by John Feffer | Mar 26, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
The new spring season is just around the corner, and it looks as though the new “in” color is brown. That’s brown as in “brown shirts.” Perhaps you thought that fascism went out of fashion in the 20th century. But there’s nothing like a lingering economic crisis to...
by Derek Davison | Mar 19, 2014 | Redev, War & Peace
The next round of negotiations for a permanent deal on the Iranian nuclear program began with technical discussions in Vienna on March 5 between representatives from Iran and the P5+1 (the United States, Russia, China, UK, and France, plus Germany). Political...
by John Feffer | Mar 19, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev, War & Peace
For the long eight years of the George W. Bush administration, progressives decried the over-militarization of U.S. foreign policy. The Pentagon’s budget doubled, and U.S. military exports surged. Instead of deploying international law against Osama bin Laden, the...
by John Feffer | Mar 12, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Redev
The people have spoken. They have elected a government. No, wait, I hear the angry shouts of a demonstration in the streets. “We are the people,” they are crying. The crowd is getting larger and larger. They are pressing against the gates of parliament and the...
by Conn Hallinan | Mar 11, 2014 | Redev, Uncategorized
Is the Russian occupation of the Crimea a case of aggressive expansionism by Moscow or is it aimed at blocking a scheme by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to roll right up to the Russia’s western border? WikiLeaks has revealed a secret cable describing a...
