Did 9/11 Change Everything?
The 9/11 attacks were a surprise. The response wasn’t.
The 9/11 attacks were a surprise. The response wasn’t.
Julian Aguon’s ‘The Properties of Perpetual Light’ is a thoughtful meditation on how, to understand problems at the center of a colonial society, we have to look at the margins.
In the days after 9/11, IPS convened scores of allies to express our grief — and to speak out against the rush to war.
Phyllis Bennis joins Democracy Now! to discuss the latest news on Afghanistan, including Biden’s speech about ending the war there, and where the U.S. military will turn its attention next.
The Cost of Militarization Since 9/11
“Our $21 trillion investment in militarism has cost far more than dollars. It has cost the lives of civilians and troops lost in war, and the lives ended or torn apart by our brutal and punitive immigration, policing and mass incarceration systems.”
America desperately needs a dose of its own medicine of democracy promotion.
Biden can’t say he’s putting human rights first and then welcome a prime minister who boasts about war crimes to the White House.
More Afghan-like tragedies will be inevitable until we squeeze the personal profit out of prepping for war.
The U.S. needs to focus on bringing as many Afghans as possible to safety as refugees.
Now our obligation is to those Afghans living with the consequences of our four decades of intervention.
Afghanistan is not the only place at risk of takeover by extremists.
Phyllis Bennis joins MSNBC’s The Last Word to discuss the aftermath of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The two Koreas cannot by themselves stop the climate crisis, but they can establish a model that the rest of the world can follow.
Phyllis Bennis joins a panel discussion hosted by CODEPINK to discuss the collapse of the U.S.-backed Afghan government.