by Medea Benjamin | May 19, 2017 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace, Women
Donald Trump has selected Saudi Arabia as the destination for his first trip abroad, strengthening U.S. ties to a regime that is fueling the very extremism, intolerance, and violence that the U.S. government purports to want to eradicate. Here’s 10 reasons why the...
by Asna Husin | May 17, 2017 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, Uncategorized
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Jakarta near midnight on April 19 just hours after Anies Baswedan won Jakarta’s heated gubernatorial election against the incumbent Basuki Tjahaya Purnawa (better known as Ahok). Outsiders viewed the loss by Ahok, who is the...
by William D. Hartung | May 10, 2017 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
When Donald Trump wanted to “do something” about the use of chemical weapons on civilians in Syria, he had the U.S. Navy lob 59 cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield (cost: $89 million). The strike was symbolic at best, as the Assad regime ran bombing...
by Danny Sjursen | Apr 19, 2017 | Redev, War & Peace
Make no mistake: After 15 years of losing wars, spreading terror movements, and multiplying failed states across the Greater Middle East, America will fight the next versions of our ongoing wars. Not that we ever really stopped. Sure, Washington traded in George W....
by Olivia Alperstein | Apr 19, 2017 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
No one ever expected Donald Trump to be a peace-loving president. On the campaign trail, he endorsed torture, said he’d bomb the families of alleged terrorists, and spoke gleefully about the president’s power to launch nuclear weapons. But threatening war with...
