Afghans and human rights advocates around the world expressed deep disappointment Tuesday after the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favor of Germany in a case brought by victims of a 2009 NATO airstrike that killed as many as 90 civilians.The New York Times...
“The will of the people has been heard,” said President Joe Biden in his inaugural address on January 20, “and the will of the people has been heeded.” Later in the speech, Biden told us that “the American story” depends on...
From The American Conservative:Peter Beinart makes a good case that broad sanctions regimes are immoral and destructive:Why are policies that have proved so ineffective and immoral so hard to undo? Because abandoning them would require admitting hard truths: North...
It appears that the 'We the People' petition system has been taken off the White House website. Here is an archive of what it looked like before Biden took office. The system has been around for many years. At any given time, hundreds of petitions were active. If you...
Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism by Scott Horton, A Video Adaptation Commentary by the author. Directed by Gus Cantavero. Access the full video playlist here....
“If you want peace, prepare for war!” Sergei Lavrov, 11 February 2021 speaking on cutting relations with the EUIn a televised interview on Russian state television yesterday, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov made this declaration together...
Proving that nothing really substantive changes in Washington, the Biden Administration announced this week that it would continue to seek the extradition of Julian Assange, who faces 17 counts of espionage in the US. Also today, the Biden Administration continues his...
This week marks the first 12 month period in two decades in which there have been no US combat deaths in Afghanistan. The Trump Administration signed an agreement for complete withdrawal by May if the Taliban ends attacks. Will Biden stick to the deal? Watch the Ron...
A broad coalition of progressive organizations on Monday sent an open letter to the Justice Department urging it to undo a "grave threat to press freedom" by ending efforts to extradite jailed journalist Julian Assange from Britain to the U.S. and dropping the charges...
From Pushback with Aaron Maté at The Grayzone: President Biden has taken important steps to reduce the US role in the war on Yemen, while still leaving wiggle room to continue supporting the Saudi-led campaign and imposing its terms on the Yemeni people. Isa Blumi,...
