By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Feb 17 2020 (IPS) – When President Saddam Hussein ran one of the world’s most authoritarian regimes in the militarily-volatile Middle East during 1979-2003, US newspapers routinely described him as “the strongman of Iraq” — as most journalists…
By Liz Theoharis* – Boston Review The Trump administration’s sanctions against Iran and cuts to SNAP benefits are two sides of the same war that the rich are waging against the global poor. The January 3 assassination of Qasem Soleimani was a major escalation in the U.S…
John Nichols*- The Nation Eight Republican senators join Democrats to declare that Trump has no authority to attack Iran without congressional approval. If senators took their oaths seriously, votes to assert Congress’s authority in matters of war and peace would be unanimous.
Robin Kelly and David Hogg (*) – Newsweek About seven years ago, President Barack Obama issued an urgent plea while speaking with Sandy Hook Elementary School families in Newtown, Connecticut. He said America was failing to protect our nation’s most valued treasure—our children…
By Vijay Prashad* – Independent Media Institute. On May 3, 2020, the Bolivian people will go to the polls once more.
By Frank Bruni* – The New York Times Will the muddle of moderates sort itself out? The Democratic race was messy going into New Hampshire.
By Cora Weiss* NEW YORK, Feb 12 2020 (IPS) – 75 years ago following the end of the Second World War and the first time any state has dropped an atomic bomb, not once, but twice, on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 51 countries from all continents met to create the United Nations. Its…
By William Hartung* – TomDispatch.com When it came to war, this year’s State of the Union Address, given by a president who had, at least in part, been voted into office for criticizing America’s “endless wars” and the military high command that fought them, was eerie…
By Claire Lim and Jomo Kwame Sundaram (*) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 11 2020 (IPS) – Many medicines and medical tests are unaffordable to most of humanity owing to the ability of typically transnational pharmaceutical giants to abuse their monopoly powers, enforced by…
By Madeleine Albright and Igor Ivanov (*) – The New York Times Two former diplomats, from Russia and America, call for extending the nuclear arms limitation pact called New START, to make the world more secure. The relationship between Russia and the United States has been mired…
