34 Articles

Thursday, August 21, 2008
Nationalism vs. Internationalism in S. Ossetia
(2 comments) Whether you look to Russia, Georgia, Poland, or the USA, the victor stands waving flags. His name is nationalism. And in the face of this victory, what are the chances that the people of the USA will be able to choose internationalism instead?

Saturday, August 16, 2008
Listening to Putin's "Real" Opposition
(2 comments) The real opposition in Russia does not belong to "liberals" says Anna Arutunyan. The Communist Party more accurately represents a popular mood. So what are the Communists saying about South Ossetia?

Friday, August 15, 2008
Russian Activists Speak for Peace
(2 comments) Statements by human rights activists in Russia may help voices of the peace in USA to find common ground for a global peace position in the Caucasus.

Thursday, August 14, 2008
So this is what WWIII looks like?
Were the civilians of South Ossetia deliberately sacrificed as a gambit to complete the circle around Iran?

Saturday, August 9, 2008
Russia Goes for Two Georgia States
(3 comments) Before the propaganda machines kick into gear over the Russian military actions in the Caucasian states, voices of peace may want to consider the wishes of the people most affected by the battles.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Migrant Detention in South Texas: 'An Extreme Depressive State'
(9 comments) South Texas immigration attorney Jodi Goodwin agrees with a United Nations report that states: "overuse of immigration detention in the United States violates the spirit of international laws and conventions and, in many cases, also violates the actual letter of those instruments." Read the full interview with an attorney who has decades of experience with migrants in South Texas.

Sunday, March 23, 2008
What Happened to Rev. Wright's Religious Freedom?
Sen. Barack Obama's 'race speech' continued to presume that Rev. Jeremiah Wright deserves no special consideration on grounds of religious freedom. On Easter Sunday, perhaps, Americans will want to consider whether the pulpit at church deserves any special respect.

Thursday, March 13, 2008
Raiding the Family Room in Texas: Lan Ying and the Rapporteur for Migrant Rights
A father and daughter fight to keep their Chinese-born mother in Forth Worth as a UN report on Migrant Rights says the USA needs to pay closer attention to family rights.

Saturday, January 5, 2008
Denzel for Best Director
(1 comments) "The Great Debaters" is a beautiful film that inspires righteous challenge to powerful injustice. Ask not how does does the film answer to history, but how will history answer to the film?

Sunday, June 24, 2007
A Lame Duck Dept of Homeland Security
(1 comments) Now that US House leadership has completed its side of funding for the Department of Homeland Security, it's time to ease the agency away from its lame ducks.

Monday, May 7, 2007
Why the Hutto Texas Vigils Matter for the World
Migrants in Texas are much like migrants anywhere across the globe, and how we respect their human rights at home will make a difference in the world. Is this why the Bush administration won't let the UN Rapporteur visit a Texas prison for migrant children and their families?

Sunday, April 1, 2007
Suzi Hazahza and the Pirates of Homeland Security
Every additional day that Homeland Security imprisons Suzi Hazahza they hold proof that they have become a pirate agency unmoored from the Constitution.

Sunday, March 18, 2007
Smarten up, America: Quit Criminalizing Willing Hands
(2 comments) To solve the immigration issue, all we have to ask is, what really needs to be done around here. Don't we have more than enough work for willing hands?

Thursday, March 1, 2007
A Diamond Key to the Golden Door: Walk to Free Suzi Hazahza
On his walk from Abilene to the Rolling Plains prison at Haskell, Texas, Jay Johnson-Castro makes a call to conscience against the mistreatment of immgrants such as 20-year-old Suzi Hazahza.

Sunday, February 11, 2007
Immigration Policy Crosses Line of Common Decency
(3 comments) As activists prepare for their fourth vigil Monday outside the T. Don Hutto prison for immigrant children, there is increasing confidence that the voice of the American people is turning toward an immigration policy of compassion.

