US Mercenaries in South America
By Cesar Uco The recent visit to Ecuador and Peru by former US Navy SEAL and mercenary contractor Erik Prince is cause for alarm throughout the region. The billionaire Prince is the founder of Blackwater,…
Conflict
In the Struggle Against US Imperialism
Nicaragua Is a Model of Sovereignty By Ben Norton The United States has militarily intervened in practically every country in Latin America. The CIA has backed dozens of coups d’etat against democratically elected left-wing governments…
Claiming the Power to Protect
National sovereignty is at the root of the environmental struggle in Brazil By Miguel Enrique Stedile The battle to preserve our environment is intrinsically linked to the defense of our national sovereignty. How our country…
From Doha to the UN
Turning Israel’s Terror Into Global Action By Medea Benjamin Responding to Israel’s September 10 attack aimed at Hamas negotiators in Qatar, all 12 members of the UN Security Council issued a toothless statement of condemnation…
VCU Backs Down on Speech Suppression
Commentary by Brian Palmer Sereen Haddad, a Virginia Commonwealth University psychology major, won a major battle against her school in July. But the war she’s fighting is far from over. Haddad’s victory came on July…
Censorship at Harvard
Scholars slam canceling of Harvard journal issue on Palestine By Jessica Corbett As Israel continues its U.S.-backed annihilation of the Gaza Strip and Harvard University weighs a deal with the Trump administration, the Ivy League…
What We Could Learn from Serbia
Commentary by Roo Luo, MAIPD ’25 People swarmed from every direction. They flooded the streets of the Serbian capital, Belgrade, flags on their shoulders, emblems raised high toward windowsills and beyond. Their rhythmic chants of…
The Real Reason the West Is Warmongering
Against China By Jason Hickel and Dylan Sullivan Over the past two decades, the posture of the United States towards China has evolved from economic cooperation to outright antagonism. US media outlets and politicians have…
Guilty by Affiliation
Commentary by Mohammed El-Kurd The Israeli murder of heroic Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif was bookended by accusations that he was part of Hamas. For many of our allies, the instinct is to prove his innocence…
A Revolutionary Shift Is Underway
Francesca Albanese addresses the Hague Group Conference in Bogatá Excellencies, Friends, I express my appreciation to the government of Colombia and South Africa for convening this group, and to all members of the Hague Group,…