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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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    September 11th Didn't Change the World. September 12th Did
    September 2011
    Phyllis Bennis

    It wasn’t the events of September 11th that changed the world, but the events of September 12th and beyond, when the Bush administration took the world to war in response; that changed the world, and continues to threaten U.S. and global security, and shred U.S. democracy.

    Headlines or Not, the Iraq War is Not Over
    September 2011
    Phyllis Bennis

    It might seem like cause for celebration after reading the New York Times headline, "Iraq War Marks First Month with No U.S. Military Deaths." But the smaller print on the page reminds us why celebrating is not really...

    Staying in Afghanistan: Unending occupation
    August 2011
    Ross Eventon

    While the US focuses on consolidating its permanent military presence in Afghanistan, designed to guard and exploit Central Asian energy reserves, its earlier rational "to fight terrorism" is a faded memory. Afghanis, meanwhile, continue to lose their lives and humanitarian conditions worsen.

    Libya: Too Soon to Declare Victory
    August 2011
    Phyllis Bennis

    The success of Libya's uprising will have a great deal to do with the willingness of its leadership to break its dependency on the United States and NATO.

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