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Category Archives: US Foreign Policy
Solidarity and Interconnectedness That Cut Through Time and Space: Laos and Palestine
Palestine is the ultimate reminder of what the US war machine has been doing to children for decades — and Laos is another important point on this timeline. Learn about the parallels between the extermination of Gaza and the US’s secret war on Laos. Stand in solidarity and support the antiwar struggle of both.
On Julian Assange, Palestine, and The Empire
What a sentence to write: Julian Assange is free! Let’s allow ourselves to celebrate and to continue seeing how different systems of oppressions are connected (in this case, under imperialism coming from the same source).
Reflections on The False World-Wide Scare of Having Lost Noam Chomsky
The best news this week is that Noam Chomsky is still alive! After experiencing the world-wide scare of (falsely) having lost Noam Chomsky, I’ve recorded this quick episode for you. So that we don’t fall into despair and continue honouring Chomsky’s work.
If You’re Concerned for Ukrainian Civilians – And Civilians Everywhere – You Should Strongly Condemn The Use Of Cluster Bombs
No matter how much you want a certain war – like the war in Ukraine – to end, there are some weapons that you simply shouldn’t want to see used anywhere. Cluster bombs are an excellent example having littered multiple countries, and not allowing them to recover years – and sometimes decades – later. Here’s what you need to know about them.
If We Praise Henry Kissinger, What Do We Have to Negate?
As Henry Kissinger turns 100 years old today, what can we say? Will we praise his diplomacy skills or will we choose to see what’s behind those potential praises? I invite you to do the latter.
The Brutality and The Illegality of The War in Iraq, 20 Years Later
If you’re an empire, you can destroy another nation and continue preaching about international law and human rights. Twenty years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the country remains struggling and the war criminals unpunished.
Bombs Don’t Liberate
Both mainstream media and state-owned media have their agendas. Can we educate ourselves to notice them or do we continue attributing concepts like “propaganda” to “the other” and words like “liberation” to what our governments are doing?
The People of Pakistan Are Paying The Price For Our Ignorance
And although we have to do everything we can to help the people of Pakistan now, the bigger story is not about this country. This tragedy – a man-made disaster – is a harsh reminder that the people who are most contributing to our climate emergency are not necessarily the ones who are paying the price.
How Can We Actually Help Afghanistan?
We know that political turmoil – on top of devastation of a 20-year war – after the Taliban took power in August 2021 is a big factor in this crisis.
But we also know what one other factor that could immediately alleviate this suffering of the Afghan people is: these are the frozen funds that belong to the people of Afghanistan, and that are kept in mostly U.S. accounts. Hear about all this from the first civil society women’s delation that visited Afghanistan recently.
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