by John Feffer | Oct 24, 2018 | Democracy & Governance, Environment, Human Rights, Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev, War & Peace
In his recent speeches and articles, Bernie Sanders has been talking about forming a Progressive International. It’s about time. The alt-right, thanks in part to Steve Bannon, has formed an international network centered in Europe on the National Front in France and...
by John Feffer | Oct 17, 2018 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev
Russia, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia are the latest members of a select international club. Assassins Without Borders has roots that go back, in the modern era at least, to the policies of the Soviet Union, Chile, Israel, Bulgaria, and the United States. All of these...
by William Hartung | Oct 16, 2018 | Human Rights, Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev, War & Peace
If the Saudi government is indeed behind the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi there should be consequences — political, military, economic, and reputational. Unfortunately, President Trump begs to differ. His reaction to questions about whether the United States...
by John Feffer | Oct 2, 2018 | Redev, War & Peace
Nuclear weapons have held the world hostage for more than 70 years. Although they possess terrifying power and the world has come close to nuclear war on several occasions, these weapons have only been used twice, in 1945, by the United States against Japan. Advocates...
by John Feffer | Sep 5, 2018 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
John McCain was an American politician. That sums up his best and worst qualities. He was not a maverick. As a rather conventional politician, he wasn’t even particularly courageous or much of a straight talker. He represented establishment values as the establishment...
