==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts American writers on peace and against war Women writers on peace and war Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: Selections on peace and war ==== Frances Ellen Watkins HarperFrom Only a Word Till our world, so sad and weary,Finds the balmy rest of peace –Peace to silence all […]
Seventeen people were killed in the latest violence in Iraq.
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==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts American writers on peace and against war Women writers on peace and war Angela Morgan: Selections on war and peace ==== Angela MorganBeauty, Thy Call Must Wait Beauty, thy call must waitLet others singOf hills and stars and every lovely thing –The world needs all too sadly […]
Monday, October 11, marked the official closure of the U.N. Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen (also known as the Group of Experts or GEE). For nearly four years, this investigative group examined alleged abuses suffered by Yemenis whose basic rights to food, shelter, safety, health care and education were horribly violated, all while they … Continue reading "Abandoning Yemen?"
I’ve just read through three of the most boring but potentially most important documents around. One is the War Powers Resolution of 1973 which you can print on 6 pages and is what’s referred to as existing law even though it’s violated as routinely as air is breathed. Another is a war powers reform bill … Continue reading "War Powers Reform and the Pretense Thereof"
Today is the 10th anniversary of the drone killing of Abdulrahman Al-Aulaqi, a 16 year old born in Colorado and killed in Yemen. He perished as part of Obama’s crackdown on terrorist suspects around the world. His father, who was also an American citizen, was killed two weeks earlier by another drone strike ordered by […]
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"Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead." ~ Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Last week, President George W. Bush’s torture regime reared its head in an unusual argument before the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2002, Abu Zubaydah was captured by a militia in Pakistan and handed over to the CIA, which brought … Continue reading "When Are Secrets Not Secret?"
Language is politics and politics is power. This is why the misuse of language is particularly disturbing, especially when the innocent and vulnerable pay the price. The wars in Syria, Libya, Afghanistan and other Middle Eastern, Asian and African countries in recent years have resulted in one of the greatest humanitarian catastrophes, arguably unseen since … Continue reading "Heroes or Parasites: Europe’s Self-Serving Politics on Refugees"
The United States, the President swore, is "not seeking a new Cold War." But he is, and it didn’t have to be that way. The end of the Cold War could have been the end of the Cold War. Russia really didn’t want a new Cold War and has only been reluctantly drawn into it. … Continue reading "If It’s Not a Cold War, Why Does It Look So Much Like a Cold War?"
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts American writers on peace and against war Women writers on peace and war Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: Selections on peace and war Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: Do Not Cheer, Men Are Dying Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: Furl the banners stained with blood, ’till war shall be no more […]
