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We Have Met the Enemy and They Are Us
The Snowden disclosures show not only the specifics of domestic surveillance, but also that the struggle we are facing is not privacy versus security, but democracy versus tyranny.
ISIS Declares Caliphate as US Middle East Policy Continues to Unravel
Glen Ford: After advancing policies that helped birth groups like ISIS, US imperial policy will no longer stand in the region.
Noam Chomsky | The Sledgehammer Worldview
Aggression is no longer the “supreme international crime.” It cannot compare with destruction of the lives of future generations to ensure bigger bonuses tomorrow.
Is Israel Preparing New Military Offensive Against Gaza?
Middle East correspondent Yousef al-Helou says that Israel is punishing Gaza despite no evidence that shows Hamas was responsible for the deaths of the Israeli teenagers.
Dreaming Life?
How could a nation as advanced as our own allow a few devious leaders to propagandize us into a phony attack on another nation that had nothing to do …
Crying for Freedom: Palestinian Youth Stand with Presbyterian Church
Violence and killing will not bring back the boys of the next generation.
Who Violated Ukraine’s Sovereignty?
Actions in Ukraine erode guarantees of 1994 Budapest Agreement.
Five Countries Where Child Soldiers Still Exist
Child soldiers and child combatants may seem like a far away problem, but you might be surprised at how common they still are.
Andrew Bacevich: Chaos in Iraq
While armchair warriors in Washington cry “back to Iraq,” former combat veteran and military historian Andrew Bacevich says no way.
What We Can Learn From Lawrence of Arabia
As fears grow of a widening war across the Middle East, fed by reports that ISIS envisions a region-wide, all controlling theocracy, we found ourselves talking about another war: …