In a dangerous time: Toward preventing a disastrous US-China war
A new and global Cold War with China or, worse, a hot and potentially nuclear war with China, are the last things that humanity needs.
The calm before the storm? What is it, how long will it last?
Are we Americans in the calm before a storm? What lies ahead for the people of this country?
Terror and geopolitics: Manchester in 2017 and in 1996
Both Manchester bombings were reactions against a history of colonial shaping of the lives of local people.
Iraqis rise up against 16 years of ‘made in the USA’ corruption
“Protesters are demanding the overthrow of a political class seen as corrupt and serving foreign powers."
That expression Trump keeps using
It doesn’t mean what he thinks it means.
Khizr Khan and the wisdom of Gold Star families
"If it was up to Donald Trump, [my son] never would have been in America."
Hurricane Mathew vs. Shock and Awe of Empire
On Friday, October 7th, 2016 we were awaiting the hurricane named Mathew that was fast approaching Daytona Beach Florida. My wife and...
The challenges and strengths of Palestine’s ‘orchestra’ of civil resistance
How can your way of participating in a movement confront rather than reinforce the patterns of privilege and oppression that already exist between these identity groups?
‘End the occupation’: Progressives say cease-fire far from enough to secure justice for Palestinians
A cease-fire is necessary, but will not alone achieve freedom, justice, and equality for all who live under Israel's apartheid government."
America’s rush back to nuclear weapons
Lawrence Wilkerson is the former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell. He is current the Distinguished Adjunct Professor of...