The Middle East and North Africa Shouldn’t Be A Playground for Foreign Powers
Foreign powers, and the U.S. in particular, have long been entrenched in the Middle East and North Africa region, either directly or through proxies.
Venezuela: No to Intervention, No to Maduro
The left has a proud tradition of both democracy and anti-imperialism. It’s critical to keep both traditions in mind when addressing the current crisis in Venezuela.
Conference on U.S. Foreign Military Bases
IPS’s Netfa Freeman will be one 3 featured panelists in the conference plenary, “AFRICOM / Invasion of Africa.”
Armchair Anti-Imperialism and Libya
The choice in Libya is clear: to support the popular uprising and not the unpopular tyrant.
Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex
When President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his famous warning about the dangers of the military industrial complex, he never would have dreamed that a company could accumulate the kind of power and influence now wielded by this behemoth company.
To Chalmers Johnson, American Militarism Was to Colonialism as Overseas Bases Are to Colonies
Chalmers Johnson believed that the United States risks “losing our democracy to keep our empire.”
Review: The Turkey and the Eagle
A new book by Caleb Rossiter explores the roots of the U.S. tendency toward intervention overseas.
Left-Right Alliance Against War?
The War Party dominates Washington. But antiwar movements on the left and the right have a historic opportunity to change the political map.