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The War on Colombia’s Poor
January 2012
Ross Eventon

The EU's proposed free trade agreement with Colombia will worsen the already serious human rights violations in the country, as its drive to access to cheap raw materials for European corporations means forcing local people off their land.

Occupy Wall Street: New politics and new milestones
November 2011
Phyllis Bennis

The occupy movement has achieved an incredible and much-needed shake-up of a long-standing political stasis in the US and elsewhere, but it is crucial now to highlight the connection between failed foreign policy, bloated military spending and illegal wars, and the economic crisis at home.

After Gadhafi, the West eyes the Libyan prize
October 2011
Phyllis Bennis

The Libyan people face major challenges in deepening democracy in a country that is oil rich, deeply divided and dependant on NATO for its victory against Gadhafi.

African political unity must be more selective: A blueprint for change
September 2011
William Gumede

There cannot be any clearer illustration of the impotence of Africa’s continental and regional institutions to find local solutions to the continent’s problems, than their numbing inaction in the face of the wave of popular rebellions against dictators in North Africa sweeping across the...

Bye-bye peace process: Palestine comes to the UN
September 2011
Phyllis Bennis

After 20 years of failed U.S. diplomacy based on protecting Israel’s occupation, the need to move to a new diplomacy rooted in international law and human rights remains a vital necessity.

TNI marks 35th anniversary of assassination of Orlando Letelier
September 2011
TNI

35 years ago, on 21 September 1976 Orlando Letelier, former TNI Director, was killed by a car bomb in Washington DC. TNI remembers his life.

9/11: Ten years later, who have we become?
September 2011
Tom Reifer

Ten years and two wars later, Americans face the monetary and psychological costs of both militarism and Wall Street materialism, effectively bankrupting the country; not to mention the casualties of war at home, and in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Ten years later, who have we become?
September 2011
Tom Reifer

A recommitment to King’s inspired vision might just be the best thing that could ever come out of the horrendous death and destruction of 9/11: a commitment to live, a commitment to love, and a commitment to peace and social justice.

9/11: a perfect pretext, a terrible legacy
September 2011
Mariano Aguirre

The tragedy of 11 September 2001 was used by authoritarian forces in the United States as a political opportunity.

9/11 did not start or end at midnight
September 2011
Richard Falk

All too often 9/11 is viewed from the perspective of the nation-state rather than from a global standpoint.

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