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Peace
Letter to the Ed
Going Nuclear, Weapons-Free
May 16 - The existing nuclear power in the Middle East is not Iran but Israel. By Phyllis Bennis, published in The Washington Post.
Op-Ed
Getting Iraq to Pay More Is Not the Answer
May 14 - Congress should stop blaming the Iraqi government for our economic woes. By Raed Jarrar and Erik Leaver, published in The Belleville News-Democrat.
Commentary
A Climate Change Industrial Policy
May 14 - It’s time to change our budget priorities and create a new climate industrial complex. By Miriam Pemberton, published in Common Dreams, Foreign Policy In Focus, The Asia Times.
Speech
To the Chicago City Council, a Resolution Opposing War on Iran
May 13 - The Middle East is plagued with multiple crises, including the plight of Iraqi refugees. A war on Iran would make things worse. By Farrah Hassen.
Commentary
The Iraq Supplemental: A Three Ring Circus
May 8 - A complicated picture has emerged for the latest Iraq spending bill. By Erik Leaver, published in AlterNet, Common Dreams, Foreign Policy In Focus.
Op-Ed
Zimbabwe: More than Complicity of Silence
May 1 - Questions regarding international efforts to bring about regime change. By Netfa Freeman, published in The Black Commentator.
Op-Ed
We Need a New NAFTA
April 23 - The political debate over the trade deal is long overdue. By Sarah Anderson and Manuel Pérez Rocha, published in Athens Messenger and The Santa Rosa Press Gazette.
Op-Ed
'Z' is for Zimbabwe: Turmoil & Silence as a Country Potentially Unravels
April 17 - Too many well-intentioned African Americans interpreted Zimbabwean developments through our lens here on the opposite side of the Atlantic. By Bill Fletcher, Jr., published in The Black Commentator.
Op-Ed
Despite Failures, CEOs Cash In
April 14 - The problem of excessive pay is not being fixed, even for the top executives of companies in distress. By Sarah Anderson, published in The Dispatch, The Hartford Courant, The Plain Dealer.
Op-Ed
Busting Paranoid Right-Wing Fantasies of Dissolving the Mexico-U.S.-Canada Borders
April 9 - Expanding NAFTA is wrong, but not because of a mythical North American Union. By Sarah Anderson and Manuel Pérez Rocha, published in AlterNet.
Report
World Bank: Climate Profiteer
April 10 - The World Bank irresponsibly and recklessly continues to perpetuate the world’s dependence on climate-altering fossil fuels while profiting from carbon trading, a dubious remedy to climate change. By the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network project.
Commentary
The World Bank’s Carbon Deals
April 10 - As it outsources emissions cuts, the World Bank is dealing from both ends of the climate change deck. By Janet Redman, published in Common Dreams and Foreign Policy In Focus.
Report
Risky Appropriations: Gambling U.S. Energy Policy on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
March 31 - A critrical review of the U.S. Government's efforts to establish global nuclear markets. By the Nuclear Policy project.
Commentary
World Bank Climate Profiteering
March 31 - As it tries to paint its image green, the Bank backs an Indian coal plant being built by the Tata Group. By Shakuntala Makhijani and Daphne Wysham, published in AlterNet, Common Dreams, Foreign Policy In Focus, Green Left Weekly, The New York Times Dot Earth Blog.
Report
Nuclear Power in the Age of Global Warming
March 1 - A critical review of the history of nuclear power and its prospects for mitigating the impacts of global warming. By the Nuclear Policy project.



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