India and Pakistan Are Baking, and Every Powerful Institution Is to Blame
Indians know they can’t rely on elites to save them from catastrophe. That’s exactly what could make a climate movement there so powerful.
If We Want to Support Refugees, We Need To End the Wars That Create Them
The sanctuary movement needs an anti-war voice.
Record $38 Billion in Military Aid to Israel is a “Statement of Absolute Support” for Israeli Occupation
This is not about Israeli defenses, Bennis told the Real News Network, it’s about funding apartheid.
Film: Apocalypse Africa: Made In America
The Institute for Policy Studies hosts a screening and discussion to give context to the recent U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit and connect it to the history and current policy of the U.S. supporting and enabling tyranny across Africa.
The Jig Is Up in Guatemala
Guatemala’s genocide trial has lifted the curtain on the country’s bloody past.
United States Guilty of Genocide in Guatemala Should be Real Headline
Now that former Guatemalan president Efrain Rios Montt has been convicted of genocide, it’s time for the “hegemonic puppeteer,” the United States, to be put on trial.
Our Stake in Guatemala’s Genocide Trial
Thirty years after Rios Montt’s atrocities, U.S. military policy in Latin America remains a human rights disaster.
Guatemala’s Progress Toward Rule of Law Buckles as Judge Annuls Genocide Trial
Power and politics have their effect on Guatemala’s historic genocide trial.
In Guatemala, A Mass Grave for the Truth
In a week of remarkable events and reversals in Guatemala, the genocide trial of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt came to an abrupt halt on April 18.
Film: Apocalypse Africa: Made In America
Join us for Apocalypse Africa: Made In America, showing top-secret data, hidden documents and other sources obtained from government archives to reveal links between the destruction of Africa and those who influence American foreign policy.
Angelina Jolie Makes Her Own “Hotel Rwanda” About Bosnia
Though failing to generate buzz, Angelina Jolie’s film about Bosnia deserves to be widely viewed.
Politics, Perpetrators, and the Plight of Women
Angelina Jolie’s “In the Land of Blood and Honey” is an important reminder that the international community can’t forgo its responsibility to respond to genocide.
Governments Kill
Governments kill on our behalf. This arrangement is a form of social contract, which means that governments are basically contract killers.
Gaddafi’s Genocidal Buzzwords No Doubt Sent up Red Flag to Samantha Power
Samantha Power is uniquely equipped to interpret the words of Gaddafi and his followers.
Briefing on the UN Mapping Exercise Report
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR) released the official “Report of the Mapping Exercise” in October 2010. The report documents “the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed within the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between March 1993 and June 2003”. U.S. tax dollars fund U.S. allies Rwanda and Uganda, which are deeply implicated in these mass atrocities, crimes against humanity, war crimes and possibly genocide in the Congo.