by Stephen Zunes | May 2, 2013 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, War & Peace
If, as alleged, the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons, it would indeed be a serious development, constituting a breach of the Geneva Protocol of 1925, one of the world’s most important disarmament treaties, which banned the use of chemical weapons. In...
by Russ Wellen | Apr 16, 2013 | War & Peace
Along with those killed in the Boston Marathon bombing, the numbers tossed around of how many will lose limbs are in the dozens. It’s tragic enough when veterans return from foreign wars with limbs missing. But, as Iraqis, Afghans, not to mention Cambodians,...
by Cole Harrison | Mar 29, 2013 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, War & Peace
With the Iraq war fading into memory even as the country still simmers, the U.S. peace movement faces the need to reframe its message. We have spent the last 10 years resisting the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – tragedies that have not only devastated those...
by Giorgio Cafiero | Mar 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
As Syria’s civil war enters its third year, the country’s humanitarian crisis worsens each day and the Levant grows increasingly vulnerable to the conflict’s spillover. In mid-February, the United Nations reported a death toll “nearing...
by Rob Prince | Mar 15, 2013 | Human Rights
Cross-posted from the Colorado Progressive Jewish News. A good place to start this review is at the end, the very end of The Gatekeepers, the Israeli documentary by Droh Moreh that was nominated for best documentary feature at the 85th Academy Awards. Just before the...
