Around the Globe, US Military Bases Generate Resentment, Not Security Around the Globe, US Military Bases Generate Resentment, Not Security
Activists in countries around the world are standing up against the US's costly, and needless, expansion of foreign military bases.
Jun 13, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
AIPAC From the Inside, Part I: Isolating Iran AIPAC From the Inside, Part I: Isolating Iran
A former AIPAC official, worried that the United States or Israel might attack Iran, decides to speak out.
Jun 10, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Libya: An Old-Fashioned Colonial Smash-and-Grab Libya: An Old-Fashioned Colonial Smash-and-Grab
There is ferocious repression across the Middle East. Why are the UN's sights trained only on Libya?
Jun 8, 2011 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Ending Sanctions on the Taliban: A Good Idea Ending Sanctions on the Taliban: A Good Idea
And drawing a bright line: the Taliban is not Al Qaeda.
Jun 8, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Senate Report: US Afghan Aid Is Unsustainable Senate Report: US Afghan Aid Is Unsustainable
Maybe you guessed it already, but the billions we're pouring into rebuilding Afghanistan aren't working.
Jun 8, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Occupying Iraq, State Department–Style Occupying Iraq, State Department–Style
Eight disastrous years after we invaded, it is sad but altogether true that Iraq does not matter much in the end.
Jun 7, 2011 / Peter Van Buren
Ex-Mossad Chief: Israel Must Adopt Saudi Peace Plan Ex-Mossad Chief: Israel Must Adopt Saudi Peace Plan
Meir Dagan calls Netanyahu, Ehud Barak “reckless and irresponsible.”
Jun 6, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Cyberwar: When We Do It, It’s OK; If They Do It, It’s War Cyberwar: When We Do It, It’s OK; If They Do It, It’s War
The ultimate in cyber-hypocrisy from the Pentagon.
Jun 2, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
White House, Congressional Leaders Block Open Debate on Undeclared War With Libya White House, Congressional Leaders Block Open Debate on Undeclared War With Libya
The House was supposed to debate Congressman Kucinich's proposal to end the war in Libya. But the resolution was pulled from the floor calendar in a classic case of derelictio...
Jun 1, 2011 / John Nichols
‘Work for Peace’: A Movement to Bring the Troops and Tax Dollars Home ‘Work for Peace’: A Movement to Bring the Troops and Tax Dollars Home
Progressives launch drive to get Democratic senators to reshape national priorities—cut the military-industrial complex, support “Medicare for All.”
May 31, 2011 / John Nichols