Many words – and through them, concepts – have been cheapened and corrupted by their abuse in the cause of power. "Genocide" is one, used with increasing frequency in victim politics to discredit an enemy and demand assistance. "Terrorism" comes to mind...
Key U.S. civil liberties and social justice groups marked International Human Rights Day Wednesday by launching a new "US Human Rights Network" dedicated to raising awareness about international human rights standards and focusing attention on the US failure...
Much has been written lately about several attempts to craft an alternative peace plan in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian dispute. The best known of these recent plans – the "Geneva Initiative" – was conceived and written by representatives of both sides...
The decisive victory of Russian President Vladimir Putin's "United Russia" slate of candidates for the Duma is the occasion for a new round of Putin-bashing, with "human rights officials" condemning the election results as "a retreat from Russia's democratic reforms."...
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"Who are we? AIPAC! What do we want? Apartheid! When do we want it? NOW!" This was one of the most accusatory cries to be heard from the group of nearly fifty activists that gathered on Broadway in downtown Oakland, California Monday night to protest the American...
'Antiwar.com Joins Ranks of Major Online Media' I'm not at all surprised myself, though very, very proud of you guys. If it weren't for Antiwar.com, I truly believe that at least some of the unbelievably vast amounts of disinformation being put out by the...
A close read of President Bush's November addresses at the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington and at the Whitehall Palace in London leads a traditionalist almost to despair. George Bush did not write this democratist drivel. This is the kind of messianic...
One by one, Serbs are confessing to their guilt regarding Srebrenica. Are we witnessing another Stalin show trial, where the defendants were told, "if you sign, we won't shoot you"? Well, Stalin's victims signed and many were shot anyway, or...
