Treaty for the Rights of Women Deserves Full U.S. Support
As a treaty that establishes a badly needed human rights standard for the treatment of women and girls, CEDAW deserves strong U.S. backing.
Congo War: Is the End in Sight?
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed an agreement on July 30, promising to put an end to the war that has raged in Congo since 1998. However, it is too soon to rejoice.
Arming India Isn’t Route to Peace
As tensions between India and Pakistan began building late last year, high-level delegations from the United States and Britain flew in and out of New Delhi and Karachi
The Far Right, Reproductive Rights, and U.S. International Assistance: The Untold Story
In the annual battles to cripple UNFPA and persistently attack USAID, the conservative right in the United States has shown no inclination for such an agenda.
Washington Goes to War
Washington’s Republicans Duke it out
Where Is The Outrage?
The U.S. Congress and the White House have chosen the latter course.
The Empty Promise of Global Missile Defense
The Bush administration has been widely criticized worldwide for its go-it-alone foreign policy. But in one area the administration is enthusiastically embracing multilateralism, along with the Pentagon and U.S. defense corporations is missile defense..
Northrop Grumman and TRW Merger: Sealing the Deal
In 2000 the top six U.S. military companies spent over $6.5 million in contributions to candidates and political parties.
Bush Raises the Stakes in Iraq
The Bush administration is undermining the logic of deterrence–previously used to make weapons of mass destruction unthinkable in wartime due to certain retaliation–and making the use of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction all the more likely.
Deadly Illusions
There are people of good will on both sides, people not blinded by the illusion that violence solves everything.
Capitalism’s Best Pals: Liberals
” This is a “betrayal of capitalism” in which the “most fundamental principles of our market system were being flouted.”
Heavy Words or Heavy Actions: Stop U.S. Weapons Sales to Israel
Freezing military aid to Israel would send a message that committing human rights violations is unacceptable.
People versus Big Oil: Rights of Nigerian Indigenous People Recognized
At a time when the petropolitics of the Bush administration seem to reign supreme, the rights of peoples affected by the global hunt for oil have received an important boost.
Unilateralist Path Scored as Self-Defeating
Some call the present era one of U.S. hegemony. Others, especially in Europe, call it empire.
Capitalist Crisis and Corporate Crime
The dynamics of the system of deregulated, finance-driven global capitalism are the central problem of the current economy.