The Transform Now Plowshares protesters who infiltrated the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex were sentenced yesterday.
Sister Megan Rice Invokes Briar Patch Privileges
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Ukraine Still Can’t Escape Long Arm of Russia
Russia’s President Putin may have induced Ukraine’s President Yanukovych to crack down violently on protesters.
Obama Seeks to Avoid “Clash of Civilizations” Between China and the West
Samuel Huntington wrote: “In the emerging world of ethnic conflict and civilizational clash, Western belief in the universality of the Western culture suffers three problems: it is false; it is immoral; and it is dangerous.”
Jordanian Lawmaker Who Sought Reform Accused of Spying for U.S.
Mustafa Hamarneh is engaged in a peaceful “open war” for the future of Jordan.
Military Humanitarian Intervention: the Shock Doctrine Applied to Syria
What’s needed in Syria is not military intervention, but a global peace offensive.
Countering Sexism in East Germany
Tatjana Bohm: “There is this saying: ‘If you don’t fight back, if you don’t resist, you will end up in the kitchen.’”
What Nobody Is Saying About the Cheating Missileers
Their perception that they’ve been relegated to an armed-forces version of Siberia is only the tip of the iceberg.
Riding the U.S.-Iran Nuclear Rollercoaster
The United States held nuclear energy out to Iran and then pulled it away.
Ever Wonder Exactly Why the U.S. Keeps Israel’s Nuclear Secret?
Hint: it’s not just the Israel lobby.
The Iran Nuclear Intelligence Well Was Poisoned From the Start
Gareth Porter reveals how Western intelligence believed the procurements of an Iranian university were proof of nuclear-weapons research.