Tag: Middle East
Can the world’s second superpower rise from the ashes of twenty...
The peace movement’s small victories demonstrate that we have more power to challenge U.S. militarism than most Americans realize.
The U.S. is recycling its big lie about Iraq to target...
Another U.S. war would engulf the Middle East and the world in even greater chaos than the one the CIA engineered against Iraq.
The world demands US out of the Middle East – will...
The United States needs to reverse course after decades of mistakes, destruction, chaos and death in the Middle East.
War, what is it good for?
What the grifter community calls the Long Con is to attack a country on false claims, destroy much of its infrastructure, occupy the damaged mess you created and make gazillions from taxpayer money.
A terrible precedent: The assassination of Qassam Soleimani
The assassination of a popular leader like Soleimani and the lack of evidence presented about imminent plots he was supposedly engaged in, may empower other countries to take similar actions in the future, a slippery slope indeed.
The military cost of protecting oil with a case study of...
The primary motive of the war is to control Iraqi’s oil production to sustain the global oil flows and to keep a check on prices.
Reckless US actions fire up the antiwar movement
These reckless actions by the U.S. military create dangerous and uncertain times, but it is also an opportunity to demand significant changes to U.S. foreign policy.
The real lesson of Afghanistan is that regime change does not...
A world in which war is normal and peace is out of reach is no more survivable or sustainable than a world where the atmosphere gets hotter every year.
America’s arms sales addiction
The 50-year history of U.S. dominance of the Middle Eastern arms trade.
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The only way Democrats will get anything done
With Vice President Kamala Harris now serving as the tie-breaking vote, Senate Democrats can and must abolish the filibuster.
Mumia Abu-Jamal, now in his 40th year as an incarcerated prisoner, has COVID-19
Urgent news: Demand the immediate release of imprisoned activist journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Senators question DHS and ICE on abuse allegations against migrants
"The allegations of violence and brutality against vulnerable refugees seeking safety here in the United States are unlawful and disturbing.”
‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer demands governments gamble with state assets to secure vaccine deal
“Pfizer and BioNTech are firmly committed to working with governments and other relevant stakeholders to ensure equitable and affordable access to our Covid-19 vaccine for people around the world.”
2021 update: Half of America in or near poverty
The facts and numbers from numerous sources reflect the reality of deprivation in America, and help to confirm what has been called the "sharpest rise in the U.S. poverty rate since the 1960s."