War and Peace

Julian Assange

Trump’s Charges Against Julian Assange Would Effectively Criminalize Investigative Journalism Trump’s Charges Against Julian Assange Would Effectively Criminalize Investigative Journalism

Ever since the Pentagon Papers case, an Espionage Act loophole has been waiting for a president thuggish enough to make use of it.

May 31, 2019 / Bruce Shapiro

Trump Saudi Arms Deal

America’s Allies in the Middle East Are the Real ‘Troika of Tyranny’ America’s Allies in the Middle East Are the Real ‘Troika of Tyranny’

John Bolton claims that “socialist” states in Latin America are a threat. He’s lying to you.

May 30, 2019 / Danny Sjursen

Torture in Syria

How One Man Survived Syria’s Gulag How One Man Survived Syria’s Gulag

Like thousands of others, Omar Alshogre was repeatedly tortured in Bashar al-Assad’s prisons—but unlike so many, he got out. Now he’s telling the world about the regime’s industria...

May 30, 2019 / Hisham Aidi

Ro Khanna on Yemen

In Search of a Green New Foreign Policy In Search of a Green New Foreign Policy

Domestically, progressives advocate a broad alternative to our disastrous environmental course. Where is the plan for reducing our damage abroad?

May 30, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

The Regrets of a Former Anti-War Protester

The Regrets of a Former Anti-War Protester The Regrets of a Former Anti-War Protester

As the Trump administration rattles its sabers at Tehran, author James Carroll recounts an abandoned plot to protest the Vietnam War.

May 29, 2019 / James Carroll

Indigenous-Colombian Protest

For Afro-Colombians, the 2016 Peace Treaty Brought No Peace For Afro-Colombians, the 2016 Peace Treaty Brought No Peace

Hundreds of human-rights defenders have been killed since the accords. And Afro-Colombians like Goldman Environmental Prize–winner Francia Márquez are a particular target.

May 23, 2019 / Roosbelinda Cárdenas

Protesters against US intervention in Venezuela

Why Are Leading Democrats Supporting Trump on Venezuela? Why Are Leading Democrats Supporting Trump on Venezuela?

They assure us they’re not for war. But they are supporting strangulation through sanctions, which has led to thousands of deaths.

May 23, 2019 / Jeff Faux

The Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial

The Only Place in America Remembering the War on Terror The Only Place in America Remembering the War on Terror

Marseilles, Illinois, holds the only memorial commemorating the 8,000-plus soldiers who have died in the various US military campaigns throughout the Middle East.

May 23, 2019 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Sanders on Yemen

Bernie Sanders Does Not Need to Apologize for Opposing Wars Bernie Sanders Does Not Need to Apologize for Opposing Wars

He was absolutely right to oppose the Vietnam War and the Iraq War, and he is right to now oppose war with Iran.

May 22, 2019 / John Nichols

Alternative Memorial Day

Why We, Palestinians and Israelis, Insist on Mourning Our Dead Together Why We, Palestinians and Israelis, Insist on Mourning Our Dead Together

Alternative Memorial Day, a binational tradition since 2005, is a sign that we are capable of taking down the walls of fear.

May 22, 2019 / Avigail Corry and Sulaiman Khatib

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