Saturday, December 9, 2006
When the Dixie Chicks Came Home to Roost
(3 comments) When the Dixie Chicks came home to Austin, ten thousand fans stood ready to sing along. And that was before the Chicks were nominated for five Grammys.

Friday, July 7, 2006
Boots Down at the Rio Grande?
Once again, they say the war on terrorism must be fought with military control, but maybe we've learned one thing since the invasion of Afghanistan?

Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Pinal County: The Pun's on You
Don't let the bears get you down, when it comes to prison investing, the future is a raging bull.

Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Elite Logic at the Border: CNAC's Agenda for Security, Temp Workers, and Oil
Already CNAC's preferences for 'border security' and 'temporary workers' have attracted friends with clout, but did you know that Mexican oil is also on the agenda?

Friday, June 16, 2006
The Real Mission of the Uniformed Ghost at the Border
(2 comments) In the plain logic of their language, the General and the Pentagon steer right into the truth of our militarized reality.

Friday, June 9, 2006
Why Operation Jump Start Bothers Me
A plain reading of the Operation Jump Start memo suggests the Pentagon is strengthening its muscle in domestic affairs.

Sunday, May 28, 2006
Da Vinci Chick Code (Don't Shoot!)
(1 comments) The return of the Dixie Chicks, framed by the screen of the Da Vinci Code, raises a question of profound truth.

Friday, May 19, 2006
A Little Fascism Still Goes a Long Way
(5 comments) It was another pander-to-fascists week in Washington, with nationalism and militarism growing at the home front. What do we not get about what's wrong with troops at the border?

Sunday, April 30, 2006
We Are All Immigrantes
Thanks to the peaceful uprising of immigrants, American workers have a historic opportunity to stand together for freedom with dignity. From this new world order we demand the same things.

Sunday, April 2, 2006
Walkout in Red, White, and Green
For the past year, people have been hitting immigrants over the head with red, white, and blue. So when the children of immigrants hit the streets to express themselves, is it any mystery why they carry the red, white, and green?

Friday, March 17, 2006
Will the President Push a Preemptive Button?
(1 comments) The next time the president of the USA fixes facts to justify an attack, will he have his finger on the nuclear option? The Pentagon's "Global Strike" model is moving in that dangerous direction.

Monday, December 12, 2005
Pinter's Provocation
In Harold Pinter's dramatic Nobel speech there is much cold truth and one hot lie. Can it be true that America is selling 'self love' to the world? The question arrives just in time for holiday reflection.

Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Thanksgiving Delayed
In the latest review of school funding the Texas Supreme Court ruled that property-wealthy districts deserve urgent authority to raise tax rates, while property-poor districts can live a little longer with high dropout rates.

Sunday, November 13, 2005
Nonviolence on Veterans Day?
Yes there is some truth to the thrill of heroic violence, but that does not make nonviolence a false alternative. In our collective literacy about what nonviolence means, we still have a long way to go.

Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Turning Back the Clocks One More Time
Call it catfish bait politics. When everything else is stinking on the bottom of a stagnant river, you bait a hook that outstinks everything else. In the state amendement to ban gay marriage, Texas leadership found its winning formula.

Sunday, October 30, 2005
Reversing the Pistons of Empire: One America for Peace
While peace and justice activists work to keep up with imperial provocations at home and abroad, we may remind ourselves that our struggles have knowledge, history, and experience, too.

Monday, October 24, 2005
Criminalizing La Raza Cosmica
How to make criminals out of the hardest working Americans and divide the Western Hemisphere in two.

Thursday, September 29, 2005
Bennett's Book of Cracker Virtues
When Bill Bennett performed his little thought experiment of genocide by abortion, he gave the world a helpful thumbnail of how the concept of criminality works in the USA.

Thursday, September 22, 2005
A Movement Gathers Power on the Sorrow Plateau
Where is the peace and justice movement in the USA today? It has been transformed by the sorrows of Camp Casey and Hurricane Katrina. From our sorrow plateau we gather strength and wisdom that we didn't quite have before.