The Serbian government organized a rally to counter huge civic protests. But it’s only further polarizing the country.
The Serbian Movement Against Violence
In the aftermath of the two mass killings in and around Belgrade, Serbian citizens have handed over a huge number of illegal weapons. That is surely a positive step, but much more must be done.
Is America Crazy?
Mass shootings, economic inequality, a racist president: have we grown dangerously accustomed to a country gone mad?
How ‘Black Panther’ Sees the World
The film contrasts aloof isolationism with Gates Foundation-style paternalism. It unfairly paints more revolutionary alternatives as narrowly violent.
How This Became the Era of the Gunman
The war abroad and the war at home are both fueled by a fear of encroaching chaos — and it’s hard to miss the racist subtext.
The House Sit-In Would’ve Been More Powerful if It Rejected ‘No Fly, No Buy’
House Democrats are legitimizing error-prone, Islamophobic terrorist “watch lists” as the basis for gun control. That won’t make anyone safer.
U.S. Needs to be R2P’d
Writing for the Guardian, and re-posted at AlterNet, Henry Porter makes the case that the scale of gun violence in America renders it, in effect, a civil war. Figures, especially if they’re staggering, can render us none. But the way Porter has framed the number of...