by Rebecca Gordon | Jul 11, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
Once upon a time, if a character on TV or in a movie tortured someone, it was a sure sign that he was a bad guy. Now, the torturers are the all-American heroes. From 24 to Zero Dark Thirty, it’s been the good guys who wielded the pliers and the waterboards. We’re not...
by Juan Cole | Jun 30, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev
Three and a half years ago, the world was riveted by the massive crowds of youths mobilizing in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demand an end to Egypt’s dreary police state. We stared in horror as, at one point, the Interior Ministry mobilized camel drivers to attack the...
by Hiba Ali | Jun 30, 2014 | Human Rights, Redev
On August 13, 2011 , a scorching summer’s day in Tunis, mobs of the disheartened, infuriated, and passionate flooded the streets. Over a thousand women marched to convey a simple message: the time for equality had come. The rally set into stark relief that for...
by Tom Engelhardt | Jun 19, 2014 | Redev, War & Peace
As Iraq was unraveling last week and the possible outlines of the first jihadist state in modern history were coming into view, I remembered this nugget from the summer of 2002. At the time, journalist Ron Suskind had a meeting with “a senior advisor” to President...
by Medea Benjamin, Alli McCracken | Jun 6, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
The government of Qatar recently brokered a dramatic deal between the United States and the Taliban to swap five Guantánamo prisoners for Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier held as a prisoner of war for almost five years. Flexing his political clout, President Obama...
