What the Democratic Party Platform Tells Us About Where We Are on War
The platform shows the limits of party politics while corporate and military interests dominate both parties — and the necessity of social movements to challenge those limits.
Netanyahu on a Destructive Path
Phyllis Bennis discusses the significance of the escalating tensions between President Obama and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and the threat to Iran negotiations.
Protest Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress
IPS’ New Internationlism project joins the call of Jewish Voice for Peace, Metro DC Chapter to proclaim to the Prime Minister of Israel, “You Don’t Speak For Me!”
Obama v. Boehner: A Netanyahu Story
Benjamin Netanyahu will lobby Congress from the same podium where President Obama gave the State of the Union at the invite of John Boehner. Phyllis Bennis and Michael Tomasky join MSNBC’s The Last Word to discuss why.
Don’t Blame the Iraq Debacle on the Israel Lobby
The Israel lobby is responsible for its fair share of catastrophes–but the Iraq war is not among them.
Defunding UNESCO for the 1 Percent
Putting Israeli interests ahead of American interests begins to backfire.
Ideas, Reaction, and Action in Canada
Efforts to restrict my commentary on the Palestinian statehood bid show that when ideas can still turn into action even – or especially – when someone tries to squelch them.
Why the U.S. Won’t Cut Ties With Israel
Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak was in Washington — again — last week, but Israel’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, is nowhere to be seen. What’s up with that?