lay were put in charge of the U.S. war on terrorism, he would probably conduct it much the same way his fellow Texas oilman and beneficiary of Enron largesse, George W. Bush, has. Like the bankrupt energy giant, the Bush administration has...
by Sean Yom | Aug 1, 2001 | Uncategorized
The Two Worlds of Abu Sayyaf By Sean Yom August 2001 0108sayyaf.pdf The summer has not been kind to Philippine President Gloria Arroyo. On May 27, 2001, armed members of the Muslim rebel group Abu Sayyaf raided a luxury hotel on the western island of Palawan and took...
