“U.S. Foreign Aid isn’t ‘Stingy,’ it’s Tied to Strategic Interests”
Is the United States the good St. Nicholas or an Ebenezer Scrooge?
“Resist U.S. War Crimes”
Most Americans hold these truths to be self-evident: Torture is wrong; attacking another country that hasn’t attacked you is wrong; occupying another country with your army and imposing your will on its people is wrong.
The Inauguration Speech: Consolidating the Empire
UFPJ Talking Points #28: The second Bush term will almost certainly reflect the same narrow standards for defining “freedom” as the first.
Phoenix Rising? Will the Bush Administration’s Actions Move Aceh Toward Peace or a Continued Descent Into Destruction?
Aceh, so long isolated from international view by the Indonesian government and military, is now??tragically??at the center of world attention.
“U.S. Ideological Rigidity Causes Blowback Around Globe”
In the aftermath of 9-11, President Bush told the world you are either “with us or against us.” He then offered a far-reaching moral vision for the Middle East with democracy as the core ingredient.
“Slowing the Military Spending Surge”
A leaked document from the Pentagon at the beginning of the new year seemed to mark a milestone.
“Response to ‘Rethinking Iraq'”
The principles that emerge will guide our work in Iraq and be the gauntlet we will throw down in front of this administration.
“Waving Off Debt”
Despite an increase in promised aid to tsunami-affected countries last week, the United States’ aid offering still isn’t topping the list. Australia, for one, has donated much more. But the United States could make up for its somewhat meager offering by f
The Iraqi Elections
UFPJ Talking Points #27: Not every election is a legitimate instrument of democracy.
Oil for Food "Scandals" and the UN Call for Reform
UFPJ Talking Points #26: The need to reclaim the United Nations as part of our global mobilization against the ravages of empire.
Post-Election Disasters
UFPJ Talking Points # 25: Fallujah and beyond.
On the Eve of the Elections
UPFJ Talking Points #24: A John Hopkins School of Public Health report shows just how high the cost of the Iraq war really is.
Bush Administration Disasters Depicted as Triumphs
Even putting aside the many important legal and moral questions about the Bush administration’s decision to invade Iraq, it has been a disaster even on practical terms.
The U.S. Invasion of Iraq: The Military Side of Globalization?
What actually motivated the United States to take on the problematic task of conquering and rebuilding Iraq?
Are the War and Globalization Really Connected?
One strength of truly progressive analysis is that it places what appear to be isolated events in a larger context