by Rob Prince | Jul 1, 2016 | Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
Cross-posted from View from the Left Bank. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king’s horses and all the king’s me Couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again. What has happened in Libya since 2011 is heartbreaking. Its denials aside,...
by Phyllis Bennis | Jun 29, 2016 | Redev, War & Peace
At least 41 people were killed in the recent bombing of Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport. The day before, suicide bombers killed five people in Qaa, a small village in Lebanon. And while the Saudi-led and U.S.-backed war in Yemen continues to rage, an ISIS affiliate claimed...
by Phyllis Bennis | Jun 8, 2016 | Human Rights, Redev
With all the discussion and debate these days about intersectionality and the need for progressives to link our movements against racism and against war, the name of Muhammad Ali belongs right up in our pantheon with Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Harry Belafonte,...
by John Feffer | May 25, 2016 | Redev, War & Peace
The targeted assassination of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour last weekend wasn’t just another drone strike. First of all, it was conducted by the U.S. military, not the CIA, which has orchestrated nearly all drone strikes in Pakistan. Second, it...
by Ibrahim Kazerooni , Rob Prince | May 24, 2016 | Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
Experts in space studies have asserted that when a star stands on the verge of its collapse, its core becomes unstable. It begins to expand far beyond its regular size, appearing to be greatly expanding – when, actually, it is in its weakest and most vulnerable state....
