No-fly zone

Selective vigilantism by the West

April 2011
Tariq Ali

Bombing Tripoli while shoring up other despots in the Arab world shows the UN-backed strikes to oust Gaddafi are purely cynical.

In favour of the no-fly zone to support Libyan rebels

April 2011
Shibil Siddiqi

Can progressives and anti-imperialists still support the UN-mandated intervention in Libya? They can, and indeed, they must.

Libya's opposition calls for a ceasefire

April 2011
Phyllis Bennis

Since the intervention in Libya has neither resulted in the removal of Gaddafi, nor an end to the fighting - an immediate ceasefire should be top of everyone's agenda to bring an end to the continuing bloodshed.

The Road to Hell is paved with 'humanitarian interventions'

March 2011
Tom Reifer

Will the outcome of the Western intervention in Libya be positive for its people? A look at history shows what came of 'good intentions' and promises in the past.

Libya intervention threatens the Arab spring

March 2011
Phyllis Bennis

Despite its official UN-granted legality, the credibility of western military action in Libya is rapidly dwindling.

Video: Bennis on the Libya no-fly zone debate

March 2011
Phyllis Bennis

The international debate on imposing a no-fly zone in Libya has more to do with the politics of the New Middle East than with the protection of civilians.