Analysis
The US and global wars: Empire or vampire? By James Petras
To the growing army of critics of US military intervention, who also reject the mendacious claims by American officials and their apologists of ‘world […]
Archive
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High time to build a movement of solidarity to end UN occupation of Haiti By Ajamu Nangwaya
“From the beginning of our century until now, Haiti and its inhabitants under one aspect or another have, for various reasons, been very much […]
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Imagine all the people, living life in peace: Stop the killing, end the siege of Gaza By Marilyn Langlois
Imagine: A group of kids in Richmond playing outside. Maybe a pick-up soccer Children in Gaza running for their lives. What if they were […]
Analysis
Live from Bangui: Why Inclusive Dialogue Matters in CAR
Last June, when I first arrived in the Central African Republic (CAR), one of the resident ex-pats suggested I visit ‘Cinq Kilo’ – Bangui’s […]
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Letter from Gaza by Norwegian doctor, Mads Gilbert on 20 July 2014
Dr Mads Frederick Gilbert (centre) at Al-Shifa hospital on July 17th, treating a wounded Palestinian child, after an Israeli air strike killed 4 children […]
Activism
War-Such an unnecessary evil By Tumusiime K. Deo
In many countries, the proportion of the total national budget spent on the military, is a lion’s share compared to other priorities. And […]
Activism
We Come as Friends 2014: interview with Hubert Sauper By Eric Hynes
Hubert Sauper is a very charming man. His methods of engagement—eye contact, attentiveness, enthusiasm, easy laughter and self-deprecation—seem genuine, but they’re also invariably […]
Peace & Security
Sudan: is the National Dialogue really dead? (And did it ever really exist anyway?) – By James Copnall
‘The National Dialogue is dead’. The verdict comes from Ghazi Salaheddin Atabani, one of the longest-serving Islamist intellectuals of the Bashir era, who defected […]
Activism
The road to peace in Mali: political roadblocks and other obstacles
Civil society organisations are doing good work in Mali. But their job is being made more difficult by the need to address the root […]
Gender
Desolation and despair in Libya: the murder of Salwa Bugaighis By LINDSEY HILSUM
Looking back, it feels as if Salwa Bugaighis embodied not the hopes and aspirations of the majority of her country’s people but a dream […]
Peace & Security
The Civil Rights Act – 50 Years Later
0 President Johnson and Dr. King Many died. Millions suffered. On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a Civil Rights Act outlawing […]
Peace & Security
The Chibok girls: Nigeria’s side of the story By Olusegun Akinsanya
Why has it been so difficult for the Nigerian government to fight the scourge of Boko Haram, which has infiltrated so many sectors of […]
Activism
From guns and knives to friendship
Photo: http://bit.ly/1m3q4Gr by Rosa Lia: The Palestine-Israel Journal One conversation in a coffee shop in Ramallah with a Palestinian who spent 10 years […]
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Heed the Voices For Peace Amid the Tragedy of Iraq By Amy Goodman
It didn’t take long this week for the architects of the disastrous U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq to apply their makeup and jump […]
Human rights
Dieudonné through the prism of the white Left, or conceptualizing a domestic internationalism by Houria Bouteldja
A group rarely vows eternal loyalty to political organizations that do not serve that group’s interests. From this materialist point of view, populations […]
Opinions
Iraq: What does one do with the broken pieces?
Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens There is the legendary sign in shops selling china and porcelain “Do not touch; If you break […]
economy
Nigeria doesn’t need more oil wells
Nnimmo Bassey discusses the continuing protests by the Niger Delta people against oil pollution and makes the case for compensation. Can you provide […]
Opinions
Good, Innovative Governance – What Is That? EDITORIAL by Johan Galtung
Pretoria, South Africa, Keynote Governance is politics, power–political-economic-military-cultural; decisions-carrots-sticks-ideas. Politics is about problems of realizing one goal; about conflicts realizing incompatible goals. Contradiction […]
Activism
Peace Movements’ Common Vision: The Abolition of Militarism by Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate
Dear friends, We are all aware that this is the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo which led to […]
Articles
After Israel, African kids start afresh in Uganda By RODNEY MUHUMUZA
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Speak no Hebrew. That’s what Ugandan teachers repeatedly tell the South Sudanese teenagers transplanted here from Israel. But Hebrew is […]
Art & Peace
The film Zulu, 50 years on: classic or racist? By Kimon de Greef
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the film “Zulu”. While some consider it a classic, others see it as offensive and racist. This […]
Articles
Connecting the dot: Congo and World War II; one of the other forgotten commemorations By Raïs Neza Boneza
The first victory on Nazism and Fascism were won on African soil. Congolese troops marched to the town of Asosa, Ethiopia, Gambela and Saio […]
Essays
Edward Snowden: A Healing Voice By Jacques Depelchin
Like many people, I was surprised to hear of Edward Snowden’s decision to leave his job and move toward Hong Kong in search of […]
Activism
Boko Haram affair: President Kagame fires at West-African leaders
"When I watch TV and I see that our leaders, who should have been working together all along to address this problems that commonly […]
Action alerts
Concern over camp-closure threat in North Kivu
KINSHASA, 28 May 2014 (IRIN) – A warning by authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that they are considering measures to compel […]