by John Feffer | Mar 9, 2016 | Redev, War & Peace
Jason Smith was both very unlucky and very lucky. His bad luck began on February 20, 2015, when he was walking back to his home in McAdoo, Pennsylvania on a very cold evening. He doesn’t quite remember what happened, but he thinks that he tripped and fell face down...
by Medea Benjamin | Mar 9, 2016 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
In March 2003, just before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, about 100 CODEPINK women dressed in pink slips weaved in and out of congressional offices demanding to meet with representatives. Those representatives who pledged to oppose going to war with Iraq were given hugs...
by Medea Benjamin, Rebecca Green | Mar 8, 2016 | Human Rights, Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev, War & Peace
As Hillary Clinton emerges as the front-runner for the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, she’s receiving increased scrutiny for her years as secretary of state — and in particular her hawkish foreign policy. Many critics are focusing especially on her...
by Russ Wellen | Mar 1, 2016 | Redev, War & Peace
Saudi airstrikes on Yemen, which have killed more than 2,800 civilians thus far and, incidentally, devastated three Doctors Without Borders facilities, are led by F-15s made by Boeing. The Intercept posted a short, discomfiting article by Lee Fang, in which he writes:...
by Adil E. Shamoo | Feb 19, 2016 | Redev, Uncategorized
Although the Saudis have promised a high-level committee to investigate civilian deaths from their airstrikes in Yemen, they continue to strike civilian targets with countless deaths and destructions. For instance, among those recently killed in an airstrike on an...
