On Boycotting the Beijing Olympics
The international community should boycott the opening ceremonies of the Olympics to send a signal to China about its support of the Sudanese government, argues Eric Reeves.
The international community should boycott the opening ceremonies of the Olympics to send a signal to China about its support of the Sudanese government, argues Eric Reeves.
Those protesting Beijing’s hosting of the summer Olympics are simply stoking patriotic feelings within China, argues James Nolt.
Senators Clinton, McCain, Obama have something to say about the UN, nuclear proliferation and other global cooperation issues. Really.
Many of the most resonant images from the Iraq War are as deceptive as the Bush administration’s rationales for starting the war in the first place.
As the Democratic presidential primary campaign limps on, and the cacophony of focus-grouped sound bites strikes a fevered pitch, the candidates are making surprisingly little noise about Darfur.
UN peacekeeping operations are increasing in size and complexity. Why aren’t they getting the financial and political support they need?
A response to Kevin Funk and Steve Fake: Divestment will help to end the Genocide in Darfur.
A response to Daniel Millenson: The divestment movement from Sudan still makes clear “the failures in our intellectual culture”
The divestment movement from Sudan makes clear “indication of the failures in our intellectual culture”
From rallying and letter writing, the Save Darfur movement is now taking a page from history and looking to divestment to end the atrocities in Darfur.
Don’t be too surprised, but a tough attitude is the best gift you can give Darfur today.
The latest UN resolution may well be a turning point in stopping genocide. But much hinges on political will.
It’s amid the U.S. government’s contradictory posturing and less-than-humanitarian geopolitical motives that the activist movement addressing Darfur operates.
With its investments in Africa, China is going where no other investors dare. But, Akwe Amosu asks, will this investment lift all African boats or only the luxury yachts?
The Iraq War has become the face of the United States around the world and this will haunt Bush during his State of the Union address.