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Hope Burning Hope Burning

So now we have Rambo Obama, a steely warrior who hurls death-dealing drones at anyone who threatens the good old USA. Including children.

May 31, 2012 / Robert Scheer

Xerxes’s Nukes Xerxes’s Nukes

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Iran’s long wait for nuclear weapons.

May 30, 2012 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

How Germany Keeps Amazon at Bay and Literary Culture Alive

How Germany Keeps Amazon at Bay and Literary Culture Alive How Germany Keeps Amazon at Bay and Literary Culture Alive

In Germany, fixed-price laws curtail the power of retail chains and help to sustain a vibrant literary culture.

May 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Michael Naumann

‘Why Don’t We Try Peace?’: An Interview With Dennis Kucinich ‘Why Don’t We Try Peace?’: An Interview With Dennis Kucinich

The Ohio Representative and peace advocate talks about the NDAA, Iran and accountability for military disasters.

May 29, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick

The Golden Age of Special Operations The Golden Age of Special Operations

Globalizing the “Global War on Terror.”

May 29, 2012 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Student Movement Dubbed the ‘Mexican Spring’

Student Movement Dubbed the ‘Mexican Spring’ Student Movement Dubbed the ‘Mexican Spring’

Thousands of students opposing corporate-controlled media and political monopolies took to the streets in Mexico City.

May 29, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny

Jeremy Scahill: A Short History of Drone Warfare

Jeremy Scahill: A Short History of Drone Warfare Jeremy Scahill: A Short History of Drone Warfare

The new trajectory of US warfare.  

May 25, 2012 / Video / Francis Reynolds

Honduras: ¿De qué lado está EE.UU? Honduras: ¿De qué lado está EE.UU?

El silencioso y poderoso rol que EE.UU está jugando en el conflicto hondureño.

May 24, 2012 / En español / Dana Frank

How to Forget on Memorial Day How to Forget on Memorial Day

Whistling past the graveyard of empires.

May 24, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt

Orlando Figes and Stalin’s Victims

Orlando Figes and Stalin’s Victims Orlando Figes and Stalin’s Victims

A book by the famous British historian was not published in Russia because the Moscow publisher discovered too many errors and misrepresentations—not, as Figes suggested, for...

May 23, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Reddaway and Stephen F. Cohen

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