by Maha Hilal | Jun 26, 2017 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
June 26th marks the UN Day in Support of Victims of Torture. This day was declared in 1997 and is celebrated every year to honor the struggles of torture survivors. In the U.S., it’s estimated that there are half-a-million torture survivors who’ve fled...
by John Feffer | Jun 21, 2017 | Redev, War & Peace
The Saudi war in Yemen is really directed at…Iran. Donald Trump’s first overseas visit to Saudi Arabia and Israel was specifically targeted at…Iran. The Saudi-led isolation of Qatar is actually about…Iran. The escalation of U.S. military actions against the Syria...
by John Feffer | Jun 5, 2017 | Redev, War & Peace
Asia has been the future for more than a generation. When Americans try to glimpse what’s to come, images of the Pacific Rim flood the imagination. For movie audiences in 1982, the rain-soaked Los Angeles of Blade Runner looked like downtown Tokyo. By 2014, the City...
by Dina El-Rifai | May 31, 2017 | Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
All right, America. We need to have a talk. The president recently returned from Saudi Arabia, where he gave his Muslim hosts a speech about the threats of “radical Islamist terrorism.” Because Trump steered slightly clear of his usual vitriol toward Muslims — he’s...
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...
