The Feminist, Democratic Leftists Our Military Is Obliterating The Feminist, Democratic Leftists Our Military Is Obliterating
Why is the US helping to fight the Kurds?
Feb 1, 2016 / Debbie Bookchin
How Obsolete, Triumphalist Militarism Is Destroying America How Obsolete, Triumphalist Militarism Is Destroying America
Like the hero of Milton’s great drama Samson Agonistes, we’re blinded by our own hubris. Here’s a way out—one in which the military can help.
Jan 29, 2016 / William Greider
The Cold Warriors Strike Back The Cold Warriors Strike Back
In Washington, London, Turkey, Kiev, and even Moscow, opponents of a possible US–Russian détente on Ukraine and Syria demonstrate again their power to thwart the process of negotia...
Jan 27, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
The United States Is Waging 2 Contradictory Wars in Syria The United States Is Waging 2 Contradictory Wars in Syria
Our funding and support are simultaneously aiming to topple Assad, and to destroy ISIS—and those goals are in conflict.
Jan 26, 2016 / James Carden
Here Are the ‘War on Terror’ Headlines of 2016 Here Are the ‘War on Terror’ Headlines of 2016
For all the world’s turmoil, US foreign policy is surprisingly predictable.
Jan 25, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt
Why Do All of the Pentagon’s ‘Successes’ in Iraq Look More Like Failures? Why Do All of the Pentagon’s ‘Successes’ in Iraq Look More Like Failures?
The only thing the US military has succeeded at is believing its own propaganda.
Jan 21, 2016 / Nick Turse
The Secret Diplomacy That Could End the East-West Confrontation Over Ukraine The Secret Diplomacy That Could End the East-West Confrontation Over Ukraine
Though scarcely reported in the US media, all leaders involved in the epicenter of the new Cold War have launched a concerted campaign to end the Ukrainian civil (and US-Russian pr...
Jan 20, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
Human Rights Watch Calls on Businesses to Withdraw From Israeli Settlements Human Rights Watch Calls on Businesses to Withdraw From Israeli Settlements
A new report finds pervasive and severe human rights abuses in the West Bank.
Jan 19, 2016 / Ali Gharib
Political Responsibility in the Nuclear Age: An Open Letter to the American People Political Responsibility in the Nuclear Age: An Open Letter to the American People
North Korea’s nuclear test reminds us that the danger of nuclear war is not an abstraction but a continuing menace that we ignore at our peril.
Jan 14, 2016 / Richard Falk, David Krieger, and Robert Laney
Is It Time for the US to Pull Out of Iraq and Syria? Is It Time for the US to Pull Out of Iraq and Syria?
Five years after the Arab Spring began, four experts debate a pressing question that remains unsettled on the left.
Jan 14, 2016 / Jeff Faux, Muhammad Idrees Ahmad, Phyllis Bennis, and Sherle R. Schwenninger