by Phyllis Bennis | Apr 18, 2017 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
These are awesome days for headline writers. So many global settings, such an abundance of weapons, such a wealth of choices! On the morning of April 14, the New York Times led with “A Giant U.S. Bomb Strikes ISIS Caves in Afghanistan,” matched by...
by Jim Lobe | Apr 12, 2017 | Redev, War & Peace
After the pre-dawn cruise-missile strike against Syria’s al-Shayrat airfield, neoconservative hawks, many of whom beat the drums for war in Iraq 14 years ago, are feeling the warm spring breezes of renewal and rejuvenation. Suddenly hopeful that Donald Trump may yet...
by Rebecca Gordon | Apr 11, 2017 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
When George W. Bush and Dick Cheney launched their forever wars — under the banner of a “Global War on Terror” — they unleashed an unholy trinity of tactics. Torture, rendition, and indefinite detention became the order of the day. After a partial...
by Conn Hallinan | Apr 5, 2017 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
At first glance, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s drive to create an executive presidency with almost unlimited power through a nationwide referendum looks like a slam-dunk. The man hasn’t lost an election since 1994, and he’s loaded the dice and stacked...
by Tom Engelhardt | Mar 29, 2017 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
If you want to know where President Donald Trump came from, if you want to trace the long winding road (or escalator) that brought him to the Oval Office, don’t look to reality TV or Twitter or even the rise of the alt-right. Look someplace far more improbable: Iraq....