Brazil's Election: Lula, Bolsonaro, and the Battle for the Future
Lula campaign kick-off rally in Sao Paolo, August 16.
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Paper Tiger: the Failure of America’s Trillion Dollar War Machine
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.
The State Department’s Cuba Report Revives McCarthyism While Ignoring the Human Cost of Sanctions
On July 20, Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s State Department released a specious 100-page report, Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism. Presented as a national security assessment, it is in fact a political manifesto that resurrects the rhetoric and logic of McCarthyism for the twenty-first century while ignoring the devastating humanitarian consequences of Washington’s escalating economic…
Eight Contradictions Behind NATO’s Summit of “Love”
Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the NATO Summit.
NATO Heads to Ankara to Sell a New Arms Race
On July 7–8, NATO leaders will gather in Ankara, Türkiye.
Iran Challenges the US Doctrine of Low-Intensity Warfare
Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
Trump’s Iran Deal” A Peace Activist’s Perspective
Trump and Netanyahu should never have started the war on Iran, and Congress should have stopped it.
Long Live Albania’s Flamingo Revolution
Have you heard about the Flamingo Revolution?
Washington's War on Cuba Includes Your Hotel Room
US government restrictions prohibit US travelers to Cuba from staying in Havana’s iconic Hotel Nacional.
The Indictment of Raúl Castro A New Low in U.S. Cuba Policy
President Barack Obama meets with Cuban President Raúl Castro at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, April 11, 2015.